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felt during this time. As he relays the story back to us, Yashinsky makes his emotions easier to understand by describing his actions. As an audience, instead of merely reading the words “I felt distraught and inconsolable,” we read into Yashinsky throwing things around and are able to put ourselves into a similar state, allowing us to better understand the depth of his…

marching band and such, so I said oh well. However because of the Virginia trip we became so close. We became family. You 're honestly part of my family now as long with the others. And I care for my family. One of my favorite memory is when you were throwing up in Virginia and I was rubbing you 're back and then I started gagging and I said "oh fuck" the reason why it was my favorite was because it showed how we take care of each other even when we aren 't feeling too well either. Now for the…

Suspense, a noun, is “a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.” Suspense gives you adrenaline and a feeling that has you flying like you are on some roller coaster that is taking you high into the sky, with a large, quick plummet down to the bottom. Suspense like that is important to a story because it keeps the reader on their toes and makes them want to continue to read. To create this, authors can use conflict, irony, and foreshadowing in their stories. To…

confrontation between a driven student and a demanding perfectionist instructor, who both share the same dream but have different ways of achieving it. Terence Fletcher doesn’t hesitate to use his own technique of racial, religious, and gay slurs, throwing chairs, and playing degrading psychological game to “motivate” his students and Andrew Neyman doesn’t hesitate to back down and use it to push himself beyond physical and psychological limits. In the last scene of the movie where Andrew is…

appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. ‘You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?’” (143). The Lord of the Flies is Golding speaking through the pig's head on a stick conveying the theme of his book loud and clear. As Simon said earlier in the book, “‘What I mean is. . . Maybe it’s only us.’” (89). There was never any beast, it was just them on the island. The boys’ imaginations got the best of them…

There were many reasons why the Founding Fathers were justified in rebelling against the British government. Colonist believed that the government was unfair because the king created unfair laws such as the Townshend Act of 1767 and the Tea Act, and the British caused the Boston Massacre. The Townshend Act of 1767 placed taxes on lead, glass, paper, paint and tea that were imported into the colonies. The Townshend Act was a new way to generate tax revenue in the colonies after the Stamp…

and takes a shot at Rainsford. The bullet smashes through the window, shattering the window and throwing sharp glass shards in the general vicinity. Rainsford pulls out his knife, prepared to attack and defend himself in however way possible. Zaroff backs Rainsford into a wall, pointing the gun in his face, and kicks Rainsford into the corner. Rainsford blindly throws his knife, hoping the knife will stick into anybody, anything, whatever it is, to gain a tactical advantage. The knife ricochets…

shows that in the society of the Lord of the Flies, he represents essentially the good that tends to be overshadowed. From the beginning, Simon was cast aside as an insignificant member of the choir when he first faints and Jack says, "he's always throwing a faint" (Golding 13). Through this subtle dismissal, it is seen that Simon has been deemed unimportant. However later on, Simon is found to be one of the most helpful and useful out of the group when he helps Ralph build the shelters and…

Doug Swieteck builds many relationships over Okay for Now, altering his life completely. Three relationships in particular change Doug’s mind about, “stupid Marysville,” and even having friends. (Schmidt, 33) Lil Spicer, Doug’s witty girlfriend, sticks with Doug no matter what. In addition, his brother, Lucas, inspires Doug by continuing his life following losing his legs. Doug's final influence is Mr. Powell; from the beginning he sees something in Doug that hardly anyone else does — the…

at the Custom House- supposedly about money that was owed to one of the colonist´s masters. Refusing to pay any money, the soldier got back to work expecting the colonists to do the same and leave. However, they did not. The colonists resorted to throwing snowballs and ice at the guard, in a final attempt to persuade him to give up the money. Soon enough, other colonists joined the rebellion, and the crowd against the one British soldier swelled to a size that was out of control. British forces…