Feelings are inevitable.You cannot possibly go living day to day without emotionally feeling things. There are many wise and relatable themes from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations‚ that can be integrated into our common culture song themes. Four themes‚ or feelings‚ I have found within the pages of Great Expectations are nostalgia‚ self-esteem‚ regret‚ and painful love. One who is “nostalgic” may feel a deep longing for the past‚ or for what things used to be like. One’s self-esteem can either
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thinking how happy I should be if I lived there with her‚ and knowing that I never was happy with her‚ but always miserable." (Dickens‚ 247). Furthermore‚ Pip continues to fantasize about Estella and is thrilled by her presence when he visits Miss Havisham. He admits‚ "I stammered something about the pleasure I felt in seeing her again‚ and about my having looked forward to it for a long‚ long time." (Dickens‚ 215). In spite of Herbert’s accurate description of Pip‚ I believe that we know more about
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Andres G. Camacho Bonet Andrea Pecinkas INGL3104 Sec 011 9 March 2015 Character Analysis: Ender’s Game-Andrew “Ender” Wiggins In the book Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card‚ Andrew Wiggin is the main character or protagonist. Although his real name is Andrew Wiggin‚ he goes by the nickname “Ender”. He is the protagonist since the main plot is centered on him. In its majority‚ the story is centered in Ender’s development in battle school to become the Commander who will save mankind from the
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United State’s involvement in World War II‚ Nash published his well known poem‚ “The Hippopotamus” which reflects on that time period. Once he married Frances Rider and had two daughters‚ he started writing poetry about his family life such as “To My Valentine.” Nash’s earlier poems were influenced by the Great Depression and World War II‚ but when he became a loving husband and father‚ the meaning of his poems changed; however‚ he maintained his humorous tone and rhyme scheme in all his poems. Frederic
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written by Orson Scott Card‚ the main character‚ Ender Wiggin eventually becomes the hero of the human race. The story starts with Ender‚ a third child‚ living with his sister Valentine and his brother Peter. Ender constantly lives in fear with his brother because he is not only rough on Ender‚ but borderline abusive. Valentine‚ on the other hand‚ is filled with kindness and cares for Ender. One day‚ a man who belongs to the “ International Fleet” comes to his house and asks to see Ender. Ender was
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Justin Dissecting Heroism There lies a world‚ where the majestic seas are complemented by roaring waves‚ where the pitfalls of temptations lure people to their graves‚ where the gods from Olympus holds the fate and life of the people. And here lies a hero‚ battling through hardships and blood shed‚ trying to make an indelible mark in history with his triumphant deeds and unquenchable thirst for honor. He lives by the name Odyssey‚ a man destined to win back his honor stolen by the suitors at his
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What is the importance of "fairytale mode" in Great Expectations? Great Expectations is like a fairy tale without a fairy tale ending‚ reinforcing the idea that we need to make our own way in life‚ and can’t expect it to be given to us. A poor orphan is granted riches by a secret benefactor. It sounds like the plot of a fairy tale. Great Expectations may start out as a fairy tale‚ but in the end the poor orphan is left not much better off than he started--except that he’s wiser for it. Like
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In the novel‚ Great Expectations‚ Pip and Estella share an unrequited love in which Pip is madly in love with her and attempts to change himself in order to make her joyful. When in reality‚ Estella is using him and takes this opportunity with Pip to practice breaking his heart. Despite constant belittling and insults from Estella‚ Pip is still despite for her acceptance and unconditional love. Estella’s negative comments do not discourage Pip from loving her‚ instead to her dismay‚ he makes numerous
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of shared space and mutual identity often emerge‚ which are not connected to administrative boundaries” (Valentine G 2001‚ p112). In the context of the 2005 Cronulla Riot this can been seen in the way that the resident of Cronulla felt a sense of security in that fact it was a predominately white society‚ which they perhaps felt was threatened with those of Middle Eastern Appearance. Valentine also discusses Benedict Anderson’s concept of imagined communities which stated that while not everyone
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Chapter1 “Third” 1.Ender is called the “Third” because he is the third child in his family. Ender does not care if he is a Third because when his classmates called him a Third he smiled. 2. I know Ender is intelligent because of the textual evidence in the chapter. The textual evidence is‚ “He always knew the answer‚ even when she thought he wasn’t paying attention‚” (Scott‚ card4). This text shows that he is smart and always knows the answer. 3.Ender fears teasing from other kids without the monitor
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