I’m Not Scared CHAPTER SUMMARIES CHAPTER 1: Main characters have a race‚ Maria hurts her leg. Barbara forced to complete a forfeit‚ Michele does it instead. Michele completes forfeit. Most of the main characters are talked about. Papa brings them a present of a model Gondola; Acqua Traverse is revealed. CHAPTER 2: There is a talk with Michele and Maria at the start. Michele finds Fillipo‚ there is a lot of description of Michele finding him. Michele at this point is horrified‚ he tries to
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Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme Successful millionaire‚ Wall Street celebrity and esteemed philanthropist who ran the largest Ponzi scheme turned in by his own children. Some of the laws he broke include: securities fraud‚ wire fraud‚ money laundering and mail fraud among others. As a result of his scheme and disregard for the law many people were affected and lost their savings and retirement plans. The consequence to his actions: life in prison and all of his belongings auctioned off by the U
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CHURCH GOING The theme of Philip Larkin’s poem “Church Going” is the erosion of religious abutments. this poem is perhaps his way of trying to understand the attraction of religion.The speaker of the poem sneaks into a church after making sure it’s empty. He lets the door thud shut behind him and glances around at all the fancy decorations‚ showing his ignorance of (or indifference to) how sacred all this stuff is supposed to be. After a short pause‚ he walks up to the altar and reads a few lines
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rldTexts convey the challenges and rewards face by individuals coming into the world. A Person moving into a new phase of life it can result in growth to a new sense of maturity and development for the specific person. This is evident in the Bildungsroman texts “Billy Elliot” (2000) by Stephen Daldry and “Ranger’s Apprentice: the Ruins of Gorlan” by John Flanagan which is highly effective in showing rewards and challenges faced when overcoming obstacles. The challenges in Billy Elliot spring from
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I’m going to analyze an extract from a play "The man of destiny" by George Bernard Shaw‚ an Irish playwright‚ who was mostly talented for drama. He wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his writings are devoted to the social problems‚ but have a vein of comedy which makes their stark themes more palatable. The fact of his being the only person to be nominated both a Nobel Prize in literarture and an Oscar proves him to be a very talented person. "The man of destiny" is a drama and drama is a kind
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illustrate the theme of loyalty vs. justice‚ he grows the most as a person in the novel and he has to cope with making difficult decisions so the reader will empathise with him. Essay by mdsclionking Children and Adults in The Lion King Walt Disney Pictures produces movies that are meant to be enjoyed by children‚ teens‚ and adults. The company aims to provide different types of entertainment within each movie. For example‚ The Lion King contains humor‚ images‚ and themes that appeal
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The poem‚ I’m Getting Old Now begins with the statement: “I’m Getting Old Now” bringing out the poet’s awareness of his advancing age. As one grows old and nears the end‚ one thinks a great deal about the past‚ especially the happy times; similarly‚ the poet thinks a lot about his childhood and in his dreams‚ he sees his mother as she had been when he was a child growing up in their old house. He dreams that she was standing stock still in the garden‚ over the hill‚ behind their house and looking
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“I must pluck up the courage and look”. Although Michele experiences fear‚ he never lets his fear override his moral convictions. Discuss. In Southern Italy in 1978‚ Niccolo Ammaniti’s I’m Not Scared depicts a sense of Michele’s ethical struggles and steady move towards good in the face of evil. Through experiences‚ some people’s values through the book are disintegrated through fear‚ whereas others‚ such as Michele’s rose above it‚ because of his concern for others and loyalty. Michele manages
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“I’m Working on My Charm” by Dorothy Allison “I’m Working on My Charm” written by Dorothy Allison is a story of a southern girl at a party consisting of Yankees. It brings her back to the time when she was sixteen and working at a counter with her mother. Her mother had taught her the tricks of being a well-tipped waitress while serving to a variety of customers. The waitresses each played a game where they would guess the tip their customer would give before ordering. Yankees were the most difficult
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Initially‚ my personal values distracted from my ability to sympathize with Bernard Ebbers conviction. His defense team argued that the trial judge wrongly instructed the jury that it could convict Mr. Ebbers on the basis that he engaged in “conscious avoidance” of the fraud at WorldCom. It is evident that Ebbers took a blind eye to any consideration to analyze the good stuff from the bad stuff in this situation. He failed to calculate the considerations of utility and as a result he is paying the
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