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    The Gablemaster Sparknotes

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    Brad Hill C103 Scalabrini 1 Dec‚ 2016 The Stablemaster In sixteenth century Italy‚ one of the most equivocal and difficult friends to Italian rulers was a man also known as the “scourge of princes‚” Pietro Arentino. Demonstrating his personal wit and fantasy along with the ornate comedy of Renaissance theatre‚ Arentino wrote The Stablemaster‚ published in 1533 in Mantua. This five act comedic play portrays a practical joke played on an unnamed stablemaster by the Duke of Mantua. This play demonstrates

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    Woodsong Sparknotes

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    Woodsong is book about a man named Gary who is training to join the iditarod‚ with more than a dozen fun and adorable dogs.Woodsong is a book filled with adventures and lot of mysterious events that all happened in Gary’s life! Woodsong talks about the adventures of the wildlife and how to always expect the unexpected in the woods.Gary paulsen is a great book writer‚ and most of his work is based on wildlife‚ his personal adventures and life in the woods.If you love adventure‚ fun and the wild‚ you

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    The Overcoat Sparknotes

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    Nikol Al Gogol’s short story “The Overcoat” creates a hyper-realistic world that contains evidence of marvelous elements. By doing so‚ Gogol constructed an ongoing conflict between the real and the supernatural. awakens; thus the paradox is left for the reader to solve. Tzvetan Todorov‚ copying‚ stated in his book The Fantastic‚ "the fantastic . . . lasts only as long as a certain hesitation common to reader and character‚ who must decide whether or not what they perceive derives from “reality” as

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    Graceling Sparknotes

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    Graceling Is a Fantasy Novel Masterpiece The San Francisco Chronicle Kristin Cashore’s debut fantasy novel‚ Graceling‚ is a truly thrilling book. While it can be confusing and seem too intricate for certain readers‚ it proves its brilliance in many different ways. Graceling by Kristin Cashore is an exquisite novel because of it’s intricate plot‚ well developed characters‚ and a well planned out story. Even though this is only Cashore’s first fantasy novel‚ readers will not be able

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    Adrift Sparknotes

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    My group’s literature circle book was Adrift: 75 Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan. It is the true story of Steven Callahan’s journey adrift on a lifeboat. He was stranded for 75 days after his ship‚ Napoleon Solo‚ sank. Near the beginning‚ he only had the food and water that was in his emergency bag. He later set up systems to filter the water‚ though they often malfunctioned. He also caught dorados‚ triggerfish‚ and even a bird. He had many saltwater wounds but refused to use the first

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    The Lorax Sparknotes

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    In the book “The Lorax” the main character Ted Wiggins lives in a town that is all fake and plastic. This plastic town is called Thneedville‚ Thneedville is based off of a period way back in time. Ted’s community that he lives in is very compact. The houses are the same the people are the same and nothing is real‚ including the grass. A girl who Ted really likes named Audrey‚ has a fascination of seeing a real tree. She doesn’t care about the fake one all throughout the town‚ she wants to see “the

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    Citizenfour Sparknotes

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    Citizenfour is a movie about a man who was an employee of the NSA (National Security Agency) and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) and he reveals the secrets of these two american corporations.The name Citizenfour was given because the woman who did this movie (Laura Poitras) was receiving messages from an unknown person that had he’s name as Citizenfour. Edward Snowden was Citizenfour he send a crippled message to Laura Poitras that said “You asked why i picked you. I didn’t. you did. The surveillance

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    Sophia Sparknotes

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    In the beginning of the story sophia is twelve years old and is aware of all the bad things happening around her. She first witnessed a man being hung in front of anyone who was willing to watch. She was flabbergasted by the dramatic event. Her family took in a man by the name of john andre. He was british and sophia’s family believed him to be very polite due to the current events in town. Sophia immediately gravitated towards him. John andre eventually left and sophia was really hoping he would

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    Fantine Sparknotes

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    Jean Valjean is an ex-convict who leaves behind a life of hatred and deceit. He makes a fortune with innovative industrial techniques. Valjean finds happiness in loving his adopted daughter Cosette‚ and helping people who are in difficult situations‚ even if it is risking his own life and welfare. Valjean later in his life falls in love with a woman‚ who goes by the name of Fantine. Fantine is a working-class girl who leaves her hometown of Montreuil-sur-mer to find her fortune in Paris. She is the

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    The Fountain Sparknotes

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    [pic] I consider The Fountain an epic because first‚ it has gods: Mayan and Christian; it’s got a hero‚ Hugh Jackman‚ other wise known as; Tommy‚ and the quested tree of life from the Garden of Eden. It is a life-altering journey also because Tommy finally sees all of the things in life that he has done wrong‚ like choosing work over his wife‚ and he also changes the way he treats people. This movie makes the way people think change because they can compare their cultures from today’s culture

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