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    Run Forest Run (Three messages from Rocking Horse-Winner) The first message for Rocking Horse-Winner is neglect because the parents do not pay attention to Paul. The father‚ Hester‚ does not play attention to Paul and he ends up becoming very unstable which causes a tragic accident. Paul has problems because nobody pays attention to him which causes his brain to shut down and he does not make it. Not only has Hester not payed much attention to him but his mother did not pay that much attention either

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    There is never something good to say about greed. Since the beginning of time as it is to this day greed has devastated lives with despair and hatred. It is an abstract word‚ untouchable‚ but omnipresent waiting for whom it can devour. In the story “Rocking Horse Winner” D.H. Lawrence makes the presence of greed obvious from the beginning. The story starts off with the mother being described as a heartless person because how she feels about her kids. From there the tone of greed was set as the theme

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    Set in the nineteenth century‚ Jane Eyre describes a woman’s continuous journey through life in search of acceptance and inner peace. Each of the physical journeys made by the main character‚ Jane Eyre‚ have a significant effect on her emotions and cause her to grow and change into the woman she ultimately becomes. Her experiences at Lowood School‚ Thornfield Hall‚ Moor house‚ and Ferndean ingeniously correspond with each stage of Jane’s inner quest and development from an immature child to an intelligent

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    Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre” borrows the name of the novel’s central character‚ Jane Eyre. The Victorian and Roman inspired narrative documents Jane’s time of being an orphaned girl at Gateshead suffering under the unjust rule of her biased aunt‚ her experience as an underprivileged student at an all girl’s school for other orphans‚ and Jane’s employment as a governess. Charlotte Brontë carefully weaves the essential theme self-identity through “Jane Eyre” as a crucial component in the development

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    Confessions of Charlotte Doyle June 4‚ 2012 Ann Lee 8D “The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle” by Avi is about a thirteen-year-old girl‚ Charlotte Doyle‚ traveling from England to America‚ where her family was living. After the ship had left‚ she realized that she was the only female passenger on the ship‚ which was called Seahawk. Charlotte was an upper class and educated girl‚ unlike many of the sailors on the ship. Despite the fact that one of the sailors warned Charlotte about Captain

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    George Eliot once said‚ “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.”In the novel‚ The True Confession Of Charlotte Doyle by Avi‚ Charlotte isn’t sure who she should trust on board The Seahawk. One theme of this story is that she needs to learn to trust in herself‚ believe in herself and trust everyone else. In the first quarter of the book Charlotte can not or will not trust anyone. When she was getting on the seahawk she thought that she was not going to be the only girl on the ship but then the other

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    tormented family relationships. This theme can be seen in the short story The Rocking-Horse Winner through: "the terrible mother" Hester‚ "the anti-wise man" Oscar Cresswell‚ and "the sacrificial scapegoat" Paul. Hester is portrayed as cold and shallow‚ accurately demonstrating the terrible mother archetype. Thus‚ she is a perfect example of the theme of tormented family relationships‚ present in the short story The Rocking-Horse Winner. When the authour describes what‚ "Everyone else said of her:

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    contrasting previous generations. A generation is molded by the ideas of predecessors‚ and through literature‚ the past can be explored from an otherwise lost point of view. Authors from varying times offer insight into what was once modern culture. Charlotte Gilman was one such author whose work has defined the movement towards equality. Gilman’s story‚ "The Yellow Wallpaper" is such a piece that offers a unique take on women during the Progressive Era. Dialogue shared between the two main characters

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    Some groups were violent who aimed to kill the German occupiers. Others used non-violent means‚ broadcasting anti-German radio programs and published underground newspapers. These resisters were to be handed over to the Nazi’s and punished. In Charlotte Delbo’s U.S translated memoir‚ Auschwitz and After‚ published by Yale University Press in 1985‚ we see how Mrs. Delbo takes a stance against the German invasion and aims to protect the French population by producing leaflets. Other’s joined Delbo

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    Literature and Composition Summer 2011 MLA Style Perseverance Played Out “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and “The Most Dangerous Game” In D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ the reader is given insight into the lives of two males: Sanger Rainsford in Most Dangerous Game‚ and a boy‚ Paul‚ in Rocking-Horse. Equally Lawrence and Connell are wickedly clever in their details‚ characteristics‚ irony‚ imagery and symbolic

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