Diary of an Oxygen Thief Anonymous‚ I have not read any other books by this author. Fiction Characters: There aren’t any other characters beside the one person who he doesn’t say his name‚ but he is the speaker of the story‚ he is an Irish man and was born in Kilkenny Ireland. This book is first person view‚ making the speaker the main character. In the story the speaker describes his past events and how he wished to fix his mistakes. He describes how he hurt girls when he was in his 20’s‚ by hurting
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Freedom Summer was a highly publicized campaign in the Deep South to register blacks to vote during the summer of 1964. During the summer of 1964‚ thousands of civil rights activists‚ many of them white college students from the North‚ descended on Mississippi and other Southern states to try to end the long-time political disenfranchisement of African Americans in the region. Although black men had won the right to vote in 1870‚ thanks to the Fifteenth Amendment‚ for the next 100 years many were
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Into The Wild Seminar Prep Discussion and Quotes “’We like companionship‚ see‚ but we can’t stand to be around people for very long. So we go get ourselves lost‚ come back for a while‚ then get the hell out again.’” (Krakauer 96) (Chap 8) When Krakauer mentions how “’We like companionship… but we can’t stand to be around people for very long” (Krakauer 96)‚ is this due to an innate distaste of human nature or the socially constructed byproducts of it? If the latter holds true‚ will an individual
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which he believes he is an outsider. The character Johnny Cade is brave‚ shy‚ and he does not feel loved. For starters‚ Johnny is a brave kid. The text states‚”I swear‚ you three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time” (Hinton‚ 81). This quote explains that when Dally‚ Ponyboy‚ and Johnny went to go save some kids that were stuck inside a burning church‚ Johnny and his friends went to go save them and the school teacher‚ Jerry‚ called them brave because they were risking their own lives
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Rainsford is on the island and sees the chateau. This quote lines up Rainsford to meet General Zaroff as he brings himself to arrive at his chateau. "There is no greater bore than perfection." In this scene General Zaroff and Rainsford are talking about their take on hunting when General Zaroff non-shalontly implies his psychotic opinion that it is okay to hunt humans by telling Rainsford how everything else has failed to satisfy his thrill. This quote shows the loss of interest General Zaroff is experiencing
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The quote that I’ve decided to use from the story is "After almost two years in Whittier‚ my father assignment was completed and we had to return home. The last month of our stay I attended one slumber party after another‚ all thrown in my honor." I think this quote means that she is really happy that her father is all finished with what he was doing‚ so now she can go back to her home. Although‚ she did have fun in the last month of their stay because of all the slumber parties that were thrown
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Being a severely disabled writer is quite a challenge. For one thing‚ I have very little use of my hands. I type with a typing wand‚ or as I like to call it‚ a headstick. "Typing wand" makes me sound like a nerdy magician. Some handicapped people use chin pointers to type. Others use programs such as Dragon Naturally Speaking to dictate to the computer. Technology has developed to the point where you can actually move a mouse by simply moving your head. A laser dot is placed on your forehead and
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commonalities appear through actions and dialogue of other characters. What others do resemble actions Grenouille either does‚ or hopes to do. Suskind writes “he was planning soon to found an international lodge that stood above all social rank(157)”. This quote about Taillade Espinasse‚ uncovers a hidden similarity between Grenouille and himself. Within reading Perfume‚ Grenouille’s goals are made apparent and mirror those of Espinasse. Grenouille’s character is expressed through a line describing Espinasse
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Diary of a Slave on a Plantation May 19‚1857 Today‚ I arrived at the plantation with my younger brother. I cannot believe that I had survived the entire journey from Africa to America below deck. Even though‚ I had tried to kill myself‚ twice‚ by not eating. Alas‚ they prevented me by placing some sort of screw device in my mouth in order to open it and force me to eat. After the second attempt‚ I realized there will be no one to take care of my young brother‚ so I tried my best to keep myself
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" Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press" -First Amendment‚ U.S. Constitution. According to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution‚ one of the basic principles our country is based on is the freedom of speech. Because of this‚ as eras and ages have passed in this still young and growing country‚ this amendment has had a greater use then stated‚ as to just insure a
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