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    The Thief Lord

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    May 31‚ 2011 Title: The Thief Lord Author: Cornelia Funke Kind of Book: Historical fiction Characters: Bo‚ Prosper‚ Scipio (Thief Lord)‚ Victor Getz‚ Ida Spavento‚ Barbarossa‚ Conte‚ Morosina‚ Aunt Esther‚ Uncle Max‚ Hornet‚ Riccio‚ Mosca‚ Dottor Massimo‚ and other servants and animals. Summary: The Thief Lord is about two orphaned boys named Prosper and Bo running away from Hamburg‚ Germany to Venice‚ Italy. The boys have run away from their aunt who only wants to keep

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    Markus Zusak implies the definition of conflict through the characterization in his novel‚ as two opposing concepts or forces that are presented in the same vicinity and cannot coexist. A variety of issues are illustrated through the use of characterisation and conflict in Markus Zusak’s ‘The Book Thief.’ The text is a coming of age story of an adolescent German girl‚ Liesel Meminger‚ who lives through extensive trials and tribulations in a hostile environment‚ a world war and her complex relationships

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    The main characters in Heart of Darkness and The Book Thief habit eras dominated by powerful ideologies resulting in inequality and persecution. Marlow (Heart of Darkness) growing up in England under colonialism and Liesel (The Book Thief) in Germany under Nazism‚ are witnesses of traumatic events. Nevertheless‚ the persistent dedication of both characters allows them to uncover the dark nature of their individual societies. Ultimately‚ this leads Liesel to discover a moral role for herself within

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    The Deer Thief

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    The Deer Thief  1. Title of the book: Gates in English reading 4 2. Title of the story: The deer thief  3. Author: Araceli L. Jabal 4. Characters: main-hunter Supporting-thief‚ justice of the peace 5. Setting: time-one day  Place-on the forest  6. Brief summary:  A hunter was out hunting one day on the forest and killed a deer. Since it was very late in the day‚ he couldn’t take the de er home. He skinned it. He hang it as high as hecould

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    The Lightning Thief

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    Ryan Brandon T-2 9/19/09 The Lightning Thief My book‚ The Lightning Thief‚ was written by Rick Riordan. It is a fantasy/adventure fiction. The publishing company is Miramax books‚ and the date of publication is 2005. The cost of the book is $7.99‚ and there are 376 pages. The main character’s name is Percy. He goes to boarding school in New York‚ and has been kicked out of several schools before. One day‚ he and his class are on a field trip‚ and during that trip his math teacher

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    The Lightning Thief

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    The Lightning Thief Main article: The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief is the first book in the series. It was released on June 28‚ 2005. Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old with ADHD and dyslexia. Percy goes to a middle school called Yancy Academy‚ which is a school for troubled kids. During a field trip‚ Percy is attacked by Alecto‚ a mythological creature known as a Fury‚ who was disguised as his pre-algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds. Percy kills Mrs. Dodds with a pen sword that his Latin teacher

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    The Lightning Thief

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    Karlie Campbell P.2 Critical Analysis: The Lightning Thief Characters From fighting Minotaur’s to battling Hades in Hell; Percy Jackson is not the average teenage boy. Percy does not know what he truly is until a series of unfortunate events happen and it forces him to realize what he has to do to save the world. He does not face these troubles by himself though‚ Grover and Annabelle are not only his friends but they are there to help him face the battles along the way

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    Lighting Thief

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    The Lighting Thief By: Rick Riordan This book is about a young boy who learns that he has superpowers and is destined to be a hero enters a new school where he makes fast friends with a brainy girl and a geeky boy‚ makes fast enemies with an entire section of the school‚ and excels at their unique sport. No‚ I’m not talking about Harry Potter. The hero in question is Percy Jackson‚ who may not have a lightning scar‚ but does set out on a quest to

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    The Lightning Thief: Book And Movie Comparison Essay Percy Jackson written by Rick Riordan and the movie directed by Chris Columbus. “Percy Jackson “is about a teenage boy who find out his father is a god from Mountain Olympus. The teenage boy was set up‚ god fin the Mountain believed that the teenage boy stole the lightning. He had to go on a quest to find where the stolen lighting is and stop the war between the gods. In comparison‚ one will find out that The Percy Jackson novel is completely

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    Bicycle Thief

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    The Bicycle Thief The Bicycle Thief is probably the best known and most highly praised of all the Italian Neorealist films of its era. The films of the Neorealist movement were characterized by several primary ideas. Instead of featuring stories focusing on glitz and glamour‚ Neorealist films focused on the poor and the working class. Instead of building and fabricating complex sets to film on‚ they did their filming on location. And instead of trying to get the most well known‚ highly paid celebrity

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