The Penultimate Peril

In this journal, I will be characterizing Klaus. I characterized him as being both intelligent and quite knowledgeable about literature. To begin with, Klaus is quite intelligent and wise. For example, when the Baudelaires are at the hotel they need to keep hidden, so they decide to go undercover as concierges. Being as wise as he is, when ever Klaus would be confronted by someone he would always respond as vaguely as possible to conceal his identity. When Frank or Ernest asked him who he was he

Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are the ages of fourteen, twelve, and an infant of an unspecified age. They each have their own specific things they enjoy and are gifted in. Violet loves inventing things and she’s always thinking of some creative invention. The middle child, Klaus, is very intellectual and loves books. Sunny, being very small, loves to bite things with her tiny sharp teeth. Their very rich parents die in a fire that burns down their house. Mr. Poe, a banker who is friends

A rhetorial similarity between The Penultimate Peril and The Hitchiker’s Guide is both texts argue that cause and effect have a cycle that keeps going and certain things led to something and than back again. Peoples actions determine the different outcomes that a person decides to do. Than the

persecuted did, in the fresh woods of the West. These were Gothic monsters, though perhaps of Grecian ancestry. (Hawthorne, 1145) This is further reinforced by Hawthorne’s emphasis on fear by using it as a theme on the story’s climax. In the story’s penultimate scene, where the revelry ends, Hawthorne establishes a gloomy and fearful ambiance. Yes, with the setting sun, the last day of mirth had passed from Merry Mount. The ring of gay masquers was disordered and broken; the stag lowered his antlers

of unmatched scientific superiority comes into conflict with the course of nature, ultimately leading to his own destruction and death. On the other hand, “Diving into the Wreck” deals with the exercise of revisiting history in order to assess the perils of exploration and to seek necessary knowledge of past errors and misguided actions. The universal issue of exploration and discovery is emphasised in Frankenstein with metaphorical representation. Walton’s polar expedition which eventually

When reading the very long series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, I have found that there are multiple characters that peak my interests when reading and are very rememberable. From a woman who only likes things that are “in”, to a dastardly Count, and to the news reporter that ruins the main trio’s lives. But I have found that my favorite character is one of the three main characters, Sunny Baudelaire. I feel like she is a very fun character, and that one of her new hobbies is something I can relate

A Shocking Vision “When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs as you do, you can relax a little and use more normal means of talking to it; when you have to assume that it does not, then you have to make your vision apparent by shock, to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind, you draw large and startling figures.” This a quote that found by Flannery O’Malley that captures why I am so in awe of the way she writes. As she states, in her essay from her book, “Mystery

Censorship comes in many different forms and has its own meaning to every individual. Censorship refers to the suppressing of information, ideas or opinions and can be seen from on screen to in print. Specifically, booking banning has been one of the most controversial forms of censorship. For as long as books have been printed, censors argue over the ideas and misconceptions that are presented in them. Books are often attacked because they are the perfect way to expose new ideas and to attack old

sibling in life’s family” (Kowalski 15). We may be a separate branch on the family tree, but our roots sprouted from the same seed. To put ourselves at the top of the “great chain of being,” the hierarchical structure used to categorize humans as the penultimate creation of a divine force, in no way separates us completely from the chains “lower” forms of life. Kowalski in “The Souls of Animals,” acknowledges “we need other creatures to tell us who we are” (p.132). Our humanity is shaped by observing and

Abby Yates Stukel AP Language and Composition 19 October 2014 The Harry Potter series is arguably the most well known sequence of books and movies of all time. Harry, a heroic wizard, is portrayed as a Christ figure throughout the series, assisting friends, family, and strangers before himself. He is also marked by the wound of another with a scar, and that disfigurement defines him as a person to those who may be unfamiliar to him. He possesses some of the qualities of another fictional character