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    Orson Welles‚ “We’re born alone‚ we live alone‚ we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.” In the novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ there are a number of characters who are alone and separated in society. Two specific characters forge a friendship that combats their loneliness and this bond helps to make life a little bit easier. Lennie and George and two ranchers looking for work. George is a typical man‚ but Lennie

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    Shlok Bansal Ms. McGowan English 9 Honors‚ Period 3 3 December 2015 Of Mice and Men Critical Triangle Assignment Comprehension Question: Describe the fantasy/goal that is shared by George‚ Lennie and the other farmhands? The goal that is shared by George‚ Lennie and the other farmhands is that they want to have a stake of land that they can call their very own. George and Lennie are going to have a stake with rabbits‚ chickens‚ pigs and “Live of the fat o’ the land” (Steinbeck 105). George and Lennie

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    Boys in the Boat is a memoir‚ it tells a part of the lives of eight rowers. The book is intended for all people who enjoy sports history. It is a beating the odds story meant to entertain‚ motivate‚ inspire‚ and teach of a forgotten story. The author is Daniel James Brown‚ he has written other books that all typically fall in the field of narrative nonfiction‚ by far his most famous work is The Boys in the Boat. The title is representative of the entire story. Each of the nine young men who trained

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    The Violence of Man and Nature In Stephen Crane’s The Open Boat and The Blue Hotel‚ violence is presented to the reader as one of several themes. The theme of violence stands out because it is prominent throughout these two works. The main focus of the nature of the violence seen in The Open Boat deals with the threat nature poses to humankind. Sprinkled among the episodes of natural violence‚ the reader is exposed to brief periods when the crew itself breaks out into violence. In The Blue

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    Alistair MacLeod’s The Boat Character Analysis of the Father The father in Alistair MacLeod‘s short story The Boat‚ struggled with the constant feeling of imprisonment every single day. He was both a physically and mentally drained man‚ who wished he had pursued an education‚ and although his wife did not approve of his own personal beliefs and doings‚ both his son and his daughters were highly intrigued by him. When he wasn’t out on the sea fishing he would be in his room

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    Character Development The Son The son had loved his father dearly but does not favor his way of life. His interest in school greatly outweighed his interest or desire to work on ‘The Boat’. He still had a love for the sea and in some way felt like he should carry out his family’s tradition. After his uncle had accepted a new job he took his position on the boat and promised his father that we would continue to sail with him for as long as he lived‚ and when his father passed despite the desires

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    Explain the strengths and weaknesses of Moral Relativism and Absolutism 1]Absolutism and relativism both have their differences but actually relative is based on absolutism principles‚ because if it wasn’t the absolute relativism wouldn’t even be moral system. First I will start with Absolutism‚ Strength of Absolutism are‚ it has fixed standards so they won’t change and the actions can be measured against this‚ the guideline are clear and won’t ever get distorted for behaviour so in societies

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    Three day road is Joseph Boyden’s first novel‚ that chronicles the war experience from the perspective of Canadian First Nations People. The main characters are Xavier and Elijah‚ with Niska being a supporting character. Elijah and Xavier are stationed throughout the trenches of France‚ during world war one‚ fighting German and French soldiers. The Novel is told in first person view‚ offering perspectives from both Xavier and Niska. While Elijah and Xavier come from the same place (the bushes near

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    In The Boat by Alistair Macleod the mother and father are presented as opposites. The mother is the character trying to keep the tradition alive‚ whereas the father is the character who is looking forward to the changes. The mother does not want any tourists in her town and does not want her family to go out and spend time with the people who do not come from the village. The father was encouraging the change to happen‚ and he was kind enough to take the tourists out for a ride on his boat. My

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    In “The Boat” by Alistair Macleod‚ the boat‚ and the ill-fitting clothes he wore significantly represent the confinement and the father’s inability to break free from tradition‚ reinforcing that tradition can suppress one’s dream for greater things. To begin‚ the boat itself is a symbol of the fathers bounding to the sea‚ showing his obligation to follow customs. The boat is categorize with a “marine clutch and a high speed reverse gear and was painted on an oblong plate across her stern. Jenny Lynn

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