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    the novel may be found in North of Boston. Taken together the poems in the anthology resemble a novel in its variety of themes.( It comes very close to the genre popularly known as the verse novel. In a verse novel the story is told in verse instead of prose.) Frost’s is the story of the people of the countryside engaged in an interaction with Nature and society in the Northern part of Boston. ‘Mending Wall’, the first poem of the collection, takes us to a rural world where two people contradict

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    first novel by Afghan-American author published in 2003 by riverhead books. Khaled hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved novelists in the world. It tells a story about Amir, a young boy from Kabul Afghanistan and his closest friend, Hassan. The story is set during the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. The story debates about betrayal and shame that hunts Amir and his father. The consequences of their mistakes leave them with regret and shame for the rest of their lives. Baba was

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    pictures, so it did not really occur to me what she had sent until I was lying in bed and I finally opened the message backup. I skipped the page, and I noticed it was piece written about characters from a show we both enjoyed, and as I read this story, I noticed how poorly written it was. In the back of my mind, I told myself “Even you could do better than this”, and I felt the slightest burn of confidence in the pit of my stomach, a feeling I had never felt before. That night I opened up the wordpad

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    Jackson, Mississippi, is the home to many audacious minded folks, and amid the sea of offensively opinionated white women, Minny Jackson stands out. Minny is black woman who like most, in the early 1960’s, is one of the help. Though being a maid is quite monotonous, Minny finds ways to make things precariously exciting. Due to Minny’s assertive nature she often struggles to keep her attitude from submerging throughout every aspect of the day. Although She is prone to cause mischief, her best friend

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    Divergent Book 4

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    The book Four is apart of the Divergent collection. The narrator of the book is Tobias Eaton. He lives in a world where there are five different factions; Abnegation, Erudite, Candor, Dauntless, and Amity. He is from Abnegation and Marcus Eaton is his father and also the faction leader. Underneath all the selfless acts and obedient behavior to the people of his faction Marcus abuses his wife and son. He keeps Tobias out of public eye more days than not in order to his his secret and his reputation

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    of long takes, depth of field shooting in order associate people or objects; Expressionism, the use of lighting techniques, severe camera angles, and elaborate props, to name a few aspects; and realism, a technique to make the action seem as true to life as possible. The list of techniques and styles of cinematic language go on, and can only be limited by the imagination. Early films, and early sound films both had something in common; they lacked many elements of the cinematic language. The reason

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    Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life, Manga comic-party-poster Summary: Just when high school nears the close, a Japanese student named Kazuki and his girlfriend, is pulled by his scheming best friend Taishi into the world of fan comics. As Kazuki’s obsession with finishing his comic in time for the next convention threatens his schoolwork and his relationships, he must decide how he will use his time or risk losing Mizuki. STORY – 4.1 Tragically, it has been a long time since I watched the show, and

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    shot from a car. His unique style has allowed many people to fall in love with his films and patiently await the next one. The first example of his style is his use of meaningless and innocent dialogue. This use of dialogue does not progress the story in anyway, but it somehow ends up making the characters more human and relatable. This style of dialogue is also extremely hard

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    characters. Every character is written creatively; even the one-off minor characters have a special flair to them. The interactions between these characters are what drive the story and create this vast universe. Ultimately, Luke Skywalker is the main character of the original Star Wars trilogy. The three films tell his story and journey of becoming a Jedi Knight. Starting out as a naive young boy, throughout the course of the films Luke Skywalker matures into a full fledged Jedi Knight who is tasked

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    to remind you of that. Rather, I'm here to gripe and complain about other people with no influence on my life whatsoever, just like a model citizen is supposed to. If you have a problem with that, reflect on your contributions to society; and when you finish scraping around your empty skull, you might just find it harder to lower the barrel this time. The first and most obvious fact of life when it comes to high school relationships, is that the connection between you and your supposed partner

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