The Lumber Room The text under analysis is entitled “The Lumber Room” and it is written by an outstanding British novelist and short story writer Hector Munro. Hector Hugh Munro‚ better known by the pen name Saki‚ was a British writer. In her Biography of Saki Munro’s sister writes: “One of Munro’s aunts‚ Augusta‚ was a woman of ungovernable temper‚ of fierce likes and dislikes‚ imperious‚ a moral coward‚ possessing no brains worth speaking of‚ and a primitive disposition.” Naturally the last
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Summary – Chapter 1 starts with a young boy named Ralph‚ searching the area around him to find other life after their plane crash landed on a deserted island. Ralph eventually finds another boy with the nickname "Piggy" and they realize that are no adults and that they can’t find their plane. Then they decide to go to the shore to swim and Ralph tells Piggy that his dad will save them since he is in the navy but Piggy tells him that the pilot had told them that an atom bomb had gone off and everyone
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Chapter Analysis Chapter One Two itinerant workers‚ George and Lennie‚ are introduced. They rest in a small clearing by the Salinas River‚ on their way to a nearby ranch where they expect to sign on for work. They have hurriedly left the last ranch‚ following an incident involving Lennie in Weed. Lennie pleads with George to tell him over and over again about their dream ranch‚ where Lennie’s main task will be to tend the rabbits. Lennie’s Aunt Clara‚ whom he refers to as “that Lady”‚ is briefly
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Throughout the novel Room the protagonist Jack experiences difficulties understanding the world around him. This creates many conflicts between him and his mother. Many of these conflicts begin with a disagreement in opinion between the two characters. Now that Jack is becoming older he is beginning to want more than just what lies within the Room in which he lives in. In the beginning of the novel Jack asks his mother for candles for his fifth birthday cake‚ but his mother tells him he cannot have
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Sophia’s War pages 255 to end of the book In chapter 62 Mr. Smith told John Andre that they should start going on foot. Smith said Andre has a pass by General Arnold. Sophia was walking when he went to an old she was intending to ask if she was going the right way and for food. It turns out that she was going the right way. Smith and Andre got on a horse in started on foot or horse. Andre was also in civilian clothing to disguise himself. The horse had a badge that read the USA. Sophia
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end‚ you talked to him/im not mad im disappointed‚ hello doctor i need an appointment/im sick of love; do you have any cures?/she took my heart but didnt give me hers.take care i sure will‚ imma get better soon/and when i do imma forget about you/#my room with the curtains
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Chapter Summaries of Saving Francesca Chapter 1: Plot: Mia is Francesca’s mother. Very dominant and a University Lecturer. Mia is well liked. Acts how she wants. Actively involved in Francesca’s life. Gives her lots of advice/pep talks. Fran attends St. Sebastian – previously all boys. Only 30 girls attend‚ Fran misses old friends. Quotes Francesca- mother as “Queen of Limitations Placers” pg.2 (Meaning she wants Francesca to be like her) -Fran ‘saved’ from outrages behaviour “My friends always told
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The Reptile Room T he title of the book I am reading is The Reptile Room. The author is Lemony Snicket. The point of view is first person. The main idea of The Reptile Room is that the Baudelaire parents die in a house fire and the orphans are sent to live with a distant relative named Count Olaf‚ a terrible and greedy man. The Baudelaire parents had left behind an enormous fortune which will go to Violet‚ the oldest of the orphans when she turns eighteen. Count Olaf is so obsessed with getting
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Room 101 When I was thinking about what I would banish to room 101 if given the choice millions of my pet peeves came to my head. But instead of going on an infinite rant about everything I hate about‚ I chose the four things which I would voluntarily go in Room 101 myself rather than having to put up with them any longer Before anything else I would nominate to go in room 10I would put in Cigarette smokers‚ is there anything more irritating than somebody smoking next to you? You’re standing at
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Robert T. Kiyosaki focuses on the different life decisions that determine or contribute to a person’s future in hopes that people will realize that they could turn their life around if they really were determined to do so. In chapter one‚ Mike and Robert Kiyosaki feel like outcasts `because they go to an elementary school full of rich students where they seem to be the only ones who are poor and it hurt them but “that hurt was good‚ because it inspired us to keep thinking of a way to make money”
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