“A woman stay round uh store till she get old as Methusalem…”(78) Methuselah is‚ according to the Bible‚ the oldest human to ever walk the face of this planet. With a lifespan of 969 years‚ his family is also mentioned as inheriting his traits of longevity‚ with his descendants mostly living for 800 to 900 years. With his long life span‚ Methuselah is also used as a symbol of wisdom and although is portrayed as having lots of knowledge‚ never plays a very prominent role in the bible. Following
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The Novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is about the story of Louie Zamperini‚ who was an Olympic athlete who came from a past of violence and stealing‚ he becomes enlisted in the air force and disappears. When louie disappears he is captured by Japanese and becomes a prisoner of War‚ For years he is beaten and hurt. When saved he overcomes all horrors of the past few years. Louie Zamperini shows resilience throughout the novel Unbroken‚ through going from a troublesome kid to being and Olympic athlete
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Looking at the story of Perseus you can see that he was a respectable person. Perseus is the son of Zeus and Danaé which makes him a demi-god. Perseus is respectable‚ because he kills medusa as man‚ he uses Medusa’s head for good reasons‚ and he does this without a father figure. Although Perseus did not have his father in his life‚ he still made good choices which is why he is respectable. Perseus could have done bad things out of revenge because Zeus wasn’t good to him but he didn’t. It’s because
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In the book Legend by Marie Lu‚ June Iparis and her brother Metias were born into a rich republican family. June‚ only 15‚ knows nothing of the horrors that the government tries to hide from its citizens. She has never seen the "buildings abandoned by business owners and residents when the flood waters rose" or the "giant water wheels and turbines that churn along the water’s edge" (81) on the outskirts of the poor sectors. When June turned 10‚ she took her trail and scored a 1500. A perfect score
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John Proctor John Proctor is an honorable and righteous man in The Crucible‚ but he’s guilty of an unforgivable sin. He’s the voice of reason and justice in Salem but no one knows about he’s dirty little secret. He’s characterized for being an intelligent man but his lust for Abigail led to his affair‚ destroying completely trust between his relationship with his wife Elizabeth. Because of his affair with Abigail‚ Proctor questions whether or not he is a moral man‚ yet this adultery is the only
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In “The Martian”‚ a 2011 hardcore science fiction novel by Andy Weir‚ astronaut Mark Watney must embark on a dogged quest to survive alone on Mars after a freak accident led to him being abandoned by his crewmates. Weir explores an optimistic view of human nature and pays an extreme attention to detail in the composition. One of the major themes that emerge from the novel is human nature. The team-up between NASA and the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) emphasizes the author’s belief
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My client‚ the baron‚ is not guilty of being considered a heinous monster. He is in fact a nobleman who is respected and loved by his neighbors and his fellow knights. "He was a stout knight‚ and a man of office and repute. Right private was he to the mind of his lord‚ and dear to the counsel of his neighbors." Also‚ he was completely honest to his wife‚ which he loves dearly‚ when she inquired about his whereabouts. He did not hide the fact that he was being turned into the werewolf‚ and he completely
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In her second year of junior high‚ Momotari contributed most of her free time to helping Hinata. It wasn’t as if she was always with him playing volleyball. She would tell him on certain days that she was just too busy. On those days‚ Hinata was completely understanding‚ and she really appreciated it because she saw how he could hound people to toss to him. But on the days where she did come and meet him after her track practice‚ Momotari was happy. Hinata and her would have idle chit chat sometimes
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Unlike McMurphy‚ Chief Bromden is a follower and is also stuck comfortably in the safety of the ward’s fog. McMurphy on the other hand is a leader and is not in the stuck the fog in the mental ingestion‚ but is trying to get the others out of the comfort of the fog. An instance of such event‚ is when McMurphy refuses to clean during the afternoon and pulls up a chair‚ waiting for the baseball game‚ staring at a turned off TV screen. Slowly one by one the patient’s pulled a chair up‚ waiting for the
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“Writers provide glimpses of other worlds giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world”. To what extended do you agree. The help is set in Jackson‚ Mississippi and begins in August 1962. The novel features three main narrators – Aibileen‚ Minny and Skeeter. This is based on three women who had the courage to stand up to the Mississippian society‚ putting their lives at risk for the sake of the African American race. Aibileen is a black woman who works for white family‚ the Leefolts
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