The short story Visitors by Brian Moon gives an insight of role reversals in which stereotypes of individuals are challenged. The theme is conveyed through effective use of narrative conventions. Brian Moon has manipulated the characterisation‚ imagery and dialogue to put forward this theme. The use of descriptive language in the short story‚ Visitors‚ helps to convey the central theme of role reversals. It is through this that readers have an insight of what robbers are suggested to be; professional
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The musical Violet‚ by Brian Crawley is a story about a girl named Violet who got her face disfigured by an axe when she was a child. I went to this production with my friend Annie who goes to West Career and Technical Academy. The ride there was filled with fun jokes and laughter so we were in a great mood when we arrived. The first thing I noticed upon entering‚ was that there was no theater. This school had no theater. Although this was a shock‚ theses students made the absolute best of that they
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main character of the story is Brian. Brian is very brave because he flew a plane all by himself with no pilot. He also had to watch and try to help the pilot but when it was too late‚ Brian had to fly the plane all by himself even when he didn’t even know where he was going. Brian is also a survivor. What I mean by a survivor is that on page 12 the novel states that ¨Brian was alone. In the roaring plane with no pilot he was alone. Alone.¨ That quote meant that Brian was basically in the plane alone
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One character in The Breakfast Club that most relates to me is Brian. We both want to keep our grades as high as we can‚ yet I am not the kind of person to join after school clubs unlike Brian did. Brian is classified as a nerd and proves to be cared about by his family unlike some other people that he his serving detention with. I can relate to this‚ although I don’t really classify myself as a nerd even though some people may. I can visualize myself as this character as he acts almost exactly like
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1 Ethics‚ Person and Society The Book Thief by Markus Zusak A01330075 2 The Holocaust have been analyzed over and over again by many scholars‚ because of the cruelty and lack of empathy that several people showed towards the Jewish people during this time. Because of this‚ many works‚ both fictional and nonfictional‚ have been created on the subject. The Book Thief is a novel that shows the dilemma that some Germans went through during World War II: to hide a Jew and risk your life
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Brian Maraña is the embodiment of the saying‚ “there’s more than meets the eye.” Mr. Maraña‚ as the students of Xavier School San Juan term to him as‚ is a simple man. A student might say he looks like an average‚ every-day‚ schoolteacher. Though if one were to look closely and investigate‚ one would find a man born and raised in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ who graduated with honors‚ attained the title‚ Summa Cum Laude upon graduation‚ taught as a CLE teacher‚ and attained the head position of the International
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their feelings and beliefs on the subject of war. In his poem “Next to of Course God America I” E..E. Cummings uses political satire to comment on ill-considered way in which politicians will send others off to fight and die in war (Cummings‚ 896). Brian Turner in his poem “Jundee Ameriki” is able to show part of the true cost of war‚ which leads the reader to a cost-reward analysis of war (Turner‚ 1013). Wilfred Owen with eloquent wordsmithing in his poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” is able to immerse
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The Book Thief is a novel by Australian author Markus Zusak. First published in 2005‚ the book won several awards and was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list for over 230 weeks. Plot The Book Thief centers around the life of Liesel Meminger‚ a nine-year-old girl living in Germany during World War II. Liesel’s experiences are narrated by Death‚ who describes both the beauty and destruction of life in this era. After her brother’s death‚ Liesel arrives in a distraught state at the home
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Leaving Cert Comparitive study : Translations by Brian Friel Translations is a three-act play set in the tumultuous nineteenth century country of Ireland. The action takes place in a hedge-school where students are faced with the invasion of English speaking soldiers. One of these soldiers falls in love with an Irish girl and then mysteriously goes missing. The son of the master of the hedge-school is forced to go into hiding to keep from being condemned for the crime‚ although he is not responsible
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Kevin Matthews May 12‚ 2013 ENGL 224 Language in Translations Translations is a three-act play written by Brian Friel set in the small town of Baile Beag‚ a fictional Donegal village in Ireland. The play deals with issues ranging from language and communication barriers to Irish history and cultural imperialism by the English. The clash of cultures coupled with misunderstanding and misinterpretations leads to chaos within the small town. The difficulty of trying to communicate without an effective
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