Readers will experience Irena Sendler’s story and realize how important she was in the heart-wrenching and inspiring biography Life in a Jar by Jack Mayer. Irena Sendler was an unsung hero during the Holocaust who saved over 2‚500 children from the Warsaw Ghetto. However‚ she was imprisoned‚ tortured to the point where all her limbs broke‚ sentenced to death (which she narrowly escaped)‚ and all but forgotten and shamed by Communist Poland soon after. Her work shows the main theme of the book: to
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there is a sense of revulsion underlying it. It is even more so when movies are based on true stories. While the movie itself is entertaining‚ somewhere deep inside there is a sense of wrongness. The movie “The Killing Fields” is one of these. Directed by Roland Joffe‚ a London born producer‚ the movie is compelling‚ drawing the viewers into the story and into the lives of the characters‚ but the story is almost revolting: the Khmer Rouge killed over one million Cambodian people and forced many more
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history‚ storytelling in a sense. It is through the eyes of these trained griots that the legends‚ culture‚ and history come alive. One of the most famous and cherished epics of the ancient world is that of Sogolon Djata‚ or Sundiata Keita. This story has been passed down through generations of griots in Africa‚ and is retold in all its glory by Djeli Mamoudou Kouyaté‚ translated by author and African historian D.T. Niane. It encapsulates a tale of a young prince who defies both his handicap and
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Ryen Figueroa Mr. S. English 12A 4th 15 August 2024 Summary of The Monkey’s Paw "Monkey’s Paw" is a story of supernatural horror by W.W. Jacobs that unfolds the terrors of fate‚ its consequences‚ and danger in meddling with unknown powers. The story gets underway when a visitor by the name of Sergeant-Major Morris happens to pay a visit to the White family home and narrates stories about a mysterious monkey paw that has the power to grant wishes to its owner three times. He‚ however‚ goes ahead to
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In the story‚ “ Sundiata‚” by D.T. Niane‚ the writer gives the readers a story that gives off a theme of destiny because of the prophecy that is followed by Sundiata. Nare Maghan was shocked about the prophecy of Sundiata and thought‚” Could it be that the stiff jointed son of Sogolon was the one the hunter soothsayer had foretold?” (Niane‚ 3) Sundiata was a boy who never walked and when a soothsayer told Sundiata’s father Nare Maghan that his son would become the right hand of the King‚ he was shocked
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Brief summary of the plot: (at least 5 sentences) Tally Youngblood lives a world of the future‚ where humanity was saved from destruction by the newly created world. Tally is 15 almost 16‚ her best friend Peris turned 16 a few months before her so he got the surgery every 16 years old gets when they turn 16‚ the surgery to make them “Pretty” and perfect just like the new world was. Tally was just a few weeks away from being Pretty when she met shay‚ her new best friend. Shay taught her about new
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Psychoanalytical Literary Analysis of Chris Butterworth’s Story “Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea” When parents send their children to school‚ they expect the school to condition their kids to fit societal expectations. Most parents would be disappointed if their children failed to learn different social skills like cooperation‚ collaboration‚ and sharing while at school because elementary school is a prime atmosphere for children to develop their understanding of the world. An influential part
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the French Revolutionary period as he experienced it. He wrote a large variety of material‚ and in the short stories that I have read and investigated there was a large amount of realism portrayed‚ especially in The Atheist’s Mass. The Atheist’s Mass is a short story about the life of a surgeon named Desplein who started off with no money for schooling. Balzac used realism in his stories in order to help deliver his message of humanism. Realism is a style of writing that represents things as they
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What if your job was the setting of a horror story? The kind that involved supernatural beings‚ curses‚ serial killers‚ and romance drama. I know‚ not your typical horror film‚ but what if I told you none of your other employees paid attention to it. In fact‚ the eerie atmosphere was openly accepted (crazy right?); did I mention the amazing benefits? Welcome to Orientation by Daniel Orozco‚ a short-story with an enticing first person perspective. The story can be interpreted as an exaggerated metaphor
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In this college‚ people end arguments by means of a battle. This story kicks off with such a terrifying dream that is creating horror to Rafe Brown. The author is smart enough to hook his readers by use of twists and turns as the story unfolds. This makes the story unpredictable thus readers are obliged to pay attention till the end of the story. Personally‚ the presence of twists and turns kept me at the edge of my chair and I never placed the book down
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