The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Archidamian War by Donald Kagan The Art of Fiction by Henry James The Art of War by Sun Tzu As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Atonement by Ian McEwan Autobiography
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place around the thirteenth century. Playing cards finally made their way to Europe around 1375. Tarot cards first appeared in northern Italy a few years later. According to many mystics‚ Romani people traveling through the Silk Road began reading fortunes with picture cards called atouts‚ which were popular in Persia (Gale). Some believe that these cards disguise the teachings of the Gnostic people‚ and atouts later became known as tarot. What differentiates the tarot deck from a typical playing card
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flashback of her burnt home in the film. However‚ she discusses the scum after her serious intentions are rejected by Jean. The watermill is a metaphor for Julie’s social status‚ as it represents the wheel of fortune. The film shares the novel’s message of her intentions: she is located at the top of the wheel‚ and yearns to descend from her high status. She feels an emptiness that can only be fulfilled by climbing down the pillar‚ though she lacks willpower and courage. Strindberg opens the door for her
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"A Short Story Examined through Formalism" "A Short Study" by George Bowering is about a young woman who was raped as a child by her step-father. Her mother who has knowledge about it opted out in abetting her. Donna‚ the protagonist left home as quickly as she could. However‚ her past continues to haunt her to which she has no choice but to return home. Formalism is the literary criticism that has been chose to deconstruct the story. "Formalism views texts as complete and isolated entities." This
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India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India discovers herself again." The midnight of August 15‚ 1947 is memorable for every Indian on earth‚ as it is the time‚ when India gained independence from the stranglehold of the mighty British. The otherwise suppressed tri-colored flag
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Quotes sheet Joe Coultan ANIMAL FARM Man is the only creature that consumes without producing... Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work‚ he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving‚ and the rest he keeps for himself." "No question now‚ what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man‚ and from man to pig‚ and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." "they had come
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John Fairchild‚ fashion critic during the 1960’s‚ once said “Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after a style.” Not so long during the 1960s’ the world of fashion was a colorful and creative era ‚ it was filled with many fashion icons and beautiful designs. Clothing trends‚ styles‚ magazine models‚ icons‚and glamour was every girl’s highlight everyday. Throughout the 1960’s‚ the fashion of the time was always changing for teen girls they would
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Extraterrestrial Life I am sure many of us have questioned ourselves‚ at one point in our lives‚ if we are really alone on this planet. Many of us have glanced upwards at the stars and wondered whether there is other life out there somewhere but till this day‚ nobody really knows the answer. Extraterrestrial life is life that does not originate from planet Earth. This term is referred to as alien life‚ or simply “alien”‚ which is a word many of us‚ I am sure‚ have heard or learned about
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He was a very talented fiddler and one year at the county fair he fiddled everyday. But‚ one day he got into a wagon with Butch Weldy and Jack‚ who were both drunk and they bucked him off and he got caught in the wheel and was killed. He then went up to heaven and there he got to play with all other fiddlers and they listened to the playing of The Fall Of Troy. The story does end on a good note because he is finally sent up to heaven to play with other fiddlers and
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and Mrs Bertier have shown us that people who are different can be united by our mutual acceptance of others. The poem accepting the Differences by Audrey Heller displays many different positive examples to encourage you as an audience‚ to accept the differences between people that are not like you. In Accepting the Differences‚ Audrey
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