The Dead Girl

“Yes?” the girl asked, allowing the boy to speak. “What happens if we break the rules?” the boy questioned. “Death. You will be killed, but only if you don’t follow the rules. Everything will be fine as long as you play along,” the girl replied, nonchalantly. Every conversation cut off. The children all became mute, stunned at the term the girl had used so loosely. Death. They hadn’t heard it much, but they understood that it was a topic that should not often be discussed. Not one child dare to

To what extent are the protagonists of ‘Atonement’ and ‘The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead’ similar and different? In times of struggle, people can be in quite different situations but still come to similar conclusions. Authors Ian McEwan and Paul Elwork, push their protagonists to extremes in their stories but come to a similar conclusion: that to move on in their lives they need to find forgiveness. Briony Tallis in Ian McEwan’s novel ‘Atonement’ leads her family through a long period of denial

begin to gain national recognition and they soon realize that there are two other bands also gaining recognition using the same name.( The other two bands were the Velvet Underground and ZZ Top). They decide they need a new name and find the Grateful Dead when Jerry flipped open a book and pointed to the page. Once he saw it, it just made sense. The name was about karma, honor, compassion, and keeping promises. Mcnally claims it “Implied layers and layers of depth, unique among all rock band names

of a dead girl, now a preserved piece of history, who was supposedly killed for committing adultery in Germany. In the dark, dramatic, and historical poem “Punishment” by Seamus Heaney, he uses overt words and phrasing, internal rhyme, as well as alliteration, metaphors, and other literary devices to uncover the brutality, injustice, and chilling exposedness of the murder of the young girl, who is the subject of the piece. In the introduction of the poem, Heaney paints the picture of the girl as if

this short story "The Dead" by James Joyce, we can tell the protagonist is Gabriel. Throughout the story we get to see an insight of Gabriel's character. Some of those insights of Gabriel's that we can tell of the character is that he is dead and visiting this girl. There are several more imagery and literary devices that help us understand who Gabriel is as a character. I mentioned Gabriel not being alive. The reason I believe this is because not only does the title "Tye Dead" give us a clue, but

can learn of Victor Frankenstein’s vindictive scientific experiments and ways. One of his main experiments is when he discovered how to revive dead body parts. He tests and pokes, prods even, on a these dead body parts, which used to be someone’s arm or foot, just for fame and for the discovery so great in his eyes that is. Was disrespecting the dead really worth all that? What he did in his experiments, was it ethical is the real question though. When taking in all the factors, we can say he

especially on television. Stereotypes are often enforced throughout advertising, whether or not people admit it. Toy commercials, for example, always have a bias with regard to gender. Dolls are said to be “girl toys” while trucks are “boy toys”. The differences in the commercials are astounding – little girls dance around in pink dresses playing with their Bitty Babies listening to soft music, while little boys are covered in mud with the voice of a macho man coming from the background

The power that was in Jesus was enough to make the dead obey him and cause a woman to be healed just by touching his clothes, and beyond that, he sent that power to reside in all of his believers. Mark wanted his readers to understand that faith is what Jesus was ministering to people. Faith is the fundamental

Cruel Twist Of Fate? Almost every single girl out there in the world might think about Prince Charming once or twice in their life. The classic guy with the devilishly handsome looks and the kind heart, but most importantly the “true love.” Nine times out of ten girls don't get their Prince Charming, let alone “true love.” Some people think that what they have is true love, but if that were true, would it die off in five years and result in divorce? Even though there can be a reasonable argument

moment that Paul sees the movie Top Hat at the nursing home where he lived as an elderly man, the story of the Green Mile begins and it continues along one path as he told Elaine Connelly a piece of his old life, and the story of John Coffey and the two dead