“Home Alone”‚ and the short story‚ “Ransom of Red Chief”‚ by O’Henry both share the same theme. One theme is “Never underestimate someone smaller than you”. In the film‚ “Home Alone”‚ Kevin outsmarts the robbers and he’s just a little boy. This proves the theme “Never underestimate someone smaller than you” because size doesn’t matter in this situation‚ how smart you are does. In the short story‚ “Ransom of Red Chief”‚ Bill is terrorized by Red Chief and he’s only a child. This proves the theme “Never
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Chief Bromden‚ branded “Chief Broom” by the ward because he takes charge in sweeping the floors‚ is the narrator of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Not only does he tell the story of the hospital life and the Acutes‚ but he also tells of his journey towards sanity. “They don’t bother not talking out loud about their hate secrets....because they think I’m deaf and dumb. I’m cagey enough to fool them...” (Page 10‚ lines 3-6) Bromden stands six feet seven inches and is a deaf mute by choice. Chief
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Ransom of the red Chief for example‚ Bill who is one of the bandits in the the story wanted to kidnap a kid and give him back to the Dad for a huge amount of money but‚ little Red Chief was too much for Bill to handle. In the end‚ the Dad decided to take the boy if the thieves pay him two hundred and fifty dollars. Although‚ Sam despised Red Chief he still ended up learning the theme of the story abuse is handled with persistence which‚ gave Sam the idea of talking to Red Chief. Apparently‚ both
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The treaty of Versailles was signed in 28th June‚ 1919. this treaty involved lots of requirement for Germany. Despite Woodrow Wilson’s will to make the world a safer place‚ it only provoked German’s anger and eventually became the motive of World War two. In my opinion‚ the main reason for the failure was the unfairness of the treaty. German was guilty for the world war one. But we should know that each countries who involved in the world war one are guilty for it .and is unfair to just giving punishment
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The treaty of Versailles was a treaty created to end ww1 and to prevent any future wars. The treaty contained a list of things that the Germans had to do some angered the Germans and they did not want to agree to complete the commandments but as the memories of world war 1 were fresh in their minds they signed it in order to prevent another war. Germany was not included in the creation of the treaty of Versailles they only saw the draft but did not have any input on the real thing. Germany resented
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APUS Period 7 March 8‚ 2010 The Treaty of Paris In the late nineteenth century‚ America was involved in an insurrection called the Spanish American War. Trying to end the fighting‚ a small group was sent to negotiate a treaty with Spain. The treaty called for the surrender of Puerto Rico‚ Guam and the Philippines to the United States. However‚ not everyone advocated this treaty. There were many factors that were debated during the ratification of the Treaty of Paris. The deciding factors
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other are the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles; Although the two bought less chaos to the world‚ they had many comparisons and differences. When analyzing the events‚ three main subjects that the league of Nations and Treaty of Versailles had in common were that they united nations‚ had many nations who participated‚ and both requested peace. Although they have many similarities‚ those also were different in ways as well. To begin‚ the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
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through humor. In the text Ransom of Red Chief by O Henry‚ the author uses situational irony to convey humor through the actions of Red Chief (the kid) towards Bill and Sam (the kidnappers). This reveals the theme ‘’don’t be fooled by expectations’’ because Sam learned that Red Chief did not look as innocent as he did. In the text Ransom of Red Chief by O Henry‚ the author uses situational irony to convey humor through the actions of Red Chief (the kid) towards Bill and Sam (the kidnappers)
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Everyone is aware that kidnapping is a huge issue in our society today. However‚ in O. Henry’s short story “The Ransom of Red Chief”‚ kidnapping is more like a carefree outdoor adventure. This high level comedy skillfully applies irony and hyperboles to emphasize the idea that sometimes things might not turn out the way you imagined. It is obvious to see that the irony allows the reader to clearly perceive the message of the story. The fact that “the fun of camping out in a cave had made him forget
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Port-Hamiltonian formulation for plasma control in Tokamak reactors Trang VU‚ Laurent LEFEVRE and Bernhard MASCHKE Abstract— A port-Hamiltonian model is derived for tokamak plasma current profile dynamics. Magnetohydrodynamics and energy balance equations are first written in port-Hamiltonian formalism using Stokes-Dirac structures in 3D forms and a specific interconnection structure for the magneto-hydrodynamical coupling. A balance preserving reduction scheme is applied to the 3D models‚ assuming
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