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    tribulations until she finds true love and achieves an almost nirvana-like state of being. The manner‚ in which Charlotte Bronte writes‚ her tone and diction especially‚ lends its self to the many purposes of the novel. The diction of Bronte usually had characteristics of gothic culture and showed the usually negative and angry inner thoughts of Jane. The tone of the novel was there sympathetic towards Jane and displayed her as an intelligent and kind person who has been given a terrible lot in life

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    Mississippi Burning character essay In the film “Mississippi Burning”‚ directed by Alan Parker‚ characterisation is employed very effectively to illuminate the themes of tolerance and social change in the southern United States in the 1960s. Parker uses the buddy/buddy formula through Ward and Anderson to act as a focal point for the plot; as well as being an analogy for the greater conflict in society‚ in that they have polar opposite personality traits and initially cannot stand each other‚ but

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    Tone Assignment Peter Sigouin Ka-Ching! Margaret Atwood ENG4U In Margaret Atwood’s Ka-Ching!‚ the dominant tone of the passage is nostalgic and contemplative. When Atwood describes her first job‚ working for a small hotel coffee shop‚ she refers to it as being a clean‚ well-lighted‚ with booths‚ counters and waitresses. She is looking back on what seemed to be a poor experience. The basis of the Machiavellian characteristics was to do whatever it took to gain

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    The novel I have chosen for this assignment is The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan. It won the Scott O’Dell Award in the year 2010. This novel is set in the year of 1937 in Kansas‚ which is right in the middle of the great dust bowl in American history. The characters are set in this time period with correct description and experiences that were happening then. The dust bowl created hardship and despair for all that lived then. You feel the dust bowl‚ you feel the pain of this time period. There

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    Alcott’s Tone Overview: Little Women The late 19th century was an important time in the early American society. Little Women provides close insight of the changing position of girls and women during the times of the great Civil War. Little Women shows the reader countless dimensions of the children’s daily lives‚ including their dating rituals‚ chores and schooling. The book focuses on a family of the middle-class New England that is having hard financial times and they prove how sticking together

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    expressing herself when she is unable to speak to anyone about it. c. Tone- I feel the author’s tone towards The Color Purple is dark and gradually becomes more positive when Celie decides to change. In the beginning‚ the author expresses this depressing and dark tone by describing Celie’s experiences and her feelings of worthlessness. Nettie‚ her sister‚ is the only person she has loved and Celie believes she is dead. The tone becomes light when the author introduces Shug Avery. When Shug enters

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    I think burning books is a very wrong act. Burning books is wrong because it is not only ruining hard work and dedication that the author put into it‚ but also‚ the author’s ideas and thoughts. When the nazi’s burned books about the Jews‚ I thought this was extremely cruel. It was bad enough that they killed millions of Jews‚ but burning their thoughts and ideas is something that people should be very ashamed of. My overall thoughts of burning books is that it is very wrong. I agree and disagree

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    illustrating Crooks’ barn to the reader as the setting on the passage. First‚ he describes everything in detail that is located in Crooks’ barn while using powerful diction to clarify Crooks’ character. Second‚ he describes Crooks’ barn as his source of his pride and self-respect while reinstating his loneliness. Third‚ Steinbeck uses sound imagery to foreshadow and to set the tone of the passage‚ thus reinforcing the theme of loneliness by illustrating Crooks’ barn in a sad‚ depressing tone. Steinbeck illustrates

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    Flag Burning & Freedom of Speech Jonathan Cunningham International Academy of Design & Technology Online Since the Supreme Court has decided that freedom of speech may at times be restricted‚ the question arises‚ should such freedom be restricted when it comes to flag burning? An example of such an action would be an angry mob of people who wish to protest a recent decision by the government by burning the flag. Some people state that the government should ban this form of protest

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    electricity for hundreds of years. While conventional supplies of oil and natural gas are expected to run out in the near future. This has cause a growth in nuclear power. Through out this report one will also learn the disadvantages and advantages to coal burning power plant and how they operate. Coal has played a major role in electricity production ever since the first power plants were built in the world in the 1880’s. The earliest power plant used hand feed wood or coal to heat boiler and produce steam

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