“The American Dream” There is not much left of the “American Dream”. Standard of living is declining and American parents believe that their children will inherit a very bad deal (564). Essentially‚ Herbert believes that Americans are in denial about how bad the economy really is. The government is not adding jobs to the economy nor are they funding public schools as they should. The government is steadily cutting back on hiring teachers and firing more to “save money”.
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About the Author Morris Lurie was born in Melbourne in 1938. He is better known for his short stories though he has written some novels too. He has won several awards in Australia for fiction. The years spent away from Australia in voluntary exile form the subject matter of much of his writing. Background/Setting The main character is a school boy whose “greatest ambition” is to be a comic strip artist. The story explores the uncertainties and trials of being an adolescent with unsupportive parents
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In the beginning of the book City of Bones Clary doesn’t know that she is a shadowhunter. She and her best friend Simon‚ who is secretly in love with her‚ go to a night club‚ where Clary meets Jace‚ Alec‚ and Isabella and witnesses Jace murder a boy‚ whom Jace says was a demon. The next day Clary receives a scary phone call from her mother telling her not to come home. When Clary does race home she finds her mother missing‚ her apartment trashed‚ and a demon waiting for her. Clary manages to kill
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Shawshank Wrongly accused of a double homicide he didn’t commit‚ a banker named Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) is sent to Shawshank Prison for life. In Prison he befriends Red (Morgan Freeman) who is able to smuggle things from the outside. He asked Red for a rockhammer (saying he liked geology). He later asks for a poster. After he befriends the guards by giving them financial advice‚ the warden takes an interest in him. Andy builds a prison library and helps the
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Plot summary “A Rose for Emily” is a short story divided into five sections: Section one opens with a description of the Grierson home and its setting in Jefferson. The narrator mentions that over the past 25 years Miss Emily’s home has fallen into despair and become “an eyesore among eyesores.” The first sentence of the story sets the tone of how the citizens of Jefferson felt about Emily: “When Miss Emily Grierson died‚ our whole town went to the funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection
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Planet of the Apes Book Summary Planet of the apes is a novel based on what it would be like if Apes ruled the Planet. The book starts off with three scientists traveling to outer space to explore the universe. There Trip takes a relatively short time for them compared to how much time has actually passed. They discover a planet that has a lot of the same geographical features as their home planet earth. They land on the planet but two of the three scientists die and only Ulysse who is the main
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community and a fractured society‚ men travelled alone in search of work and the compassionate nature of humanity was lost. It was during this period that John Steinbeck set his novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ in an attempt to critique this damaging lifestyle. Summary Curley’s wife Not accepted by men - we find out about her before we even meet her to fully understand the highly negative opinion that the other ranch workers have of her Despite her marriage to Curley - no feelings within their relationship
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Briar Rose Basic Summary Plot-The book is divided into two parts‚ the "home"‚ and the "castle". The ending is part of the "home" section‚ returning after the castle. The story is based around the German fairy tale of Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) which is told by "Gemma"‚ an elderly woman‚ to her three granddaughters. She tells this to the children almost all the time and it is the only bedtime story she ever tells. The times when "Gemma" tells the story are flashbacks and alternate between the present-day
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Executive Summary Giant Leap (Team B) is the corporate team consisting of Sharon Gilmore-Barton and Kirk Miller. Our team finished second out of five teams in the Business Strategy Game conducted during the Spring I 2009 Strategic Management course. Our company strategic vision statement states: “Be the world’s premier provider of high performance footwear at an affordable price and become the footwear choice of world-class athletes and performance-minded customers. To concentrate our efforts
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Name: Title: Middle School Worst Days Of My Life Authors: James Patterson And Chirs Tebbetts (Pages 288)- Literary Summary: Rafe Khatchadorian was a boy who broke all the rules at his middle school. He broke so many rules that he was often given detention and finally ended up being expelled from middle school for drawing a mural on the school wall. Rafe had an imaginary friend whose name was Leo. Rafe imaginary friend turn out to be his twin brother who died when he was three years old. Rafe’s
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