Carson Emerson Hensley English II Honors/Fourth period 27 January 2017 Flowering Judas The short story Flowering Judas was published in 1930 with a collection of short stories titled The Collected Stories written by Katherine Anne Porter (born Callie Russell Porter). Just 36 years later in 1966 The Collected Stories won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; as well as a National Book Award. Between 1948 and 1958 Porter taught at Stanford University‚ The University of Michigan‚ Washington and Lee University
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In his work Race and Reunion‚ David Blight examines how Americans chose to remember the Civil War during a period of time following the conflict. This period‚ roughly 50 years in length‚ extends from the turning point of the war in 1963 to its semi centennial in 1915. Blight narrows his focus on two themes of this era: race and reunion. He suggests that these themes created competing memories with vastly different interpretations of the Civil War. In search for a reunion‚ many white American’s
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In a world ravaged by human failings of greed‚ ignorance‚ lies‚ cowardice‚ and needless aggression‚ a new dystopian societynhas emerged. From the brink of debacle‚ humanity has reorganized itself into five factions that uphold and live by a single core value. Those that believed the world failed because of malicious‚ selfish greed formed the faction of Abnegation; sworn to remain selfless and serve the needs of others. Those that believed the collapse was due to ignorance pledge themselves to the
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The story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ written by Sir Conan Doyle‚ is a captivating and mysterious novel starring Sherlock Holmes and his assistant‚ Dr. Watson. Along with these two famous detectives‚ the other main characters are Helen Stoner and her stepfather‚ Dr. Roylott. These major characters face many obstacles throughout the thrilling and suspenseful story. The conundrum takes place at Stoke Moran- the Roylott Manor- in April 1883. The tale begins with Helen Stoner arriving at Baker
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In the book‚ “The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone‚” the reader experiences various perspectives‚ each reflecting the short life of a young artist named Addison Stone. The book‚ written by Adele Griffin in the style of a biography‚ features Addison’s life story‚ her interests‚ and occasionally‚ the same event as seen by various people in Addison’s life. In the story‚ each of the characters has their own distinct persona that shines through‚ mainly in how they interact with the late Addison Stone
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Keeping the Moon was a book I did not like to read. The book’s many problems consist of being uninteresting‚ unrelatable‚ and worst of all it’s predictable. Some might argue that the overall message is wise‚ but it truly is a terrible book that’s very unenjoyable to read. Keeping the Moon has very uninteresting characters and storyline. First off‚ the characters have very few defining traits. The main character‚ Colie is a typical main character and the supporting characters aren’t really memorable
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What would of changed Jhace Adkins Bam! You have no technology what do you do? Well‚ that’s what Bud had to go through in the book Bud Not Buddy. Bud is a 10-year-old African American boy‚ who lost his mom at the age of 6. No bud doesn’t he never even knew his dads name. But since then Bud has been on many let’s say fun adventures and even kissing a girl but he was a foster child and escaped from this family named the Amos. Bud‚ Not Buddy would have been a deferent book if there would have
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In the film Smoke Signals directed by Chris Eyre we understand how a motif of The Power of Long Hair comes into play when we see the theme of pride in Native American culture. Throughout Smoke Signals the bus scene catches our attention when talking about the importance of long hair. Victor is explaining to Thomas that he shouldn’t braid his hair and that he should be proud of letting his hair free. He refers to the pride of being an Indian with hair as free as them. Smoke Signals illustrates a solid
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The entire novel is narrated through the eyes of Chief Bromden‚ a Red Indian who is considered by everyone to be deaf and dumb. The Chief gives us an insight into the character sketch of all the participants in the story‚ including himself. Although the Chief is a patient in the hospital‚ I believe that he was not mentally ill when he was admitted into the facility but rather was reduced to such a state because of the kind of practices that were prevalent there. Through this reflective journal I
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RETRIBUTION This story takes place exactly after the last chapter of "Redemption" with the death of Brad Pierson and Vice President James Emery. James Whitmore of the West Coast division for Loksat’s organization in charge of merchandise shipped from Korea‚ Japan and most of the far east. When he had just arrived home from attending a meeting with the rest of his members‚ had heard the sad news about Vice President Emery having been murdered in the White House by three unknown attackers. Whitmore
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