The Recruit‚ by Robert Muchamore‚ begins with twelve year old James Choke in science class‚ where he accidentally cuts his classmate Samantha Jenning’s face after she relentlessly teases him about his family life‚ and his obese mother. He shoves his teacher over when she tries to stop him and runs home‚ an offense he is later expelled for‚ to find his stepfather Ronald Onions visiting his mother‚ Gwen Choke. He goes back to school to pick up his nine-year-old half- sister‚ Lauren Onions. They return
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The Water Runs Through It Robert Harris? Pompeii is thoroughly researched‚ informative‚ and filled with suspense. Attilius‚ the Aquarius and of the Aqua Augusta‚ is the main character. Attilius overcomes many obstacles and survives several life and death situations. Through Attilius we learn the ineer workings‚ technical details‚ and pictorial descriptions of the Aqua Augusta. The novel begins on August 22‚ A.D 79 at 04:21 hours. The twilight overhead turns into blistering heat creating irritable
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Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann;[1] October 22‚ 1913 – May 25‚ 1954) was a Hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who covered five different wars: the Spanish Civil War‚ the Second Sino-Japanese War‚ World War II across Europe‚ the 1948 Arab-Israeli War‚ and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London‚ North Africa‚ Italy‚ the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris. His action photographs‚ such as those taken during the 1944
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As she sat there looking through her old photo album she couldn’t help but notice one picture in particular it was an old photograph which was taken over 20 years before‚ as she examined the picture carefully it immediately brought back thousands of memories from her teenage years. “Let’s go”‚ he said very enthusiastically Without paying much attention to where he was taking her she followed him‚ after less than fifteen minutes of walking she found herself in the middle of a forest surrounded by
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Robert Frost‚ “Out‚Out—“ 1. In line 15‚ Frost describes the saw as being sinister. He infers that the saw has a mind of its own‚ by stating that the saw jumped out of the boy’s hand and cut the boy’s hand terribly. Frost also makes it seem as if the saw is in a way‚ like a friend. He does this by demonstrating that using the saw is an advantage for the boy because it is making his job ten times easier. Without the saw‚ the boy would spend hours cutting through the wood. 2. In Frost’s poem
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Robert Capa‚ the legendary Hungarian-born photojournalist who set the prevailing standard for war photographers‚ spoke seven languages — none very well. He didn’t need to. For over 20 of the bloodiest years of the 20th century‚ Capa let his cameras do the talking. "If your pictures aren’t good enough‚ you’re not close enough‚" he famously declared. Getting close to Capa himself could also be a tricky business‚ though the challenge was usually surmounted by soldiers‚ poker players‚ bartenders
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Robert Mondavi Corp. Analysis I. Summary  Company founded in 1966 by Robert Mondavi in Napa Valley‚ California  Company vision to make California a recognized wine producing region alongside great winemaking regions of Europe  Major focus on technology and wine growing techniques  Production of premium to super ultra premium wines  Mondavi focuses on personal sales‚ wine competitions‚ and lavish parties to promote the wines rather than conventional
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Visual Communication – Individual Assignment Student: Loredana Patricia Pădureanu Analysis of Oliviero Toscani’s “Tongues” Photo for United Colors of Benetton The picture chosen for analysis is one taken by Oliviero Toscani for a United Colors of Benetton campaign. The picture depicts three children – one African-American‚ one Caucasian and one Asian – all sticking their tongues out‚ from where the name of the advertisement – “Tongues”. This campaign for Benetton was launched in February 1991
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The title “Heroes” immediately highlights heroism as a key theme to the novel‚ because it is planted into the reader’s sub-conscious mind‚ so they identify heroism in everything they read‚ even if that is not the concept Cormier’s intended to present. Acting as an umbrella term‚ “heroes” represents the many values associated with heroism‚ repeated throughout the novel. Some may see it as an overbearing‚ forced title that Cormier uses to make heroism into the main focus‚ because he failed to do so
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In Mr. Stevenson’s opening chapter of his book‚ he is a law student that is assigned to meet with Henry. Within his meeting‚ he learns how generous and compassionate Henry is and I’m sure is wondering how could this man kill someone. This makes him start thinking what race‚ poverty‚ and capital punishment has to do with people being convicted. Mr. Stevenson eventually comes to the conclusion that America tends to condemn the most vulnerable of us. He also concluded that‚ just because you may be African
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