“bushes all around with no horizon” this builds up her character of not being a stereotypical female. She has sacrificed her femininity because “Her surroundings are not favourable to be development of the ‘womanly’ or sentimental side of nature”. The quote breaks the stereotypical female image as she gave up being a woman
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To keep dignity‚ and give honor where it’s due‚ so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don’t have to do it often (Page 128). This quote shows Ender’s greatness in the way that he has respect and pride even towards people who he is battling against. Ender has a large amount of dignity even towards his enemies. It also demonstrates Ender’s competitiveness and his unwillingness to lose
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[quote]Start this music and keep it playing‚ if it stops just replay. [youtube=https://youtu.be/OLr-BeHFzdU][/quote] It was dark and eerily quiet. That was strange for the man walking on the sidewalk. His name is John Constantine. John is an exorcist‚ demonologist‚ and master of the dark arts. At least that’s what it says on his cards. What it left out was that he works for God himself. He’s been trying to combat what God calls the rising darkness. So far he’s faced demons‚ a necromancer‚ a satanist
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“Of course. I’d almost forgotten. They’d crate me up in a car and deliver me like a parcel of old clothes to that place.” (Laurence‚ 185) Since Hagar has not travelled alone in a very long time she is anxious she may be caught. This is proven in the quote: “He’s not starting the bus‚ though. He looks at me‚ even after I’ve managed to sit down in the nearest seat. What is it? Will he make me go back? Are others staring?” She questions everything even though no one is looking at her curiously. (Laurence
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Okonkwo and Obierika are talking after Okonkwo had just got back from his exile and Okonkwo wants run the white men out of the tribe‚ but Obierika says‚ “How do you think we can fight when our own brothers have turned against us?” (Achebe p??????). This quote demonstrates how the new culture has shaped Obierika because is shows that Obierika does not desire to go to war to drive out the white men‚ using the excuse that he does not want to fight his brothers. This might seem like a reasonable excuse to
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the great depression I have to admit that for much of this book I thought we would be just getting a series of increasingly horrible stories about the crash. But this turned out to be an infinitely better book than I anticipated. There are quotable quotes – “If there must be madness something may be said for having it on a heroic scale”. Or “This is the rite of the meeting which is called not to do business but to do no business.” And haven’t we all been in one of those. There is the dismantling of
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“depth and vigorous intelligence.” Heilbrun argues that Gertrude’s actions‚ in fact‚ reveal her to be clear-headed and courageous‚ lustful but also “intelligent‚ penetrating‚ and gifted with a remarkable talent for concise and pithy speech.” Hamlet Essay Carolyn Heilbrun’s view on the character of Gertrude in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet as an intelligent being is contradicted by Gertrude’s actions and words‚ indicating her loyalty and subsequent obedience to the king. Part of this relates to her weakness
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This quote shows that when you do something crazy without even pondering over it‚ then there has to be an emotion controlling it. In Timothy’s case‚ the emotion controlling his actions is love. Another smaller action of his compassion is when he signs up for
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all the time. They don’t trust each other because each of them only cares about themselves. Trust me‚ I’d rather drink toilet water that having to go through another friendship like that. I think George Washington was right on the money with this quote. I’ve learned to choose my friends wisely. We might not have everything in common‚ but we learned from our differences. We like each other for who we are. I don’t look for a big group of friends‚ just
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Mamdally Hamid Jibraan G. Paper Assignment 11th of May 2005 TOPIC: SCIENCE -Quotable quotes -Difference between science and technology -Benefits of science -Dangers represented by science ___________________________________________________ Quotable Quotes “I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.” Marie Curie (1867 – 1934)
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