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    TREATMENT FOR THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND I. Now we go back even further in time‚ says Watson‚ to a case that Sherlock Holmes investigated while he and Watson were still together at the 221B Baker Street apartment. It’s early April 1883‚ and Holmes wakes Watson at 7:15am to tell him that a young lady has come to Holmes with a case. Sitting in the room is a lady around thirty‚ dressed in black‚ with a black veil‚ who’s shaking with fear. She is pale and her hair has strands of premature

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    Charles Dickens’ work The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit was a serialized‚ satirical novel‚ published in monthly installments between 1843 and 1844‚ and was perhaps his least economically successful literary venture; however‚ while it was his least successful sales-wise‚ it was allegedly his personal favorite. It was composed following his first American Tour in 1842 “during which he lobbied for the issue closest to his heart: an international copyright‚” a cause which was met with primarily

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    and in return‚ he gets paid a small fraction of the amount. One day while on the job‚ Joseph gets caught in the act and suffers an accident while trying to escape the cops. He he heals his injuries in the hospital and is sentenced to attend an adventure program called STARS. This program is made for juvenile delinquents and run by two social workers named Stan and Gord. The program takes place in the wilderness where the group will learn collaboration skills‚ basic survival skills‚ and various physical

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been labelled as a picaresque novel. A picaresque novel is an adventure story that involves an anti-hero or picaro who wanders around with no actual destination in mind. The picaresque novel has many key elements. It must contain an anti-hero who is usually described as an underling(subordinate) with no place in society‚ it is usually told in autobiographical form‚ and it is potentially endless‚ meaning that it has no tight plot‚ but could go on and on. The

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Book Report Murder‚ superstition‚ religion‚ manipulation‚ racism: themes that hardly seem appropriate to find in a children’s book. Yet‚ these themes are all found in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ written in 1876 by Mark Twain. The novel relates the story of Tom Sawyer‚ a mischievous‚ adventure-loving boy of twelve. In the preface Mark Twain wrote for his book in Hartford‚ 1876‚ he explains that “Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred‚ one or

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    In the story of The Adventure of the Cardboard Box‚ Sherlock Holmes is a Static Protagonist. Sherlock is the leading man through the story so that makes him the protagonist. Sherlock does not change through the story. The reason why Sherlock is a static character is because of the type of story that he is in. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box may have strong characters but that is not the main focus of the story. Sherlock Holmes stories are about the mysteries. Most of the characters in Sherlock’s

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    “The traveler sees what he sees ‚ the tourist what he has come to see.” G.K. Chesterton. and what Costa Rica offers to the tourist is a diversity of European style community ‚ a good place to enjoy fresh and inexpensive seafood meals and the beauty of its nature. Puntarenas is small and welcoming and it has something for every taste ‚ for people who are into adrenaline activities or for others that prefer a peacuful walk on the coast ‚ prestige beaches with gorgeous sunsets ‚ active volcanoes

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    The series of adventures happens in a small village of St. Petersburg. In your opinion‚ how does this contribute to the turn of events of the story? Particularly‚ what do you think the cave represents? In my opinion‚ since the story happens in a small town‚ it would be easier for the author to connect the stories of one independent character to another character. It would also be easier for the readers to understand the relationship of a character to another character. The small village of St. Petersburg

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    fter the success of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ published in 1876‚ Mark Twain began a book about Tom’s more down-to-earth friend‚ Huckleberry Finn. Twain seems to have had no difficulty capturing Huck’s spirit and voice as Huck told his story‚ but at some point‚ Twain began to struggle with the narrative. He set the book aside‚ and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remained unfinished for several years. He wrote and published a number of stories and the narrative account Life on the Mississippi

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    Case Study: Anima Adventure DRAFT OVERVIEW As our company provides viral marketing services with Anima Adventure‚ there are some aspects of this project which is beyond our control. No matter how effective our Marketing strategy is‚ if the game itself and its features are not sufficient to the users’ taste‚ changes should be made in the developer’s side. This study focuses on the game itself and the features that can be added to further improve the overall revenue attraction. Aside from the general

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