In the book‚ Time Enough For Drums‚ there were many characters. Such as: Jemima Emerson‚ John Reid‚ Rebekah Emerson‚ Daniel Emerson‚ James Emerson‚ Sarah Emerson‚ and Lucy. The character that seemed to catch my eye the most is Jemima Emerson. My character‚ Jemima Emerson‚ is stubborn‚ loving or caring‚ and restless. Jemima is stubborn because at the beginning of the book‚ John Reid shows up to greet Jemima and Daniel‚ he has a talk with Daniel about how she always lies in order to get her way
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Climbing a mountain is no small task for anyone‚ especially a Renaissance‚ humanist scholar. However‚ Petrarch turns his journey into an affective allegorical story entitled The Ascent of Mont Ventoux. Petrarch tells a comprehensive story from finding a climbing partner to reaching the summit with all of the challenges presented in between. Though Petrarch often complains of being out of breath or find detours on his path‚ he ultimately succeeds in scaling the mountain. Within himself‚ Petrarch must
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To start‚ after reading part of the book “Get Well Soon”‚ one could predict that Anna will be released from the mental hospital and Justin will become Anna’s boyfriend. First‚ one could predict that Anna will be released from the hospital due to the fact that she is obviously improving her mental state. In the beginning‚ Anna was known to have panic attacks in school that got so severe that she actually began to skip class‚ which was the main reason she was admitted in the first place (Halpern 4)
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Jose Vasconcelos’s “La Raza Cosmica” is definitely not what I expected. It took me multiple reads to understand what José Vasconcelos is was trying to imply. Turns out‚ it’s pretty racist‚ and his meanings are buried under explanations and reasoning hard to comprehend. In my opinion Jose Vasconcelo gets too caught up in metaphors that detract from his true meaning and theories. “La Raza Cosmica” reads more like a science fiction than a call to unity or nationalism. If Jose Vasconcelo had published
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The cost of any war is the people. In the play Ruined by Lynn Nottage‚ women are the cost of the war. In the play‚ a middle-aged women named Mama Nadi runs a brothel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the Second Congolese War. She takes in many women in order to keep them safe‚ and in return‚ they work in her brothel. As a result‚ this creates many conflicts between characters and the war. Money is a key factor creating the conflicts within the play. Money embodies the hardships
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Environmental Conservation is something everyone should be concerned with‚ according to Colin Beavan. In his book No Impact Man‚ Beavan re-evaluates his way of living and discovers that he is more of a problem than a solution. In the book Beavan‚ his wife‚ and daughter start a start a one-year journey in the hopes of conserving the environment. He begins by withdrawing paper products such as tissue‚ cups and plates. He also buys locally‚ rides a bicycle‚ and cuts out electricity‚ all in the hopes
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Love is a many trousered thing by Louise Rennison‚ is definitely one for a read. Although it is number eight in its series and you need to read the rest to understand. But I do promise‚ it’s worth it. Georgia Nicolson‚ the main character of the book is just a normal teenager going through some normal problems. Her life is more comical than most. Reading from the start‚ you would know that Georgia has been in love with "sex god" and lead band member of The Stiff Dylans‚ Robbie. Not long after them
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12 Years a Slave is a movie based on a true story of Solomon Northup. The movie is based in the pre-Civil War United States and it portrays the slavery back in the time. Solomon Northup is a free African-American man from Saratoga‚ New York‚ who plays the violin for a living. He was abducted by a few men who tricked him into joining their ‘circus’‚ and sadly‚ sold him into slavery. He aimed to stay alive until he redeems back his freedom‚ while retaining his dignity. After twelve years of hardships
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The novel‚ The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer‚ is about four kids named Cosmo‚ Ditto‚ Mona‚ and Stefan. Mona‚ who is 15 years old‚ has a tattoo over her eyebrow‚ and is hispanic. Ditto‚ 28 years old (looks like he’s 6)‚ is a bartoli baby‚ and has hands that relieve people’s pain. Cosmo‚ a 14 year old‚ was a no-sponsor (orphan)‚ and he had escaped from Clarissa Frayne and became a supernaturalist. Stefan‚ who is 18‚ has a scar by his mouth‚ and his mom died in a car accident. They can see blue parasites
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Written as a modern ode to fairy tales‚ Diana Wynne Jones’s 1986 Howl’s Moving Castle follows the eldest sister of three‚ Sophie Hatter‚ in a land where magic is commonplace as she takes up company with a capricious wizard after having been cursed into an old woman. Throughout the story‚ the heroine must reckon with her preconceived notions of the world around her as she is transformed physically and spiritually and therefore the readers are challenged to question their own lives. The tools taught
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