Billy Zane

Billy is a twenty one year old boy that always loves to help people. At this ege he has not gotten into any problems or caused harm to others, not only that but he is well known and admired wherever he goes. "On shore he was a champion; afloat the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost." He will never start an argument or even have any defense against bad people like Claggart, which was a very hateful man. By being a good person, he does not see the bad side of others, this brings

And Hitler turned into a baby, Billy Pilgrim supposed. That wasn't in the movie. Billy was extrapolating. Everybody turned into a baby, and all humanity, without exception, conspired biologically to produce two perfect people named Adam and Eve, he supposed.” (ch 4. p 74-75. lines 26-12). This scene, that makes Billy go back to a time before the war, implies that to prevent the war from ever happening, you would have to travel

Thematic Essay on Beowulf: A New Telling In medieval literature, imagery found in similes and metaphors display the ongoing conflict between light and dark. This figurative language represents the outside world and how no one is perfect. Robert Nye’s Beowulf: A New Telling is no exception. Beowulf, is an imperfect hero and this makes him more relatable on a mortal standpoint. But instead of wallowing in his flaws, Beowulf uses his weaknesses to make himself a stronger person. He is unlike other

society. My four texts are Mother’s love your sons by glenn Colquhoun, Billy elliot directed by stephen daldry, Big brother little sister by witi Ihimaera and Captain fantastic directed By matt ross and viggo mortensen. Mother love your sons enforces the idea of safe stereotypes and how it impacts belonging in society. The idea of male stereotype afflicted on belonging in society is further developed, interestingly, in the film “Billy elliot” What “mothers love your sons” demonstrates is how safe stereotypes

3. The genre of Slaughterhouse-Five is science fiction. 4. Slaughterhouse-Five takes place in Germany during the 1940s and in the fictional town, “Ilium,” New York. One recurring setting that comes up throughout the novel is the hospital. 5. 6. -Billy Pilgrim, an optometry student and is drafted into the army in 1944. He fights in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II where he gets stuck over the enemy lines and he begins to start jumping around time to random moments in his life. -He gets taken

First Chapter: Billy Sunday- • Protagonist of the story • Had to go to an orphan home with his brother • Loves his mom very much • Father died in military a few weeks after his birth Ed Sunday- • William’s older brother by 2 years • He had a good friendship with Billy • Loved his mom very much • Leader and helped Billy First chapter of ‘Billy Sunday’ The first chapter of Billy Sunday gives us an insight of the early childhood of Billy Sunday. Billy and Ed Sunday departed on a train from Ames

JD Salinger was born Jerome David Salinger on January 1st, 1919 in New York. JD was shipped off to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania. JD later went to an elite private high school, New York University, and later to Columbia University. In November of 1941 JD sold a story called “Slight Rebellion off Madison” to the New Yorker but wasn’t featured in the magazine until after 1946 due to the war breaking out and taking the editorial needs away from Salinger’s story. Salinger was actually

Do you think billy the kid (Henry McCarty Jr.) took a stand?Most people wouldn't think he does because he kills and he robs places. But that’s why because people don't see the good side of him like how he stood up for his boss or how when he stole butter as a kid he did it for his city. Billy the Kid moved to Arizona briefly before joining up with a gang of gunfighters called The Boys to fight in the Lincoln County War. Known as “The Kid” Billy switched to the opposition to fight with John Tunstall

Billy the Kid was born William Henry McCarty Junior. on November 13, 1859 in New York, New York. William was a healthy baby with a happy life for a short period of time. It is thought that when William was very, very young his father, William Henry McCarty either died or left William and his Mom. A few years later, William’s mom, Catherine McCarty married Williams stepfather, William Antrim. Billy the Kid had a brother, Joseph McCarty, who went with Jo for short, but it is unknown whether he was

Time Warp Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter- House- Five is a gut wrenching anti-war book that follows the life of Billy Pilgrim through extensive time travels that extend through the most fatal war in history, through the loss of loved ones, through Adventures to Alien planets and to visits to Billy's own death. The end result is a beautiful breathtaking novel that manipulates time to illustrate death as a fals villian created by humans and society and instead paints death as a beautiful new beginning