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Gangs of New York and Far and Away This quarter, we watched two movies, The Gangs of New York and Far and Away. These two movies had a lot of similarities but also had some differences. The similarities and differences include characters, setting, and plot. The first connections of both movies are in the characters. Similarities between the movies include the following. Both Far and Away and The Gangs of New York have an Irish man who is in New York. The two men are Joseph Donnelly (Far and…

culture, however, has been radically changed by the modern American culture. Sherman Alexie perfectly portrays this oppression and the plight of the Native American in Indian Killer and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Through the setting, plot structure, and characterization, Alexie uses both books to show the struggle that a modern Native American faces. “As a Native American… Sherman Alexie knows how difficult it is for someone to make his way in an alien society without losing…

Mean abundance of Ageratum conyzoides recorded in thirty frame quadrats in the plot, and variance of Ageratum conyzoides abundance per quadrat to the plot mean were calculated. Mean and variance were used to get variance to mean ratio for determination of distribution pattern of Ageratum conyzoides in riverine and non-riverine plots. The distribution is said to be random if variance to mean ratio is equal to 1, clumped when the variance to mean ratio is…

6th A Tale of Two Cities 1- 11 February 2015 Plot 1 Pages 1-5: The story opens in 1775. It is harsh for the poor people, but for the rich it's great. Things were very unfair. If you did not obey the French government, they would punish you. They would cut off hands and pull out tongues. Crime was horrible during this time from hunger and poorness. The plot starts late one night in a stage-coach. They are nervous and scared of robbers. Plot 2 Pages 6-9: All three people on the…

A short story is an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot. When you as the reader analyze these findings among your contemporary or modern selections, you find that the authors and producers had much to compare and contrast as they each had their own special devices used in the stories, and differences and similarities between the works. After analyzing the…

INTRODUCTION A The epic poem of “Beowulf” is structured in a way that makes itself seem like another typical hero plot. In truth, there is so much more to the story than a legendary man slaying monsters and dragons. B One of the major themes featured in “Beowulf” is the Age-Old Good vs Evil plotline. However this conflict is not only external in our story, it is also an internal struggle upon our story’s hero. C Another major theme focused on in “Beowulf” is loyalty. With two opposing…

audience to capture the style they are writing in so that the story is enhanced and sharpened. An interesting literary device that is constantly used is irony, which is used constantly in multiple literary works to intensify the characters, theme, and plot. There are different types of irony that authors use to have an impact on the audience. According to Approaching Literature, “Style is particularly important for the more complex tone of irony: expression in which the writer or speaker creates…

a drama (Admin). These elements, plot, character, theme, diction, music, and spectacle, listed in order from most to least important, are still used by playwrights today, as well as by those of Shakespeare’s time (Trumbull). Aristotle’s six elements of drama can be found in all of Shakespeare’s works, including the tragedy, Othello. The first, and most important, element of a drama is plot. Plot refers to the way that events take place on stage. A good plot will have an exposition, clear…

Character Essay In the play A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter and Beneatha are the two characters who make up most of the plot throughout the play by using their actions, what they say, and how they interact with one another. One character that influenced the plot in the play is Walter. He’s greedy about the money because he keeps talking about it and how he’s going to start a business with it. He’s also a very disagreeable person. Everything that someone else says in…

Introducing literature that exposes students to global issues is an important aspect of the IB curriculum. “Graffiti Knight” by Karen Bass and “Wanting Mor” by Rukhsana Khan, both offer a great plot structure, characters and historical context that would teach IB students about risk-taking. Graffiti Knight is about Wilm and his friends who rebel against the Soviets in Germany during the post WWII. Wanting Mor is about a girl named Jameela who her father abandoned and left in the orphanage in…