The Invention Of Hugo Cabret By Brian Selznick

The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez is about a boy named Francisco (Panchito) and his family. The book starts off when they are in Mexico but they cross the border to California for a better life as migrant workers. They pack up and move each season to find work and to pick in different farms. They never relax or be energetic because they always pick and they never stay in one spot to call it home.

When a written text is read, the reader can only imagine what is happening and often doesn’t extract a vast amount of emotion. However, with the illustrations and words working together in The Invention of Hugo Cabret, it allows the reader to witness and experience all emotions the characters encounter.

In “The Interlopers,” Ulrich von Gradwitz and George Znaeym are descendants of wealthy families, who have been in dispute over some land for some years.In Ulrich’s grandfather’s time, his family used the court to seize the land from the neighboring Znaeym family, who the Gradwitzs believed illegally possessed the land. The Znaeyms never accepted the court’s decision, and have continued to hunt in the forest patch. Georg continues to hunt on the strip of land at the edge of Ulrich’s forest because he believes it should still belong to his family.

The Cask of Amontillado is the story of and envious man by the name of Montresor who has devised a plan to kill one of his long term friends Fortunato. Montresor devised this plan in the beginning of the story after Fortunato had pulled one joke to many while at a party surrounded by many of their close friends. Montresor while at the party remained calm however while still laughing and cheering with Fortunato he started to develop his plot to get his revenge on Fortunato. In the story Montresor while plotting his crime says, “I had to keep my true feelings to myself for not only must I punish but punish with impunity” (Poe). While Montresor plans the murder of Fortunato, Fortunato is simply enjoying life and his wealth. During carnival Montresor sees a drunk Fortunato and ceases his opportunity. A drunk Fortunato walks over to Montresor and gives him a friendly greeting. Montresor sees this as an opportunity to take Fortunato away from the festivities by using both his weakness for wine and his pride against him. Montresor does this by tricking Fortunato into thinking that he had recently brought a cask of Amontillado and he needed Luchesi to distinguish if it was actually Amontillado. Fortunato, who feels that he is the best wine tester in all of Italy quickly replies, “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry” (Poe) . Montresor knowing the pride and arrogance of Fortunato then says, “"And yet some fools will have it that his taste is a match for your own." (Poe) . That

As the great philosopher Heraclitus once said, “There is nothing permanent but change.” In “The Circuit” by Francisco Jiménez- set in America around the 1960’s- a young boy named Panchito (‘Franky’), his brother, younger siblings, and mother and father are shown overcoming draining circumstances and appalling housing situations that could at best be described as ‘fit for a pig.’ His family came from Mexico, but moved to America to start a new life and to hopefully earn more money through farming. Jiménez explains the many hardships of his life through descriptions of temporary, termite infested, hole filled living spaces and long, tiring hours of physical labor under the sun that in return earned him less than twenty dollars a day. Panchito,

The otherness is the result of a process in which one dominant group constructs and emphasises the difference between them and one or several other groups to show superiority and the inferiority of the other, whether the difference itself is real or imagined, presented a negation of identity and therefore giving motive for discrimination. Difference belongs to the realm of fact and otherness to the realm of discourse. Sex is difference, there is in fact an unmistakable difference, however gender is said to be otherness that it resides in the realm of discourse, debate and discussion.

Some people believe that lies will always be bitter in the end, no matter how sweet you make them in the beginning. In William Gass’ The Tunnel, he expounds the validity of this belief by taking the reader on an emotionally evolving journey, as he recounts the self-realization of a young boy, who’s frightening lie unravels in front of not only his own eyes, but also the readers. Gass successfully enriches this story with striking imagery, symbolism, and comparisons; exposing how no matter how sweet you make a lie in the beginning, it will always turn bitter in the end.

The Captivity of Knowledge     In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, being trapped in his own desire for knowledge breeds Victor’s unhappiness. Contrary that knowledge breeds happiness and understanding of everything, the acquisition of knowledge “poisons the cup of life” for Victor, isolating himself from all other aspects of his life and the world revolving around him.     As a man who desires the acquisition of knowledge, Victor motivates himself to understand his current experiment or creation, and create a cause in which he has developed extensively. Victor’s constant recurring characteristic is his persistent drive which is ultimately the main factor of any cause Victor creates. Through determination, Victor pursues his goals not

William Zinsser is an American writer who wrote an informational guide to writing. He made a decision to revise a specific chapter called Simplicity. In the year 1980, the first version of Simplicity was created, then came 1998 followed up by 2006.

“The Red Convertible” is short story written by Louis Erdrich. This is story of two Native American brothers, Lyman Lamartine (narrator) and Henry (protagonist), and their growing bond as brothers. Lyman has a talent to make money, but he decides to go on a trip with his brother Henry when the tornado destroy the Joliet café that he owned. Along with his brother, he bought red Old’s Mobile convertible together, which they travel many different places from North Dakota through to Alaska and back. Throughout these trips, brothers build good bond and spent great time traveling. Unfortunately, Henry is drafted into the Vietnam War and comes back with broken soul. In order to convey the central idea of the story, Erdrich uses setting, conflict, and symbolism to represents bond and struggles between the brothers.

form, Archie is a bully who gets away with everything he does. The only person who

This image is a flashback from Hugo's mind. It shows that Hugo's father, can't stop thinking about the automaton even at work. In the picture, Selznick has cleverly managed to convey the mood of Hugo's father. Selznick produces this by using, body language and facial expression, which is my first criteria. He draws the character to show that Hugo’s father is absorbed in what he is doing, which shows his passion towards his job and the automaton. His body language is portrayed in the way he handles the mechanical part in his hands. As you can see he is handling the part delicately indicating that it is fragile. This also shows that Hugo's father is a very skilled but kind and caring person.

After religious strife declined, educated men started to write plays. Pierre Corneille wrote Le Cid, which was a tragedy based on a Spanish play. Cardinal Richelieu had the French Academy to judge the play, and they got to the conclusion that it was a bad neoclassical tragedy. Jean Racine then wrote Phaedra, which is considered the best neoclassical tragedy and is based on Greeks. Moliere, whose real name was Jean Baptiste Poquelin, was an actor and playwright. In 1660 he was the leader of his own theatrical group. He was the author of most of the plays that the troupe performed. At Louis XIV´s court he established his troupe. They acted adopting an elegant language and verbal form. After French Playwriting period ended, Corneille and Racine

What can I say about privacy that most people do not already know? People understand privacy as the right to be left alone, security of personal information, control of public and private information etc. Privacy may at times be taken for granted as many may not think of it as something that can be taken from them or used to watch them. Michel Foucault and Charles Montesquieu were two French philosophers that even though lived in two different eras shared with the world their theories regarding the privacy of citizens and the government’s invasions over privacy. Both Foucault and Montesquieu have positive and negative opinions on the effects of privacy on the people and the ways governments use their power to exploit privacy laws. This paper

The period between the wars was a very difficult time in Germany. The currency was enormously depreciated and there were extreme poverty, depression, and political instability. When the Nazis took power in 1933, horror was their method of achieving their goals. Fear and violence became very common among a society that was still in shock after the First World War. In the book The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink, one of the main themes is a conflict with the inner-self. This is seen throughout the book when Michael is young and indecisive between spending time with Hanna or his new friends, when Hanna is on trial and does not know whether to confess her illiteracy or accept being declared guilty, and finally when an older Michael is trying to decide on whether he should save Hanna or respect her dignity.