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    By close reference to any TWO characters in the story‚ show how they have been important in communicating the novel’s key themes. Joseph Strom portrays the theme of intolerance. When Aunt Harriet came to see Emily in the hope of exchanging babies to get the normalcy certificate‚ Joseph asked Aunt Harriet if she wasn’t ‘ashamed of producing a mockery of her Maker’. This shows that he sees the baby as a deviant and sees Aunt Harriet’s act of producing such a child to be an act of mocking the lord.

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    Chapter 12 With Jane’s recovery complete‚ she and Elizabeth decide to return to the Bennet household. However‚ their mother makes excuses as to why they cannot use the carriage to return. Jane is finally coerced into borrowing Bingley’s carriage‚ but it means they will need to wait for one more day to leave. Meanwhile‚ Darcy notes that he has been paying too much attention to Elizabeth and decides to speak with her less. The next day the Bennet sisters return home to a mother who is not entirely

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    The Chrysalids‚ John Wyndham is a science fiction novel about people who can communicate with their minds. This essay with prove that the book has both hopeful and pessimistic view on humanity. The books has very inhuman laws and has inhabitable lands‚ but also has a hopeful future. BP1- In the Chrysalids‚ people believe that if you are any different from the norm‚ you are sent from the devil and hateful in God’s eyes‚ but some people are able to see past these rules. At the beginning of the book

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    Trash by Andy Mulligan - Book Report Characters The main characters in the book “Trash” by Andy Mulligan are introduced as Raphael Fernandez and Gardo. Gardo was born six hours ahead of Raphael. Even though they are not brothers‚ Gardo looks out for Raphael. He is more built with muscle while Raphael on the other hand‚ is skinnier and smaller. They support each other’s decisions and are there for each through thick and thin. Both their personalities are filled with courage and perseverance

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    and langue. The novel Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813‚ but another novel based on the same plot called Bridget Jones Diary‚ a modern version of Pride and Prejudice was published in 1996. Every text is the absorption and transformation of another‚ with similar themes and conditions considering the lifestyle in that time period‚ known as a mimetic orientation. Intertextuality‚ the relationship to other prior texts is present among Pride and Prejudice‚ Bridget Jones Diary‚ and A Dog’s

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    for Satire Although Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a relatively straightforward and philosophically uncomplicated novel‚ Austen still endeavors to portray the deep and inescapable influence of bad manners regardless of class. In order to fulfill this purpose‚ Austen needed to create characters and situations that were humorous‚ yet easy to identify with and this was accomplished by the use of satire. Satire is used in the novel Pride and Prejudice and is particularly manifest in the characters

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    “It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace‚ and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling‚” said the famous French philosopher Pierre Bayle. In the novel‚ The Chrysalids by John Wyndham‚ the characters Sophie‚ Sally‚ and Anne worry about tribulation when it comes to being “normal” and tolerated by people. The author demonstrates the intolerance of physical deformities‚ mental abnormalities‚ and the inferior treatment of women in the town of Waknuk. The intolerance of physical

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    The Character of Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice The man plot of Austen’s novel "Pride and Prejudice" revolves around Elizabeth (or Lizzy) Bennet‚ who belongs to a family of five sisters‚ and her relationship with eligible bachelor Mr Darcy. However‚ "Pride and Prejudice" is a very complex novel‚ with many different subplots going on. One of these is the relationship between Eliza’s older sister Jane‚ and Bingley‚ Darcy’s friend. There are many misunderstandings within

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    The play‚ Romeo and Juliet has many deaths‚ which are usually suicides because they have lost someone they love. The novel‚ The Chrysalids by John Wyndham also has people risking their lives or even suicide because they will or are not able to live without the person they love. However‚ the short story‚ “No Renewal” shows that Douglas doesn’t appreciate his new lifestyle because he already made his old lifestyle part of his identity. All these texts suggest that when one loses someone or something

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    Jane Austen‚ author of Pride and Prejudice‚ uses humour in her novel to maintain the interest of the reader. Some have said that Pride and Prejudice is a simple tale of love and marriage‚ but it is in fact far more complex. At the least‚ it should be recognised as a comedy of manners‚ and though romantic subplots could be said to drive the text‚ Jane Austen’s clever and subtle wit reflects her own eye for the folly of human behaviour. Chiefly‚ she exaggerates the personalities of her characters‚

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