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    Overcoming a challenge, not giving up, and not being afraid of change are a few themes demonstrated in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Perhaps the most prominent theme derived from the novel is defying the odds, or in other words rising above the expectations of others. Junior Spirit exemplifies this theme throughout the entirety of the book. As Junior is an Indian, he almost expects that he will never leave the reservation, become an alcoholic, and live in poverty like the…

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    Avrial Turner Mrs. Maine British Literature Date Title C.S. Lewis was the leading edge of his day, and still continues to be a source of intuitive thought in the modern day even after his death. His works are unprecedented and widely known. One of Lewis’ most well known books is titled Mere Christianity in which he describes the reasons to believe in a God and what those who believe in the Christian God should act and be like. One of Lewis’ lesser known books is entitled Till We Have Faces.…

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    Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness Teaser 1: Play Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness and explore a futuristic dystopia run by Sybil. Teaser 2: Explore a futuristic world in Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness, a visual novel based on the anime Psycho-Pass. Teaser 3: Take the role of either Inspector Nadeshiko Kutaguchi or Enforcer Takuma Tsurugi in Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness. Make difficult choices and interact with other Psycho-Pass characters like the intelligent and compassionate Akane…

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    essay, I am going to discuss the themes in northern lights and subject that Pullman thinks are appropriate for children books but not for adults and how is this novel of northern lights a crossover novel, and what is suitable books for children to read, and how the quotation relevant to this novel northern lights. Northern lights is a novel by Philip Pullman, it is a fantasy for young adult, and it is the first part of trilogy His Dark Materials, in 1995, At the point when he write The golden…

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    Judge Wilhelmina Carson is the lead character of the Judge Wilhelmina Carson series otherwise known as the Justice series of novels by American author Diana Capri. The first novel of the series was the title Due Justice that was first published in 2011. Diana Capri the author of was born and raised in a small American German small town just north of Alabama where she spent much of her childhood reading books. She attended the Wayne Law School before she went on to become Wayne Law Review editor.…

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    the controversial novel “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin the main character, Edna Pontellier, struggles with an internal conflict. Set in 1899, this novel follows Edna as she is vacationing with her family on an island in Grand Isle, Louisiana, and her arrival back home to New Orleans. Edna’s movement from Grand Isle to her home in the city forces her to explore the various ways in which she is expected to live her life. This internal conflict that Edna experiences throughout the novel is…

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    During the French revolution, the guillotine was used to behead thousands of people, when using the guillotine, these people acted like monsters and they didn’t care about anything or anyone else. Throughout A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens uses the guillotine to show how easily people can go on a killing spree. He shows how killing becomes emotionless and automatic, and life becomes worthless. In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens alludes to ghastly objects such as the guillotine when…

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    their futures. Using Pride and Prejudice as my core text and Wuthering Heights as my secondary text I will demonstrate how looking at these young characters making choices and decisions about their futures is significant, if we want to assess these novels critically. Taking the social class, feminism and theme of marriage, I will use suitable sources of information such as ‘Setting and Character in Pride and Prejudice’ by Charles J.McCann along with others to back up my point of how I believe it…

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    The Last Crossing, by Guy Vanderhaeghe, is a fascinating novel that does well to showcase the moral ambiguity of real life. This ambiguity gives Vanderhaeghe the opportunity to craft all kinds of complex characters along the moral spectrum. One such complex character is Custis Straw. Straw stands out among his fellow cast as the most likeable and most integrous of the bunch. However, Custis is not the classic white knight character, but he is instead a very flawed man seeking redemption. There…

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    The Babadook is a truly scary horror movie from 2014 directed by Jennifer Kent. The “Babadook” is a scary boogie man that a single mother just cannot seem to shake. At one point in the film the mother, Amelia played by Essie Davis, goes to the police station because she believes someone is stalking her. She, however tells the police at the station that she burned the book and they say they cannot do anything about it because she burned the evidence. She turns and sees clothing arranged in a way…

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