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    How to make two worlds collide? Ask Tim Burton children based themes that come with a dark and gory twists‚ Burton intertwines these opposed themes and creates a perfect peculiar blend. His work in films like Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory proves his skill in blending opposing themes. Tim Burton has made a name for himself by using his films to showcase his odd costuming‚ unique camera angles and thoughtful‚ precise editing Burton proves again and again to be an amazing

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    The lions in Santiago’s dreams represented his lost youth and his decreasing strength. For instance‚ when he needed strength on his long and strenuous voyage he thought of his dreams of the lions‚ and of them playing on the beach without a care in the world. With this in his mind it seemed to make him stronger and gave him the endurance to continue. The lions could also symbolize pride. Like the lions Santiago had pride. He was proud of his fishing skills. He was able to keep his lines straight

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    different author’s craft. There is a lot of foreshadowing‚ symbolism‚and cliffhangers just to name a couple. There were a few that stood out among the others when reading Hunger Games. The reader may notice point of view‚ mood‚ dialogue‚and flashback they are all used quite frequently in the book likely the main ones in the book. The first one that will be discussed is point of view. The writer uses point of view to make the story more interesting. An event was when Peeta and Katniss were in

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    "I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him‚ and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done”‚ quoted from Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery. My mom was from the heart of Belize and my father was born in Brooklyn‚ New York. On both sides of my family‚ my heritage goes way back. Booker T. Washington didn’t know much about his fathers heritage because

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    The Seasons of the Year. My Favourite Season. It’s a universal truth that every season is beautiful in its own way. Isn’t it wonderful to tramp down the country lanes on a frosty winter day. Everything is white with snow and it crunches under your feet. The rime sparkles on the branches and the icicles like precious diamonds hang from the roofs of the houses. It’s a merry time for both children and grownups. They can go skating and skiing‚ sledging and having a fight with snowballs or making

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    My Future Plans

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    want to sleep all day. I want to live‚ I want to visit museums‚ go to the cinema‚ do things I’ve never done before just for the sake of doing it. I want to visit fungi the dolphin. I want to make friends with a random stranger‚ I want to chat up a granny and ask her to dance with me‚ who knows I may even get a kiss. I want to climb a mountain. I want to live. And when I die I want to see what a life I have lived. I want to live‚ but not only to live‚ I want to love. I want to have fun with a maiden

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    what him to stay spoiled for the rest of his life. But his relationship between him and his mother and his grandmother his much different. The relationship between him and his grandmother is really one of mild disrespect. “Please‚ Please shut up granny” this tells us that he finds his grandmother so nice that there is a lack of respect between him and her. And he doesn’t explain what is really going on “I might die” although his grandmother doesn’t necessarily understand what is going on. She is

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    In Cortanooth‚ there is a native fruit that grows every spring. It is called manala and it’s skin is bright green‚ like a granny smith apple. When you take a knife to it’s thick skin to reveal a dark orange‚ soft flesh that tastes similar to a mango. This fruit was once very popular in Cortanooth‚ until a hurricane wiped out the small island‚ leaving few of the trees it grows on. One day in April 1974‚ Mystic came across a manala tree that stood isolated from the village he lives in. He took a new

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    Flashback in “The Utterly Perfect Murder” The actions of an individual affect others around them emotionally and physically. In the story “The Utterly Perfect Murder by Ray Bradbury‚ there were two kids‚ one bullied the other. Doug (the victim) was bullied so immensely by Ralph that 36 years later it still drives him crazy and makes him want to kill Ralph. The literary device shown here is flashback because the main character has a flashback for most of the story and really has a deeper meaning

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    having such a harsh punishment‚ but in the end of the novel Boo Radley rescues the children from death‚ showing that all along he was one of the good guys. Flashbacks are also helpfulbecause they show early on that everything finishes out fine. Flashbacks also show that there were hardships to overcome. To Kill A Mocking Bird starts off as a flashback from one of the main characters‚ Scout’s point of view. She talks about her brother’s arm‚ and how it got broken in the first place. Certain events had

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