A Series of Unfortunate Events The Reptile Room By Lemony Snicket Riley N. 191 pages The Main Characters The main characters are Count Olaf who now calls himself Stephano‚ Uncle Monty‚ Violet‚ Klaus and Sunny. Uncle Monty is a herpetologist with a large collection of snakes. The Setting The setting is Uncle Monty’s house‚ which is very nice. There is a large room dedicated to the study of snakes. The children are staying there. The Situation The
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The Unfortunate Fortunate By: Keira Perry. It was the summer of 1990 when Ava Smith was born. Her family already knew going into this that another child would bring them into more debt. That didn’t stop them from welcoming Ava‚ though. Their family lived in Fort Lauderdale‚ Florida‚ in a tiny townhouse by the beach where they struggled to pay rent each month. Ava had an older sister named Aubrey who was two years older than her and Ava’s parents were already struggling with one child. Ava’s parents
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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was king of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was lord‚ and later king‚ of Ireland‚ as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty‚ succeeding his father‚ Henry VII. Besides his six marriages‚ Henry VIII is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. Henry ’s struggles with Rome led to the separation
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Treasonous Aspirations History has portrayed Patrick Henry as a radical man‚ a title that few men can wear with ease yet‚ Patrick Henry‚ was synonymous with the word in the minds of colonists and British Empire. Even though many of us know Henry for his immortal words‚ we know very little about the hero that contributed greatly to the revolutionary cause. As we glimpse into the past‚ I hope to give you a brief look into the life of Patrick Henry as well as pop culture ’s take on the revolutionary
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Edgar Allen Poe‚ William Sydney Porter (known as O Henry) is the most read author in the world and bears the title of « master of the short story ». He has been called many things. Some people have called him the twentieth-century Balzak. Some have called him the American Maupassant because of his so well made surprising endings. The short story is the one fundamental and self-contained genre in American prose fiction‚ and the stories of O. Henry certainly made their appearance in consequence of
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Jaslyn Eloisil PHI 2010 Writing Assignment 1 9/5/13 My Lord and Savior‚ Jesus Christ Who is greater to live for than the one and only Jesus Christ? He is the one that died for our sins‚ the one that created everything living and nonliving on Earth‚ the ruler of all. His death allowed forgiveness for the sins of everyone on Earth. Why not give Him thanks by living for Him? Not allowing Him to be the ruler of your life is asking to spend an eternity in the fiery pits of hell. I enjoy summer
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Henry Purcell is seen as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque period and one of the greatest of all English composers. His earliest surviving works date from 1680 and show a complete command of musical composition. They include some fantasias for viols‚ masterpieces of contrapuntal writing‚ and more contemporary sonatas for violins‚ which reveal some acquaintance with Italian models. Purcell‚ in his time‚ became increasingly in demand as a composer‚ and his theatre music in particular made
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How do two of the set speeches represent Henry V’s unique qualities that make him the ideal king? Henry V’s qualities as an ideal king are represented significantly in both his speech of “The Gates of Harfleur” and “Before the gates of Harfleur‚ Addressing the governor”. In both of these speeches Shakespeare has portrayed Henry V with a king like nature‚ conveying that possess the unique qualities that is needed to be successful king. In the first speech he evens the social status‚ exclaiming that
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Henry Hudson was a good sea man. In 1565 Henry Hudson was born in London‚ England. Henry Hudson came from a wealthy family. His grandfather was also named Henry Hudson. There is little information about the early life of Henry Hudson. He would have been well educated and would have studied navigation‚ astronomy‚ mathematics and seamanship in his early life. Hudson was on three voyages to try and find the Northeast passage. The first voyage The Muscovy Company financed the expedition and provided
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O. Henry wrote his own magazine entitled‚ "The Rolling Stone". The magazine did poorly and Henry stooped to stealing from bank accounts to which he became arrested. Henry’s writing came to a halt due to jail time and he eventually died nine years after being set free. The time period in which O. Henry’s finest works created‚ occurred in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s where he dazzled readers with his unorthodox‚ romantic style. A short story titled "A Retrieved Reformation" written by O
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