Expos Writing 23/9/2012 D/M/Y Mr. Emerson Outdoor Descriptive Essay The moment in the quiet little park As I placed my heavy backpack on the old bench‚ I feel tiredness coming up to me‚ as well as the sadness‚ because I have to spend in the park for an hour just to write some descriptive essay. So I grabbed my pencil and notebook and started to look around‚ the park was lonely. The sunset was not spectacular that day. The vivid ruby and tangerine streaks that often caressed the blue brow
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The Airport Novel is by far an interesting genre. At a glance‚ books which can be put under this classification may be seen as something which is merely meant to make an otherwise boring experience a bit less boring‚ by offering a superficial‚ engaging‚ and lengthy story to pass the time whilst one is waiting for a delayed flight‚ waiting in a baggage line and the normal fare of an airport’s monotony. While to a certain extent the Airport Novel is merely a vehicle for the passing of otherwise boring
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All Quiet on the Western Front Study Guide — Study and Discussion Guide Chapter 1 1. Where are the men “at rest”? Five miles behind the front 2. Why is there such an abundance of rations? Miscalculation – did not count on so much of a lose of life on the front. 3. Who is the narrator? How old is he? Paul Bäumer – 19 years old 4. Identify the following: A. Tjaden - skinny locksmith; biggest eater (19) B. Albert Kropp – clearest thinker; lance-corporal C. Muller G. Detering – smart; dreams
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Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front has been a very successful novel. Upon the book’s publication in 1929 the book was an instant success in the war boom era‚ and is considered by many to be the greatest war novel of all time. The main character‚ Paul‚ accompanied by fellow comrades‚ demonstrates the difficulties faced on the front line of World War I and the hardships of returning home to a broken country. The immense struggles displayed throughout the novel convey a protest theme
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Why it is important to be quiet in class? It is polite to be quite during school so you don’t bother other classes around you. During class changes you can talk‚ you can talk during class at an inside voice when your teacher allows you to do so and it is polite. Keep your mouth shut unless you are spoken to by the teacher or otherwise expected by the teacher to speak. It means don’t chat with the kids around you in class unless you are told by the teacher to have a group discussion‚ and don’t
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Erich Maria Remarque tells a remarkable World War I story through the eyes of the soldier Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front. In this novel‚ Paul faces life in the roughness of trench warfare. Remarque explores the effects of war on both an entire generation and on the individual and dives into the connection between war and political power. The biggest recurring theme of this novel is the lost generation. Almost all of the soldiers went to fight at a young age and would have the memory of
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Jenna Long Mrs. Schumann English 8 November 2012 All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front is a very dramatic movie about how WWI affected a young group of soldiers. The war affected the soldier’s whole self; it affected them emotionally‚ physically‚ and mentally. War can hurt anyone’s emotions. Being exposed to such terrible things can really change a person. When the soldiers got to their training camps they were excited and eager to fight for their country
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Through the Eyes of Erich Remarque A soldier must have the mentality of‚ “I must kill or I’ll be killed” or they will surely perish. Taking this idea to heart can be a very moralistic test that most people can’t handle. All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels ever written because of its exposing graphic depiction of war. In the short note before Chapter One‚ Remarque lets the reader know exactly what themes he intends. War is savage‚ unjustified and unnatural. He intends to
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In a time period filled with war and conflict‚ the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a difficult read due to the heavy topic it pertains to. The story begins with Paul Bӓumer and his friends from school joining the army. They joined because they thought war would be honorable thanks to Kantorek‚ their teacher. After their ten weeks of training and their first two weeks of being on the front lines‚ only eighty of the one hundred fifty men return. Paul’s friend‚ Franz
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Suicide Makes Morality (rought draft) In the novel Little Bee‚ by Chris Cleave‚ the author writes about a refugee girl and a couple of English citizens who face many struggles as they move on with their lives.Suicide is a big factor on how the character’s separate lives work out. The different reasons for committing or wanted commit suicide could be seen as immoral from the readers’ perspective. The character Little Bee constantly thinks about ways to kill herself when enters new environments and
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