It’s a normal day‚ just getting off of work and smelling the perfume. I have loved how the kerosene smells on me. I was a fireman‚ a fireman who burned books for a living. I followed in my family’s footsteps and became a fireman‚ that only burnt books. Which soon turned into having to burn buildings because they contained books. Paper burned at 451 degrees fahrenheit. Burning books always seemed to make me happy. Ray Bradbury wanted people to know the good between bad. There were some very nice
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The story-Huckleberry Finn-is written mostly using nefarious characters supporting the same immoral ideas. Ideas contradicting the protagonist. The quest to reach freedom in certain chapters becomes futile. But‚ the freedom-seekers do not quell to accomplish their journey. Jim an Huck have been deprived from their freedom and enmity was a part of daily life. I agree with “Leo Marx from Mr. Eliot‚ Mr. Trilling‚ and Huckleberry Fin” that in the end they are back to the beginning. Despite Jim’s declaration
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Jazmin Castro Mrs. Clement AP Language and Composition‚ Period 7 10 April 2014 Entry 1‚ page 5 “But afterward the townspeople‚ theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to seldom trouble to lock their doors‚ found fantasy re-creating them over and over again—those somber explosions that stimulated fires of mistrust in the glare of which many old neighbors viewed each other strangely‚ and as strangers.” I found this quote to be a sad truth. It is
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1) ”My temper was sometimes violent‚ and my passions vehement; but by some law in my temperature they were turned not towards childish pursuits but to an eager desire to learn” (19). “Learn from me‚ if not by my precepts‚ at least by my example‚ how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world‚ than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow” (31). • I will use these quotes to explain how Victor’s craving
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1. Quote: “Michael still thought of Havana as home‚ because he was born there. And he had been Miguel Arroya there. Here‚ he was Michael.” Answer: This statement shows the true reality of Micheal and what his real identity was its shows the sacrifice for him to live in this country. He left his family his real home so that he could live a better life with his brother and his parents. 2.Quote: “If there are real angels in the world‚" Michael said to his brother‚ "how come they’re never around when
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This story begins in the springtime of Folly Beach‚ a fairly peaceful and beautiful town in South Carolina. Thomas Fowl‚ your average seventeen year old teenager is at the bay watch alone with no one around to be seen. Suddenly‚ a tornado grows before his eyes could blink and becomes large enough to wipe the entire city and turn it into a dust-pile. As the lighthouse was about to fall on him he wakes up and realizes it was nothing but a nightmare‚ or was it. His teacher yells at him then asks “So
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Entry 1 The book starts off with Monsieur Meursault’s mothers’ death and he received a telegram from the home he put her in saying‚ “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” (3) He responds to the telegram saying‚ “That doesn’t mean anything.” (3) This makes the reader think that he doesn’t really care for his mother and maybe he didn’t like her especially since when he asked his boss for a couple days off and his boss looked angry he said “it wasn’t my fault” (3) and “I didn’t have
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Place Darwin • Mr. Crabbe first regards Darwin with suspicion as ‘A city of booze‚ blow‚ and blasphemy’ (p.9). • Paul’s initial reaction is much more positive: ‘I loved the town of booze and blow at first sight’ (p.9). • Every thing in Darwin is different. “An unnatural greenness‚ as if the leaves were a kind of plastic. Huge parrots yattered in the dripping fruit trees. Butterflies of brilliant colours – bright rainbow colours‚ chemistry set colours‚ coffee-table book colours-filled the air”(p
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1. Nick thinks Gatsby’s house looks as though it is on fire. The house was lit by an intense light‚ " the whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light...Turning a corner I saw that it was Gatsby’s house‚ lit from tower to cellar"‚ described Nick. 2. Gatsby offers to have someone cut Nick’s grass. In addition‚ he offers him the chance to make some money by joining him in some business he does on the side business that does not involve Meyer Wolfshiem. Gatsby explains‚ "It wouldn’t take
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The Quiet American: Reading Log PART I Chapter 1 Narrator lives in room alone over Rue Catinat Associated with a man named Pyle‚ has met him many times before Phuong- meaning Phoenix waits for Pyle also. She speaks French. Phuong cannot wait in public as the police may pick her up Phuong and Pyle are a couple Phuong was once in a relationship with the narrator Pyle "Had pronounced and aggravated views on what the US was doing for the world" Narrator smokes opium pipes regularly Phuong
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