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S E Hinton Gang Members
1,178 words
... s. Sometimes, Ponyboy is daydreaming and not
connected to reality, like in page 158, when he
tried to convince himself that Johnny isn't dead:
.".. That still body back in the hospital wasn't
Johnny. Johnny was somewhere else maybe The
supporting cast in the story is the gang and other
characters. The gang members have long
descriptions from Ponyboy's point of view, and
they are part of the plot development. The other
characters in the book do not have long
descriptions, and they usually app...
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Light And Dark Elizabeth Jane
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In Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, the
author devotes a large amount of energy and
attention to making the setting of the novel as
detailed as possible. The city of Casterbridge can
almost serve as a character on its own, having its
own personality and affecting other characters in
the novel. Hardy uses the setting as a literary
device to strengthen the personalities and
complexities of characters in the story.
Throughout the novel, Hardy uses the setting
either to reinforce character ...
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Job Descriptions Job Analysis
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-job analysis-the gathering of information about a
specific job and determining the principal
elements involved in performing it. -job
description-on outline of the information obtained
from the job analysis, which describes the content
and essential requirements of a specific job or
position. -job specification-a detailed record of
the minimum job requirements explained in relation
to the job factors. -work measurement and setting
work standards-the procedure for determining the
time required t...
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S E Hinton Easy To Understand
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... and not connected to reality, like in page
158, when he tried to convince himself that Johnny
isn't dead: .".. That still body back in the
hospital wasn't Johnny. Johnny was somewhere
else-maybe asleep in the lot... " The supporting
cast in the story is the gang and other
characters. The gang members have long
descriptions from Ponyboy's point of view, and
they are part of the plot development. The other
characters in the book do not have long
descriptions, and they usually appear in small
p...
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Century B C Similes And Metaphors
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ter> Similes in the Iliad and What They Tell Us
About Life in Homer's Greece "The
Iliad", an epic tale told by the famous Greek
author Homer, is focused primarily on the Trojan
War between the Greeks, or Argives, and the
Trojans. This war was filled with bloody battles
and a massive loss of life. Homer tells stories
about a duration of time during this fighting, and
not the entire war. He uses his story-telling
abilities to focus the audience on the garish and
sometimes mundane drudger...
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Bilbo Baggins Lonely Mountain
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H 2 >Setting The story occurs in the
imaginary world Middle-earth created by the
author, it is appropriate since creatures that are
found in the book (e. g. , goblins and dwarves) do
not exist in our world. Since the story happens in
many places over Middle-earth the author gives a
deep description only in places where important
things to the plot happen but in other places he
gives a more general description. Most places make
the reader have a picture in his brain of them;
the author use...
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Unanswered Questions Red Room
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... y mysterious. He sustains this feeling
throughout the story through the use of many
literary devices such as again the use of
unanswered or unanswerable questions that in this
context we get the feeling that the story itself
is an unanswerable question or a mystery with no
end which gives suspense in a reader as this is
magnified by more specific devices, such as
Bradbury's final cliff-hanger, Behind her in the
living room, someone cleared his throat. The
device is yet another unanswered que...
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Dark Hair Big Brother
465 words
Telescreens, Big brother, a world watched over and
perfected. George Orwell created this world in the
book 1984, this book was a warning to the future.
Later on, Michael Radford made 1984 into a film.
Although there are some differences between
Orwell's 1984 and Radford's version of it, but
there also are similarities in the physical
descriptions, personalities, and in the way the
film followed Orwell's descriptions. The people
living during this time were not in the best of
shape. Workers were ...
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Sense Of Smell Enables The Reader
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How does the author enable the reader to share the
experience of the main character? Patrick
Suskind's use of visual imagery captures the
audiences's else of smell by dragging the reader
into this world of hideous stench. Perfume is
unique as it creates a reality by 'painting a
picture' in the mind of the reader through the
olfactory senses. Suskind does, on many occasions,
manipulate the readers' basic instincts through
the novel's protagonist, Jean Baptiste Grenouille.
Suskind is successful in...
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Point Of View Tells The Reader
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The Role of Hester Prynne in the Development of
Plot and Characterization in the Novel, The
Scarlet Letter Within the novel The Scarlet
Letter, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses many
ways to characterize Hester Prynne, and to show
her importance in the development of the plot.
This essay will show some ways Hester is
characterized and will also show why and how she
develops the plot. Hester Prynne is characterized
as a beautiful woman who does not hide from, but
lives with her mistakes and tr...
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Central Nervous System Notre Dame
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In my readings of the two chapters from the book,
Body and Mind, written by Keith Campbell, I
explored my mind to Central-State Materialism and
Functionalism. Both these states have differences
and similarities between them. Starting off with
Central-State Materialism; then, I reflected my
readings, and then viewed Functionalism and stated
my readings. The main point of this paper is to
give a few supporting details on the similarities
and differences Central-State Materialism, and a
few points ...
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Style Of Character Man Of The Church Chaucer
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Geoffery Chaucer in The General Prologue of the
Cantabury Tales, describes the members of the
pilgrimage. These descriptions do not simply tell
of the basic appearance of the pilgrims but
something of their personalities as well. Chaucer
never directly criticizes the Pilgrims. Instead,
throught the use of satire and insightful (and
sometimes humorous) descriptions, Chaucer lets the
reader come to their own judgements of the
pilgrims. Two of the travelers, the Knight and the
Pardoner are examples...
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Demonstrate How Cruel Demonstrate How Cruel A War Henry
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Many novels use contrast images of the land or
surroundings to symbolize the central meaning of
the work. In Ernest Hemingway s A Farewell to Arms
the foil images of Italy and Switzerland help
symbolize the theme of the book, which is the
cruelty of war and what it does to people. The
descriptions of the two countries, Italy and
Switzerland, are greatly different and represent
two types of places. On one hand, Italy symbolizes
a site of cruelty and death. Here is where all of
the war and fightin...
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Medieval Literature Francis Bacon
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Basic Differences In Perception Of Man, Nature
Basic Differences In Perception Of Man, Nature And
Time In Medieval And Renaissance Literature Basic
differences in perception of man, nature and time
in Medieval and Renaissance literature Time of
Medieval literature started with the fall of the
Roman empire in 5 th century A. D. People were on
the highest level of barbarism, man got all what
he could, he did not have goals anymore. This was
time of constant wars and instability. But world
could no...
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Sun Also Rises Washington D C
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A Farewell to Arms The book A Farewell to Arms,
written by Ernest Hemingway, is a classic about
the love story of a nurse and a war ridden
soldier. The story starts as Frederick Henry is
serving in the Italian Army. He meets his future
love in the hospital that he gets put in for
various reasons. I thought that A Farewell to Arms
was a good book because of the symbolism, the
exciting plot, and the constant moving of the main
character. The symbolism in A Farewell to Arms is
very much apparent. E...
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Job Analysis Job Descriptions
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USES OF History CHAPTER 9 USES OF OFFICE JOB
ANALYSIS -job analysis-the gathering of
information about a specific job and determining
the principal elements involved in performing it.
-job description-on outline of the information
obtained from the job analysis, which describes
the content and essential requirements of a
specific job or position. -job specification-a
detailed record of the minimum job requirements
explained in relation to the job factors. -work
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Point Of View Hardy
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Comparison Of Thomas Hardy's Old Mrs Chundle
Comparison Of Thomas Hardy's Old Mrs Chundle And
Penelope Lively's The Darkness Out There The two
short stories? The Darkness Out There? and? Old
Mrs Chundle? both deal with similar relationships,
whilst at the same time having many differences.
The most pronounced similarity of the two stories
is that both deal with younger people? s
relationships with an older person. Another marked
theme is that Hardy? s story concerns itself with
the curate? s dec...
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One Can Easily Living Organism
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Jack london and modern day environmentalist groups
We shall never understand the natural environment
until we see it as a living organism. Land can be
healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich or poor,
lovingly nurtured or bled white. Our present
attitudes and laws governing the ownership and use
of land represent an abuse of the concept of
private property. Today you can murder land for
private profit. You can leave the corpse for all
to see and nobody calls the cops. Through the
words from of P...
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First Person Narrative Point Of View
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This essay is about how Poe uses the description
of environments in his narratives. I shall explain
this usage with close reference to several short
stories by Poe. A full listing of the stories used
appears in the List of Works Consulted at the end
of this essay. It is important to note that in all
of the stories, the narration is in the
first-person. This has deep-reaching effects on
how particular environments are described. This
will also be commented upon. The first excerpt
comes from a sto...
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Hester Pearl
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One of the most complex and elaborate characters
in The Scarlet Letter is Pearl, the daughter of
Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale. Pearl,
throughout the story, develops into a dynamic
individual, as well as an extremely important
symbol- one who is constantly changing. Pearl is
involved in a complex history, and as a result is
viewed as different and is shunned because of her
mother? s sin. Pearl is a living Scarlet A to
Hester, as well as the reader, acting as a
constant reminder of Hester? ...
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