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A Story About Manipulation The short story written by Susan Beth Pfeffer known as “Ashes” has the father of a girl named Ashes is complimenting her constantly and is ridiculed by his wife. Then he takes Ashes out to a new diner while acting strange. He then talks about how he needs two hundred dollars and he’ll be set. When Ashes asks if she can help, he says she can steal money from her mom’s teapot. Meanwhile, he continues to compliment her. “Ashes” shows how manipulation can make anyone do…

The second passage I chose was not about Yossarian’s character, though it may deal with how frustrated he finds his new roomates, but about the glamorization of war. “They were the most depressing group of people Yossarian had ever been with. They were always in high spirits. They laughed at everything. They called him ‘Yo-Yo’ jocularly and came in tipsy late at night and woke him up with their clumsy, bumping, giggling efforts to be quiet, then bombarded him with asinine shouts of hilarious…

Huck’s Adventure to Maturation Awarded author Tracy McMillan states about maturity, “Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity.” Caring about people is exactly what is shown in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, through the character of Huck. Huck Finn starts as an immature boy in the beginning of the novel. By the end of his adventure he comes of age in his maturity by making the right decisions about real life things, such as when the family feud…

Between the movie 10 Things I Hate About You and the play Taming of the Shrew. Petruchio and Patrick are motivated for different things. Petruchio in the book is a self centered jerk who wants to hook up and make money. In the movie Patrick is a guy that everyone is scared of but he’s still a caring person. I believe that Petruchio in both is someone that has a carefree attitude and developed feelings that he thought wouldn't be possible by the end of the story. The movie 10 things I hate about…

The Tempest and the Power Needed to Rule The main motif of the play The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare (ca. 1611), is the power that a ruler can exert over his fellows and followers. In the play, this ruler is given form in the main character Prospero, the Duke of Milan, who was overthrown by his brother Antonio and the rival Duke of Naples Alonso, and exiled to a deserted island somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. Over the course of the play, Prospero uses power in a variety of ways…

“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood shows us that power leads to manipulation. The ones who are in charge, in a higher position manipulate those who seek a thrill in doing something risky to their advantage. In the Novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood we notice what happens when those in charge manipulate others to their advantage such as when the doctor tries to manipulate Offred into doing something she is against of, the commander forcing Offred to have an affair with him, and…

Each and every one of us has a conflict inside ourselves, the conflict between good and evil. It can consume us until a side is chosen to prevail, leaving the other in the dust. This is much like how it is in the world and in the play Macbeth. In Macbeth, there is a fight between characters to see which will prevail, good or evil. In Macbeth, William Shakespeare uses iambic pentameters and motifs to convey the message that good will always prevail over the likes of evil. One way it is shown that…

How does Shakespeare in ‘measure for measure’ explore the use of imagery and language to present characters and key ideas. How you play shows some of your character. but how you win or lose shows all of it. William Shakespeare portrays characters in a way that made people bite their fingers under their teeth. The author presents the play ‘Measure for Measure’ as a tragicomedy, satire, and allegory by its critics. This is because that in some ways it is a comedy but in some ways, it is problem.…

There is a name that is known for mischief all for the good of the people. He is like a shadow in the background lurking in the day and night. Not many know what he looks like, only his helpers and the people that he help. I like the description.His name is the Scarlet Pimpernel, leaving a seal of a scarlet pimpernel wherever he has been. It gives a special emphasis on what he does. It tells us a classic story about old time superheros and how things were back then. I have grown to like this…

Sometimes, your worst enemy- the cause of your own defeat, can be yourself. When someone has a reputation for being a jerk, those same actions will come back to bite you, perhaps worse than the previous problems that they created, or even kill them. This applies to Tybalt Capulet, a side antagonist in the play Romeo and Juliet, whose temperamental and aggressive nature, antagonization and instigation of others, and direct insubordination of the law is what led to his demise. The first point why…