AP Literature and Composition December 2nd‚ 2013 The King Must Die: Hero Analysis Theseus as depicted in Mary Renault’s modern adaptation of Greek myth The King Must Die is the epitome of a Greek hero of time immemorial‚ and would be proclaimed a hero even today despite his flaws. Many of the reasons that he was a hero to the Greeks is part of what makes him a hero to modern day society; he has a strong sense of moral right and
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The book “The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer” by Michelle Hodkin is about a girl named Mara. Mara might look like your typical teenage girl that attends high school‚ but she is not anymore. Mara was involved in a horrible accident that left her as the only survivor while all of her friends died. Mara and her family relocate to Miami‚ FL. She has to begin school in the middle of the term while dealing with her post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Then‚ she meets Noah‚ and falls in love Mara Dyer doesn’t
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Skye Mumau Quick Write Palmer Intro I already have mixed feelings about this book. Although I have found a lot of truth in the introduction‚ on the second page Palmer states “If you are a teacher who never has bad days‚ or who has them but does not care‚ this book is not for you. This book is for teachers who have good days and bad‚ and whose bad days bring the suffering that comes only from something one loves. It is for teachers who refuse to harden their hearts because they love learners
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Stolen‚ written by Lucy Christopher‚ was my chosen book for this quarter’s reading. This story is about a young 16 year old female named Gemma finding her way home after getting kidnapped by an old man who went by the name of Ty. While being held captive‚ Gemma and Ty start to develop an unusual relationship that lead them to knowing each other even more. For my visual representation of this book‚ I chose to create a collage based on the novel. I incorporated pictures of places‚ items‚ and characters
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Die Honorably or Live Dishonorably Honor‚ dignity‚ and integrity are traits that are becoming more and more rare in our society. The Crucible‚ a play written in 1952 by Arthur Miller‚ is based on the Salem witch hunts of 1692 and parallels the Red Scare and McCarthyism in the 1950s. In the play‚ Miller attempts to focus his themes around traits such as honor‚ dignity‚ and integrity‚ and as a result‚ the theme "is it better to die honorably or live dishonorably" becomes vital to the story and
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Cited: Rodriguez‚ Richard. Hunger of Memory. New York: Bantam Books‚ 1983.
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it is in Sierra Leone and other countries with war and little law enforcement as we read about in the book a long way gone. In the book the main character Ishmael discovers that America is not at all like he heard through rap songs. When he moves to America and tells his story of being a soldier and killing people the people he talks to about it think that it is cool and Ishmael states in the book “violence in America is romanticized. I do agree with this statement that we do make war look easy and
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during this period; it had the most colonies in Africa and America. “The Book of Negroes” is a novel which talks about an African girl‚ Aminata‚ who is captured by the toubab when she is eleven years old and her experiences in different places among America‚ Canada and British. This book is a fictional novel‚ but there are also many facts that are similar
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When the Legend Dies The book “When the Legend Dies” is a tale about a young boy named Tom Black Bull was raised by his mother and as she raises him to live like the people in the old days lived such as living in the forest and hunting for food and shelter. The book was written by Hal Borland. As you could probably notice is that there were many changes happening with Tom. So let’s move on and see what changes there were. One change with Tom was when Bessie died. Bessie was his mom and he was taught
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THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING Table of Contents 1. Weakness……………………………………………………..3 2. Why this book?....................................................................3 3. Synopsis………………………………………………………4 4. How did the book help me overcome my weakness?……..9 WEAKNESS The weakness on which I was working was pessimism. Pessimism is a state of mind in which one anticipates negative outcomes or believes that the evil‚ hardships‚ dangers
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