The book I chose is called Holes by Louis Sachar. This is a story about Stanley Yelnats and his family. It seems that they are cursed thanks to his no good‚ rotten‚ pig stealing‚ great grandfather. In the story‚ Stanley Yelnats gets arrested for "Stealing shoes" from the homeless. He is sent away to a camp in Green Lake‚ Texas to teach him a lesson. He is required to dig holes to "build character." After watching the movie and reading the book I like the movie better than the book. The first
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In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ the story’s protagonist Sanger Rainsford is hunted throughout the jungle of an uninhabited island‚ by General Zaroff a man who is fixated on hunting humans for sport. In the short story “Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton‚ an imperious‚ semi-barbaric king rules over his kingdom with an iron fist‚ when his daughter
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In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” the famous hunter‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ is sailing in unfamiliar territory in the middle of the ocean. As Rainsford is on the ship’s deck‚ he falls and is left behind in the water after hearing gunshots. He then swims to a nearby island discovers a sign of human life. He wanders until he stumbles upon a castle. He is then greeted by the owner of the island‚ General Zaroff. Rainsford learns that Zaroff was a Russian noble who loved to hunt‚ but became bored with
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“Keep your friends close‚ and your enemies closer...” Why would you want to associate with your enemies? Well‚ if you keep your enemies close‚ you will most likely know what they would try and do rather than expecting your friends to do anything to you if they really are your friends. How does this apply to this story? Read and find out: An example of Zaroff being wealthy would be when he had offered Rainsford the clothes‚ and just by the way Zaroff’s room and house looked demonstrates the wealth
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The Most Dangerous Game “I see‚” he said. “Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard‚ Rainsford….” “On guard‚ General‚” Rainsford replied‚ and lunged from behind the curtains. In his right hand was wickedly curved sabre‚ a little treasure from his trip back to the mansion. Alas‚ the general was clever and grabbed one the swords elegantly displayed above the mantle in his room. The broad‚ lavishly decorated weapon was a cumbersome
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William Faulkner’s short narrative ‘A Rose for Emily’ was printed. William Faulkner’s narrative may be one of the greatest anthologized works of literature. In 1981‚ Lyndon Chubbuck directed a movie based on the short story. This film has‚ however‚ received criticism from critics suggesting that the feature movie failed to bring about the same emotions as reading the short story. The film failed to bring out the Southern Gothic culture and traditions‚ the change in the chronological order of the events
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the coach comes to check on me. I am out of the game. All that preparing for that one moment‚ gone. Gone‚ because I had hurt my ankle. Gone‚ because I wouldn’t be able to play soccer again that season. Gone‚ because even though I didn’t know it‚ I would never be the same. I go to the doctor the next day and ask them to help me. For some reason‚ they couldn’t find anything wrong in my foot. I had many injuries in my sports
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technology has taken away its beauty. People had stop reading books and rather watch a movie of it instead. I recently read and watched a short novel called “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. After I finished watching and reading the book I noticed many things. By reading the book you can experience imagination. Your brain goes to a whole different world trying to picture was is happening in the story. On the other hand‚ the movie doesn’t make you use your imagination because you can see it
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After watching the film‚ The Great Gatsby (2013)‚ I feel like as if the movie and film correlates together well‚ especially when it comes to the characters. Each of the characters from the film were well-played actors—I felt like none of them were miscasts—and I wouldn’t change a thing about it if I was the director of the film. This film does a fantastic job with the visuals from the exciting parties Jay Gatsby threw at his mansion to the shocking emotional moment in which he was also killed by
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The Iliad verses Troy I n the movie it’s stated that Agamemnon brought the kings together for this war‚ which really isn’t true. Helen had many powerful suitors and her father was too afraid to pick one of them for her husband in fear of offending the others. Odysseus convinced him to make a contract with the other suitors that made them promise that should anything happen to Helen‚ the other kings would assist in getting her back. When Paris kidnapped Helen from Menelaus‚ they were bound to
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