In the short story Thank you‚ M’am by Langston Hughes and Gate A-4 by Naomi Shihab Nye both have a common theme of helping anyone‚ even if they are different‚ to build up story and character. The story "Thank You‚ M’am” reveals the theme of helping anyone‚ even if they are different. In “Thank You‚ M’am” by Langstin Huges‚ Roger wanted blue suede shoes but he had to steal from a lady but when she caught him he became very nervous. So the lady decided to help Roger learn that stealing is bad and
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to childhood‚ your best memories often revolve around winter holidays. Sometimes they recall a very special Christmas gift‚ such as that much wished for electronic device or video game. More often‚ they remember good company and good times‚ family laughter over a game‚ hot chocolate and a hug while building a snowman‚ gifts that came without a price tag and that have become priceless with time. With a little thought and planning‚ you can still create and enjoy memorable holiday moments.
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Erics character and his function within An Inspector Calls In an Inspector Calls Priestley aims to show that all actions have repercussions. He also tells us that charity isn’t always good charity unless it is thoughtful and helps someone as it can often just leave people in a worse off position. Eric helps Priestley to achieve this aim by thinking he is helping Eva but actually he leaves her in a worse position without realising it as he shows her what she could have had. Priestley also wants us
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AP LITERATURE OPEN RESPONSE QUESTIONS 2011: In a novel by William Styron‚ a father tells his son that life “is a search for justice.” Choose a character from a novel or play who responds in some significant way to justice or injustice. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character’s understanding of justice‚ the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful‚ and the significance of this search for the work as a whole. 2010: Palestinian American literary theorist
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“I want to see the beauty. In the ugly‚ in the sink‚ the suffering‚ in the daily‚ in all the days before I die‚ the moments before I sleep.” (goodreads.com) High school is expressed as the best of times‚ but also as the worst of times. Regardless of whether we desire to or not‚ it is a part of our lives we will remember forever. It is when we start to figure out who we are‚ and decide the life we want to live. While we go through this significant phase of our life‚ it is essential that we appreciate
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One critic even notes: The dancers and musicians alternate between maintaining their pose of light laughter and gaiety and‚ when the doleful‚ deep-voiced clock chimes‚ becoming pale‚ uneasy‚ and thoughtful. The clock is the reminder of death‚ the enemy‚ and time‚ his companion. The musicians smile when the striking stops. They repent of their "nervousness and folly" and promise each other to let "no similar emotion" be evinced at the next sounding of the hour. It is foolish to be nervous or to
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Character drawing The text under analysis is an extract from the novel "The passionate year" by James Hilton. It concerns the problems a new teacher faces in his class. The protagonist of the extract is a new Master at school for boys‚ Mr. Speed‚ who in fact represents the generalized image of all young teachers. The antagonists are the boys united by the author into the assembly which acts as a whole. Hilton singles out only two pupils‚ “a bright‚ rather pleasant-faced boy” and “a lean‚ rather
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living or dead‚ is a master of verbal irony. An examination of three strong examples of verbal irony in Millers play‚ The Crucible‚ will prove this out. While Miller started the genre of the tragedy of the common man‚ and is also know for his thoughtful and decisive plot lines‚ much of his fame‚ possibly can be attributed to his brilliant use of language generally‚ and his use of verbal irony in particular. Amidst the drama of the court scene in Act III‚ Proctor and Mary Warren are being questioned
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stops of this journey with great eagerness and enthusiasm . Our six years provide us a avenue to prove ourselves as we matured and committed to the greater responsibilities and task this was when we slowly felt that life will not always be about laughter ‚games‚joke time‚triumph. Indeed ‚six years in elementary seems to past swiftly‚for soon we are to enter again another phase of life and faith.... Very soon we are encounter a much bigger world ..... The high school level...our dear alma matter who
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Context Response “Storytelling” Prompt: Words have great power but they can be manipulated. “Words have enormous power. They can make us erupt into laughter or bring tears to our eyes. They can influence‚ inspire‚ manipulate and shock. They can build and destroy.” A quote from Bruna Martinuzzi (an author and educator). When we are able to fully understand and interpret the meaning of our words it can make our country stronger‚ by producing educated powerful leaders. The power of words can unite
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