Introduction: ‘The Hobbit’ is a fictional novel‚ written by J.R.R.Tolkien‚ built upon the foundation of loyalty and honor. Without the virtues loyalty and honor‚ the story would not have been able to take place. Loyalty is clearly shown as Bilbo never leaves his companions. Honor is displayed by Thorin who displays this quality right from the beginning until the end. The foundation of ‘The Hobbit’ is built upon loyalty and honor. Tolkien has built his entire story line upon these virtues. To be
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My Optimism Helps Me Overcome Obstacles Optimism is such a funny thing. It has the capability to help you solve some of the most challenging and troublesome problems you’ll ever face in your entire life. This is exactly what optimism does for me. I have had some of the most challenging and troublesome things happen to me and using optimism during those times really helped me through them‚ and I honestly don’t think I would have made it through all of those times without using optimism. During
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In employing a different ‘’centre of consciousness’’ when telling the story from a narrator’s perspective‚ the point of view of characters usually shifts to different opinions. Atonement by Ian McEwan‚ uses this style in his mode of narration to successfully build the story around the narrator‚ Briony and then shifts to Cecelia’s perspective allowing the responder to consider the ambiguity and reliability of Briony as a narrator. As a post–modern ‘coming of age’ text‚ we are never given the satisfaction
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How does Steinbeck present different types of power and powerlessness in ‘’Of Mice and Men’’? In the book ‘’Of Mice and Men’’ Steinbeck uses different types of power and powerlessness to show the personalities of the characters. He uses the idea of power to show difference in all the characters and how their differences change each individual life in the ranch. Steinbeck portrays many strengths and weakness in a wide spectrum. In the pecking order of the ranch‚ Curley has most power‚ and is a bully
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Describe how crisis is shown in one poem The significance of crisis‚ and often more interestingly‚ the reaction of crisis is fundamental in many poems written by Auden. Crisis is depicted in O What Is That Sound as a major event‚ with panic and the unknown reaching a climax in the last stanzas. The structure of the poem is chronological‚ with the reader experiencing the events with the characters. The inevitable of the soldiers coming is known from the beginning of the poem by the one of the characters;
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During the Civil War unit‚ we discussed many different types of authors. Some were cynical and pessimistic‚ while others were very optimistic‚ almost to the point of Transcendentalist. Three Civil War era writers that varied from pessimism to optimism included Ambrose Bierce‚ Mark Twain‚ and Walt Whitman. Ambrose Bierce‚ also known as “Bitter Bierce‚” was a writer in the 1800’s that wrote about war and the tragedy that comes along with it. Being a realist‚ Bierce wanted to reveal the horrors of
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Disney films are not for childrenWe were a generation that grew up with the Disney films. The Lion King‚ Snow White‚ Mulan‚ Peter Pan‚ The Little Mermaid‚ Beauty and the Beast‚ and we could recall more of these famous stories without a second of hesitation. We enjoyed them‚ loved them‚ and most of us repeated our favourites like we could never grow tired of them. We loved their adventures‚ the world Disney films created for us. We adored the romance between the hero and the heroine and they were
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By Marcia Douglas Marcia Douglas was born in the UK of Jamaican parents in 1961‚ but grew up in rural Jamaica. She left Jamaica in 1990 to study for a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Ohio State University and was awarded a Ph D in African American and Caribbean Literature in 1997. Visit Marcia Douglas’s website: www.marciadouglas.com or see http://www.peepaltreepress.com/author_dis play.asp?au_id=17 The poem is set in Jamaica‚ in a town called Cocoa Bottom. People‚ both adults
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Japanese Literature Reporters: Afable‚ Carlo Manasis‚ Fahra Afro-Asian Literature MTh 09:00 – 10:30 Japanese Literature I. Introduction Facts about Japan * Also known as “Land of the Rising Sun” * An archipelago made up of 6‚852 islands * Its capital is Tokyo * Japanese is its national language * The government is Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy II. History of Japanese Literature Japanese Literature can be divided into four main periods: ancient‚
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fearless character who is now brave and willing to face what everyone is scared of because she is reluctant to believe that she may be The Lonely one’s next victim. Also she is covering up her weaknesses‚ acting independent and like a man. This is shown when she says “If I’m the next victim‚
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