UNIT ONE TEXT ONE THE PASSIONATE YEAR By James Hilton (Fragments) James Hilton (1900— 1954) was born in England and educated at Cambridge where he wrote his first novel‚ "Catherine Herself". His first big success came with the publication of "Good-bye‚ Mr. Chips". It was dramatized and filmed. "Lost Horizon" published in 1933 was awarded the Hawthornden Prize. Some of his other books are: "We Are Not Alone" (1937)‚ "Random Harvest" (1941)‚ "Nothing So Strange" (1947)‚ "Time and Time Again"
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Chaucer describes an ideal Knight‚ a "verray parfit‚ gentil knyght"‚ who conscientiously follows all the social‚ moral‚ chivalric‚ and religious codes of conduct. Chaucer does not have any particular individual in mind but casts the Knight as an idealistic representative of his profession. Although the institution of chivalry had become immoral in the fourteenth century Chaucer withholds his criticism and instead gives the Knight with all the gentlemanly qualities that are in keeping with his character
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“Certainly not!” he roared. “Can’t you see I’m eating? Tell her I’m too busy to be disturbed. Besides‚ it’s almost nighttime. She’ll have to go away.” “But . . .” “But what?” “But surely we should do something for her. After all‚ isn’t she the most famous pirate in the land
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narrative to influence the reader’s’ understanding of history/Holocaust by using a moral that can change everyone‚ good deeds come back which is the moral of the story. An example from the story says “‘We have come for every creature with bushy tails‚’ roared the Terrible Things. The squirrels chatter their fear and ran high into the treetops. But the Terrible Things swung their terrible nets higher than the squirrels could run and wider than the squirrels could leap and they caught them all and carried
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‘Satans’‚ ‘Satans of the North’‚ ‘black beasts of the Hell’‚ ‘the German beast’‚ ‘rabid dogs’ and ‘demons of the evil’‚ while their depiction as inhuman creatures with animal-like behavior is further underlined by the use of verbs like ‘barked’ and ‘roared’. In this respect‚ the portrayal of the Germans in the collections short stories by Fildisi and Ferousis displays a certain similarity in that in both books the Germans are portrayed as an incarnation of evil. In Ferousis’ book‚ however‚ this negative
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Both the passage and the poem developed the theme by having people needing to survive. In the passage‚ it was about a guy needing shelter‚ getting shelter‚ and then making soup. The poem was almost the same‚ but the soldiers needed food to survive. In the poem it states‚ “They came into town battered and torn‚ The soldiers hungry and worn‚ Door to door looking for food‚ All they got was firewood‚ So a clever plan was born.” The first statement shows that the soldiers had a rough time where they were
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was a football game. Everyone was getting ready‚ they were all painting their faces red and white for frankron and black and gold for lapel. Both teams and fans were enthusiastic and jumping up and down and chanting before the game. they ranted and roared let’s go eagles. Both teams were warming up and getting ready. The frankton eagles and the lapel bulldogs were about to play the big game. There was only one problem... The scoreboard wouldn’t work.everyone was bummed and almost started crying. Without
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physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally more than any other age‚ according to WebMD. Watching the racist messages intertwined within the colorful displays Disney has created a brand that can warp attitudes of people early on to create prejudice. In The Mouse That Roared Henry A. Giroux discusses the apparent racism included within Disney’s animated films‚ and he writes‚ “One cannot help but wonder what is ‘wholesome’ about the overt racism Disney displays toward both African Americans in the notorious racist
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J.R.R. Tolkien I selected this poem because of the depth of the writing. J.R.R. Tolkien was a master of words‚ and with this poem‚ he paints not just a picture of cats and their regal ancestors‚ but of all beings remembering their past. It is a reminder to humans too‚ that we would not be as content and happy‚ like the cat on the mat‚ except for the work and toil of our ancestors. Tolkien’s language increases in complexity as it describes the wildcat ancestors of the housecat‚ but becomes simpler
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about how he liked the “sound‚ ride and nostalgia” surrounding his experience when riding a Harley. Brand recognition is also a key part of Harley’s marketing agenda. One commercial displayed two blind men on a street corner as a Harley-Davidson roared by. Once the Harley thundered past‚ one of the blind men said to the other‚ “Nice Harley”. The commercial effectively markets the notion that a Harley-Davidson motorcycle is so easily identifiable that even a blind person can recognize it. Harley-Davidson’s
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