AP Literature 30 August Character Analysis of Winston Smith from 1984 Winston Smith‚ George Orwell’s main character from 1984‚ contributes greatly to the novel in many ways. While he is presented to be a simple man‚ Winston adds many complex ideas to the classic piece of literature. Orwell uses internal and external characteristics‚ symbols‚ and significant quotes to develop Winston’s role in 1984. Internal Characteristics are a big part of the development of a main character and ideas relating
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Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee on April 15‚ 1894. Bessie was one of seven children. Her parents were William and Laura Smith. William was a Baptist minister and died soon after Bessie was born. Furthermore‚ in 1906 her mom died along with two of her brothers. After this happened‚ she was raised by her aunt. Bessie’s childhood transformed her into the person she became. Bessie’s family was poor‚ so Bessie and her brother‚ Andrew‚ performed on the streets of Chattanooga. They performed
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Title: A Family of One With much enthusiasm and ease‚ Annie Dillard’s "Handed My Own Life" tells us a story that many children may relate to. The excitement and wonder that ensnared her mind when Dillard laid her eyes on the much anticipated microscope she received for Christmas‚ as well as its "ingenious devices‚" (Chaffee 50) is practically unbearable. In this essay Dillard not only tells us‚ but shows us the impact of her first scientific observation. After reading The Field Book of Ponds and
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Holcomb‚ Kansas in 1959. The murders were not supposed to happen‚ but when the original plan to find the nonexistent safe failed‚ one of the murderers seemed to have a psychological breakdown which led to the family’s demise. This person was Perry Smith‚ the guy who actually killed the entire family. However‚ Perry’s past is so terrible that his actions may be justifiable although murder is not acceptable. His childhood was very traumatic‚ including: abuse‚ lack
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The Unclouded Day by E. Annie Proulx A) Vocabulary Words/Terms: 1) Grouse: a medium to large game bird with a plump body and feathered legs‚ the male being larger and more conspicuously colored than the female. 2) Briar: a Mediterranean shrub or small tree. 3) Cleave: to adhere closely; stick. 4) Welt: a red‚ swollen mark left on flesh by a blow or pressure. 5) Imminent: likely to occur at any moment; impending. 6) Putrefy: (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid
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Archie Smith also well known as R Smith or sometimes Oranges is an odd person. He is your school genius‚ yet somehow he’s managed to get a girlfriend that is extremely dumb and popular. R was known as the “Boy Wonder‚” he was every guy’s inspiration. He makes friends with EVERYONE. I guess that’s why he is a “Wonder.” One morning R awoke with the idea that someone or something had questioned‚ “Is he the one?” Unsure if R had dreamt it or if it was actually said he got out of bed and moved on with
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Many people see themselves as average. However‚ some who believe this are actually heroic. One such hero is John Smith. He has gone above “average” by committing part of his life to making other people’s lives better. His two year service during the Vietnam war impacted many orphans in Korea. Because of the war and his courage‚ John is a hero. John’s Involvement in the army started during the Vietnam war‚ when he was drafted at the age of 20. He went into the army branch and was trained at Fort
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In A Hill Far Away‚ Annie Dillard is taking an evening stroll around a creek near her home when she comes across a young boy. The boy seems about eight years old and is of small stature. Dillard sees him through a barbed wire fence‚ where he is playing‚ as a child might. Eventually‚ the boy gains sight of Dillard and comes over to say hello. While Dillard is speaking to the boy‚ she is mentally making judgments over him. Soon enough‚ the boy starts looking even more nervous than usual and asks Dillard
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Although Captain John Smith (Jamestown) and William Bradford (Plymouth) held and wrote about similar positions in similar situations‚ they handled these situations differently. Not only did they come to the New World for different reasons‚ they also had different focuses when they wrote the histories of their respective colonies. Captain John Smith’s only apparent reason for coming over to the New World to settle was for the adventure that was sure to arise. In his early days‚ he did a lot of fighting
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Etta Smith never considered herself to be a psychic‚ but happened into a brush with fate by accident. After hearing about the case of a missing woman who had never returned home from work‚ Smith began experiencing a consistent and haunting image of a white cloak beneath a bush. So moved by the pressure of the image in her mind‚ she allowed the “vision”
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