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Simultaneously, the camera zooms in on one of his eyes and the picture turns black. At this point, the theme song concludes with the phrase, “life is unfair.” Further dissecting the introduction of how the visual and word play impersonate in what way Malcolm truly endures the amount of obstacles, not only is he pushed to overcome, but his family as well.…

decided to take a look at Maile Meloy’s Half in Love: “Garrison Junction” and Jean Thompson’s Who do you Love: “Ice Angels”. I choose these two stories because even though they are by two different authors, I instantly noticed several strikingly similar themes and concepts. In this explication I will compare and contrast the overall plot, occurrences, ambiguity, and the different endings of each story. In “Garrison Junction”, we follow a young pregnant woman by the name of Gina and her…

Squealer Speech Analysis The book Animal Farm is an allegory novel written by George Orwell on August 17th, 1945. The book depicts the events leading up to the Russian Revolution and the era of the Stalinist Soviet Union. The characters in this novel try to form a sustainable democracy/society in which animals can live a peaceful life without the threat of human beings. The main leaders who take action in this book are Napoleon and Snowball who are both pigs. Another character Squealer (who…

Code Name Verity is a story about two pilots in 1943 during World War Two. One pilot, her code name Verity, is parachuted over Nazi Germany and is captured by Nazi soldiers called Gestapo and taken to an abandoned hotel that serves as a prison. Verity is forced to write down secret codes she knows which tell where British airfields are located. In exchange she receives back articles of clothing that the Gestapo has taken from her. Mattie, code named Kittyhawk, is the pilot of the plane Verity…

The poet Tupac Shakur faced a good deal of racial discrimination throughout his life. His poem “The rose that grew from concrete” is about Tupac Shakur sticking to his dream even though the hard times. The speaker describes the feeling of what arise when he held on to his dream. In “The rose grew from concrete” the main literary devices that Tupac Shakur used was metaphor to compare the difficulty of keeping your dream even when no else was there to support you. In “The rose that grew from…

The Treasure of Lemon Brown Everyone has a treasure right. What is your treasure? The story of Lemon Brown is about a boy who wanders into an old tenement and finds a homeless man, named Lemon Brown. He was a blues singer and a good one. He said “I sung the blues so sweet that if I sang at the funeral, the dead would commence to rocking with the beat.” Lemon Brown’s treasure was a harmonica and some newspaper clippings. He gave his son these items and his son died in the war. Lemon told…

Axel a curious boy nervous to go on a journey with Professor Lidenbrock, discovers a coded note written in what they call runic script. After showing Professor Lidenbrock, Lidenbrock and Axel they translate the runic script to Latin, showing a peculiar message. After cracking the code, it seemed to be a medieval note written by Arne Saknussem, an Icelandic alchemist. After finding out what the note meant, Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, who does not want to go, goes on a trip to Iceland.…

Overview Unique and innovative marketing trends are helping restaurants all over the country make their businesses successful. Even markets that are not tourist destinations welcome visitors, and restaurants roll out the welcome mat for conventioneers, business travelers, and sports enthusiasts. In different areas of the United States, restaurants have to come up with unique marketing trends that will lure travelers to their business. For example, Nick Mikus is the owner of Nick’s Ristorante in…

“The Boxing Champions Antonio and Felix” Friendship is the relationship between two people that you will have a relationship with forever. Antonio and Felix both have the same dream about being the champions but Felix is more motivated and Antonio is more relaxed. Antonio and Felix are both have the same dream of being the champions for boxing. They both feel bothers and really close friends. Antonio and Felix are both seventeen years old, and they both really enjoy boxing. Antonio and Felix…

I’m not going to start this story off like any normal story. No, this isn’t some Once-Upon-a-Time sort of thing. This was no ordinary story. But to be honest, I never really knew how to start a story. So, maybe I’ll just start it with an explosion. Yeah, that’s how I’ll do it. An explosion. The explosion wasn’t from a gun, or a bomb. No, it was an explosion of police. The Imperial Crowd Control Force, to be exact. The Imperials were conducting another raid. Normally it wouldn’t be even worth…