Author: Anthony Burgess Setting: Alex home/room. Time: Futuristic Language: His language reveals his age, there is no doubt that he is a teenager. He has made up a lot of words himself. Narrator/Main charachter: Alex, fifteen-year old boy, First person narrator. This way we get to read what Alex feels and thinks. He ditches school. Fallible or infallible?: Betyder: Fejbarlig og infejlbarlig. Is he trustworthy/reliable or not? Most of the short stories we read, has a infallible narrator
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when “it was good to be bad,” and American teenagers were engulfed in the “greaser” culture of cars, rock and roll, and partying. The main characters in this short story go to an old, polluted lake in their small hometown looking for a good time, but find themselves in big trouble. Boyle uses items such as the conflict, the multiple stages of plot, and the use of foreshadowing, to develop the plot throughout the short story. The conflict in the story is between the protagonist and the “bad greasy character
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what seems like a few years ago, there is still a serious imbalance in athletics today. Female athletes are told they are not as exciting to watch or not as good as the male athletes are on a daily basis. You can see this imbalance through the girls’ soccer team being cut and the coach telling Viola that girls aren't as athletic and skilled as boys are. Through Viola’s nother you can see that girls are expected to be ladylike and not be involved in rough sports or play in the dirt. These kind of things
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Case Study Ericka Wilson 2/29/2012 Abstract In a small town in Michigan, the unbelievable happened. A 6 year old boy brought a gun to school and shot his first grade classmate in the school library. They had a playground scuffle the day before. After the shooting, he threw the gun down and ran out of the room. School authorities found him hiding in a corner and placed him in their office, where he calmly drew pictures as he waited. Police say that he told them the shooting was an accident
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They both deal with isolation, whether you're the isolator or being isolated. The protagonist of both stories, Ralph and Romeo, are prime examples of this. Throughout both stories you can tell what the impact of being isolated is, and it isn’t a good one. Romeo and Ralph may handle the situations a little bit different but they also deal with it in the same way a bit to. Romeo is an isolator and is being isolated. In the play Romeo and Juliet, there is a constant family feud between the Montagues
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18/12-08 The Shining Mountain Analysis and characterization The story is about Scottish girl called Pangma-La, named after a shining mountain so she would stand tall and be proud. Pangma-La’s father was a famous mountaineer, so she promised herself that she would never disappoint him. When Pangma-La was tough enough, her father and she went to the shining mountain, to climb it as promised. When they arrived the Sherpa men offered to carry their loads, but they did not need porters. The Sherpa
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gangs who lived in the neighborhood as there are in many poor areas. When poverty is present, many more problems will arise in effect. These issues are found in the homes of the families who live in this bad area and do not earn enough to live a good life. In the eyes of Esperanza, living a good life would entail living in a home that you are not ashamed of and can be proud of. She wants to be able to wear fancy shoes for her special events not the ordinary shoes that she needs to wear all year long
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mothers while the men are considered the bread winners and career men. The women were often excited to see their husbands return after his day at a 9-5 job. The wife must make supper for the family, protect the children, instill them with values, sing good night to the baby, tuck the children in, vacuum the floors, chauffeur the children to school, wash the dog, clean the clothes, wash the floors, buy the groceries, clean the kitty litter, pack the kids lunches, and take the family to church on
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other. And when they are fighting / quarilling again ,their sons admitted that they have re3lationship , and intend to live abroad and because of that unexpected news ,they felt guilt, they realize and awakened that fighting against each other is no good thing to offer. And lastly they became friends all over again. REACTION: This play is so fuuny.. because each one of them delivered their role nice & energetic. Most specially Norma & Wilma ,together w/ their maids Judy & Jolenz.
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I could tell mother worried, although she didn’t say much to Curtis or me” (Curtis, Ben). After his dad left for good the family was even poorer than before. Sonja would try to get child support from Robert but he would never provide enough and would only give some money for a month or two after court and then he would stop again. In spite of the financial struggles they faced, the boys always had something to eat and a roof over their head. Their mother, Sonja had to work multiple jobs, one right
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