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    My Cellphone My thing carried is a cellphone. It’s convenient‚ awesome‚ and just great to have around. It represents everyone’s social status. Keeping up with friends is also ten times easier. I carry it with me always to keep in contact with everyone I know. My phone also serves as a multi-purpose fun machine. I get to play silly games when I’m bored‚ watch movies I put on my phone. Fight Club‚ mostly. Every night I make sure to charge my phone. A day without my phone is worse than it should be

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    People didn’t like Scorpius Malfoy. It was an accepted fact of the universe‚ just like how the sky was blue and you couldn’t see stars in the day and Russia was the biggest country on earth. Just like those facts‚ this was also a concrete fact: no-one liked Scorpius Malfoy. If people grew up in the Wizarding World‚ they were brought up to hate the Malfoys for being prominent Death Eaters‚ against all those who weren’t pure-bloods. Muggle-borns quickly learnt to hate Malfoys too‚ as they were told

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    many people do just that thought‚ so the author must think of a creative title to tie into their book. Anthony Doerr named his book All The Light We Cannot See for metaphorical and specific reasons. In the book Marie-Laure has to overcome hard difficulties with her dad while being blind. She does not always understand what is happening because she cannot see the craziness going on. Her home gets bombed so Marie-Laure and her father must run away to London to find her great-uncle. Once they get there

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    aspects of character in your novel. You may choose more than one literary technique. “But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same?” ― Anthony Doerr‚ All the Light We Cannot See Synopsis: Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See tells the war-ridden story of two teenagers during World War II (WWII)‚ one a blind girl in Nazi-occupied France‚ the other a German orphan boy pressed into service by the Nazi army. Marie-Laure LeBlanc evacuates Paris

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    Thing Fall Apart Chinua Achebe Discuss how the coming of the White men makes Umuofia “fall apart”. Make reference to the religious‚ economic‚ political and social impact of the British culture on the traditions of the clan. As the novel opens‚ we get to know Umuofia‚ one of Igbo’s nine villages‚ as an organized but somehow different civilization. Chinua Achebe portrays life in this village as rough and harsh‚ conveying to the readers that only brave men would succeed in it. As said before

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    Biography: Doerr grew up outside of Cleveland Ohio where his mother‚ a science teacher‚ taught him about how things worked in the world (Schulman). At the time‚ “to call yourself a writer would be precocious. Or pretentious” (Dean). All the Light We Cannot See is Doerr’s second novel and fourth book. It took him ten years to write it‚ partially due to the amount of research about World War II and radio he had to do (Dean). Doerr writes in present tense and a short and concise style. His syntax includes

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    All the Literature We Cannot See With as much time and energy that readers divest into reading‚ they certainly want what they read to be worthwhile. According to Jago‚ literature is defined as works that are worthwhile‚ texts that “we’re likely to remember—ones that may‚ in fact‚ influence who we are”. By this definition‚ Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is a marvelous piece of literature. Doerr crafts a story as complex as reality with characters as complicated as real people. The

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    However‚ she goes on to say that the “talent of the storyteller surmounts stylistic inadequacies and ultimately defies one’s better judgement." (Calill). Despite the descriptive writing and late connection of the main characters‚ All The Light We Cannot See contains more interesting and relatable characters and plot for our English course. Upon reviewing these three novels‚ all three seem to be great novels‚ however‚ one in particular appears to be most fitting for our purposes. The Goldfinch‚ as

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    goals when they become involved in disputes. However‚ once individuals witness the negativity of conflicts‚ they may start questioning the morality of their decisions. In All the Light We Cannot See‚ Anthony Doerr proves that conflict can alter and reveal the realities of human nature. All the Light We Can Not See is mainly set during World War II and it focuses on the lives of two teenagers who are affected by the fighting in a major way. One of the protagonists of the story is Marie-Laure‚ a blind

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    All the Light We Cannot See Analysis During times of war‚ people were faced with challenges and conflicts where they were forced to make difficult decisions. Everyone had their own reasoning behind the decisions they made; whether they were wrong or right was determined by them. At an early age people learn through childhood experiences how the world works. This shaped who people became and governed their future actions. All the Light We Cannot See‚ by Anthony Doerr‚ proved that individuals’ decisions

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