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    it’s a beautiful thing. The ability to overcome conflict whilst staying strong. It’s something everyone has‚ even if you think you don’t have it. Resilience is something you have to keep working on if you want it to grow. At Animal Farm‚ Boxer the horse has a strong work ethic. This can be seen in humans‚ where some characteristics of resilience include being a hard worker‚ confident‚ and optimistic. Resilience‚ on top of everyone having it‚ is also a very important skill. It’s important to show resilience

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    Controversial themes in stories are what contribute to making them some of the best pieces of literature. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by Mark Twain‚ several themes like this are present. Mark Twain states at the beginning of the book that “people attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot will be shot.” This is an example of Twain’s writing style called satire‚ the use of

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    The Great Gatsby portrays three different social classes: “old money” (Tomand Daisy Buchanan); “new money” (Gatsby); and a class that might be called “no money” (George and Myrtle Wilson). “Old money” families have fortunes dating from the 19th century or before‚ have built up powerful and influential social connections‚ and tend to hide their wealth and superiority behind a veneer of civility. The “new money” class made their fortunes in the 1920s boom and therefore have no social connections and

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    major theme in this story is keeping innocence‚ which is portrayed through Caulfield’s theory about the catcher in the rye‚ his need to protect his sister‚ and the red hunting hat. Caulfield’s fantasy about the catcher in the rye is a good example of the theme of keeping innocence. Caulfield imagines childhood as a huge rye field with children running and playing. This is a model

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    Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ contains various different themes which link together. Two of the major themes are ‘Loneliness’ and ‘Dreams and Hopes’. This essay will analyse these two major themes and explain how they relate to each other. Of Mice and Men is a story about the nature of human dreams and aspirations and the forces that work against them as it is the story of two men. George and Lennie’s dream is to own a little farm with a house and rabbits. George has told the story of his and

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    The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s use of Motif Many themes were shown by F. Scott Fitzgerald from the novel‚ The Great Gatsby. One of the themes is that some of the people aren’t satisfied with the way they live. The motif of cheating provides a different viewpoint of the character and the way they think about themselves. The way a person acts is the way they are. The motif represents the differences between the characters social status‚ how they treat others and act around them tells the

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    play‚ The Crucible‚ hysteria is one of the main themes. It is considered one of the main themes because it comes up often and often becomes the atmosphere of the play and the motivation of many of the character’s actions. Hysteria seems to be the central attitude or atmosphere of the play‚ once you get into it. Just to mention that the entire play represents a panic-stricken frame of mind. I think that Miller used hysteria as one of his main themes because he wanted to show how false information

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    Short Story “All the King’s Horses” Kurt Vonnegut is able to put a man’s face on war in his short story‚ “All the King’s Horse ”‚ and he exemplifies that in a time of war‚ the most forgotten effect on nations is the amount of innocent lives lost in meaningless battle due to unjust rulers fighting each other against a nation’s will. As Americans‚ we are oblivious to the fact that we have people fighting every day for our country. In addition‚ we ignore the fact that we do a lot of collateral damage

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    Getting Better My theme song is "Getting Better" by The Beatles. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in 1960. John Lennon‚ Paul McCartney‚ George Harrison and Ringo Starr‚ members of The Beatles‚ became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. Rooted in skiffle‚ beat and 1950s rock and roll‚ the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles‚ ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock‚ often incorporating classical elements

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    My 5 talent themes are Connectedness‚ Empathy‚ Consistency‚ Belief‚ and Analytical. Being analytical for me‚ means that I like to access situations‚ conversations‚ and people. I want to know why something is the way that it is and how was the conclusion came to. If I’m talking with someone and they bring up something that contradicts what I am saying and it’s supposedly based off of facts I want to see proof. I don’t have a problem being wrong but if I’m wrong I want to see evidence of it for myself

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