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    identity itself. By comparing such bounded epistemology against the often contradictory personal definitions of those trans*-community members he encounters as an outreach volunteer for the Gender Identity Project of the LGBT Center in New York City, Valentine reveals a startling gap between institutional classification of transgender and individuals’ sense of gender that without adequate reflexivity the trans*-woman or trans*-man, reader (cis or trans*) and even the anthropological ethnographer…

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    The Mortal Instrument: City of Bones is based on the first novel in Cassandra Claire’s six-book young adult romance/ fantasy series. It is a reaction to Stephenie Meyer’s sparkly- vampire- vs. werewolves- with- six packs saga. It is a popular series of young adult sci- fi/ fantasy/ romance novels. It is about the story of a teenage girl who develops paranormal gift to see different symbols that are invisible to normal people. It is a 2013 film based on the book written by Cassandra Claire and…

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    explain everything” (Walker 360-361). This shows that Kate really wanted to get Trey to remember the great times they had. Additionally, in City of Bones, “Jocelyn is your mother, Jonathan. And Clary-Clary is your sister” (Clare 441). This shows that Valentine was Jace and Clary’s father who lied about someone else being Jace’s father who died. It also proves that Clary found out that Jace and her were siblings at the same moment that Jace found out. In conclusion, Kate wanting Trey to remember…

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    Although the book is told in 3rd person, the narration follows Clary Fray around most of the time. She is just an average 15 year old girl from New York who is just about going through that awkward teen stage, going to clubs with her best friend Simon, painting and drawing, all ordinary stuff right? That is until she starts seeing people that no one else can see and going through a series of strange events that alters her life forever. Throughout the book, she grows into a fearless, courageous…

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    In the present, it still has the same significance to Hannah and Valentine, who have named the tortoise Lightning. The audience sees Septimus hold Plautus back as it moves off the papers it is holding and pet the shell, suggesting that Plautus is alive. Valentine also feeds Lightning and holds him, petting him as if he is still alive in the future. The characters Valentine and Septimus are written to be historical parallels of each other, as displayed through their knowledge…

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    Words Wide Night Analysis

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    ‘Valentine’ and ‘Words, Wide Night’ by Carol Ann Duffy talk about the difficulties of a boisterous relationship between the poet and her significant other. Neither of the poems follow a definitive rhyme scheme or a rhythmic pattern, and are lyrics written in first person. However, ‘Valentine’ falls into the ‘conceit poetry’ category and WWN represents a ‘tezra rima’, composed of three stanzas with three lines each in iambic pentameter. ‘Valentine’ on the other hand follows a symmetrical…

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    Remember how you have ever done something morally wrong and then you reminisce about this event day after day, week after week. Ender has many problems during the story, Ender’s Game. Born a third child, this is how Andrew “Ender” Wiggin feels throughout the story Ender’s Game. Ender's Game is a novel, about a young Ender Wiggin, who is considered a reject to his family, however he grows to save the world from the alienated buggers. He lives an average life as a six year old until he gets the…

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    Across The Lake Analysis

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    lake. Bart sister Patsy named wants to tell him that across the lake there are strip malls, drugstores, and gas stations after Bart put so much thought into what’s across the lake. How to say “I ruff you” is about a boy named danny who didn’t get a valentine was sad. Then his sister made him a card saying it’s from his dog, his best friend. Although there are many differences there is some similarities in the theme. The author of Across the Lake and How to say I Ruff You develop the passage’s…

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    A believable character is one who exhibits similar behavior that is found in reality. Jimmy Valentine, the antihero in the short story, “A Retrieved Reformation”, is a truly realistic person. The fact that he is determined proves that he acts similar to a genuine human being. Subsequently, the traits of being skillful and secretive result in him being lifelike. It is through the development of these attributes within the story that the reader is able to identify him as authentic. One of Jimmy…

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    given multiple chances to become honest. Saki and O.Henry use characterization of Jimmy and Stoner to reveal that the depth of a person may not be there perceived identity. O.Henry uses characterization of Jimmy Valentine to show the depth of his character and his persona. Jimmy valentine uses this persona to hide his identity from the cops by saying “me””I have never broken a safe in my…

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