Lost and alone in the forbidden Black Forest, Otto meets three baffling sisters and all of a sudden winds up laced in a confusing mission including a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each turned out to be intertwined when the plain same harmonica arrives in their lives, restricting them by an undetectable string of predetermination. Every one of the kids confront overwhelming difficulties: saving a dad, securing...
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An essential contribution to the Young Adult or ‘YA’ genre is the influential trilogy of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Since the first novel’s release in 2008, all three books have generated successful Hollywood movies, merchandise and a large fanbase. Therefore, in a discussion of YA fiction, the impact of The Hunger Games cannot be ignored. To understand the significance of The Hunger Games on YA fiction, an investigation into the first book of the trilogy will highlight the...
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The book entitled The Warriors Ethos by author and United States Marine Corps veteran Stephen Pressfield exemplifies true meaning behind a code that we as Marines and warfighters should strive to not only follow but epitomize. If I were to explain the boo using a quote from it i would use,“The Warrior Ethos embodies certain virtues—courage, honor, loyalty, integrity, selflessness and others-”. The book better explains to the reader these virtues using various themes and historical events which in turn...
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The Outsiders is a young adult fiction that plays the role of many adolescent characters and shows what teenagers from a different day an age were like. With the book being published in the year 1967 and the major differences and changes within society itself, young adults are still attracted into reading it today. The book is narrated from the perspective of a fourteen year old boy named Ponyboy, who’s known as a ‘greaser’. Unlike the others boys in his...
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In Orson Scott Card’s book Ender’s Game, genocide is addressed. Even though it was written in 1985 the topic of genocide still hold significance to this day. In the United States and Sudan genocide can either be seen currently or in their history. Though the genocide in these countries might look different from the genocide in the book it is still the same issue. The discrimination and destruction of a people group remains a human rights issue that few know...
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Inclination to obey changes as soon as Harry receives a letter formally addressed to him. He has finally been singled out as an individual, and he becomes determined to learn the letter’s contents and its sender’s identity even if he disobeys his uncle. This new tendency to defy authority intensifies with Hagrid’s arrival. The knowledge Hagrid gives him about himself empowers him to stand up against the abusive Dursleys. Harry continues to show a growing independence by his tendency to...
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Octavia Butler’s ‘Kindred’, tells a story of how a woman from the modern era called Dana was taken back in time from her house in California into the antebellum south to protect a man that would become her ancestor. You could say that her survival essentially relied on her ability to keep him alive and well. Throughout her long and inexplicable journey, Dana discovers the true meaning of freedom when she is able to compare her owl life to those...
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Octavia E. Butler and Colson Whitehead represent race and ethnicity in ‘Kindred’ and ‘The Underground Railroad’ respectively in a number of different ways. Published in 1979 and initially set in 1976 California during the antebellum period, ‘Kindred’ contains elements pertaining to time travel and revolves around narratives in regards to slaves. Whereas ‘The Underground Railroad’, published in 2016, tracks the story of two slaves during the time period of the civil war and the slave trade. From a contextual standpoint,...
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In the novel ‘Kindred’, Author Octavia Butler travels back to the time where slavery was the big part of American life. Butler sends the modern characters like Dana and Kevin to experience the past. As Dana traveled back and forth several times and every time she goes there is a new situation behind it. Butler clears up how interracial relationship had changed Dana’s life as living with kevin as a free women she was happy what she had with Kevin,...
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“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace”, – Mahatma Gandhi. This quote connects to a motif shown in each story, ‘Kindred’ and ‘The Book of Martha’ by Octavia Butler. The motif shown in each story is power dynamics, wherein each, they both develop the motif throughout the books and similarly/differently deals with that motif. In ‘Kindred’, it is about a 26-year-old African American woman named Edana (Dana) Franklin. The current time...
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‘Kindred’, by Octavia E. Butler, tells the story of Dana, a 26-year-old African American woman from the 1970s, who is constantly called into the 19th century antebellum South by her white ancestor, Rufus Weylin. After learning she must keep Rufus alive to ensure her own bloodline, she explores her family’s roots while at the same time, struggles to witness and endure the hardships of slavery. By allowing Dana to lose her arm on her last trip back from the past,...
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A Rebellion of Hope For my second quarter book report, I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, originally published on September 14, 2008. This book is set in the country Panem, which is District 12, The Capitol, and the arena. The significant history is eloquently stated in the film version of The Hunger Games. “From the Treaty of Treason: In penance for their uprising, each district shall offer up a male and female between the ages of 12 and...
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At Dovecote’s funeral, Coriolanus sings the Panem anthem, ‘Gem of Panem,’ having learned it from his grandmother. During the funeral, the bullet-ridden body of Brandy is paraded by Peacekeepers, along with the other tributes. The mentors and tributes are then taken for a ‘tour’ of the Capitol Arena, where Coriolanus again meets with Lucy Gray and learns that the tributes are now being fed better, as a couple of them had blacked out. As he chats with her, the world...
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1. The central idea of the story; Who Moved My Cheese; tells a parable, which you can directly apply to your own life, in order to stop fearing what lies ahead and instead thrive in an environment of change and uncertainty. Funny, how you sometimes stumble into things that were right in front of your nose, all along. 2. The five topic sentences are; Good situations never last forever, so be prepared. Visualizing your goals helps your push through the...
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Ethan Frome Edith Wharton 1911 Horror Fiction, Fantasy Characters: Mattie Silver: Protagonist. Mattie is Zeena’s cousin who moves in with her and Ethan who she shortly thereafter falls in love with. ‘Zeena’ Frome: Protagonist. Zeena is Ethan’s wife and they live a struggling and sad life. Despite every vile action acted against her she becomes the bigger person and takes care of Ethan and Mattie after their betrayal. Ethan Frome: Protagonist. Ethan is a farmer in Starkfield and is often...
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1. Provide context regarding the author of the novel. Outline any influences upon the author that may have impacted their novel. The Author of the book The Giver is Lois Lowry, this book was written in the year 1933 and won many awards. Lois Lowry’s main influence to write this book was her 90-year-old father. Lois Lowry mentioned interaction with her 90-year-old father at a nursing home. She remembers that there were pictures of their family on the walls of...
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Reader response criticism is a part of literary theories, mostly concentrating on the gatherings of people and audience appearance or response to a particular content. According to Oxford University Press (2019), Reader response criticism is the response of a reader to a text, especially as arising from the effect of cultural context and other factors on the reader’s experience of the text. The short story ‘The Necklace’ by Guy De Maupassant has been taken place in France a hundred years...
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Chapter 33 Characters Lady Bertram She is dependent on Fanny, as she helps her do various things. Summary Henry tells her that he will never lose hope, and will continue to attempt to get in a relationship with her. As Fanny is gentle and respects people, when she tells him he will never win her love, it makes Henry think he has hope, because she was polite. When Sir Thomas asks him what happened, he says he thinks he still...
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Mapping the Plot Overview Mapping a plot reminds students that all narratives follow a predictable pattern and that identifying a climax, or turning point, requires that they first identify a major conflict. Students will use this worksheet to map the plot of The Scarlet Letter. There may be several possible climaxes, and students must defend their choice with textual evidence. Pass out this worksheet before students begin reading the text. Punishment, Guilt, and Shame Overview Exploring a text’s themes provides...
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“Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal” exposes the realities of the American fast food industry by shedding light into the dire realities of this sector. American cuisine has gradually transformed into roadside eateries with the emergence of hotdog stands, burger cafes and a plethora of eateries offering a wide range of fast food. The other side of the reality points out to the ill effects of the fast food industry on America’s environment caused by the...
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Main questions. 1. What does the maze represent? The maze represents the struggle most of us go through. We all have dream and expectations that we work hard for. We also expect that once we reach our goal we wouldn’t have to do anymore work and our lives would be set forever. However, life holds many surprises and you have to be ready for anything. If you are hit with hardship put on you running shoes and suit and start...
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The book The Outsiders is a 218 pages book written by S.E. Hinton when she was 15 to 17-year-old. It was published by Viking Press and Dell Publishing in 1967 when she was 18. The story takes place in 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When S. E. Hinton grew up, she was bored by the typical “girl meets boy” stories, she wanted stories that were more realistic. A story about what it really is being a teenager. And that is how...
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The maze in the story represents where we spend time looking for what we want in life and what we do about it in order to make them happen or reach them. It can be in an organization you work in, the community you live in, money or possession, health and peace of mind or the relationships you have in your life while cheese is the reward or the things that will make us happy. Every person has a different...
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As time and weather change, language to changes. With that, as an English teacher, I have to continue updating and upgrading my knowledge of modern vocabulary. Vocabulary is embedded in literature. Literature could make me become knowledgeable and conscious of the events and situations, as well as the language used by people in the past. It helps me explain the origin and existence. Like The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer, it informs and provides me with concepts and ideas...
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We as humans are creatures of the culture that we create; as a 19-year-old girl living in the stereotypical ‘I’m lost in life and nobody can understand me’ point of my life, I’ve become fairly acquainted with the side effects of today’s complex culture. Whether it be books or movies, it is very common to see portrayals of different people wanting to be represented more accurately. Though more times than not, Hollywood gets everything wrong. The romanticization of mental illness...
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I am currently studying Bachelor’s degree program at Shanghai Second Polytechnic University in China. I have decided to apply for this think-tank platform because I am sure it would strongly enrich my future studies and help me in my prospective career. A few weeks ago, I read a book named ‘Who moved my cheese?’. That book illustrates how people encounter change and go through it in different ways. Some people don’t like the change, they tend to stay in their...
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Imagining that I was in the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales I think would be an adventure and amusing pilgrimage. Discussing the General Prolouge and asking questions, the author is explaining that this will be a series of stories are told by different individuals and he will be keeping and writing each down. This is also where things become tricky on the author’s behalf because he is also making up each individual’s story. These series of stories are told...
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Name of the book: The Outsiders Author: S. E. Hinston Reviewed by: Mehnaz khalid Publishers: Viking press Pages: 192 The outsider is an amazing book written by S. E Hinton. the outsiders is about a group of youthful greasers living in Oklahoma, and about their struggles to exist in a society that seems designed to dismiss them. Ponyboy lost his parents in a car accident and lives with his brothers. The author basically mentions two groups “The socs” rich boys...
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Voltaire’s Candide My research paper today will cover Voltaire Candide. Some may not know who Voltaire may be or anything about any of his stories. So today I will be informing you about Voltaire and some of the purposes behind writing his stories for his wonderful books. Followed by why I chose Candide and what I learned from reading the story as well, hopefully, it is something everyone would be interested in reading and learning a life lesson as well....
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In the course of the interactive oral presentation, many aspects of the stranger by Albert Camus were discussed and explained by my mates. I learned a lot about the characters both the minor and the major ones. More importantly, I got a clearer view of Raymond’s character throughout the play and the role he plays in Meursault’s downfall. So in the course of reading the novel or text, Raymond is introduced at nearly the end of part one of the...
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