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    The adaption of the book The Great Gatsby into a movie was done in its own unique way. A book is capable of leaving interpretation up to the reader, while a movie takes the interpretation of someone and gives it visuals for others to follow. A primary source for visuals is in symbols. Symbols are able to be distinguished by different means, whether descriptive words in a novel or by drawing focus with the help of visual and auditory aids in a movie. Novels and movies are both—in different…

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    It shows someone feels amazed to the good performance of Leo. This sentence refers to someone’s feeling or recognize of an Oscar sense. ‘Oscar’ here refers to someone’s name. This is imperative sentence to tell Oscar to take a shower. There are three sentences in this meme, they are: 1. The first sentence is “Greet performance Leo”. According to Hornby (2008: 194) great means very good in ability. This sentence is used to express the admiration to someone. 2. The second sentence is “I…

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    their vote. When questioned, they said it was because the woman saw the murder from her bedroom window through the passing train. After seeing the one juror, who wears glasses, rub his nose, another juror realizes that the witness did that as well and must have worn glasses. There is a strong chance that she did not wear her glasses at night and probably did not see the boy himself, but a blur that she assumed was the boy. This causes all but one juror to change their vote to not guilty. After a…

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    Jeannette Walls Theme

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    In the book, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls the author showed us how her and her siblings Lori, Brain, and Maureen were raised in a dysfunctional home. The Walls children learned how to survive and depend on each other for support. While growing up Jeannette and her siblings’ basic human needs were being neglected in many ways such as emotional, physical and medical. According to Dictionary.com the word neglect means to pay no attention or too little attention to. Their mother, Rose Mary…

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    Have you ever been in a position where you can tell someone to do something, anything, and they will do it? Have you ever been in a position like this long enough to be tempted to use that power for something more than your job entails? William Golding frames the theme of his book, Lord of the Flies, after these questions, or rather the point of these questions. Power. Power gives way to advancement and togetherness, but it is also used and abused for one man or a group of people to get what…

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    Fire In Lord Of The Flies

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    they have no way to start a fire, “His specs- use them as burning glasses.” (40). Jack also brings his followers and attacks Ralph’s group while they are sleeping. Ralph and the boys thought they were coming to steal the conch which represented order in a society, “They didn't take the conch” (168) and then realized that instead Jack had stolen Piggy’s glasses, the only source of fire, “From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses” (168). Jack convinces the young naive boys to be immoral…

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    After Jack and his tribe split away from Ralph, they soon realize that they have no way of starting a fire because they don’t have Piggy’s glasses. During a gathering, someone from Jack’s tribe asks, “‘What’ll we use for lighting the fire?’ [Jack’s] blush [is] hidden by the white and red…

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    On July 6th, 2002, the beautiful Kelly Jones was born. Her proud parents, Becky Jones and Kevin Jones love her dearly. Kelly, now 14, living with her two parents and brother, Jacob. One lives with her which is, Jacob, and the other is off at college and his name is David Jones. But, she looks up to Jacob, because he gets all A’s. Kelly is the youngest. Jacob is the middle. David is the oldest. Kelly was strong yet fearful in her toddler years. When Kelly was only 9 months old she said her…

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    Anxiety Anxiety is one of more common mental illness in America, more than 18% of Americans have anxiety. This barrier of anxiety has been tough, but it getting better and better every day; courage and determination helped me get better with this illness, and I was able to preserve just like Jackie Robinson. This illness started in 7th grade. I first noticed it in a softball game, I have been playing softball since I was 7 years old, and nothing like this has ever happened to me before.…

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    know Ted was frighten, he probably did not think being alone would be so scary. As Ted continued to be outside he started to adapt to being alone. However, when Ted goes to summer school he began uncovering himself through the work of creating glasses. The text explains “ Ted was taking a makeup course and one in a stained glass. There, he talked and acted relaxed, like a boy; no one expected any more or less. The colors of the glass were deep and beautiful….”. This defines Ted as becoming…

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