[ Happiness begins where selfishness ends] | "I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. - Martha Washington Ekaterina Paul 10/11/2012 | Oscar Wild presents two conflicts between the stories of "The Selfish Giant" and "The Happy Prince". The two main points is the giant being selfish and the happy prince
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‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ by Evan Hunter deals with the important human issue of death‚ Hunter portrays the main character’s (Andy)journey to cope with his soon-to-be death through techniques such as; themes‚ plot‚ word choice and repetition. The base of the plot evolves around a boy called Andy who is stabbed by a rival gang - he is left alone to die as he watches a selection of personalities pass him by‚ and remains unaided. The character himself is important in discussion of how the issue
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your bike or walk from one end of town to the other. You can see kids of all ages roaming about town together. Whether they are riding their bikes to the Little League Field‚ or walking to Benny’s Pizza‚ it seems like it’s a very pedestrian friendly town‚ or is it? Upon closer inspection‚ you can see there is an issue with the sidewalks. If I were able to change something in the town‚ it would be to improve the sidewalks. FIrst‚ in some places in the town‚ sidewalks do not even exist. For example
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there to provide what the boy needs no matter the price.The tree provides nourishment for the little boy so he will be happy.The tree plays with the boy and gives him apples. The tree loves the boy. The boy loves the tree. In The Giving Tree‚ Shel Silverstein illustrates the loving relationship between parent and child through the characterization of the boy and tree. The tree loved the boy that came to see her everyday and she always wanted him to be happy.Teaching you how to be independent. Selling
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Messy Room I am doing my paper on Messy Room by Shel Silverstein. It was written in 1981.During the christian era which was the era where the period of time that begins with the traditional date of Christ’s birth.This type of writing is commonly known as poetry. There were many literary devices used like irony‚ (e notes)at the end because he says “whosever room this is should be ashamed”!(Messy Room) and he says that but then at the end he realizes it is his own room. tone is also used because nearly
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Here Lies Just another Royal Have you ever wanted something and then once in your possession‚ it’s not exactly what you pictured it’d be? Andy‚ the main character in Evan Hunter’s On the Side Walk Bleeding‚ experienced this in the worst possible way; he was unsophisticated like a child’s interpretation of the world‚ or naïve if you will‚ about death‚ consciences‚ and self-identity. Sort of like a “curiosity killed the cat” type of way‚ except replace curiosity with acceptance‚ and cat with Andy
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but others will take more than what they need.In the giving tree the author makes the tree caring and happy to give the boy what she has. But the boy wants more so the tree keeps giving him more until it has nothing left.In The Giving Tree‚ Shel Silverstein uses greed and the gift of giving to explain the tree cares for the boy but he doesn’t care for it. In the giving tree the author uses the gift of giving to explain the tree cares for the boy. The tree gives to the boy to make him happy which
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No one should judge a book by its cover‚ “On the Sidewalk‚ Bleeding” and “Lamb to the Slaughter” both feature this theme and how both characters were stereotyped and judged. Andy in “On the Sidewalk‚ Bleeding” was judged on the fact that he was in a gang without knowing his true personality. In “Lamb to the Slaughter” Mary seemed like a innocent wife to the detectives and they thought she was incapable of killing her husband. Mary and Andy were both underestimated by people‚ they should have not
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SYNECTICS 1. Which is wiser? A pen or pencil? A pencil is wiser because it has an eraser to erase all of its mistakes. 2. Which is easier to forgive? A street or a sidewalk? It’s easier to forgive a sidewalk because if you fall in the middle of the street‚ you might get run over. But in the sidewalk‚ you just get up. 3. Which is smarter? A clock or a calendar? A clock is smarter because it tells time‚ it tells the day‚ and it tells the number date. 4. Which is like a contest? A cloud or
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order. Within most of stories‚ in Nothing Gold Can Stay‚ the law is often a form taken from the old testament or created on spot. The old farmer‚ in Where the Map Ends‚ told “From the looks of that scar‚ I’d notion you to be glad I’m doing it. I’d think
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