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    Travel Tracer

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    Travel Tracer Pg.25 Controller is introduced The Controller is Mustapha Mond. He is the resident controller for Western Europe. The Controller is man of middle height‚ black hair‚ a hooked nose‚ red lips‚ and eyes that are dark and piercing. The Controller talks to the students about the past‚ and seems to be the only knowledgeable person on the history of human kind. He talks of the bible‚ mothers‚ home‚ and the moral values of humans back then. The students find this very intriguing‚ which tells

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    time travel

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    After travelling successfully though time I met a man by the name of Van Helmont and discussed some results from an experiment he was currently observing. I told him that I was from the future and scientist had discovered how the plants use chemical cycles to feed. I explained to him how plants use photosynthesis and respiration to produce sugars for food then releasing the used energy into our atmosphere. Four main factors needed to produce these processes are sunlight‚ oxygen‚ carbon dioxide‚ and

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    characters – there are the entire element to create a heartless story. To demonstrate that gothic literature is always heartless in every story‚ this paper will discuss three main arguments: First of all‚ this paper will describe and develop the gothic motifs and conventions. Secondly‚ it will analyze the importance of isolation that leads to insanity in most of gothic stories. Finally‚ we will show that gothic literature draws an ironical image of romantics’

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    The Graduate‚ directed by Mike Nichol’s in 1967‚ is about Benjamin Braddock‚ a recent college graduate‚ who is stuck in the middle of his past and his future. Throughout the film‚ you learn that Benjamin is a lonely young man who is confused about what to do since he has graduated. During a graduation party that his parents had thrown for him‚ with none of Benjamin’s friends because he has none‚ Mrs. Robinson had asked him to drive her home since her husband took the car. Mrs. Robinson is the wife

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    The success of a satire is often measured by how well it "awakens thoughtful laughter." Based on this statement‚ Jonathan Swift’s novel‚ Gulliver’s Travels‚ is very successful as a satire because at a very superficial level‚ it is quite amusing with its tales of dwarfs and giants; however‚ when considering the time period in which this book was written and the historical problems of this era‚ the reader finds himself laughing on another level‚ realizing the satirizing of the government and humanity

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    Ray Bradbury puts motifs to represent and show the audience hints for what is going to happen. In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury‚ they live in a society they live is against the law to read books and use your imagination. Bradbury uses motifs. Motifs are symbols that are repeated throughout the story. It shows objects represent things. For example he uses fire‚ mirrors‚ and both alive and death. Bradbury used quite of few motifs. But why does he use them? I think he uses them to show the reads

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    The 5th Wave‚ was full of motifs. First it was the Teddy Bear‚ then it was her Cell Phone that doesn’t work anymore‚ and finally it was the word Survive. I know the two first word s make total sense but the last one the word Survive‚ it seems as if doesn’t belong. But in reality the motifs in the story they mean so much more than living and a distant memory. The teddy bear that Cassie is always carrying is not even hers. So how does this even connect to the story? Well it was her little brothers

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    play‚ Cupid is a motif. A motif symbolizes something‚ and Cupid is supposed to symbolize the erratic love that the teens feel in this drama‚but some of the characters take it the wrong way and think of it a bit differently. Romeo thinks Cupid uses a bow that love is something that you can conquer‚ but it is something that is mutually felt between two people. So in the play‚ Cupid actually makes love seem violent and like something that you can take from other people. Cupid is a motif in the play‚ but

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    Rizal's Travel

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    Rizal in Berlin‚ Germany 1 November 1886 At 1:25 P.M.‚ Rizal arrived at Berlin and boarded at the Central Hotel. 2 November 1886 Rizal wrote a letter to his friend Pastor Karl Ullmer informing the latter of his arrival at the big German capital the day before. He wrote: "Remembrances to your loving wife‚ Eta and to Friedrich." 4 November 1886 In a letter he informed Prof. Blumentritt about his meeting with Dr. A.B. Meyer last October 31 in Dresden. He was already residing at Jaeger Straesse

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    Manuel Puig uses many recurring themes and motifs to convey his views and opinions on many highly political‚ and also controversial‚ matters‚ from his attitude towards Marxism‚ and his belief that people should be free to express themselves as well as being tolerant of others’ views‚ to his homosexuality being reflected in one of the two main characters. Themes: • Tolerating each other’s and other people’s views: Molina and Valentin obviously have contrasting views on sexuality and politics

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