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    Summary Of ' The Grinch '

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    Biography The Grinch is a creature called a What because no one knew what he was. He was born and dropped to Whoville, where all the Whos lived, in a basket like all the rest of the babies. However, unlike them he had green skin and green fur all over his body. He was taken in by a couple of females who acted like parents to him. He grew up and went to school and was indifferent to the Christmas holiday that was seen as a sacred holiday by all. At the age of eight years old he was starting to accept

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    The Grinch is not guilty of the charges brought against him. He should not be accused to doing anything wrong. He has great character. The Grinch just wanted to be left alone and he wanted to be all to himself. He stayed away from others on the mountains. One example of how the grinch had goodness in his heart is when he saved Cindy Loo. He made sure she didn’t get hurt at all. Cindy Loo fell into the present wrapping machine and the Grinch saved her from getting hurt. When Cindy Loo was on top

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    example, when the Grinch disguises himself and goes into town to cause mischief it shows he has an overpowering ID. He operates on the pleasure of hurting others and feeling short bursts of gratification when

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    It is easier to understand “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” by using the Psychoanalytic school of critic to analyze it. Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory actually helps with understanding why the Grinch hates christmas and why he behaves the way he does. Freud believed that our unconscious mind was influenced by childhood events. Freud believes that our personality is made of three things; the id, ego, and superego. The id is the unconscious part that has our needs, and instincts. The ego is

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    The importance of symbolism creates the many representations of ideas and stories. Symbolism portrayed throughout Dr. Seuss’s poems include The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Green Eggs and Ham. Dr. Seuss writes youthful poems with the ability to capture deeper meanings as a reader advances. In the Cat In The hat poem there are two very distinctive roles that change meaning with the age of the reader. The Cat influences the kids in the

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    Grinch Stole Christmas

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    recieved a laminated name tag I wrote my name to many times to count till I perfected the writing. 2 When I began reading i’d received a Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas. 3. Soon after after I was learning my number in both Spanish along English. 4. One day at my aunts she was painting her nails a pinkish shell color, i learned how to paint my nails from her. 5. During 2nd grade we began learning cursive which for a time I became obsessed with for a long time ot didn't help when I noticed

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    characterizations and referred to in similar connotations. Grendel is called names, referred to as being evil, and viewed as a monster. As noticed in all three works, Grendel is simply a reject of society. . Gardner's Grendel displays how Grendel has no other companions except for his mother; leading him to have a lonely and miserable life. This displays the

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    person´s birthday comes around does he/she ever wonder what happened on his/her birthday before he/she was even thought of? Do they ever wonder about the special events that happened on that day besides their birth? I was astonished to have found out how much had happened on October 19. I was born on October 19, 2000. My parents are Billy and Teresa Summerlin. I was born in Mission Hospital on a Thursday morning. It was fifty- eight degrees and it was dark outside. My doctor was Dr. David Cobb, and

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    person´s birthday comes around does he/she ever wonder what happened on his/her birthday before he/she was even thought of? Do they ever wonder about the special events that happened on that day besides their birth? I was astonished to have found out how much had happened on October 19. I was born on October 19, 2000. My parents are Billy and Teresa Summerlin. I was born in Mission Hospital on a Thursday morning. It was fifty- eight degrees and it was dark outside. My doctor was Dr. David Cobb, and

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    learned that irony is meant to take all of our expectations and make them kind of turn against us. In literature we focus more n situational and dramatic irony. Irony is a deflection of expectations. My first example that relates to this chapter is “How

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