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Fallen Angels: Richie Perry
Words: 620 - Pages: 3.... of the story. Myers uses indirect characterization in order to paint a mental picture of Richie Perry.
Action and speech can reveal a lot about a person’s character. We see this in the novel when Perry is going on his first patrol, for the first ten minutes he had to wipe his right hand on his fatigues at least a dozen times. He kept imagining VC popping up and him not being ready to fire. By him wiping his hand on his fatigues shows how incredibly apprehensive and nervous he was. After one of Richie’s fellow platoon members got killed, the entire company was in mourning. Richie was going over to one of the men and saw him cry .....
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Jurassic Park
Words: 382 - Pages: 2.... to observe the biological preserve that a company named
In-Gen has created for the world to see at a price. Malcolm always had doubts
about this world of total chaos. Everyone thought that the world of Jurassic
Park, is a world of new state of the art technology and entertainment. Until
everything goes wrong. The electric fences stopped working, and the dinosaurs
escaped. Ian Malcolm's opinion of this world is that it won't survive, or the
humans won't survive. The world has survived everything until now, it will
surely survive the dinosaurs once more. But us, the humans are the ones that
may not survive. "Our planet is four an .....
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Everyday Use 2
Words: 813 - Pages: 3.... generations. This details that heritage has a lot to do with customs, property, reputation, and things of this sort. In Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday Use" the story begins off by mentioning a possession that can be obtained from inheritance. The mother (or protagonist) describes the yard as being comfortable than most people know. She says, "It is like an extended living room." (351)
Another prized possession of the family was the first house that they lived in. Apparently they felt comfortable living there, because when it was burned in a fire they moved to another one that was almost identical. Contrary to her mother an .....
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Tragedy Of Macbeth From Macbet
Words: 1001 - Pages: 4.... not to their mould but with the aid of use." (I,ii,144-147) showing how these images are used to hide the "disgraceful self" of Macbeth. Clothing imagery is also used throughout the play in order to create a that devilish tone in the play "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir. (I,iii,141-143) hides Macbeth's true intentions towards the king and he feelings on what the witches said.
The play is also filled with many references to the night or darkness which would have been used to further explain to Shakespeare's audiences the mood of deception and that cold tone, considering the fact that the audien .....
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Hamlet 4
Words: 562 - Pages: 3.... has “begun to threaten her and say what he’d do to her only for her dead mother’s sake (Joyce 5).”
Eveline wants a new life but is afraid to let go of her past. She dreams of a place where “people would treat her with respect (Joyce 4)” and when contemplating her future, hopes “to explore a new life with Frank (Joyce 5).” When, in a moment of terror she realizes that “she must escape (Joyce 6),” it seems to steel her determination to make a new home for herself elsewhere. On the other hand, she is comfortable with the “familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of .....
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Cats Cradle
Words: 946 - Pages: 4.... the other son of Felix, is on a small island called San Lorenzo. He goes there to research more for his book. On the plane he meets Newt in person, who turns out to be a midget, and the Crosbys, a married couple. John reads a book the Crosbys give him on the plane all about the religion of Bokononism and it's customs. One custom is Bokomaru, touching the souls of feet together to grow closer. He also reads of how Bokonon, the creator of Bokononism, was outlawed.
When they arrive on San Lorenzo the President falls ill. Frank, who is going to marry the President's daughter, Mona, doesn't feel up to the job of being president so he asks Joh .....
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Desirees Baby By Kate Chopin
Words: 513 - Pages: 2.... with him, he stumbles upon a letter written to his father, from his mother. In this letter, he discovers that it was his mother that was black. He seems appalled at discovering his child is mixed, but several details show that Armand may have already known that it was his mother was black.
The true origin of Desiree was unknown. She was adopted at a young age and her true parents are a mystery. It is quite possible that in an effort to hide the fact that that he was of a mixed race, he would marry a woman of questionable origin (www.ofcn.com). This would remove all doubt that he, someone of high power and importance, could possibly no .....
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Things Fall Apart
Words: 693 - Pages: 3.... even “presented with a carved elephant tusk, which was a sign of great dignity and rank” (pg.179) by Akunna. With this earned admiration he was able to open not only a town store, but a hospital and a school as well. He pleaded for the clan to send their children and all others who wanted to, to attend his school. At first everyone was reluctant to explore this new option for education. Those that chose to attend Mr. Brown’s school would not only learn how to read and write, but they would also learn how to fight back against those that would come in and try to conquer them. With this insight and the kind “gifts of singlets and tow .....
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The Role Of Women In The Odyss
Words: 1230 - Pages: 5.... women differently and unequally throughout The Odyssey. Concurrent with the time’s belief that women held a subservient position in society to men, the male characters in The Odyssey often expected certain traits and actions that they didn’t expect from men. Also all the societies and lands Odysseus visited that were inhabited by mortals were dominated by men.
In The Odyssey women are unequal, treated differently, and are considered inferior to men. Throughout the epic women are not given an appropriate amount of respect by men. The male characters of The Odyssey expect certain traits and characteristics of women that the .....
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Search Of April Raintree
Words: 1246 - Pages: 5.... problems faced in the foster homes. Some Metis could relate to this novel as it is about one of the main characters, April Raintree, trying to over come her identity problem.
April Raintree is the main character who is a light skinned Metis; in fact, throughout most of the novel she tries to pass herself off as being completely white. Her younger sister, Cheryl Raintree, is much darker than April and does not try the same “racial swap”. Cheryl is very proud of her culture. April Raintree gets embarrassed when her younger sister talks so proudly of being Metis. An example of this is when April is at an academy where she so very .....
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