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- 5391: It Came From Ohio! My Life as a Writer: Biography of R. L. Stine
- ... and nights there because he was so big he knocked everything over if he was allowed in the house. He had to push the heavy garage door open and let him in the yard every day and would always get knocked over. R.L Stine listened to the radio shows for the scary stories (this is because t.v. had not been invented yet). R.L. Stine's first friend was Norm; he meet him at day camp when he was about 10. His first book was The Giggle Book it was really magazine, which he wrote it in 6th grade. When Mr. Stine got into high school, he became a magazine ...
- 5392: Cry. The Beloved Country
- ... to a realization of the world around them. It was ironic that at the very end of the story, when Kumalo went to the mountain to pray for his son (who was being executed that day), that Jarvis said that he too would think about Absalom, and that he would build a new church for Kumalo. It was like the realization that Doug had in "Dandelion Wine" but much more complex ... the same emotions thathe does. I also like how he divided the book into two different books. That event gave the reader a feeling a segregation which was what the black people felt in that day and age. The only thing that I did not like about the book was some of his wording was a little confusing and I had to read it several times. Also he was a complex ...
- 5393: Romance In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
- ... Gawain, while on his search for the Green Knight, finds a castle where he is welcome. He makes a convenant with the king to exchange whatever each of them receives for three days. The first day the king goes out to hunt while Sir Gawain stays in bed. While he is in bed, the fair maiden he had seen earlier that day comes in his bedroom. He falls in love with her at first sight, knowing that she is the kings wife. He does not know, however, that she has been sent by the Green Knight ...
- 5394: The American Dream
- ... a predominantly Caucasian employed company kar-kar. He was put into a custodial position and was not given the chances of moving up. In order to protect his salary, he had to endure obvious discrimination day in and day out. The American Dream and what it encourages has projected a negative effect on the American society. Since many people believe that luxuries and happiness would eventually reward hard work and diligence, it creates an ...
- 5395: Frank Sinatra
- ... the facade of an entirely happy, successful performer, when, in reality, he had many problems that the public was not even aware of. Some of these problems are the same that the average person faces day to day, but many went far deeper than trivial troubles. Some of these specific quandaries had to do with hidden aspects of his personal relationships, hidden connections with criminal elements, and other unknown aspects of his life ...
- 5396: The Spirit Catches You And You
- ... herself, to collect the feces of the children who were too young to defecate outside, and emptied its contents in the forest. Foua never let them actually touch the floor. She remains proud to this day, that she delivered each of them into her own hands. Reaching between her legs to ease out the head and then letting the rest of the body slip into her arms. No one else was ... sister. After each birth, Nao Kao cut the umbilical cord with heated scissors and tied it with string. After the birth, Foua washed the baby with water she had carried from the stream earlier that day. Foua conceived, carried, and bore all her children with ease. If there were any problems, she would use a variety of remedies that were commonly used by the Hmong culture. Some Hmong couples chose to ...
- 5397: I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag...
- ... placed our hands over our hearts and held our eyes wide at the flag, in the corner, behind the teacher's desk at the start of everyday. This morning tradition will last though the last day of school, the day of graduation. Some of us would dance nervously as we said the tried words, some stood calm and still, others silently mouthed the promise, and even some sweaky voices to join our chorus. There were ...
- 5398: Escape Towards Death
- ... same cave, hanging from a wall in her home, which she stated was there because of a constant stream of haunting advice from her father s ghost: "He kept coming to see me...'Sing,' he'd whisper. 'Sing, sing.' Then right after Reba was born he came and told me outright: 'You just can't fly off and leave a body.'" (p g. 208) Pilate was still affected by these memories ... middle, his arms outstretched, turned around like an airplane...doing his imitation of an airplane." (pg. 264) Milkman learned much about his great-grandfather's life and legend, which helped Milkman, like an excited chil d, praise Solomon for his ability, screaming, "He could fly!...My great-grandfather could fly!...He didn't need no airplane. He just took off; got fed up....No more orders!" (pg. 328) At the end ...
- 5399: The Writings of Pat Conroy
- ... was the first of seven children and 6 miscarriages. Family life was so bad that his sister once said, "The miscarriages were the lucky ones." Pat says he served in the Marine Corps since the day he was born (Burns 5). His harsh father's job required the family to move constantly. Conroy has moved 23 times in his life (Castro 2). He changed school 11 times in 12 years (bdd ... not happy of the perception of him in the book, but apparently cooled down because of his appearance at a book signing where he signed as "The Great Santini". Peg Conroy left her husband the day after his retirement parade (Burns 1-3). She presented The Great Santini at the divorce hearing. It was made into a movie in 1979 (Disc. Auth. 3). Pat Conroy's most well known book, Prince ...
- 5400: An Examination of Similes in the Iliad - and how Homer's Use of Them Affected the Story
- ... situation that is familiar, one is more likely to put aside contemplating the topic and simply inject those known feelings. This would definitely be an effective tactic when used upon the people of Homer's day. From the heroic efforts in the Iliad itself it is clear that the populace of his time were highly emotional creatures, and higher brain activity seems to be in short, and in Odysseus' case, valuable ... Considering the ability to affect feelings with similes, and the one-sided view of history, Homer could be using similes to guide the reader in the direction of his personal views, as happens with modern day political "spin". These views that Homer might be trying to get across might be trying to favor Troy. It could easily be imagined that throughout time, only great things were heard about the Greeks mettle ...
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