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Veronica Cartwright Suzanne Pleshette Birds
1,063 words
The plot of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 "The Birds, "
taken from a Daphne Du Married (who wrote the
novel "Rebecca") short story, seems ludicrous.
Birds attacking a small town, actually killing
people. But in the competent hands of the master
of suspense, the movie is frighteningly, well,
suspenseful. Evan Hunter (who also writes under
the name Ed McBain) wrote the screenplay, and
while not all of the characters are well enough
developed for the viewer to understand their
occasionally awkward behavi...
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Death Of Duncan Lady Macbeth
738 words
Ambition (I) iii, 135 - 142 This quote is
significant to our understanding of the play
because these lines talk about how Macbeth is
thinking ruthless thought which concern the death
of Duncan and that his downfall and tragic flaw is
his ambition. Order and Disorder (I) ii, 8 - 23
This quote describes the battle, which is disorder
and it creates and uproar and disrupts the peace.
This quote talks of war and battle. Appearance &
Reality (I) 5, 60 - 69 Significance of this quote
it that evil lurks...
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Theodore Roosevelt The Great Environmentalist
1,045 words
... to good citizenship. Chief among the qualities
necessary for the continued health of American
democracy was, according to Roosevelt, "manliness.
" For Roosevelt, conservation was in part the
preservation of American manhood. He wrote, "Every
believer in manliness and therefore in manly
sport... should strike hands with the farsighted
men who wish to preserve our material resources,
in the effort to keep our forest and game
beasts... " (Internet 3) Roosevelt's construction
of masculinity was ...
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Rikki Tavi The War Story
1,249 words
Kiplings Rikki Rikki Tavi has all the necessary
parts of a battle story. It is full of battles,
war tactics, good, evil, motive, song, and drama.
A battle story needs a gripping introduction, one
that hints at the battles to come and one that
brings the reader in with an exciting
anticipation. This story first begins with a poem
of the brave Rikki Rikki angrily chasing death
with a lust to kill. It right away shows the
necessary bravery and strength of the protagonist
/ hero and the might and ev...
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Similarities And Differences Ted Hughes
1,029 words
Ted Hughes and Robbin Jeffers offer many
similarities and differences in their poems about
hawks. Although written using contrasting styles,
the poems share numerous ideas and themes. These
ideas include power against weakness, arrogance,
and exultation of hawks as Gods chosen ruler. Yet,
Hughes and Jeffers show different attitudes
towards hawks, one acting as a dictator of
Creation, and the other as a defeated, but still
respectable bird. The issue of power versus
weakness is transmitted strong...
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Star Beast And Flight Of The Snow Bird
460 words
Star Beast by Nicholas Stuart Gray and Flight Of
the Snow Bird by Jean Lively are short stories
that incorporate prejudice as a theme. Star Beast
is about a beast looking like animal that crashes
on earth. Flight Of the Snow Bird is about a boy,
Benjy, and his autistic sister. Benjy was
prejudiced against Sheryl because of her autism.
Autism is a disease that slows down the mind so
much that the person cant react to things. He
makes himself forget her name. He believes that it
is her fault that ...
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Poetic Devices Descriptive Language
591 words
At Cooloola is a lyrical poem written by a well
recognized Australian poet, Judith Wright. This
poem creatively describes a beautiful scene of
nature. The poet uses highly descriptive language
and a diverse range of poetic devices to engage
the reader into imagining a picture of how
peaceful and serene this exquisite the scenery is
down by Lake Cooloola. Underlying the subject
matter is the implied theme that the lake is under
threat from conquering people who will not protect
its white shores o...
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Doesn 146 T Teacher Can 146 T Children
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Thinking is really a strange thing. When I was a
boy I was often long for having a kind of ability
in air swimming here and there. It is like a free
fish in water and this kind of feeling often
appears in my dreams. Therefore I toughly believe
I will have this capacity some day. When I grow up
I get older. I also know the real person can
146; t fly like a bird in the air. But class is
over one day I suddenly consider I explain other
persons 146; articles in discussing and talking
in the even...
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Steam Engine Black Beauty
1,068 words
... any feathers. Why? The legs are kept bare so
their keepers can attach metal blades and / or
artificial claws all through the length of their
legs. It gets worse: they are also kept
featherless so that the blades and claws of the
opposite fighter bird can inflict as much as
damage and bloodshed as possible. Now, the actual
fight: The two fighter birds are thrown into a
padded box, and people stand around and cheer
their favorite one on - as they have bet large
amounts of money on it! Do they ...
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Scare His Readers Elements To Scare His Readers Poe
681 words
Literature would not be the same if the author
didnt take symbolism into account while writing
the piece. One of the worlds best writers, Edgar
Allen Poe, is a superb example of this
representation that has intrigued mankind for
centuries. Poe uses various forms of symbolism to
play off the emotions of his readers. Using
elements of nature, dread, superstition, and
legend, Poe can create a world of trepidation in
the minds of the readers; his poems and stories
would not be the same without these...
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Kill A Mockingbird Sin To Kill
929 words
Symbolism is used extensively in the novel To Kill
a Mockingbird. The theme of prejudice in the novel
can be best perceived through the symbol of the
mockingbird. Atticus advised his children that if
they went hunting for birds to "shoot all the
bluejays you want, if you can hit " em, but
remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (96).
Miss Made explains this further by saying that
"mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music
for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's
gardens, don't nest in...
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Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Finch
900 words
A mockingbird is a sort of bird which sings songs
that are beautiful and pleasing to the world, but
this bird never hurts anyone. It only makes
beautiful music for everyone, never doing any
harm. In the novel, the mockingbird serves as a
symbol for the people who do good deeds and are
hurt by people or society in some way or another.
There are three characters in this novel that
symbolize this peaceful, innocent, beautiful
creature; these characters are Atticus, Tom
Robinson, and Scout. The peac...
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Winesburg Ohio George Willard
1,229 words
Winesburg, Ohio, Hands Winesburg, Ohio Winesburg,
Ohio, also known as the Book of Grotesque is a
modern American classic by Sherwood Anderson. He
came to be known as the? Father of Realism? , as
he left his mark on literature, being the first
one to portray authentic moments in American life.
He tells the stories of many? faces? he saw in his
dreams, describing their deeply moving lives
filled with secrets. The twenty-one stories in the
novel are united through the setting, Winesburg,
and the ma...
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Animal And Plant Billion Dollars
795 words
Perhaps we take it for granted that our beautiful
homeland will be forever changed because of the
effects of modern civilizations. The environment,
local animals, plants, and neighboring niches are
all being affected by a few factors. The
insensitivity of humans towards our fellow living
creatures has caused the Everglades to shrink
dramatically in the last one hundred years. The
health of the everglades has been compromised
because we as humans need more space to live on,
bigger roads, and adve...
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Richard Adams Rabbits Hazel
750 words
AUTHOR Watership Down was written by Richard
Adams, who was born May 9, 1920, in Berkshire,
England. He won two awards for this novel. He is
still living. CHARACTERS Hazel became the leader
of the rabbits once they left their original
warren. He was a very smart and tricky rabbit who
won the respect and trust of the other rabbits by
his courage and many great deeds. He always
handled problems calmly so others would also
remained calm. Whenever a plan was needed, Hazel
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Circle Of Life Eudora Welty
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Eudora Welty? s? A Worn Path? is a story that
emphasizes the natural symbolism of the
surroundings. The main character in the story,
Phoenix Jackson, is an old black woman who seeks
out to find medicine for her sick nephew. This
story contains a motif, which is the continuous
walking of Phoenix Jackson throughout her journey.
She lives in the pinewoods and faces the
challenging experience of walking through the
snowy, frozen earth to get to the hospital in the
city of Natchez. Phoenix Jackson is...
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Caged Bird Sings Women And Blacks
649 words
In Maya Angelous book I Know Why the Caged Bird
sings, she reflects the various societies she grew
up in. Maya growing up occurred mainly in stamps,
Arkansas. She later moved to St. Louis. After her
short-lived stay in St. Louis, she moved to San.
Francisco. In each of these there locations, women
and blacks were treated differently. Each of these
varying attitudes has influenced Maya in several
ways. Stamps, Arkansas is also refereed to as
hang-em high Arkansas. The white people in this
town la...
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Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
518 words
Maya Maya Angelou Maya Angelou. Maya angelou was
born in Saint louis, missouri and was given name
maya by her older brother who call her my or mine.
when she was young she was raped by her mothers
boyfriend and was mute five years. After her
parents divorced she and her brother were sent to
Arkansas to be raised by their potential
grandmother. In 1940 she and her brother moved to
San Francisko be with their mother, who had bytes
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teen years of ag...
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Martin Luther King Jr Maya Angelou
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Maya Maya Angelou Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou, born
April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis,
was raised in segregated rural Arkansas. She is a
poet, historian, author, actress, playwright,
civil-rights activist, and director. She has been
working at Wake Forest University in north
Carolina since 1981. She has published ten best
selling books and numerous magazine articles
earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award
nomination. At the request of President Clinton,
she wrote and del...
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Edna Pontellier Edna Feels
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin is about a young
woman, named Edna Pontellier, who realizes her
trapped state in society and who slowly awakens to
a new freedom of self expression, sexuality, and
self confidence. She so craves her freedom, that
she is willing to do anything to get it, no matter
what it may cost her. Chopin's use of symbolism
demonstrates Edna's escape from her trapped state
to freedom and independence. The author starts off
this novel with two birds in cages. One contains a
green a...
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