Reginald Holt 9/27/12 King School 8th The Sleepy Hollow The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow it tells the story of Ichabod Crane‚ superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut
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Singer’s use of Gimpel in “Gimpel the Fool” is both an interesting and odd choice. Gimpel‚ was called a fool since he was always found believing some lie or the other. However‚ Gimpel himself believes that he is not a fool since he can see through all the disguises that the town tries to use. Instead of just pointing out how the town always does this‚ Gimpel chooses to follow through with the joke. In fact‚ this is the cycle that is repeated with every lie: tell Gimpel the lie‚ he decides believes
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“You left me Perhapsless‚ stuck in your goddamned labyrinth” (Green 172). Miles “Pudge” Halter has an obsession with people’s last words. This obsession has led him to boarding school in search of the “Great Perhaps.” This is where he meets the intriguing Alaska Young who introduces him to the “labyrinth.” This eccentric girl helps him begin his journey in search of the “Great Perhaps‚” but leaves him stuck in the labyrinth after a devastating event. I will be questioning whether or not Alaska killed
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the target of a local lord for a prank and at the time‚ he is severely intoxicated. The lord’s men find Sly outside of an alehouse and take him to the lord’s estate where he is dressed in the lord’s clothing‚ and put into the lord’s bed. Once Sly comes around‚ he is convinced by the lord’s men that he himself is a lord‚ and that he only thinks that he is a tinker because he has been insane for the past few years. The servants hound him‚ all taking part in the prank. “Would your lordship prefer some
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see how society’s views of black people have influenced Huck. We first see this when Huck and Tom sneak out of the house and play a trick on Jim by taking his hat while he’s asleep and putting it in a tree branch over his head. Huck constantly plays pranks on Jim throughout their journey. It shows that Huck’s view of Jim is more like something to joke around with and not something to respect due to his skin color. When Huck and Jim find each other on Jackson Island it seems as if it’s a dream like
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Alaska Young‚ “The hottest girl in all of human history” and Takumi‚ a Japanese student with a southern accent eventually blossom into friendships‚ and together they make mischief (in the form of pranks‚ drinking and smoking cigarettes). RISING ACTION After the Christmas break‚ they plan a pre-prank on weekend warriors called “The Barn” and camp for 2 days at the barn. There‚ through a drinking game named Best day/Worst Day‚ Alaska shares with her friends for the first time that she watched her
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what is fun. This type of character is totally different than everyone else in the play; they are in a serious tone‚ while Puck is just dancing around pulling pranks on everyone. One good example of a prank that Puck created was putting an Ass’ head on Bottom. It was unnecessary‚ just fun. What made him funny was these sort of pranks‚ and the contrast of his attitude toward the other ones in the story. For example‚ Lysander is bound up in love for Hermia and Helena‚ depending on what part of
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reason for Puck’s love potion pranks. Tatania is the beautiful queen of the fairies. Lysander is a young man of Athens who is in love with Hermia. Demetrius was initially in love with Hermia and then turned out in love with Helena. Hermia is in love with Lysander and is a childhood friend of Helena. All of the charactors have their own different‚ altered personalities. Puck is also known as Robin Goodfellow. He is Oberon’s michievous jester. He yearns to play pranks on the humans in the story
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Looking for Alaska‚ by John Green‚ is a story about friendship and love. As a new student at Culver Creek (a boarding school)‚ Miles gets a chance to start over and actually get a chance to make friends. When Miles gets to his school for the first time he meets his roommate‚ Chip‚ and they become friends. A little after meeting Chip and Miles go to Chips friend Alaska’s room. Miles automatically started to fall for Alaska by her looks. Without even fully getting to know Miles‚ Alaska starts to gossip
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because he is still wearing his elf costume. He finally arrives at his dad’s work in New York City. Walter first sees Buddy and thinks he is some type of Christmas prank due to how he is dressed. Walter insists that Buddy should just go ahead and start singing as a part of the prank. However‚ Buddy tries to explain that he is not a random prank but his long lost son. Walter continues to laugh. However‚ Buddy drops the name of Walter’s old ex girlfriend‚ and everything starts to make sense to Walter that
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