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    The Scorch Trials

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    groups and sent into the scorch, where many obstacles will have to be overcome.Although the scorch would be their biggest problem,” Wicked” is standing in there way sending even more obstacles to test their abilities. Many betrayals and lies take place and Thomas and the gladers must overcome these…

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    weaponry in these conflicts, insurgencies aim to make warfare as protracted as possible. As seen in the 1966 movie The Battle of Algiers, the insurgencies in Algeria use their limited capacity for conflict to their advantage, and fight the French descriptive instead of head on. The French army failed to deal with the insurgency effectively and thus public opinion in France began to change. Although the French won the Battle of Algiers, they would inevitably lose the Algerian War due to the…

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    this poem, which is “the place where the sidewalk ends” is a metaphor of the imagination. The first reason the place at the end of the sidewalk is a metaphor of the imagination is that poem provides…

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    dressing like adults in order to meet today’s social norm. George claims it’s not the fashion companies fault because they are just trying to keep up with demands and it is the parents fault for leading by example. George uses an expository and descriptive essay in order to tell the reader the facts about when trends happened and then he states what he…

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    do so. But had I been given a free hand in the matter, I would not have taken you on." Stuart Ullman immediately places the blame on Albert Shockley, saying that "he wants you hired." Shockley clearly has power over Ullman, which Ullman resents, based on the condescending manner in which Ullman says Shockley's full name. By saying Albert Shockley's full name, Ullman attempts to place himself and Albert Shockley…

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    The Greasy Lake Summary

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    All the while, Boyle is using a first person narration in “The Greasy Lake”, to place his readers into an immediate and emotional state. Ann Charters’ explains first person narration tells the story from his/her accounts or perspective. Secondly, it is further stated that first person narration is only able to tell the direct action of what’s taking place or his/her ability to mentally process what is taking place (Charters 1793). Similarly, in the beginning of the story the narrator is setting…

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    help specify important information. Setting can also be very descriptive as in a dark place or a bright sunny day. Setting also helps you understand the story more. It can also effect the behavior of a character and how that character is feeling that day. When writing stories most writers need to know the world where their story takes place. The way writers make stories more interesting is they move scenes and do not stay in one place. For example the story “The Devil and Tom walker” include a…

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    was good but I didn’t like how they skipped a few parts that were in the book. While the book and movie have many similarities and differences, the ( book ) was more effective in telling the story. First of all is the scene where the rumble takes place, this was a very important part of the two of them. The first comparable scene is when ( the greasers went to the rumble. ) In both the book and movie they did really well on showing the emotions of characters. I would say that the similarity is…

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    George Orwell composed “1984”, a fictional story occurring in Oceania in the 1940s, after viewing the oppressive governments in Spain and Russia. Orwell’s manifest purpose behind publishing this novel was to warn the western countries of the perils presented along with totalitarian governments and to portray the conditions of subjects living under such regimes. The hidden knowledge given in this novel is that this world is going on the verge of losing their privacy and their opinions, even if…

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    “Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.” Claims Nick Carraway in the classic novel The Great Gatsby. Published in 1925, this literary work is a piece of historical fiction developed by author F. Scott Fitzgerald. According to Biography.com, Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in the year 1896 and writing, for him, began in his early childhood. The site states that in 1920, Fitzgerald had his first breakthrough, allowing him to live like a celebrity and marry the girl that he…

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