In Legend by Marie Lu‚ the author uses flashbacks to show symbolism‚ foreshadowing‚ and the importance of the pendant to Day. At this point in the story‚ Day is still locked up and June feels that the Republic is untrustworthy. June has just brought Day the pendant that he lost a while back outside the hospital trying to steal plague medicine. As soon as Day sees the pendant he is surprised and happy‚ and then remembers his life when his dad was still around. In days flashback he remembers the first
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THE LEGEND OF THE TERRIFIC III President McFlight All eyes were on me‚waiting for me to say the word.One word that would change lives‚ for the good or the bad.I raised my head to meet the gaze of the Congress members. “Yes.We will help the sick Russians on Mars. looked around.I saw looks of joy‚pity‚anger‚and disgust.No‚I thought‚I am the president.I am doing this in the interest of our country‚maybe the world.I am right. Commander Braiv I opened the door and stepped into president McFlight’s
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How to Avoid Being Sleepy All the Time By Jason Ladock Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | The body needs energy to stay fit and healthy. Sleep is one of the most important factors to keep the body in its healthy state. There are times that you may feel sleepy because your body lacks the energy to stay up for a long time. If you have some sleepy habits that you are not supposed to be doing‚ learn some practical ways to control or avoid being sleepy at all times. • If you can‚ try to have an 8 hour long
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S. Eliot’s poem‚ “The Hollow Men‚” indicates the hollowing of mankind generates a loss of substance‚ purpose‚ and will result in the annihilation of humanity. With the aftermath of World War I‚ men disregard religion and turn to modernistic attitudes— they feel internally empty. Specifically‚ Eliot’ hollow men parallel lifeless effigies‚ due to their heads being “filled with straw” (6). Here‚ the speaker associates mannequin-like characteristics of scarecrows to the hollow men. These men lack their
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Gravity Hills: Urban Legend Urban Legends are stories‚ usually false or exaggerated‚ that are repeatedly told and embellished over time until they are believed to be true. Gravity Hills is known to be an urban legend and it is also surrounded by scary stories. It’s said that in various hills of California‚ if a car is parked on neutral it will somehow roll up the slope of the nearby hill. There have been stories due to this belief that children died in the hills as they helped push their school
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for Legends on the net by Fernback Legends on the net by Jan Fernback‚ he argues that the oral cultural has been changed from past to contemporary. He says that‚ orality and literacy becomes less important because of human develop the cyberspace. Today‚ in our society people need to use internet because we are using it everywhere and it becomes part of our culture. In addition‚ the author says that‚ oral tradition has been warning for community living. Fernaback agues that‚ urban legend as
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The Hollow of the Three Hills is a story of dishonor‚ deceit‚ and death. The author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorn portrays the main character as a beautiful woman with a shameful and abominable past. She tries to run from her problems. The main character was so driven by curiosity and remorse that she brought herself to go see a witch. They met in a place described by Hawthorne as "a hollow basin‚ almost mathematically circular‚ two or three hundred feet in breadth‚...the resort of the Power of Evil and
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Emmanuel Solorzano Dr. Mary Warner English 112B May 3‚ 2014 Unit of Study: “The Hollow Men” as a Bridge into Modernism and Poetry Why Teach Modernism and Poetry Together The turn of the century presented writers with a variety of changes. Intellectual life was rapidly changing. Freud proposed a new‚ unsettling psychoanalytic method of understanding the self. His work undermined cultural and religious conceptions about human nature. Sir James Frazer’s anthropology in Golden Bough also challenged
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Nathaniel Hawthorns use of sound‚ colour and symbolism in The Hollow of Three Hills -Leandre Kleynhans LW 11Y AS Levels English Nathaniel Hawthorne turns the perhaps often ignored topic of adultery into a compelling story that keeps the reader enthralled by using various literary techniques. He focuses on using colour and sound as a way to activate the audience’s imagination and create a somewhat magical picture that only the mind could produce. He describes certain things and places in a precise
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The Legend of the Green Lady Bonus Story: D.B. Cooper by David Zink The Legend of the Green Lady All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2015 by David Zink All Rights Reserved. This book may not be reproduced‚ transmitted‚ or stored in whole or in part by any means‚ including graphic‚ electronic‚ or mechanical without the express written consent of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Booktango books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:
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