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    This same general theme persists in Allende’s House of Spirits as she criticizes the military coup that revolted against the fully democratic communist leader in power in Chile. Through obvious shifts in positive and negative connotation‚ strong war and peace imagery juxtaposition‚ and colloquial diction‚ Neruda highlights the reasons for his hatred for the unjust revolt in Spain during the 1930’s; a criticism almost paralleled in Allende’s House of Spirits. Neruda begins his poem with a lengthy and

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    World Literature #1: Comparative Essay Can the human spirit be imprisoned? A Doll’s House and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich NAME: Shelley Lima IB CANDIDATE NUMBER: 000091-032 TEACHER : Kate Goldberg DISCIPLINE OF ESSAY: English WORD COUNT: 1 492 Both Ivan‚ the protagonist from the novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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    Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry‚ is a fascinating story about a different type of society and learning the secrets behind it. The movie of the same name directed by Phillip Noyce‚ is creative‚ but showed some very disappointing changes from the book. All in all‚ the book is far more preferable because the plot is far more exciting‚ the characters are developed well‚ and the creativeness is more descriptive than that of the movie. The Giver is a novel about a young boy named Jonas. He is given the profession

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    Narrative Eassy THE HUNTED HOUSE Nobodydared to go in empty house in an isolated part of the village . Eventually‚ the landscape of the empty house was shady‚lush and green‚ no one is brave enough to hunt for wildfigs. The beautiful and evergreen nature surrounding the empty house was damp and soggy always. After the F.Sc examinations‚ my peers and I decided to go for camping the empty house since we had enough of studying books and would like to investigate

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    an important role in the Youth Criminal Justice System. The theme of restorative justice runs throughout the Youth Criminal Justice Act and can be seen in the requirements dealing with victims of youth crimes. As stated on page 12 of the Touching Spirit Bear novel‚ Garvey quotes‚ “Everybody is part of the healing‚ including people from the community-anybody who cares. But healing is much harder than standard punishment. Healing requires taking responsibility for your actions.” In my opinion‚ youths

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    The citizens of Pala have a different philosophy than the Raja and Rani‚ the rulers. The Rani‚ here‚ expresses that she will be the harbinger the Crusade of the Spirit‚ where the world is exposed to modern life and people restore a faith in God. This creates conflict because the people have different ideologies‚ and the Rani does not support her people. Despite Will Farnaby’s intentions to bring oil to the island‚ he even realizes that there is some innate flaws with her plans. The Rani wants to

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    literature is translated to a film‚ the character’s representation may change entirely. A wonderful example of this representation is Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. In this work‚ the character John Hammond portrays a greedy‚ arrogant‚ and pompous old man with a dream to build a park full of cloned dinosaurs using DNA found in preserved mosquitoes. Hammond’s character changes severely from the novel to the film and has a major impact on the overall story. In the film‚ Hammond is portrayed as a jolly

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    been made are about war and not even single one movie about against the war or from different perspectives. I wondered if the people in Hollywood did not all get together in a room and decide that they willing to do just this kind of film and not other kind of film. Leon Trotsky once used an expression to describe events that are not accidents‚ and not planned consciously‚ but are something in between; and he called this “natural selection of accidents‚” in which‚ if there is a certain structure

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    Cited: Blade Runner. Dir. Ridley Scott. Perf. Harrison Ford‚ M. Emmet Walsh. 1982. Film. Foucault‚ Michel. “Panopticism.” Readings for Analytical Writing. Comp. Christine Farris‚ Christopher Basgier‚ Harmony Jankowski‚ Carter Neal‚ Andy Oler. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2011. 150-178. Print.

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    Touching Spirit Bear is a book about a teenager named Cole Matthews‚ who can’t control his anger. Cole attacks Peter Driscal and smashes his head on the sidewalk. Cole is going to go to jail‚ but Cole’s parole officer‚ Garvey‚ suggests the Native American Circle Justice. Cole is banished to an abandoned Alaskan island for one year. While he is there‚ a mysterious white bear called a Spirit Bear mauls Cole. Cole nearly died. After the attack Cole’s feelings really changed and he wasn’t nearly as angry

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