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- 4761: The Man Who Made Ireland
- ... astonishing 73 seats in the Westminster Parliament. On January 21, instead of heading to Westminster, 28 of the 105 Sinn Fein members who were not in jail or on wanted lists, gathered at the Mansion House in Dublin to form the Dail Eireann. At a second secret meeting of the Dail Eireann on April 1, recently escaped Eamon De Valera was elected Priomh-Aire, the equivalent of being head of state ...
- 4762: The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow 2
- ... tall and very skinny with narrow shoulders and very long arms and legs. His head was small and flattened on top. He had huge ears, large green eyes and a long snipe nose. His school house was a low building of one large room. It was made of logs. The sounds of children s low voices could be heard on drowsy summer days, like the sound of bees in their beehive ...
- 4763: The Lady Of Shalott -
- ... the coming death of the Lady of Shalott. It is almost as if she accepts and anticipates her death just sitting still her boat singing her last song, (143). She dies before reaching The first house by the water-side, (151). When Lancelot sees her lying dead in her boat there is a slight rise of tension again, because one expects something witty or substantial for him to say. Sadly, his ...
- 4764: The Khent
- ... In all the city you do not find a man who raises his hand against his slayer. What more can be done to a man to move him to passionate resistance? They have burned his house before his eyes; they have roasted his children; they have dragged away his wife and daughters; the man has seen all this yet he humbly bows his head to receive the stroke of the sword ...
- 4765: The Joy Luck Club: Cuture Gap
- ... of life. Obedience is first and foremost amongst the mothers: "Only two kinds of daughters, those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient Daughter!" (Tan 153). Materialistic needs are not worth pursuing but finding yourself is: "With all these things, I did not care. I had no spirit" (Tan 286). Other times, in trying to instill what ...
- 4766: The Grandmother 2
- ... used to visit when she was young, she decides, this time, to prey on the curiosity of her grandchildren. In order to do that, she lies to them. " 'There was a secret panel in this house,' she said craftily, not telling the truth..." (358). The grandmother's obvious manipulations are her way of getting what she wants and of controlling other people to do what she wants. And it works. The ...
- 4767: The Dark Half
- ... a short street while praying a little kid wouldn't rush out onto the street chasing after a ball." This continued on only getting more and more intense, until he got to a friend's house and borrowed his car. This section of the book just happened to catch my eye; there were more action scenes in the book that were just as good or better, but they are mostly at ...
- 4768: The Crazy Horse Electric Game
- ... to do with him. Jenny is still angry at him because everyone thought that he was dead, and she felt guilty. He works things out with his family, and then goes to see his old house. When he gets there he sees a tiny baby, in his room. He sticks his finger out for her to grab and she does. He begins to cry. The mother says that her name is ...
- 4769: The Coming Of Age In Literatur
- ... a journey to find eternal youth plant. He has to overcome many enemies and forces of nature to complete his journey and come of age. For example, when he arrived at the young woman s house and she said If you are that Gilgamesh who seized and killed the Bull of Heaven, who killed the watchman of the forest, who over threw Humbaba that lived in that forest, and killed those ...
- 4770: The Charlie Barber Treatment -
- ... levels and is going to university. Simon is clever as well so they are quite well matched. Charlie and Simon first know for sure that they like each other when Charlie is at Simon s house. I needed to see you. Later on Simon walks Charlie home and they hug and kiss. Charlie knows she is forward and sometimes a bit pushy but not in a nasty way. Gran thinks I ...
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