year that this year I won’t go and every year I break that promise. Like always‚ I closed up the bakery and walked down to the town square. It was packed with rows of children in their age groups‚ lined up like piglets in a slaughter house. I saw my wife off to the side and went to stand with her. She was shooting a look of disgust at the hardhearted‚ opportunistic men running around placing bets. Then‚ it began. “Primrose Everdeen” was the name that boomed out over the microphone. My jaw dropped
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Curley’s wife is the only woman from the novel of mice and men written by John Steinbeck. She is the wife of the boss’s son Curley. She has no friends besides Curley as the live on a ranch with all of the workers who are all men. She tries to speak to men throughout the novel but none of them want anything to do with her. She is lonely and bored because of this. She is a very pretty and young woman‚ when she is first mentioned in the novel when talking to George and Lennie in the bunk house ‘she
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Written Task 2 Anushka Rajbhandari Ms. Rubeena Shrestha English A: Language and Literature Date: 6th May 2013 Rationale Title: My Diary Are of Communication and Type of Text: Diary Entry The recent improvement in mass media and technology has brought a drastic change in the society. People’s perception of life is being influenced constantly and with it the representation of teenagers in movies has changed. Earlier movies portrayed teenage girls as distractions and sexual objects. However
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Diary Entry 1 I could tell Tai’s grieving period would be considerable‚ unless I found someone to take Elton’s place right away. The next day in class a new guy named Christian came into my class and he was hot. Okay‚ okay I know I said I would find a guy for Tai‚ but I suppose there’s no harm in finding one for myself also. During the next few weeks I did what any normal girl would do. I sent myself love letters‚ flowers and candy. Just so he’d see how desired I was. Just in case he didn’t already
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present the character of Curleys Wife? In this essay I am going to be assessing the character Curleys Wife from Steinbeck’s book Of Mice And Men. The book is set in the 1930s during the Great Depression it features two farm workers called George and Lennie. The travel around together in search of work sharing a dream of a place of their own‚ a small ranch where they can live and work for themselves. It tells the story of how violence may erupt to destroy those dreams. Curleys wife is a character in the
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April 26th 1915 There isn’t much to be seen from the ships as we are so far out‚ but from what was coming back from the landing‚ not much was to be imagined. Wounded men were pouring off the sets of rowboats being pulled by the steamboats. Many of the soldiers were unrecognisable. My thoughts went out to my little brother who had been so excited to enlist‚ but it wasn’t the case anymore. I had heard one of the captains talking about the thousands of men who had already lost their lives to the
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Dear Journal‚ My name is Hernan Cortes and I want to be a conquistador. I was born of Christian faith in Medellin Spain in 1485 but I’m not exactly sure what my exact date of birth is. I am a son of a well-known noble Spanish family; my mother‚ Catalina Pizarro Altamirano and my father‚ Martin Cortes. When I turned 19 I moved to Hispaniola as part of the Cuba conquest. I attended Salamanca University studying law when I was 14 as this is what my parents wanted but I could never concentrate on my
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Today is Thursday December 16‚ 1773. The air seems to have a cold crisp to it‚ and the wind sending chills down your spine. Winter here in Boston was always cold‚ but the worst part of this winter was that parliament had just appealed all other taxes on us colonists‚ except for the tea. This past year has been miserable‚ taxes on tea‚ clothing‚ textiles‚ and food‚ this has resulted the patriots resenting England’s parliament and the once cherished King. The stress of paying for these overly priced
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It seems like just yesterday that I was the newly crowned King of Scotland right after Macbeth’s short but terrorising reign. In fact coming this October that would’ve been 11 years ago. I am the eldest son of King Duncan and also was the one to put the end to Macbeth. Despite this‚ I surely wasn’t prepared for being the new King of Scotland. This position had great responsibilities‚ ones that had to take getting used to. One thing admittedly that I should’ve been ready for was the commoners who
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Task 1 Lord of the flies Lord of the flies was my book of choice in our classics project . It was written by William Golding‚ a British book writer and noble prize winner. I chose to read this book because I have heard good things about it‚ both from my parents and my classmates. Lord of the flies was the most appealing book to me in the collection we had to choose from. The book is considered a classic and is some of the most recognizable literature William Golding has written. I only had time
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