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    EDUCATION PROJECT IN ENGLISH SUBMITTED BY: ALLAN ALAURIN (BTTE-STUDENT) SUBMITTED TO: LISA PACLA (ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR) WALLIS SIMPSON RELATION TO KING EDWARD VIII Wallis Simpson she allegedly became the mistress of David the eldest son of king George V and later became (King Edward VII).Two years later‚ after Edward’s accession as king‚ Wallis divorced her second husband in preparation to marry Edward. The King’s desire to marry a woman who had two living ex-husbands threatened to cause a constitutional

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    author that asserts his respect for the English word is Stephen King. In On Writing on pages 129 through 131‚ King shares the approach that every new writer should acquire in order to create magic. King’s diction‚ figurative language‚ and detail portray his appreciation and diligence to the art of writing‚ which he emphasizes by revealing basic strategies every writer should acquire. The diction

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    Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (Stephen King) After I read the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King and see the movie The Shawshank Redemption‚ based on the book‚ I have to denote some differences and similarities. In general the movie is very loyal to the book but I believe that the most important aspects are as follow. For example‚ they are similar in the time line. In the movie we can observe with clarity the 40’s environment‚ old fashion car‚ the shoes

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    Changes in the Genre THE HORROR GENRE HAS DEVELOPED OVER TIME The types of content being presented in films has changed significantly over time as a result of advances in technology and changes in society. The horror genre is one of the oldest ones‚ dating back to the early 1920s. From day one to around the 1960s horror films were almost always just about your typical horror monsters- Count Dracula‚ the Frankenstein Monster‚ Mummies and occasionally zombies- notable such films including Nosferatu (1922)

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    Analytical Essay on Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King Why We Can’t Wait written by Martin Luther King is a book that conveys the actual mind-set of many black Americans toward their freedom and emancipation. The social conditions for Blacks during the 1960’s were not that of freedom and liberty‚ but that of oppression and segregation. Martin Luther King makes use of a variety of stylistic‚ narrative‚ and persuasive devices to display his image of the harsh reality of the supposed “freedom”

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    till now‚ a year and eight months and a hundred and fifteen pounds. If something were to happen to him I do not know what I would do. Given the opportunity I would do anything for him because he has become a very special addition to my family. In Stephen King’s Pet Sematary the main character Louis Creed is an established man. He is a doctor with a house‚ a wife‚ two kids‚ and a cat. He has his share of problems but he is

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    Horror films have always been more attractive to the male viewer than to the female viewer. Why is that? Usually horror films mainly present the audience with very graphic mutilation and the raping of females‚ more so than their male counterparts. Horror films have always depicted females as either objects or as the victim of a horrible act. In Linda William’s essay "When the Woman Looks‚" she says that "there is not that much difference between an object of desire and an object of horror as far

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    night. I was passing along a road leading to my grandmother’s house. I was all alone‚ and very scared. The wind was whistling in the trees overhead. I even heard the cry of a night bird. The road passed by a burial ground. At that time I remembered horror serials I had watched on television. Those fearful stories came into my mind. On the side of the road there was a thorny bush. It was so dark that nothing was visible to the naked eye. As I came near the thorny bush‚ I heard a rushing sound. I was

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    In Stephen King novella “The body” one of the main theme is the relationships between the main characters and their family. Throughout‚ the whole novella the main characters Teddy‚ Chris‚ Vern and Gordie‚ lack the support of a strong masculine figure. These young boys are at a crucial point in their life‚ where if they are not given the right teachings and time‚ their life will turn into a disaster. Also throughout the novella there is no mention of a convincing feminine figure to guide the main

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    To Reach A Goal You Have To Work Together In the book "Under the Dome" by Stephen King the theme of the story is that you have to work together to reach a goal. In the book the goal was to survive‚ and escape the dome that had imprisoned Dale "Barbie" Barbara and his townspeople of Chester’s Mill. There are many examples that support my statement. In the novel Barbie is framed for the murders of Junior and is sent to jail. The towns people work together by breaking Barbie out of jail and killing

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