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    Ratcliffe conscripts one sailor and that sailor is‚ Billy Budd‚ who is willing to serve his country. As he exits‚ he hollers for the Rights of Man by name and says his goodbyes. On the Bellipotent‚ Billy takes over the job of the foretopman. Claggart‚ who is the master of arms‚ has a appearance that is calm‚ but deep down he has evil intentions. Claggart is friendly toward Billy at first and Billy thinks he seems content with his performance. Billy is surprised later when he is judged by Claggart for

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    because of the Fuhrer’s Jewish persecutions and he drew similarities between the mistreatment of German Jews and the mistreatment of Blacks in America. His hatred of racism in America prompted him to write the song “Strange Fruit”‚ popularized by Billy Holliday. The song dealt with Southern Black lynching‚ using tormented images and stinging lyrics to impress its message. Abel said that he wrote the song “because he hated lynching and he hated the people who perpetuated the act”. Both Abel and

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    belonging is a part of our life. “Immigrant Chronicle” of Peter Skzynecki‚ Billy Elliot of Stephen Daldry and the Lottery by Shirley Jackson are 3 properly evidence shows an idea of belong within an individual feeling to connect to community or place or culture. The acceptance and understanding of big father can make a strong relationship within no bad mood reason such as Billy Elliot. The full shot of Billy’s Father try to push Billy back to the Health Check Room in the Royal Ballet School while he had

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    The Hunger Games‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ is a dystopian young adult novel published on 2008. The protagonist of the story‚ also the heroine‚ is the sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen. She comes from District 12‚ where coal is produced‚ and most people live in the state of poverty. Every year‚ two tributes are reaped from each district to compete in a sickening ‘celebration’‚ the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games has only one rule: to kill‚ or be killed. When Katniss’ sister was chosen as a tribute

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    story Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is a story that makes and helps people understand the effects that a war may have and what may happen to the survivors and soldiers after it. Reality and fantasies about this book may be about many different things such as war‚ actions‚ love‚ and thoughts. In my point of view‚ I believe that the story shows the differences between the citizen’s perspective of war than the perspective of the people that actually have been there such as the soldiers like Billy and

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    Arguably the most popular poet in America‚ Billy Collins provides readers with two types of poetry that is nothing like typical poetry. One of his unique styles is writing as if the poem could be read like a novel. The other type brings humor and whimsy to his work‚ yet he hints at a seriousness that lies beneath the surface. Both styles of poetry are easy to read‚ but take a second look to realize what the Collins is intending the reader to understand. Billy Collins is an exceptionally talented poet whose

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    Scientific Mishap Writing One day in a science lab on top of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado there was a scientist named Billy Bob Jr. he was working to cure Ebola. It was 2:02 pm at this time. He was the only one in lab at the time is boss Lebron was in florida on a family vacation and the other workers were all gone because it was a Saturday afternoon. He was mixing two chemicals together until something went bad right outside of lab (really bad). There was a huge blizzard that came rolling through

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    Billy is spastic in time‚ has no control over where he is going next‚ and the trips aren’t necessarily fun. He is in a constant state of stage fright‚ he says‚ because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next (Vonnegut 23)”. Billy Pilgrim has lost control over one of the most important principles we humans tend to treasure in life—time—but he also feels eerie in performing in his own life. Billy Pilgrim the protagonist‚ has become unstuck in time. Billy was capture

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    the protagonist is Billy Weaver‚ a young 17 year old brisk man dressed appropriately in a suit. The antagonist is the land lady who lures Billy inside her building. 2. What is the mode of narration: first person‚ or third person point of view? How do you know this? The mode of narration is a third person point of view. The narrator refers to all the characters by name. Also the narrator has access to a character’s thoughts for example‚ “the old girl is slightly dotty”. Billy told himself.

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    For the month of October I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In this book‚ the main character is a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen. She is a tough hunter and provides food for her family due to her father’s death and her mother’s illness. She also has a younger sister‚ Primrose. Every year there is a Hunger Games reaping. The reaping of the Hunger Games is when one boy and one girl from each district are forced to participate in The Hunger Games‚ a fight to the death on live TV. Primrose

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