A Retrieved Reformation A guard came to the prison shoe-shop‚ where Jimmy Valentine was assiduously stitching uppers‚ and escorted him to the front office. There the warden handed Jimmy his pardon‚ which had been signed that morning by the governor. Jimmy took it in a tired kind of way. He had served nearly ten months of a four year sentence. He expected to stay only about three months‚ at the longest. When a man with as many friends on the outside as Jimmy Valentine had is received in the "stir"
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Jean Valjean is an ex-convict who leaves behind a life of hatred and deceit. He makes a fortune with innovative industrial techniques. Valjean finds happiness in loving his adopted daughter Cosette‚ and helping people who are in difficult situations‚ even if it is risking his own life and welfare. Valjean later in his life falls in love with a woman‚ who goes by the name of Fantine. Fantine is a working-class girl who leaves her hometown of Montreuil-sur-mer to find her fortune in Paris. She is the
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[pic] I consider The Fountain an epic because first‚ it has gods: Mayan and Christian; it’s got a hero‚ Hugh Jackman‚ other wise known as; Tommy‚ and the quested tree of life from the Garden of Eden. It is a life-altering journey also because Tommy finally sees all of the things in life that he has done wrong‚ like choosing work over his wife‚ and he also changes the way he treats people. This movie makes the way people think change because they can compare their cultures from today’s culture
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Through out the story‚ the loons and their cries symbolize the aboriginal people and their attitudes towards the white settlers and their treatment not only towards native culture but‚ the stereotypical mentality pressed upon them. These feelings of ‘“despair‚ the unprootedness‚ the loss of the land”’ (Stovel 219) where caused by many generations of mistreatment‚ stereotypical‚ and racist mentality. The ethnocentric attitudes of the time‚ are none better portrayed than by the character of Vanessa
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Teenagers sentenced to death all because of violence and murder. No Choirboy is all about teens that try to find the easy way out; and along the way their path went wrong causing them to murder and violence. This book change my point of view on life by that easy and fast is not always the best way. This book has inspired me to further my education‚ because even though it is not easy to always go past of high school the effort is still there its better than a life of crime. The teenagers in this
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Dan Chaon’s Ill Will One of the darkest books of the year‚ Ill Will is a story you will never forget; it’s dark subplots are intertwined to unveil difficulties all humans face. “People can find patterns in all kinds of random events. It’s called apophenia. It’s the tendency we humans have to find meaning in disconnected information.” -Dan Chaon. Examining something as intricate as the human brain takes great meaning and caution; but when handled right‚ can be a powerful message. Writing with the
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Indigènes‚ or the forgotten heroes: Perhaps‚ the movie that provides a deeper representation of North Africans in the French context is Rachid Bouchareb’s Indigènes. The movie explores the experience of soldiers from North Africa and other French colonies in the continent. The story focuses exclusively on a group of North African soldiers who are fighting to liberate France from the German occupation during World War Two‚ but the nature of their patrimony is excruciatingly ambiguous. The characters’
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In Lee Smith’s Saving Grace‚ we are introduced to a girl named Florida Grace Shepherd. She takes us on her travels through her childhood and adulthood. We see her transform‚ follow her on her adventures‚ and are inserted into her relationships. Gracie did not have a normal life at all‚ and most of this was largely due to her father‚ because she was used to this kind of preachy‚ dysfunctional‚ untrustworthy relationship with men. In an article a psychology professor at Wake Forest University‚ Dr
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Synthesis Essay - Devan B In “Article #1” by Alia Wong‚ “Article #2” by Risa Gelles-Watnick and Andrew Perrin‚ and “Article #3” by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ the primary claim is that women enjoy reading more than men and reading has been linked to education and career success. “Girls and young women—once subjected to discrimination in‚ and even exclusion from‚ schools and colleges—have conquered those very institutions‚” explained Alia Wong based on information from the Organization for
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March 2012 Case Study Leadership Grace Reed worked for an answering service for 18 months before being promoted to a supervisory position. In which‚ she strived to achieve. Once obtained Grace is faced with many challenges. She wants to maintain friendship’s all why transitioning into her new position as a supervisor. Along the way she ran into a few problems. Grace wanted to try new things and gain the respect she was due as a supervisor. Grace possesses many skills needed to be a successful
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