1. 	Robert Cormier wrote The Chocolate War. The copyright of the book is 1974. 2. 	In the exposition of The Chocolate War‚ Jerry Renault‚ the freshman quarterback‚ was receiving constant blows from opposing players. Jerry was trying to get the ball to his receiver‚ the Goober‚ but not having any luck. 	In The Chocolate War‚ the rising action was the majority of the story. At Trinity High School‚ the school that Jerry attends‚ there is a group of "elite" students called
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The Iliad SEAO I. Homer and Robert Fagles. The Iliad. New York‚ N.Y.: Penguin‚ 1990. Print. A. The title relates to the story literally‚ because the word “Iliad” means “poem about ilium”‚ and ilium is an alternate name for Troy which is where the Iliad took place. II. POV A. The story is told in 3rd person omniscient because he has access to every character’s mind and he frequently gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of even minor characters‚ gods and mortals alike. The narrator also
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vague description of liberty as a result; he fails to provide a more plausible argument. The article “Amputees by Choice‚" surrounds the unusual cases of healthy people choosing to have limbs amputated to satisfy a fixation on being handicapped. Robert Smith‚ a surgeon at Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary in Scotland‚ had already performed two voluntary amputations when the trust of the hospital decided to intervene. Smith stated that the procedure was one of his most satisfying cases and overall
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In Robert Frost’s Acquainted with the Night the speaker describes a man faced with depression‚ evoking a dark undertone within the poem. Some readers may argue that the poem describes a man of immorality or intent of doing ill will‚ however I think back to the quote of Henry Longfellow the first poet who ever translated The Divine Comedy by Danté. The same poem Frost imitated Acquainted with the Night after in which Longfellow states‚ “Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not;
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Title: Flight Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed and co-produced by Robert Zemeckis starring Denzel Washington‚ with Don Cheadle‚ Leo‚ Bruce‚ Kelly Reilly‚ and John Goodman. On October 14‚ 2011‚ Airline captain William "Whip" Whitaker (Denzel Washington) awakens in his Orlando hotel room with flight attendant Katerina Marquez (Nadine Velazquez) after a night of sex‚ alcohol‚ and very little sleep. After using cocaine to wake up‚ he boards South Jet flight 227 to
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In Robert Frost’s poem Out‚ Out‚ it appears as though a small boy is out doing some work that normally older men would do. Including this is cutting firewood with a chainsaw. As he is doing his work‚ his sister comes over to announce that dinner is ready. Then‚ in his own excitement‚ he loses control of the chainsaw and it cuts his hand. He pleads with his sister to not let the doctor cut of his hand. But the boy eventually loses too much blood and dies‚ and then everyone just moves on and goes back
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In this essay‚ I would like to discuss one of Robert Browning’s more unsettling poems‚ "Porphyria’s Lover." The poem is a dramatic monologue of sorts‚ though different from Browning’s most famous dramatic monologue‚ "My Last Duchess." In contrast to "My Last Duchess" in which the Duke regales a Count’s envoy with tales of his former duchess‚ Porphyria’s lover is not addressing any other living person. Of course‚ this makes the monologue of Porphyria’s lover all the more dramatic. In keeping with
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The Contender is a story written by Robert Lipsyte‚ the story is about a boy named Alfred who is a highschool dropout with a dead-end job. Alfred wants to make something of himself and decides to do boxing because he feels that he might enjoy it. Alfred starts going to Donatelli’s gym and Aunt Pearl finds out about this. Aunt Pearl addresses her concerns and Alfred defends his career choice by saying that Mr. Donatelli cares about the people he trains. Aunt pearl respects his career choice but wishes
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Without falling into jingoism or being over-sentimental‚ Robert Pinsky’s poem "9/11" generates a commendable ode to the spirit that drives this country‚ in addition to revealing the American culture for what it truly is enthusiastic and frivolous‚ courageous and fallible‚ petty and resilient. For most Americans‚ September 10th is Before‚ and everything since is After. Citizens from every state across the U.S. responded immediately to the attacks by giving blood and donating much-needed items
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the state of Louisiana‚ where the land was very much like the Mekong Delta‚ where they grew up. Their child‚ Bill‚ was born in America. He was much more Americanized and had little knowledge about his cultural background. The story‚ "Crickets‚" by Robert Olen Butler is about a father‚ who is trying to educate his son to be more Vietnamese. Butler is trying to let his reader understand that coming to a new land as a new immigrant is difficult. In order to have a better life‚ the father and his new
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