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    seems more preoccupied with his narrative than anything else. Conrad describes his narrative as essential in uncovering the underlying themes‚ ironies‚ characters‚ and mysteriousness of the novel. Like in most of his other works Conrad has decided to use the omniscient narrator. The narrator is an extension of Conrad but the distinction between the two should be made. The omniscient‚ although an extension of the author‚ is purely a creation designed to fulfill themes and help with regards to the structure

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    Apple Speech June 10‚ 2010 On September 20‚ 2002 I bought my first classic pink iPod. On October of 2005‚ I bought my first iPod Nano in yellow. Last summer‚ I bought my first laptop computer‚ the Macbook Pro‚ and my first iPod touch. Wow! I have shared many of my first experiences with Apple and I am your loyal customer‚ and I‚ Ana Plascencia‚ am truly honored to be given the opportunity to address you (the men and women) who have contributed to the success of the Apple and who have contributed

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    The Short Story History: as a form dates back to the oral tradition of the tale written tales emerge in poetic forms - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Boccaccio’s Decameron (1351-1353) often cited as the precursor of the short story form‚ as is the French translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1704) short story really begins to emerge as a form in the 19th century Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1824-1826) an early collection of folk stories that paved the way for the development of the genre of short

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    Kings Secret Exposed?? What’s the gossip this week? Rumour has it that the king has donkey ears. From a source‚ we have info that our king‚ King‚ Midas had a little argument with Apollo‚ God of the sun. Big mistake! We all heard about the sing-off between Pan and Apollo. Apollo won but our king couldn’t accept that. We don’t blame Apollo for being mad about it. Witness say Midas called his singing “trashy and out of tune”. Even worse it was his own barber that spread

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    one person I could talk without being judged. I was definitely the adventurous type and when I would decide it was time for an adventure. I would never forget to have my comrade by my side. PLOT Exposition: This story was some of the best times during the first five years of my life. It took place at the first place I ever called home. There I lived with my aunt‚ my uncle‚ and their child. There was also my mom‚ my brother‚ me‚ and lucky. Most of mine and Lucky’s adventures took place in our back

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    “The Story of an Hour” The theme of “The Story of an Hour” to me is sad‚ there is a moment of joy‚ also there is confusion in the story. I think it’s sad because there is death in the story. Nobody likes death! Mrs. Mallard has a moment of joy‚ she feels free. She has freedom from her husband’s death. I find it also confusing how Mrs. Mallard celebrated her husband’s death. She didn’t seem sad one bit. I feel these are the reasons these are the themes of “The Story of an Hour” In “The Story

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    In Walter Mosley’s story “Smoke” the police are depicted as being completely uncaring about issues in African American neighborhoods. This reflects the real life relationship between African American communities and police at that time period. In the time period the book was set in it was very common for police to ignore calls coming in from predominantly African American or other minority neighborhoods and this discrimination is still present even today. The discrimination created a need for the

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    Often‚ famous novels go through the process of becoming movies. On the outside world of the film‚ fans of the novel and people who want to see the movie are running around in excitement‚ but behind the scenes there is a lot more than what meets the eye. Behind the scenes‚ screenwriters are doing their best to make an appealing movie‚ studio executives are deciding whether or not to keep the movie in the works and the authors who originally wrote the novel are hoping that the plot of the movie doesn’t

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    In the short story “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan‚ Waverly Jong‚ the narrator‚ explains that she was a child when her mother taught her "the art of invisible strength‚" a strategy for winning arguments and gaining respect from others in games. Waverly and her two brothers live in San Francisco’s Chinatown. When Waverly’s brother Vincent receives a chess set at the church Christmas party‚ Waverly quickly becomes interested in the game of chess. She begins to win local tournaments and becomes a national

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    The speedster took off running‚ lightning entering the nearby warehouse and stopping there. Obviously a trap‚ but Star City’s vigilante hoped he could outsmart his adversary‚ rushing in the dark after the speedster. Damn speedster…the things you’re making me do‚ Barry. Crunching as he entered the premise using a broken window‚ Oliver was keeping all of his senses in high alert‚ waiting for the attack; there wasn’t anyone around‚ but to be fair it was pretty dark in there. Despite the only light

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