The Wednesday Wars is a humorous but affecting story of the psychological and ethical growth of a boy named Holling Hoodhood. Holling, a caring but naively self-centered seventh-grader, is convinced that his new instructor, Mrs. Baker, hates him. On Wednesdays, when the other children in the class leave to attend their religious education, Holling is left alone with Mrs. Baker. These days result in the “Wednesday wars,” in which Holling does an assortment of odd jobs but then graduates to reading
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‘court-room’ and ‘detective’, TV series, mainly shown on channel five. By reading the description of the show, I immediately realised that this is a show that is based around the world of crime and how the crime is dealt with within the city of New York. It starts from finding who the criminal is and then we follow the story up to the prosecution in the court room. Words such as ‘courtroom, ‘rape’, ‘victim’, ‘detective’ immediately grabs the reader’s attention, giving us the impression of the type of genre this
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the narrator introduces Rat to the reader, and mentions that Rat is writing his fallen comrade’s sister a letter expressing his condolences: “Rat tells her what a great brother she had, how together the guy was, a real number one pal and comrade. A real soldier’s soldier, Rat says. Then he tells a few stories to make the point…how her brother made the war seem almost fun, always raising hell and lighting up villes
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messages and ideas. In the media, we never hear the full story of something. When you read an article in a newspaper about a war, for example, you read only the main points of the event: dates, number of casualties, a few people who played major parts in the event, and a scattered bit of information to give you a general idea of what happened. Newspapers are effective for giving us important information, but books give us the ENTIRE story of what occured in the event, and every bit of information
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said by Aaron Ezis, “Crane is less well known for his short stories, essays and poems, including An Experiment in Misery and In the Depths of a Coal Mine.” Along with this, critics often point out that Stephen Crane often asks
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very close relationship with the deceased. The poem begins with the speaker laboring beside the boy just before the boy’s sister tells them “supper,” implying that the speaker has a close relationship with the characters in the poem. The following lines from the poem hint that the speaker is in fact the boy’s father, “His sister stood beside them in her apron/ To tell them ‘Supper.’” (126). As the poem progresses, the boy’s hand gets cut off from the saw. The speaker and the boy’s sister rush him
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The Necessity of Art in Station Eleven Ever since I can remember I have loved theatre. It’s been a constant presence, and an important touchstone, in my life. However, for as long as I’ve loved theatre, I have also been ridiculed for my enjoyment of it. As a child, my interest was tolerated as something precious, something I was bound to grow out of. My parents and teachers would sit in the audience, clapping and cheering me on, all the while thinking to themselves “I bet she’ll make a great lawyer
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Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut, the author of many amazing books, essays, and plays is also one of the most renounced authors of the 21st century. His ability to humor, entertain, and infrom the reader in issues of war, society, and religion has brought him much praise and even reproach. He has encountered many struggles to convey his life's work. Throughout many of Vonnegut's works, we are shown his ability to turn major events in his life into satirical dark humor. Kurt Vonnegut
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1. What was this movie about? How did it relate to other material in this module? Did you know about this topic prior to learning about it in HIST 100? This movie is focused on the 1776, which is during the American Revolution. The colonies in America decided to break paths from the British crown, where they originated. This movie puts a spotlight on Gorge Washington, America’s first president. Then the film also shows how the American colonies tried to claim Canadian colonies but failed to capture
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is not only because Sheila will be happy, but because a merger with Crofts Limited will be good for his business. • He is optimistic for the future and confident that there will not be a war. As the audience knows there will be a war, we begin to doubt Mr Birling's judgement. (If he is wrong about the war, what else will he be wrong about?) • He is extremely selfish: o He wants to protect himself and his family. He believes that socialist ideas that stress the importance of the
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