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    punctuation. The summary should be around 300 - 400 words, Ariel and 1.5 spacing The summary should include: Film title. Plot: what happens in the film? Does the plot make sense? Is it easy enough to follow? Is it believable? Characters: Who are the main characters and what are they like? Who are the actors playing these parts, and are they good in the parts? Write about a scene you particularly enjoyed or remembered. Why was it good/ memorable? Would you recommend this film?…

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    both protagonists. The loss of stability and control is a focal point in the lives of the main characters in both Indian Horse and Things Fall Apart. In both works, the main characters experience life-changing events that cause severe loss and trauma; as a result of situations that are beyond their control. These circumstances lead to a loss on a personal and cultural level especially as both characters appear to be unable to resolve the conflicts that surround them. The inevitable result of a…

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    issue of The Atlantic by Isaac Chotiner, she was questioned as to why her literature continuously focuses on the immigration experience. She replied by saying “It interests me to imagine characters shifting from one situation and location to another for whatever the circumstances may be”(Lahiri 2008). Like her characters, she has also struggled with issues surrounding defining herself, along with a sense of disconnect between the country she resides in along with the one her parents emigrated…

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    Often we judge people by the face that they put on when they are around other people. Steven, the protagonist from Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie puts on a makeshift happy face when he is out but really is going through a lot of pain. In Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick. Steven goes through the five stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance to help him cope with Jeffrey, Stevens little brother´s illness. As a result of Jeffreys illness, Steven shows…

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    to the plot, and more importantly, historically or legendarily significant. Second, the setting is large. Potentially, the setting could cover several nations. The third characteristic of an epic is that the actions in the plot are made of deeds of great valour or requiring superhuman courage. The fourth characteristic, and in some people’s eyes, the most important characteristic, is that the epic itself involves supernatural forces—gods, angels, demons—insert themselves in the action. This…

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    short story written by Katherine Mansfield in 1921. This short story is Truncated Bildungsroman that is a young girl who changed her point of view about life through her experience, It is “a story of the growth and maturity of a young idealistic character” (Rich, 2013). The story tells the upper-class family called Sheridans family held garden party in their house and their mother Mrs. Sheridan asks the party’s arrangement for her children to make out themselves as adults, and then the children…

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    A hero and a villain are two of the characters that appear in almost every movie we see. On one hand, I see a hero as a being that fights against evil to see more good happening in the world. On the other hand, a villain for me is a person who does evil to the world because its heart is filled with pure evil. In the poem Beowulf and the book Grendel, both of these characters are described differently, using both hero and villain features. In the two pieces of literature Grendel and Beowulf are…

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    An epic poem features heroic deeds and a character (typically considered a hero) that has a character flaw that is typically resolved by the end of the poem. In the epic poem, The Epic of Gilgamesh, the hero, Gilgamesh goes on a journey in which he begins to find himself. In order for Gilgamesh to find himself, he had to go through a tragic event which made him realize that he needed to change. The search for immorality is one of the main tops that this epic poem expresses. Immortality is having…

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    Tragic hero: A person of high rank or quality that suffers a downfall as a result of his or her tragic flaw. All three of these characters executed a high rank or quality. William Shakespeare the playwright of Macbeth, which is a tragedy about Macbeth a general in King Duncan’s army, prophesied that he is now in line to be King after Duncan and Malcolm. His ambition to become king makes him into a killer and a liar. Jeff Hobbs the author of the award winning novel The Short and Tragic Life of…

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    Peter Ryan recounts his unique story about living and exercising reconnaissance missions on the island of New Guinea in his personal memoir Fear Drive My Feet. Always fearing Japanese attack, Ryan had to tread carefully while gathering intelligence and interacting with the native peoples of New Guinea. While on the island, Ryan was given a variety of different tasks including, delivering messages, communicating with the locals, and commenting on Japanese movements. Fear Drive My Feet is a war…

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