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    The Road Monologue

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    The next morning I woke up to the sound of snoring in my ear. [Some nerve you have To break up my lonely] Than I noticed that hideen’s arms were around me and I didn’t want to move them. [And tell me you want me How dare you march into my heart Oh how rude of you] Then out of nowhere Hideen kissed my neck and whispered in my ear. "Goodmorning" he said [To ruin my miserable And tell me I’m beautiful ’Cause I wasn’t looking for love no Nobody asked to get me attached to you] I turned around

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    Lurking Decisions “Two roads diverged in a wood‚ and I-/ I took the one less traveled by‚/ And that has made all the difference‚” (Robert Frost). What Robert Frost deals with in his poem‚ The Road Not Taken‚ is deciding which way to turn when forced to make a decision. How do you know which path to take? How do you know which way will take you a little closer to being the moral person that we should all wish to be? Sometimes you make the right decision‚ sometimes you make the decision right.

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    Tobacco Road Essay

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    Lest We Forget: Poverty‚ Depravity and Desperation in the Rural South Erskine Caldwell’s 1932 novel Tobacco Road is at once a brute force portrayal of the Depression-era poverty of the Deep South and an exaggeration of rural southern stereotypes. But the story serves as a potent reminder of the despair of the not-to-distant past‚ and how ordinary people were left to fend for themselves at the hands of an indifferent and predatory society that was undergoing seismic change. Caldwell’s book

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    Hopes and dreams help people survive even if they never become real. How true is this for the characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’? The novel ‘Of mice and Men’ was written by John Steinbeck and is set in Salinas and Soledad California in the 1930s when life was hard for so many people because of the great depression. A major theme of John Steinbeck’s novel ‘of mice and men’ is the American dream and the drive to attain it. There are two major themes in ‘of mice and men’ novel that is foreshadowed

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    The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world following the path of a Father and Son. McCarthy is a highly celebrated award-winning author. He is 78 years old and has an 8-year-old son – an uncommon circumstance – underlining that for him‚ death is imminent and prompting him to consider the ideas discussed in his novel. In The Road‚ the father is undergoing a crisis of faith and so adopts an Existentialist view and creates meaning through his son – who therefore influences

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    'The Road' Idea essay

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    the novel ’The Road’ the author Cormac McCarthy uses the idea of choice in order to portray how characters react in an apocalyptic situation. .The road is set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia where of government and set of rules is abolished. The novel follows a young boy and his father as they traverse through rough terrain in order to seek refuge to the east. McCarthy challenges the reader to determine how the reader would react in this situation‚ to retain morals and a sense of hope by ’carrying

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    to persuade him‚ he left the scene and didn’t say sorry to the owner. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost supports the idea of this quote; however‚ “Untraveled Road” by Thousand Foot Krutch does not. The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost goes along with the theme of the quote by Bodie Thoene. For example‚ in the poem Frost says‚ “I took the other‚ as just as fair” (Line 6)‚ stating that he took the better road that looked just as beautiful and less taken. In this line‚ Frost is making

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    The Shawshank Symbols of Hope In The Shawshank Redemption; Stephen King uses symbolism to help reveal the theme “man cannot live without hope”. In this movie the sisters subplot becomes an important symbol because even though Andy is treated wrongly‚ he continues to tolerate their abuse‚ with hope that he will eventually escape. Many other prisoners in that horrific situation would have been unable to cope or become violent and resentful. Andy’s behavior remained passive. Acting like this

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    The Road analysis essay

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    The Road Final Analysis Essay Faith is not just believing in a god and following in customs and traditions‚ faith can be blind trust in something that has served you well. Faith plays an important role in The Road by Cormac McCarthy‚ a few vital literary elements included are syntax and motif. The syntax‚ how all the sentences are short yet very detailed and how McCarthy chooses not to use quotations in dialogue‚ is the foundation to the book. “i cant‚” McCarthy doesn’t even use an apostrophe

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    Bob Hope Band Scholarship Award “Thanks for the Memories” Sarah Schaaf 12th Grade‚ Bullitt Central High School Macy’s Great American Marching Band‚ Alto Saxophone 758 old 61 South Shepherdsville‚ KY 40165 (502)-287-7463 Sarahschaaf1996@gmail.com Bob Hope was time’s truest Renaissance man. He was an actor‚ a comedian‚ a singer‚ an athlete‚ a dancer and above all‚ a humanitarian. Never has there been a man who so selflessly and generously donated his time‚ his talent and his life to improving

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