Many people spend their entire lives searching for the key to a meaningful life. But the question is which is more valuable - financial success or happiness. In A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ a greedy old miser named Scrooge endures such a search for meaning and ultimately finds the treasure of life. He needs the help of three spirits‚ who appear during the night on Christmas Eve‚ to help him see how his inconsiderate and greedy actions affect others and leave him alone. As a result
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enjoy a good book and a good read‚ but does everybody enjoy reading for the same reasons? The answer to that question lies in the words of two incredible authors. Author Rick Moody’s enjoyment he gets from the freedom and thrill of reading a book and Carol Shields love for indulging in a book and entering another reality both shows how everybody can love reading in their own ways. Moody loves reading due to the feeling of freedom and being able to come to his own conclusions and Shields enjoys reading
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Close reading and response to literature Number The Stars -Lois Lowry 1. What are the major themes of this book ? Difficulty of growing up The author Lois Lowry uses the context of World War II as a way of making the difficulties stand out more clearly. The novel focuses on Annemarie Johansen’s personal experiences with growing up‚ but her experiences are common to most young people. Growing up is presented as a struggle for identity. Does Annemarie belong to the world of adults or
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is very naïve; she needs to prepare herself when she faces the worst. She appeals to me because she reminds me of my niece. All in all‚ she is an inspiring character. Annemarie is extremely clever for a ten year old. Annemarie takes Ellen’s Star of David necklace before the soldiers find it and arrest her. When her mother tells her that her great Aunt Birte died‚ Annemarie knows that there’s no Aunt Birte. Annemarie decides to take the closed‚ concealed road to the woods instead of the open
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This passage is an extract from Joseph O’ Connor’s Star of the sea which was penned in the year 2002. The passage makes use of a third person narrative view point as a result of which the readers are provided with a vivid image of passengers aboard a stormy sea ship. The passage talks about a ship afloat a stormy sea and how the passengers on the deck are caught unaware due to this storm. The author uses a descriptive style of writing with short crisp sentences that heighten the pace of the story
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that quality performance standards are met. In an effort to align clinical quality measures with the goals of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) clinical quality measure are assessed against domains‚ heart failure and pneumonia fall under Clinical Process/ Effectiveness (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‚ 2014). Heart failure is an increasingly common condition particularly among older Americans and can result in substantial morbidity‚ mortality‚ and consumption of medical
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Born in New York City‚ Artie Shaw would become one of the top bandleaders in the swing era. He began his musical career as a highly sought-after alto saxophone player in the New York area‚ and was able to benefit from the growth of radio and studio recordings. As he perfected his technical ability with various dance bands‚ he was still relatively unknown in the early 30’s when he began to focus exclusively on the Clarinet while Swing music began to grow in popularity. While we may carefully
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Carol Ann Duffy decided to write poems about two secluded women who are both bizarre and both reclusive‚ but for very different reasons. I would like to show how Carol Ann presented those distinctions and similarities. To begin with‚ the tone of the poem is very different Salome’s tone is somewhat nonchalant and Havisham’s tone is disheartening. In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy uses alliteration to emphasise Ms Havisham’s hatred and frustration‚ by using the repetition of the fierce ‘b’ sound which
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“Yes it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.” This song was running in my head while I was reading the story Dead Stars. Reading the story brought me mixed emotions: anger‚ sadness‚ excitement‚ confusion‚ etc. etc. I was not sure if I’ll feel sorry for Esperanza or Julia. However‚ in the end‚ I felt sorry‚ for‚ none other than the main character of the story‚ Alfredo. Alfredo‚ at his 30’s had not yet married but engaged to Esperanza for 3 years. However‚ Esperanza patiently
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A Christmas Carol Essay By: Maggie Jordison Morality plays were most popular during the Medieval and Tudor eras. A morality play is a performance where the protagonist is faced with personifications of moral attributes that try to convince the protagonist to choose a life of good‚ rather than the evil path they were heading towards. The story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a morality play in the form of a novella. The author uses allegorical characters and a relatable hero to promote
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