H.G. Wells The Time Machine Mischel Figusch Englisch-LK Jg. 13 Plot Summary The novel begins with a dinner meeting at the Time Traveller’s house. The present intellectual group‚ consisting of the narrator‚ a Psychologist‚ a Medical Man and a Provincial Mayor are discussing the theme of the fourth dimension‚ i.e. time. The TT tries to explain the theory and the possibility of time travelling. As the guests doubted his words he proves his theory with a small model of a time machine
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Plot summary The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway‚ a young man from Minnesota‚ moves to New York to learn about the bond business. He rents a house next door to the mysterious Gatsby‚ at West Egg‚ which is populated by the newly rich. Gatsby lives in a big mansion and he throws huge parties every saturday night. Nick is unlike the inhabitants of West Egg because of his connections to the more fashionable East Egg‚ home to the established upper class. He goes there to visit his cousin Daisy and her
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cousins‚ Miss Emily seemed distraught. We all just figured she was a little nervous about marrying Homer and all‚ but what we didn’t know at the time was that her cousins had told her not to be to upset if he deserted her just like her sweetheart had before. Every morning‚ with the rising sun‚ she’d come out of her house‚ sit on the porch‚ and simply stare down the street til’ the cows came home. At first people would ask what she was looking at‚ and she just simply divert her eye to them‚ and when they
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Plot Summary Forrest Gump is the story of an incredibly kind and gentle person who is also what some people might call "mildly retarded." It’s true that he is not too smart‚ but he is very fortunate‚ because he has a mother and friend who love him dearly. Forrest is born and raised in rural Alabama‚ in the Southern United States. He grows up with his mother‚ who rents out rooms in the family house to people traveling through the area. Despite his lack of sophistication‚ and the
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Plot Summary – The Simple Gift The story The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick‚ focuses on Billy‚ who is a sixteen year old boy living in Australia. Billy reveals himself as a reject‚ a thief and a troubled character who rejects school. Billy’s ‘alienation’ is a cause of the combination of all his troubles‚ his abusive father‚ rejection from school‚ bad neighbourhood. Billy runs away from his family on a freight train‚ and packs a set of unusual things like cigarettes and alcohol. Whilst catching a
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Gordo’s address‚ he finds that Victor has already found GORDO and is holding a gun to him inside the bedroom. Gordo’s wife is armed with a shotgun waiting for Victor to come out. Malcolm sees a young boy‚ Gordo’s son. Things go horribly wrong when Victor shoots Gordo’s wife and then Gordo. Victor forces Malcolm out of the apartment‚ leaving Victor with the young boy. He shows the young boy how to screw a silencer on a gun and tells the boy that inside his head he plays a deadly game with the sound
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Invisible Man: Plot Summary Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man opens with a prologue describing the main character in time after the beginning of the body of the book. In the prologue‚ Ellison tells of the main characters invisibility. It is not a physical invisiblity‚ but rther he is not recognised‚ and therefore persieved‚ by the world at large. This is coupled with the fact that he is constantly trying to be someone else‚ other than himself‚ creates for his a complete loss of identity‚ and he
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English project Apt Pupil Plot Todd Bowden is a boy who wants to be a detective when he gets older. He has been doing good in school and in his free time he runs background checks on people he sees. His neighbor Mr. Dussander was one of the people he did this too. He found out that he was using a fake name and was once referred to as the blood fiend of patin the only true thing about his life was that he was very old. When Todd confronts him about it he realizes that this secret is bigger than
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------------------------------------------------- Animal Farm: Plot Summary ‹ Previous PageNext Page › Manor Farm is a small farm in England run by the harsh and often drunk Mr. Jones. One night‚ a boar named Old Major gathers all the animals of Manor Farm together. Knowing that he will soon die‚ Old Major gives a speech in which he reveals to the animals that men cause all the misery that animals endure. Old Major says that all animals are equal and urges them to join together to rebel. He teaches
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return. He left for Dubai to work and didn’t return until eight years later when his father passed away. He went to visit Dina and found her living at her brothers and he found out the two tailors were now beggars. When he saw them he pretended not to know them and walked on. He went to the train station and committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. The title describes a moment in time when the lives of four very different people are in balance‚ when they find stability and happiness
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