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    discovery’s have the ability to challenge beliefs and aspects of the human experience. The Tempest follows the story of a farther (Prospero) and daughter (Miranda) who live isolated on an un-colonised island, when suddenly a ship wrecked crew take refuge on the island. During this process we discover the blossoming relationship between the sheltered Miranda who had never see another man in her life and Ferdinand one of the ship wrecked crew and follow as they fall in love. Gwen Harwood's poem Barn Owl (written

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    sixth-grade girl, Miranda and her mother are preparing for an appearance on the fame show $20,000 Pyramid. Stead describes the novel in which Miranda is writing a letter to an unnamed “you”. “You” has sent her letters which describe about the game show and is able to predict Miranda’s future. However, “You” is still a mystery to Miranda and us. Miranda spends her days in New York City with her mom. A Germany lawyer named Richard is her mom’s boyfriend who regularly visits Miranda and her mom at their

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    Clarissa's Way of Death In Clarissa, Samuel Richardson finds "an exemplar to her sex." But her story does not provide a model to live by, as such a qualification may lead one to expect. Only in the afterlife does Clarissa presumably receive what she deserves. The life suggested by her example is untenable. Clarissa's death is the inevitable result of her unrealistic, unimpeachable virtue ­ a virtue that is defined less by what she does than by what she will permit. Her death serves not

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    Ralph rolled out onto the beach where the water meets the sand. All he could do was pray to God that something would save him - a ship, a plane, a helicopter, anything. He looked up and saw nothing but the blue sky. The savages rushed toward Ralph. He did not run or try to fight. He knew his fate and could only embrace it. He lay on the sand and waited. Jack stood over Ralph with a satisfied grin on his face. He turned and faced his Hunters. "Everyone! This is what we 've waited for all day. We

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    really struck with him, due to it being masculine, was when a soldier was injured by a machine gun, and he managed to carry the soldier to safety and save his life. Little did many know, he also found and married his first love during the war, Hadley Richardson. This was the first time that he actually began to not fear and actually trust a woman. This eventually branches off to more problems with women and even commitment, for he is married 3 more times after Hadley. “Deep in Ernest… was a mistrust and

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    Samuel Richardson is an English writer who published during 18th century. He is famious for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753). Richardson’s career was unusual for literature. He started to write when he was fifty years old but his creativity was still young. The History of Mrs. Beaumont is Richardson’s last novel but it is unfinished. It is the story of a lady‚ whom „his

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    The lights flickered. Creeek!! BANG!! The classroom door swung open and in came a short, skinny, ghoul with blood oozing from his mouth. He snatched the closest kid to him and ripped a chunk out of his shoulder. With blood gushing everywhere and screams swelling the room, Mia realized it was Linny that the ghoul snatched. She knew she was next. It was about ten minutes before school had to start. Hardly anyone came to school that day because there was a rumor going around that there was going

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    Whenever there is a time when it is just kids in a room and no adults, it gets hectic very fast and most of the time turns into utter chaos. What do you do in a time of chaos? Some people become leaders and others become followers. In the book the Lord of the Flies the kids are faced with struggling to survive, and what roles they will be playing as they are on the island. The kids desire for popularity and power gets a little out of hand and the kids feel peer pressure to submit to these power crazed

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    Middle Easterners are caught at other points of entry, and not just the U.S.-Mexico border. This does show a significant paranoia that many Americans have. This paranoia can lead to Americans supporting increased border protection. Governor’s Richardson, Napolitano, and Mr. Buchanan all share a similar point of view regarding more security on our border. Not all Americans share this opinion. Jason Reilly is an editor at the Washington Post. He supports immigration when it is done legally.

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    I was just playing with the little-uns you see. They are the best at playing boar. If they get hurt, what that matter. It's not like do anything useful anyway. We tried to get Ralph to play with us, but he was too busy sulking in the corner. He said that our boar-game is dangerous and someone could get hurt. Pfft! He's starting to sound more like Piggy every day. After a while, we see that it's beginning to get dark. I wanted to keep playin' but Ralph says that we should head near the fire, for

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