in my hospital bed I have not been able to stop thinking about your bravery and all that you have done for me. You risked your life to save mine‚ you were my guardian angel. You gave me hope and something to live for when I needed it most and for that I will be forever grateful. Without your help‚ bravery and compassion I don’t think that I would be alive today. I cannot thank you enough; there are no words for this. As I lay in that dark‚ cold hole‚ naked and emaciated I had lost all hold
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Does Michele learn that adults are not to be trusted or relied upon? At the beginning of this novel the reader is introduced to an innocent and seemingly normal child. The story really starts when Michele discovers a boy in a whole. Michele doesn’t find anyone to help this helpless boy but rather keeps it a secret; something that he has found to keep for himself. This boy in the whole eventually tells a story to Michele (not in words) that people around him are not what they seem. People who he thinks
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I’m Not Scared explores the playful and volatile world of childhood through the eyes of nine-year-old Michele‚ who is forced‚ again and again‚ to make the hard choices that will define his character. As the book opens‚ he must choose between helping his younger sister or winning a race. Later‚ he must choose between letting his friend Barbara be humiliated or taking the punishment himself. And as the novel approaches its stunning climax‚ he must choose between obeying his father and fulfilling the
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Intro Set In the scorching summer of 1978 in the fictional village of Aqua Treverse‚ southern Italy. The novel Im Not Scared written by Niccolo Ammaniti‚ Portrays the life of a nine-year-old Italian boy Michele who lives with his younger sister Maria and his mother and father. Michele ponders upon an abducted‚ young boy of similar age who is chained up in a hovel. Throughout certain experiences and numerous occurrences during his eventful summer such as the revelation of his secret regarding Fillipo
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In Nicolò Ammaniti’s novel‚ ’I’m Not Scared’‚ the effects of fear is demonstrated multiple times. The words ’Fear’ and ’Scared’ are synonyms; they are very similar yet different depending on the context which follows them. Almost as if they are reciprocating the title‚ the character share similar aspects depending on the fear which follows them. The fear of a bleak‚ poverty filled future following the adults‚ cause them to become violent‚ reckless and panic-stricken. As the monster-like future quickly
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“Papa is the bogeyman.” Is Pino Amitrano an evil man? In the novel I’m Not Scared‚ Pino Amitrano is portrayed as the villain who committed a heinous crime and betrayed his son. Pino was a man of principles and integrity who loved his family whole heartedly‚ yet somehow he was overcome by greed and fear which prompted him to do malicious acts which made him evil man. Through various events that took place in the novel‚ Niccolo Amanniti showed how he descended into darkness enabling him to commit
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William Shakespeare once said‚“I must be cruel only to be kind; thus bad begins‚ and worse remains behind” (Hamlet 3.4.14-17). Those same words can be applied to the iconic American novel‚ Beloved. From the start of her story‚ Toni Morrison makes it apparent that slavery haunts the residents of 124‚ as the cruel institution has characterized their identities from the day they were born. Cruelty is constantly present in the relationship dynamic of Beloved and Sethe‚ who share a twisted relationship
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Is Michele a flawless (无瑕疵的; 无裂缝的; 无缺点的)hero? Stacey As far as I am concerned‚ Michele isn’t a flawless hero. Nobody is completely perfect. Although Michele has strong moral convictions‚ the entire community of Aqua Traverse does not have. He also has his own defect‚ such as his greedy (for) things and disloyalty and betrayal to filippo. At the beginning of story‚ when Michele discovers Filippo‚ he doesn’t show any normal feelings. He just think the boy in the hole is his because he finds
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The Kite Runner Explore how Khaled Hosseini presents descriptions of cruelty in the novel. You should focus in detail on one or two episodes. In your answer you should consider; Language choices and Narrative viewpoint. The novel `The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini explores and involves many themes. One of the key themes in this novel is that of Cruelty and Violence. An obvious element within this theme is how Hosseini addresses and explains the horrendous invasion that evolves Afghanistan. It
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Cruelty plays a pivotal role in main characters as they progress and mature throughout the plot and development of the story. In the epistolary classic‚ The Color Purple‚ author Alice Walker documents Celie’s experience from cruelty by her Georgia neighborhood‚ the people most closest to her‚ and the societal structure that impacts each of the characters. After being sent to marital consent by her stepfather‚ Alphonso‚ without her will‚ the fragile protagonist engages in friendships with powerful-minded
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