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    She was my soul mate‚ my childhood buddy. Lily and I grew up together. I remember the first time we met in a kindergarten and became friends at once. There were no secrets between us and she was the first one I would always turn to whenever I was in trouble. She was always supportive and helped me in whatever way she could. I reciprocated in the same manner. Things were as good as one could wish until one day‚ which changed my attitude towards her and left a dent in my heart. It was our final day

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    things such as power or pride. Throughout the British epic poem Beowulf‚ there are many killings and deaths. Grendel (a gigantic‚ troll-like ogre) kills Danish thanes‚ Beowulf comes to the rescue and kills Grendel and his mother. Also Beowulf kills a dragon and gets killed by the dragon. The most important theme of the great epic poem Beowulf is ’death.’ By the death of the enemy‚ characters in the poem earn pride and dignity. The poem is about a hero from the land of the Geats to help the kingdom

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    The epic poem Beowulf is one of the best of all time. Within the poem Beowulf’s selflessness to protect his men and the land can easily be seen. The battles Beowulf endured lead him to personify the characteristics of a person he is. Beowulf doesn’t stop until his battles are completely conquered. Throughout the epic poem Beowulf‚ characters exemplify many different themes including courage and loyalty. Some may think that Beowulf was just an arrogant fool who wanted all the glory he could get‚

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    During the Anglo-Saxon time period‚ Beowulf was known as a phenomenal epic poem written by the beowulf poet. The characteristics of an epic hero are super-human-strength‚ devotion to duty‚ loyalty and bravery which are envisioned in the protagonist‚ Beowulf. Beowulf proves his is an epic hero by having a supernatural ability which is extraordinary strength. To demonstrate‚ “the best of all weapons but so massive that no ordinary man could lift its carved and decorated length‚” (515-521 ln 59 p).

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    There are many things which influence on me and there are many people who give me lessons‚ smiling and sadness. The person who has influenced me the most is my mother‚ but today‚ I will not write about her but my best friend who is being with me after my mother. We have been friends for more than 10 years. We are in the same class during primary school but when we entered secondary school‚ we got separated. Since then I became very lazy and cannot focus in studies. I got bad result during my form3

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    Beowulf: Movie Vs Poem

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    Beowulf is a warrior who fights against the darkest‚ biggest and strongest monster in the world. I will list the differences between the movie and the poem. The first different ist he Queen. In the poem she just comes to the end and sais one sentence and in the movie she is acting in different scenes. The first scene where she played was already at the beginning when Grendel comes and destroys everything. The second different and in my opinion the biggest‚ is after Beowulf kills Grendel. In the

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    Beowulf’s personality‚ we need to keep in mind the era Beowulf takes place in (a few hundred years A.D. or so). To appear weak‚ to appear soft-spoken‚ and to appear unimportant was social suicide‚ whether you actually were these things or not. For example‚ the old king‚ hindered by old age‚ loses a dangerous amount of moral from his people from allowing Grendel to attack the hall every night for twelve years. I have only read the first half of Beowulf thus far and will post an update next week. However

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    old and has been raised with her aunt‚ she went through a lot I her childhood. However‚ the way that she faces with them resiliently and strongly makes her really become a hero of my life. I found that I am her favorite kid‚ when I was 5 old years‚ I begged her to take me to my Godmother‚ then she said; "No‚ I don’t have time to take you there". I didn’t like her answer at all‚ and the next day I went to school‚ it was Friday but I didn’t come back home. I told my Godmother’s sister‚ who was 15

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    Beowulf encounters three monsters that make him an epic hero. Throughout the poem the reader can see how Beowulf is the greatest warrior of his time. He constantly proves himself through fights and displays countless leadership qualities. Grendel is the first monster that he encounters‚ and it shows the reader how this monster that killed thirty men‚ is no match for Beowulf. Then‚ he faces Grendel’s mother‚ who proves to be more difficult‚ but with the help of a magical sword‚ Beowulf defeats her

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    NONFICTION BOOK REPORT I E52 The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read By John Corcoran Illustrator/Photographer: Carole O. Carlson Main Topic of this book: The main topic of the novel is how John Corcoran made through the school system without being able to read. Characters: The main character of the story is John Corcoran. He was born to Jack Agnes Leonard Corcoran on December 5‚ 1937 as John Waldon Corcoran Jr.. Corcoran was third children and only boy amongst his other five siblings. This character

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