...Throughout my childhood, my parents would always put me to bed with a bedtime story. These stories would always talk about a hero, and their heroic attempt at saving someone or something from a tragic ending. But sometimes the endings have a twist. In the quest story of Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, that is exactly what happens. Gilgamesh may have failed his quest in the end, but nevertheless he was thought of as hero to the readers. King Gilgamesh, loses his best friend do to a terrible illness, which reminds the king that humans are not immortal. The King wishes for immorality of all people, so he goes out on quest to find an away to prevent death. Eventually, he found this plant, which is meant to save humans from death. King Gilgamesh retrieved the plant, and soon after, dropped the plant into the water. The plant sunk to the bottom of the sea, where Gilgamesh was unable to retrieve it, essentially losing his chance at immortality....
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...drama are there, but there are also some not so well known ones like fate, tragedy, loyalty and authority. Tragedy’s definition is a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character. This is Romeo and Juliet summarised in one line. Shakespeare has made tragedy evident in Act 1, Scene 5 where Romeo and Juliet find out who each other’s families are. Metaphor is used when Shakespeare...
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...Outline Thesis Statement: In “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare demonstrates the concept that fate cannot be prevented, no matter what is said or done. Point 1: Fighting against fate is not worth the time, for whoever bothers will fail. Augustus seeks to control his own fate of death by not smoking, but even by trying to live vigorously, fate still won in the end. Proof from text #1: With a cigarette in his mouth, Augustus states, “You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing,” thinking he had a choice of how he would die, but his cancer was already killing him. Transition Sentence: Likewise, the Friar thought he could help the two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, be together. If...
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...Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero (Book Report) Passed by: Maegan Rhyzelle C. Rivero I. Book title: “Vanity fair: A novel without a Hero” II. Author: William Makepeace Thackeray III. Theme: Thackeray wants his audience to realize how vanity itself can affect how people act. It is mainly a story about two girls with different outlooks in life; entangled in problems that neither of them could face well. IV. Main Characters: Miss Barbara Pinkerton – presiding over an Academy for Young ladies Jemima Pinkerton – sister of Barbara Amelia Sedley – will be the wife of Mr. George Osborne John Sedley – father of Amelia Mrs. Sedley – wife of John Sedley Joseph Sedley – brother of Amelia Mrs. Blenkinsop – housekeeper for the Sedleys Sambo – servant for the Sedleys Rebecca Sharp – will be the wife of Rawdon Crawley Sir Pitt Crawley – a miserly, old baronet Rose Crawley – second wife of Sir Pitt George Osborne – godson of Mr. Sedley Rawdon Crawley – falls in love with Rebecca Other Characters: Miss Swartz Rose Crawley (daughter of Sir Pitt) Violet Crawley Pitt Crawley (son of Sir Pitt) Horrocks Miss Horrocks Rev. Bute Crawley Mrs. Bute Crawley James Crawley Frank Crawley Mr. Osborne Jane Maria Miss Wirt Miss Crawley ...
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...William Shakespeare, also explores the themes of love, but in a comical perspective. Viola and Sebastian who are twins are separated after a shipwreck, and each character has to go through their own mishaps as they begin their new life in the different country. In both novels, Shakespeare uses the theme of fate, chance and coincidence to create a deeper understanding of the love between two characters. In both novels, although the characters know that even though...
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...For the sheer audacity and bombast of it all, The Fate of the Furious might be the greatest movie ever made. However, it also can feel like one of the worst. With zero you-know-what's to give, this eighth entry into the declining Fast and the Furious franchise is cinematic WWE. We've got a heel turn, a babyface turn, backstabbing of friends, twists and surprises for the sake of twists and surprises, and Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson executing a double-knee gutbuster on someone. (If you smell...what the Rock...is cooking...). On the one hand, all of this is kind of awesome. On the other hand, this whole Furious thing is starting to feel like a gear is slipping, the carburetor is starting to fail, and the ideas are lacking. Maybe screenwriter Chris...
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...“Giddy Fortune's furious fickle wheel,That goddess blind, That stands upon the rolling restless stone.” (Henry V, 3.3.27) This quote from Shakespeare’s Henry V deals with how fate can endanger us all. Fate spins that wheel blindly making it so anything can happen. Because of fate, what happens in as little as one day can alter your entire life path. There are many instances of this happening in A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. These instances include; the day Mariam left to the kolba to go see Jalil, the day Tariq decided to move, and the day that Laila’s parents were killed in the bomb blast. Mariam leaving the kolba was the most notable instance in the novel where one decision set off a whole chain of events that affected the course of her life. Because she left to go see Jalil and stayed, and slept on the street the whole night, her mother committed suicide. “"I'll die if you go.The jinn will come, and I'll have one of my fits. You'll see, I'll swallow my tongue and die. Don't leave me, Mariam jo. Please stay. I'll die if you go." Chap 5. Although Mariam didn’t take that threat literally it ended up happening. She...
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...The dismal night replaced inspiration with sorrow. I sat at my desk typing the final chapter of my novel 'Travesties of Faith'. I punched the keys as an impassive drone, 'click' 'click' 'click’. Lost in a reverie, the words changed, they no longer revealed a fictional purpose; instead, they conjured a revelation—the character's pain, mine, the syntax, mine, and the ending, mine. And like all great stories, it needed a twist. My twist—Rosemary. I stared at the daunting screen, contemplating, relishing the epiphany bestowed upon me; the solitary truth, My course of action decided. The telephone's shrill ring broke me from my thoughts. I turned to the relic hunched on my desk and ripped the handset from its cradle. “Dominic?” Rosemary spoke. I remained silent. Her voice both soothed and tore at my heart. I missed her. “Dominic, I...
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...My World is an Apple.. Each of us has our own apple of fate in our lives and it depends on us if we will take a bite on it or just look at its shining surface. And I chose to eat my own apple of fate. It was more than eighteen years ago since the day I was born. It was in the 19th of February. I am under the zodiac sign of pisces. According to astrology and studies, pisces persons are artistic, creative, placid and sentimental. And some said that persons who were born in the month of february has peculiar skills and personality. Is that so? So what do I have here? Peculiar in the sense of uniqueness or abnormality? (Yikes, haha!) What’s unique about me? My name? My father gave me the name ‘Soleil’. He got the name from a child actress before. Originally, ‘Soleil’ is a french word which means ‘sun’. I love my name. It’s very unique. And it’s the first thing that people notice about me, especially my teachers, classmates and friends. Because they said, it’s difficult to pronounce and it’s unusual. I can say that I am just a simple person who grew up in a simple life. I grew up with my family in Tanza, Cavite, my father’s hometown. We are five in the family and I am the eldest among my two siblings. I am one year older than my brother and my youngest sister is 11 years old. My father is an average employee in a company and my mother is a housewife. Whenever I meet new people, they always doubt about my age. They say that I look younger than...
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...Nursing Values I became a nurse by a twist of fate. It was the summer of 1990 and I was eighteen years old; it was approximately over a year since I arrived to the U.S. looking for the “American dream”; with no family, no money and trying to learn a language that I had no interest of learning while in high school in my native Peru. All I wanted is to have an opportunity to succeed in life, to make a difference in anything. That opportunity came when I found a job as nurse assistance in a small Convalescent Center in South Central Los Angeles. Vividly I still remember the first time I step into that facility. I have never seen so many elderly people in one place in my whole life. It was frightening for me, but it was the beginning of a long and satisfying journey. I learned the meaning of human dignity which for me encompasses respect. Interacting with the residents (patients), providing privacy while assisting with ADL’s and also realizing the difficulties and lack of autonomy an Acute Care Facility can have. This time of my life made a deep impact on me as a person. I decided to enhance my education in order to make a difference in people’s life. The next obvious step for me was to become an LVN and I accomplished that task in 1992 and for a period of nine years all of which I worked in home health I learned the basic level of nursing and many task oriented procedures. In 2001 I finally became a Registered Nurse and I have been practicing emergency nursing ever since...
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...The Fat Boy By: Owen Marshall ‘The Fat Boy’ is a short story by Owen Marshall about an anonymous, nameless boy who mysteriously appears in a small town in New Zealand and was hated by the townspeople. In the text, I noticed how the author used various symbolisms and themes that are seen in real life. There are three symbolisms in ‘the Fat boy’ that caught my attention. These are religious figures, conscience, and outsider. There were various points in the story where the author made used of a religious figure. The fat boy, for instance, has been described as monk-like. The fat boy is also like a shepherd tending his flock. “The fat boy stood before the railings and held one of the iron bars like a staff”. The fat boy, being a symbol of the Shepherd, looks after and protects the innocent, “The children smiled at him as he watched, and were content at his presence…”. At the end of the story, the fat boy ‘dies’ and his body mysteriously disappeared. I thought of how the fat boy’s fate resembles Jesus Christ who was also blamed for things he didn’t commit, was ridiculed and accused by the public and whose body also disappeared when he died. The fat boy seems to act as the townspeople’s conscience which is why he appears at or before each crime is committed "the fat boy had the knack of being where he was least desired". I think this is maybe one of the reasons why he is described by the town people as having such unattractive figure “A very fat, ugly boy, the music teacher...
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...Hook High School can change and twist a person’s characteristics while they are on their quest of “fitting in”. This process of changing a person’s personality is very similar to what happened to many of the characters in the Book the Things They Carried. Context This book takes place during the Vietnam War and follows the lives of american men who are trying to survive the horrible conditions of Vietnam. Thesis In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien , the author uses the character development of Mary Anne and Rat Kiley as well as his own to show how being in environment like Vietnam can twist your sense of right and wrong and your mental stability because of the things you are exposed to. Body Paragraph One Topic Sentence In the Book...
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...Chaucer portrays the Wife as a very unconventional character which becomes more evident throughout the text as she voices her opinions on things such as marriage and sex. ‘’Thoroughly selfish ‘’ indicates that the Wife only cares about herself and is in no way altruistic. It could also be argued that she is ‘unlikeable’’ as she seems to portray her views in an anti-feminist manner due to her lack of support for women as well as her deceitfulness and using her sexuality to manipulate men. However, this could be a result of being in a male dominated society, and despite the negative stereotypes that she embodies she does stand up for herself albeit it is in a contradictory vulgar manner. On the other hand, Giovanni can be considered ‘selfish and unlikeable’ due to his manipulative nature. He manipulates Annabella by lying and trying to justify his incestuous feelings for her. Although, it could be suggested that he is not entirely ‘unlikeable’ because his charm is evident throughout the text and it could indicate that he does love Annabella even though he possesses impure thoughts. The Wife’s manipulative and deceitful nature may portray her as a selfish and an unlikeable character, those characteristics are evident throughout the text. She justifies her autonomous lifestyle by using biblical exegesis, and although she misinterprets it for her own benefit it still portrays her as an intelligent woman which in turn manipulates the audience. For example, she validates her sexual...
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...The person I will be choosing to write about is Muhammad Ali. I chose him because I am really interested in his fighting. Ali was most famous for his boxing. Muhammad Ali was also known for his public stance against the Vietnam War and his longtime battle with Parkinson's disease. In my opinion I think Ali was the best heavyweight boxer ever. Another reason I chose Ali is because my family sometimes say that I look like him. Now I will talk about how Ali became famous. Ali was born on January 17, 1942 at Louisville, KY. During Ali’s childhood he showed everyone he wasn’t scared of anything. He even started boxing early when he was a little kid with the help from a man named Martin. At the age of 12, Ali discovered his talent for boxing through...
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...demonstrate, Tan writes, “I began to cry and thought bitterly about my parent’s promise. I wondered why my destiny had been decided, why I should have an unhappy life so someone else could have a happy one” (58-59). Lindo had promised to sacrifice her own happiness, just to grant her parents happiness. A unique essence in Chinese culture is that daughters literally owed their parents their happiness, typically as a sign of respect. Although she has given up her joy, she keeps a promise to herself to never forget her self worth, “On the day of the...
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