In a world ravaged by human failings of greed‚ ignorance‚ lies‚ cowardice‚ and needless aggression‚ a new dystopian societynhas emerged. From the brink of debacle‚ humanity has reorganized itself into five factions that uphold and live by a single core value. Those that believed the world failed because of malicious‚ selfish greed formed the faction of Abnegation; sworn to remain selfless and serve the needs of others. Those that believed the collapse was due to ignorance pledge themselves to the
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The story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ written by Sir Conan Doyle‚ is a captivating and mysterious novel starring Sherlock Holmes and his assistant‚ Dr. Watson. Along with these two famous detectives‚ the other main characters are Helen Stoner and her stepfather‚ Dr. Roylott. These major characters face many obstacles throughout the thrilling and suspenseful story. The conundrum takes place at Stoke Moran- the Roylott Manor- in April 1883. The tale begins with Helen Stoner arriving at Baker
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In the book‚ “The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone‚” the reader experiences various perspectives‚ each reflecting the short life of a young artist named Addison Stone. The book‚ written by Adele Griffin in the style of a biography‚ features Addison’s life story‚ her interests‚ and occasionally‚ the same event as seen by various people in Addison’s life. In the story‚ each of the characters has their own distinct persona that shines through‚ mainly in how they interact with the late Addison Stone
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Keeping the Moon was a book I did not like to read. The book’s many problems consist of being uninteresting‚ unrelatable‚ and worst of all it’s predictable. Some might argue that the overall message is wise‚ but it truly is a terrible book that’s very unenjoyable to read. Keeping the Moon has very uninteresting characters and storyline. First off‚ the characters have very few defining traits. The main character‚ Colie is a typical main character and the supporting characters aren’t really memorable
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What would of changed Jhace Adkins Bam! You have no technology what do you do? Well‚ that’s what Bud had to go through in the book Bud Not Buddy. Bud is a 10-year-old African American boy‚ who lost his mom at the age of 6. No bud doesn’t he never even knew his dads name. But since then Bud has been on many let’s say fun adventures and even kissing a girl but he was a foster child and escaped from this family named the Amos. Bud‚ Not Buddy would have been a deferent book if there would have
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In the film Smoke Signals directed by Chris Eyre we understand how a motif of The Power of Long Hair comes into play when we see the theme of pride in Native American culture. Throughout Smoke Signals the bus scene catches our attention when talking about the importance of long hair. Victor is explaining to Thomas that he shouldn’t braid his hair and that he should be proud of letting his hair free. He refers to the pride of being an Indian with hair as free as them. Smoke Signals illustrates a solid
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The entire novel is narrated through the eyes of Chief Bromden‚ a Red Indian who is considered by everyone to be deaf and dumb. The Chief gives us an insight into the character sketch of all the participants in the story‚ including himself. Although the Chief is a patient in the hospital‚ I believe that he was not mentally ill when he was admitted into the facility but rather was reduced to such a state because of the kind of practices that were prevalent there. Through this reflective journal I
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RETRIBUTION This story takes place exactly after the last chapter of "Redemption" with the death of Brad Pierson and Vice President James Emery. James Whitmore of the West Coast division for Loksat’s organization in charge of merchandise shipped from Korea‚ Japan and most of the far east. When he had just arrived home from attending a meeting with the rest of his members‚ had heard the sad news about Vice President Emery having been murdered in the White House by three unknown attackers. Whitmore
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In the book Bud not Buddy‚ we follow the story of a ten year old boy. He faces many challenges throughout his life‚ from losing his mom to becoming homeless. He has changed in many different ways. One way Bud transforms is that he trusts people more‚ especially adults‚ and that he doesn’t lie anymore. In the beginning of the book Bud was with the Amoses who were rude to him. He didn’t trust them with his suitcase. In chapter 2 page 14 it says “They’d promised they’d keep it safe and not look at
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The novel‚ Nona and Me‚ authored by Clare Atkins‚ describes the struggle of finding one’s identity when it is influenced by culture‚ peers‚ and history. Atkins describes the divide between the ‘Yolngu’ and ‘Anglo Australians’ through the vessel known as Rosie. The idea that one “should stick to [their] own kind” is explored through the struggles Rosie faces from day to day as an Anglo Australian living in Yirrkala surrounded by her adopted Yolngu community. Nona and I illustrate how values and beliefs
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