everywhere between the two. Eddie’s wife‚ Marguerite‚ is dead before the novel begins. She died when they were in their late forties from a brain tumor. The story flashes back to the days they spent together and shows them together in the afterlife. She is also a very dynamic character. There are very few settings in this novel that can actually be described. The first would be Ruby Pier. Right on the ocean‚ this amusement park was one with the usual attractions‚ such as bumper cars and roller coasters
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Title: The five people you meet in heaven Author: Mitch Albom Summary: The book starts with an elderly man named Eddie who works as the head of maintenance at an amusement park called Ruby Pier. Eddie is able to perform this job despite leg injuries he received as a soldier during [World War II]. On Eddie’s birthday‚ one of the amusement park rides malfunctions because of a damaged cable and stops halfway through the ride. Two of the staff at Ruby Pier are able to rescue the passengers on the
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Nothing Like You Nicole Mealey English 9 Mrs. Natoli October 31‚ 2011 In the book “Nothing Like You‚” Lauren Strasnick constructs the theme of the story about keeping secrets. This was supported by several passages in the book. The plot was also about how keeping secrets can backfire and cause friendships to end and relationships to become much more complex. After Holly lost her virginity to the popular Paul Bennet‚
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As You Like It - the Play As You Like It is considered by many to be one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies‚ and the heroine‚ Rosalind‚ is praised as one of his most inspiring characters and has more lines than any of Shakespeare’s female characters. Rosalind‚ the daughter of a banished duke falls in love with Orlando the disinherited son of one of the duke’s friends. When she is banished from the court by her usurping uncle‚ Duke Frederick ‚ Rosalind switches genders and as Ganymede travels with
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Belonging is a fundamental human need in As You Like It‚ which Shakespeare deals with through the central aspects of belonging to place and relationships. In As You Like It people’s connection to the court and nature are contrasted‚ as the court is a place of corruption and the forest a place of harmony. The characters experience exclusion and a disconnection from the court‚ so come to find happiness and acceptance in the forest. Shakespeare explores the relationships to friends‚ family and love
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satisfied with his story－Malvolio. Unlike the protagonist‚ Viola‚ Malvolio doesn’t disguise himself in an opposite gender in the play. Still‚ he stands out in a much more different way. Being in a cozenage set by Maria‚ the tricky woman‚ Malvolio turns from the detestable party pooper into an overacting party king. Being treated badly‚ Malvolio encounters the humiliating situation in his life‚ which arouses the readers’ sympathy. However‚ his puritan manner and speech truly spoil the gleeful atmosphere
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Rosalind‚ Oliver with Celia‚ Silvius with Phebe and Touchtone with Audrey. It is expected that these pairs of lovers will lead a mature‚ balanced and suitable life. In ‘As You Like It’ Shakespeare takes different aspects of love between lovers and between the friends. Shakespeare has borrowed the cliché of “love at first sight” from Marlowe’s ‘Hero and Leander’ (“whoever loved who loved not at first sight”). Rosalind is banished by her uncle. She comes to the forest of Arden. Here all lovers are united
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camp called Valley Forge‚ it was 18 miles outside of Philadelphia. Valley Forge wasn’t the best place for you to live it was very hard‚ but the sacrifices were worth it. If you were in Washington’s army would you quit? I wouldn’t quit Washington’s army because it says that there is a high chance to get sick but a low chance to actually die from sickness‚ also Washington is getting supplies from the Congressman because the supplies are low‚ Dr. Waldo and other soldiers stayed‚ and finally General Washington
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If I could interview anyone‚ who would it be? Jesus If I could interview anyone‚ dead or alive‚ it would have to be Jesus. I would want to interview him because he was a man different from you and I. He was the son of God‚ a man without sins. Being of the Christian faith‚ there are many questions that are unanswered concerning God‚ Heaven‚ and the Bible. What impresses me is how he endured the hostility that came to him without going sour on people. How could he do it? The Bible indicates his never
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someone choose who is in their heaven? Are they remembered from when they are alive or are they people that affected their timeline? What if it was much simpler than that? Suppose each person could choose what their heaven looks like and who was there. In the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven and in the poem “Thanatopsis”‚ there are two different views of heaven but a similar idea that all people will be there. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom and “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen
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