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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I’ve never watched an Alfred Hitchcock movie. I’ve heard of him throughout my life. I know he is the go-to example for classic "horror" movies‚ but I’ve just never had the desire to watch his movies. His style of suspense would’ve been perfect for the days following World War I‚ but were they still relevant today? I went to Vintage Hitchcock a little bit cautious. I wasn’t sure what to expect. The idea of watching a live radio play fascinated me‚ but I wasn’t sure about the element of horror involved
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‘Lord of the flies’ a novel by William Golding explores the fragility of civilisation and charts the deterioration order on the island. The novel is based on a group of abandoned school boys who are left on a deserted island. They have to establish a sense of democracy but the democratic approach deteriorates and chaos breaks out. The main theme is the struggle between savagery and civilisation. The boys lose the hope of getting rescued and everyday activities slip away into oblivion. In the beginning
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broker marriages like business deals‚ without ever consulting their daughters. But Lord Capulet doesn’t play the good father for long. Paris eventually wears him down and convinces him that he and Juliet should wed (3.4.2). (By this point‚ Juliet is already be secretly married to Romeo.) The thing is‚ Juliet’s not exactly down with marrying Paris and things get ugly when she tells her father as much. Lord Capulet’s response to Juliet’s "disobedience" is so violently harsh that we begin to see
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English book William Golding Sir William Golding‚ author of ‘Lord of the Flies’‚ was a British novelist‚ poet and playwright‚ born 19 September 1911 at Cornwall. He grew up with his father Alec Golding‚ a socialist science teacher‚ his mother Mildred and brother Joseph. When he went to Oxford University he first studied Natural Sciences but transferred to English Literature and Philosophy which was much more interesting for Mr Golding. After his studies he was active as an actor‚ a writer and
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The Importance of Lord Ganesh in the Hindu Culture There are many gods and goddesses in the Hindu Culture‚ but they mainly believe in the one universal god who is known as Brahma. Yet‚ there are many other important figures in their religion such as the widely worshipped deity‚ Ganesh. He is the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. Ganesh is also known as Ganapti and Vinayaka‚ and devotion to Ganesh is also extended to Jains‚ Buddhists‚ and beyond India. He is known to have an elephant head‚ which makes
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HOUSE AS A HOME… How can you consider your house as a home? Before proceeding to answer this query‚ it would be better to know first the meaning of home and house. According to International New Webster Dictionary of the English Language‚ a home is a “private living quarters of a person. A house is a “building for a person of family to live in”. HOME… a home should be a ” little heaven on earth” . a home is a place where the affections are cultivated instead of being repressed. Our happiness
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struggling to hold onto his patience. She [the mother] continues to overstep and infringe upon his space by returning “that horrible novel back to the library” (981). Tom struggles with the guilt from having to support his family‚ which his father deserted. His sister further weighs heavily on his mind because she is painfully shy‚ docile and disabled. Tom tries to fix his sister up with a coworker‚ Jim O’Connor‚ at his mother’s request‚ but fails this attempt miserably because John is already going
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The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufock Analysis Love is a powerful emotional drive that many authors write about. Many seek to obtain love‚ but never do. In the poem The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufock by T.S Elliot‚ this is true of Alfred Prufock. The meaning gathered from this poem is that‚ Prufock isn’t skilled at engaging in social intimacy because of his negative perceptions of the world. Three shifts in the poem amplify this meaning are shown in his dark descriptions of his surroundings‚ his
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How does Tennyson present war in the charge of the light brigade? Tennyson shows that war claims many lives and not many survive it or come out uninjured. ‘Back from the mouth of hell‚ all that was left of them‚ left of the six hundred’ this implies that escaping war alive is very hard and not everyone survives. The phrase ‘mouth of hell’ illustrates how hard it is to escape because once you die there is no coming back to life‚ and when you die you go to hell‚ but Tennyson is implying that
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