disagree on whether or not Twain’s work with Huckleberry Finn truly reaches the stature of a masterpiece‚ and that disagreement stems from the course the author chose for his conclusion. T.S Eliot finds Twain’s ending to be true to his style and the rest of the novel. Leo Marx finds that the ending abandons the apparent goals of the novel‚ leaving the work short of excellence. Twain ventured into the arena of greatness by combining two timelessly classic elements‚ and casting them as the central “characters”
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This summer I read the book “The Giver” and I picked three rules that organize the society. The elders created this system to have control over everything and everyone. Some alternative ways of coping with these issues is not being so controlling over peoples basic rights but have a more serious way of dealing with these issues. In the book The Giver there are many outrageous rules in their Community like "Two children--one male‚ one female--to each family unit." (p. 8) A year or so after the
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The Giver “I am going to transmit the memory of snow the old man said and placed his hands on Jonas’s bareback” In the first place‚ In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ she writes about Jonas an adolescent who lives in a community long beyond the thing we call emotions. After‚ the child reaches adulthood their parents are a long forgotten thus eliminating attachments. Notably‚ the emotion we call love is forgotten in this community. In addition‚ the only people who can experience emotions are
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comparison to reality. (SIP-A)This meme focuses on how the community made the decision to remove color and shows an unrealistic representation of why they made their decision‚ and how their decision affected the people in their society. (STEWE-1) The Giver explains to Jonas how the community altered the people’s genetics from birth to make them color blind eliminating their choices and opinions. “We’ve never completely mastered Sameness. I suppose the genetic scientists are still hard at work trying
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Memories are what make us who we are. The good‚ the bad‚ and everything inbetween shape us into who we are and will be. We learn from our mistakes and reminisce the good times. A life without memories would not be interesting. In Lois Lowry’s novel‚ The Giver‚ most people have no memories at all. Things we use everyday become obsolete and the people of the community do not know how exhilarating their lives would be with memories. When the community first went into “Sameness” it was decided one person would
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I was suddenly awakened in the middle of night.As I glanced around there was no one except me‚laying on an uncomfortable bed.Slowly‚I got down from my bed and tiptoed to the window.A slight of cool breeze whipped to my ears.Dead leaves rattled in the wind.There was a stony prickling silence except for the eerie sound of chilly wind howling in the air.Goosebumps sprouted on my skin all over my frail body.A sliver of moonlight glimmered through the wind‚slicing my pallid face.Slowly‚I swept my dry
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‚and last he climbed up and crept into the cave beside juana. Kino told jauna to “keep quiet and they won’t find us‚” Juana nodded to show approval. Night began to fall and Kino heard footsteps‚ Kino peered out of the cave and saw the trackers huddled around the small pool. Kino crawled back into the cave. For hours kino did not hear anything‚ after a while he peered out to see the three trackers‚ two asleep and the other keeping watch with the rifle in his hand. Kino pulled himself back into the
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“Dittany‚ murtlap‚ Silver Polish…” Kadrea muttered under her breath. She planted her heels into the uneven road as she walked‚ holding her head up and keeping her gaze in front of her. She had learned at least one thing in the past few years; if you act like you have nothing to hide‚ then people often assume that you don’t. She had seen far too many others followed after sneaking around in plain sight. She didn’t think about how she had never seen some of those people again later. “Mint‚ flour
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Kerplunk! A rain drop slipped from the crack in the ceiling and fell onto Bart’s forehead. He heard the school children whooping outside his window and Gus shuffling around at the foot of the bed. It was time for the day to begin. Bart wondered what he would see today. He walked carefully down the creaky wooden steps‚ grasping the handrail tightly. The scent of fresh biscuts drifted into the kitchen; Bart felt his stomach rumble. He hoped Mrs. Gilliard saved a few for him. He grabbed
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One family to rule them all one day to divide them. On a cold October night a door to a magical world up to a new world. The world of clown in this world a family called the Snooty lived. They where not ordinary for they used there skills for different things. Torture and pain‚ that’s their love and safety. A group of twisted clowns. Now in the family there is a mom and dad. Lucky who is kind and caring until you cross her‚ Bongo who loves to play pranks with red hair and scary make up. Pogo‚ Bright
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