story "One Mile of Ice"‚ Hugh Garner creates a character Ralph Marsden‚ who becomes responsible of a tragedy that would put his brother in-law’s and as well as his own life at risk. Ralph is to blame for the tragedy for he insists on crossing the ice despite of the terrible weather. Also‚ his consummation of alcohol influences him to make bad decisions. Last of all he fails to recognize hints and signs that could have prevented the mishap. While some might say Pete’s selfishness on the ice is to blame
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THE PLOT DIAGRAM The plot diagram: most people learn about it somewhere in elementary school‚ and indeed‚ it is the most elementary of tools a writer and reader can use in summarizing and outlining a story. It is so basic and flexible that pretty much every story written in existence can be outlined via the plot diagram. And yet‚ there are stories that‚ when outlined‚ twist the plot diagram into interesting shapes‚ which leads me to suspect that there is a missing step in the plot diagram: the elusive
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resident Elаine Connelly in 1996‚ аnd his time in 1932 аs the block supervisor of the Cold Mountаin Penitentiаry deаth row‚ nicknаmed "The Green Mile" for the color of the floor’s linoleum. This yeаr mаrks the аrrivаl of John Coffey‚ а 6’8" powerfully built blаck mаn who hаs been convicted of rаping аnd murdering two smаll white girls. During his time on the Mile‚ John interаcts with fellow prisoners Eduаrd "Del" Delаcroix‚ а Cаjun аrsonist‚ rаpist‚ аnd murderer‚ аnd Williаm Whаrton ("Billy the Kid" to
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Jamie Wilson We Were One We Were One is a book by Patrick K. O’Donnell about the war in Iraq. Specifically it follows 1st Platoon in the Battle of Fallujah. The book talks a lot about the friendships between soldiers‚ and practically every man in the platoon had a best friend that they did everything with. This just made it sadder when soldiers were unfortunately killed in action. The book starts out with the platoon simply training back in the United States. They learn the basic fighting
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City of Ember (2008) Plot Summary Showing all 3 plot summaries When mankind is about to come to an end‚ a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The city of Ember is to last for 200 years after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time however‚ the message is lost and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It’s left to two young adults to
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Scatter Diagram MGT350 October 1‚ 200 Tool and Techniques Paper: Scatter Diagram When faced with a problem‚ one can utilize various tools and techniques to try to solve the said problem. Depending on the way a person process his or her thoughts would greatly affect which tools or techniques might be the best for one to use. For example‚ if a person understands better by seeing the information‚ one might use a visual tool like a pie chart‚ bar graph or perhaps a scatter diagram; which
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THE PLOT EXPOSITION The novel begins by introducing Miles Halter‚ an introverted kid who decides to leave his home and attends Culver Creek in Alabama‚ in order to seek a Great Perhaps. Starting his first year at Culver Creek High School‚ Chip “The Colonel”‚ his roommate gives Miles the nickname of “Pudge”. His acquaintances with the Colonel‚ Alaska Young‚ “The hottest girl in all of human history” and Takumi‚ a Japanese student with a southern accent eventually blossom into friendships‚ and together
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small mini store since they reside near Agusan del Sur National High school and it is a strategic location. The capital they used was from the debt or so called “arawan”. The wife had decided to loan her salary for the improvement of their house yet one-half of her salary (P4‚000) will be paid for her loan (P20‚000). It is a good decision however the income earned from their mini store is now the source for household expenses and other extraneous expenses. Their business runs so good but along the
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Ice Ice Baby‚ Under Pressure In 1981‚ Queen released a song featuring David Bowie title “Under Pressure.” The song was a huge success and was recently listed as VH1’s 31st best song of the 1980’s. 11 years later in 1991‚ Vanilla Ice recorded “Ice Ice Baby‚” which was so popular it ended up being the 1st rap song to ever reach #1 on the billboard top 100. Why was the song so popular? It had an infectious beat that sounded so new‚ yet so familiar. A few months later Vanilla Ice was approached by
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The book The Green Mile‚ written by Stephen King‚ is about a prison guard who works on death row of the Tennessee State Penitentiary. Paul Edgecomb has his work cut out for him every day with this job due to the behavior of the prisoners as well as the immaturity of one of his guards‚ Percy Wetmore. Throughout the book‚ Paul experiences many things‚ good and bad; however‚ when John Coffey arrives on the “E-Block” things change completely for Paul. John has a very different vibe to him than the
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