The short story‚ “The plan‚” is about the narrator‚ the protagonist of the story‚ who strongly believed that Greg and Amanda‚ partners in crime‚ wanted to kill her in order to have $10 million for themselves. The money was originally stolen by all three people from the bank. The story takes place in modern day California where a lot of bank robbery happens in real life to make the story seem more realistical. Since this story is told in the narrator’s perspective as though he or she was retelling
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Themes Family: The short story shows that saving family from punishment comes before moral principles e.g. when the Headman covers the truth of his brother (Marimuthu) committing murder of his wife. Power: In the village the Headman has more power and Ragunathan appears as a "timid mouse" infront of him. However‚ he is described as a "bully" infront of his family. Rich/ Poor: Anil and many other villagers are seen to be poor however‚ the Headman is rich enough to keep Anil silent by sending him
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(1981)‚ which opened the doors wide open for what proved to be a successful career making blockbuster Hollywood movies. Following "Das Boot‚" Petersen earned critical acclaim for his touching‚ but visually dynamic children ’s fantasy‚ "The Neverending Story" (1984)‚ an American debut that trumpeted his arrival on the scene. But he failed to have another success until almost a decade later with "In the Line of Fire" (1993)‚ a tense and well-received action thriller that benefited greatly from the cat-and-mouse
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business‚ dedicated his energy and considerable fortune to discovering the Troy Homer describes in the Iliad. By using the writings‚ Schliemann was able to locate the site of the Ancient city of Troy. Manfred Korfmann‚ a German archaeologist‚ interested in the city of Troy itself‚ set out to find out the truth about Troy through science‚ rather than using the Iliad as a guide‚ but when researching and discovering historic events in Troy‚ numerous finds matched up to Homer’s writings. Armed conflicts in 1200
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Beauty is often something that many get distracted by. In the poem “To Helen” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ he emphasizes the value of Helen’s beauty. However in Hilda Doolittle poem “Helen” she emphasizes the destruction caused by Helen’s beauty. Together these two poems show two sides of beauty and how it affects those surrounded by it. With beauty being such an attraction for men‚ Poe writing an entire poem on beauty is no surprise. Compared to the meaning of Doolittle’s poem‚ poe’s is about Helen’s head
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dignity. Troy Maxson’s downfall was caused by his response to the challenge that racism posed to his personal dignity. Although Troy was able to knock a baseball out of the park like it was nothing‚ he constantly "missed the mark" in his personal life. Troy had a tragic flaw‚ which was that he did whatever he thought was right without thinking of the consequences. In an attempt to respond to the indignities he suffers‚ he distorts history‚ denies facts‚ and lies. The circumstances that shaped Troy to the
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our suite’s cleaning lady‚ Helen wasn’t happy about it either. I felt bad for her because the poor woman had other suites to clean and I didn’t feel like it was fair for her to have to walk into our suite every Monday morning to find overflowing trash that she was responsible for taking out. I heard someone come through
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A Story on a Moral Theme Grandmother Willow threw in another chunk of firewood into the bonfire set on the beach. The embers that rose from the fire seemed to be dancing in front of Kusai’s young eyes which left him gaping into space. The other kids who were gathered around the bonfire were sniggering at him. Grandmother Willow felt around the soft sand of the beach for something hard to throw at Kusai. Then she found her perfect arsenal-a small seashell. She threw it at Kusai’s direction‚ causing
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Sophocles fit all of qualifications. Oedipus is a tragic hero since his particular characteristic is king. In another play “Fences” by August Wilson‚ the main character Troy Maxson‚ is different with Oedipus. He is not a tragic hero of Aristotle’s concept‚ but he is a modern tragic. Oedipus was definitely a tragic hero‚ but Troy is not matching it. Following the Aristotle’s definition of tragic hero: “Aristotle observes that the protagonist‚ the hero or chief character of a tragedy‚ is a person
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ancestors was the first teacher for the deaf in Zurich. Keller reflected on this coincidence in her first autobiography‚ stating "that there is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors‚ and no slave who has not had a king among his."[7] Helen Keller was born with the ability to see and hear. At 19 months old‚ she contracted an illness described by doctors as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain"‚ which might have been scarlet fever or meningitis. The illness left her both deaf
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