Fahrenheit 451: A Summary (1) In 1953‚ Ray Bradbury published one of his best-known novels: Fahrenheit 451. (2) The story‚ an eerie futuristic tale‚ depicts a society that destroys itself because of the singular pursuit of pleasure. (3) Books are illegal. (4) Politics and world events are banned. (5) The main character’s wife‚ Mildred‚ goes about her day-to-day life in a television-enhanced haze‚ blindly seeking the next thrill yet completely miserable in the process. (6) Her character is the
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King Lear was a supposedly one of the first monarchs in prehistoric Britain. He had come down to Shakespeare’s time as a Figure of myth and folklore. King Lear knew to divide sovereign power would be to undermine the peace of the commonwealth and to infringe the biblical precept that no one should serve two masters. (Bossulet qtd in) Sommerville 350) Although such an act would have been considered illegal at the time and Queen Elizabeth asks her advisors if she can give away some of her land (Foakes
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Summary of Lord of the Flies It all starts with Ralph finding himself on what seems like a desolated island. After walking around for some time‚ he meets the boy‚ whose name we don’t hear‚ but Ralph will refer to his nickname‚ Piggy‚ future on. Ralph and Piggy decide it would be best to group up‚ although Ralph seems to be rather annoyed with Piggy’s presence. After they have wandered around on the island‚ they spot something rather interesting lying in a small pool of water. It turns out to be
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of compassion. George was trying to protect his friend by killing him. Lenny was a man with a simple‚ childlike mind. He was completely unaware of his immense strength and because of this ignorance‚ he unwittingly killed a woman. When a manhunt ensued‚ led by the woman’s husband Curley‚ George was able to protect Lenny one final time from the cruel and torturous death awaiting him. There was no way for Lennie to escape death. Curley would never have allowed him to live. Candy‚ a fellow bunk
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The manhunt has started throughout florida‚ and the chief of police‚ George Brown‚ assures the public that it is their “main priority to catch this dangerous and violent individual‚ and bring him to justice”‚ (for a second time). All inmates in contact with Gladwin
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lingering and bitter divisiveness. On April 14‚ 1865‚ five days after the surrender of Confederate commanding general Robert E. Lee‚ Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth‚ a Confederate sympathizer. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton launched a manhunt for Booth‚ and 12 days later on April 26‚ Booth was fatally shot by Union Army soldier Boston
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Gangs. This is what is portrayed in SE Hinton ’s novel‚ The Outsiders. Two different gangs from opposite ends of the social ladder clash in this epic novel of social tension between two rival groups‚ the Socs and the Greasers. The main character‚ 14-year-old Ponyboy‚ is a Greaser who lives under the cycle of poverty and endless pressure from the Socs. They are the upper class Westside crowd who are accepted in society. The Greasers‚ in contrast‚ struggle to put food on the table and are social outcasts
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two vehicles. Between the early hours of 12:00AM and 1:00AM‚ the brothers are spotted and they engage in a shoot-out with the officers. Tamerlan‚ the older brother‚ is killed while the younger brother‚ Dzhokar‚ gets away. This is the start of the manhunt that shut down the capital of Massachusetts. After hours of searching for Dzhokar‚ a resident of Watertown called the police and alerted them that he was in the boat in his backyard. Finally‚ the Boston capture ended this scary and intense week that
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‘In Paris with You’ by James Fenton Learning objectives: - AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. - AO2: explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. Pre-reading activity: 1. What do you associate with Paris? For example‚ you might think of the Eiffel Tower‚ fancy restaurants‚ or the Stade de France. Try to
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tribe of a society‚ Ralph is the enemy. Ralph is the only one who has ever kept Jack from what he wanted. On the island‚ the boys have begun to mirror the savage nature of animals and the people before them‚ hunting‚ and even going on a manhunt for Ralph. In this manhunt‚ they jeopardized the entire island and all of its inhabitants for the sake of killing ralph‚ shown when ralph was “running beneath the trees‚ with the grumble of the forest explained. They had smoked him out and set the island on fire”
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