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    Essay: In Robert Cormier’s novel, We All Fall Down, is a young-adult thriller that explores the evil side of humanity through a number of corrupt characters. Cormier, to a large extent, accurately depicts manipulative and dishonest behaviour whilst also showing the evil lurking within the prominent characters of Harry Flowers, Buddy Walker and Mickey Stallings who showcase the dark side of humanity. Cormier explores this through Harry Flower’s manipulative actions that result in the suffering of

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    In Robert Cormier’s novel, We All Fall Down, is a young-adult thriller that explores the evil side of humanity through a number of corrupt characters. Cormier, to a large extent, accurately depicts manipulative and dishonest behaviour whilst also showing the evil lurking within the prominent characters of Harry Flowers, Buddy Walker and Mickey Stallings who showcase the dark side of humanity. Cormier explores this through Harry Flower’s manipulative actions that result in the suffering of others

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    Banned or challenged books are books that are deemed as inappropriate for the audience. According to the website Nndb.com, the author of Tenderness who is Robert Cormier was born January 17, 1925, Leominister, Massachusetts and died on November 2, 2000 in Boston Massachusetts(“Robert”). According to Users.wpi.edu, “He first wrote a poem in sixth grade; a nun encouraged him to write.” Additionally it states, ”His mother always encouraged him to write and she would read his works without criticizing

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    We All Fall Down “Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down.” This nursery rhyme and We All Fall Down are alike in a way. They both result in the falling of dead bodies as they land on the ground, now corpses. The book We All Fall Down was banned due to its violence and vandalism (Sova 2; We All Fall Down); the occurring sexual content (Marshall University Libraries 1); and the alcoholic references and profanity (Cormier; occurring theme) that haunt its pages

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    Robert Cormier’s novel, We All Fall Down, is a young-adult thriller that exposes the malicious nature of the human condition through characters that display evil, manipulative and sometimes dishonest behavior. Cormier explores this black reality through a variety of themes and characters. He portrays the darker side of humanity through the corrupt and manipulative character of Harry Flower. Through the immoral choices of the flawed protagonist Buddy Walker Cormier illustrates destructive behaviors

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    Robert Cormier was born on January 17th, 1925. He was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. His parents were Lucien Joseph and Irma M. Cormier. Robert was the second of his eight siblings. When he was a child he enjoyed reading books and staying home. When Robert reached 7th grade he knew he wanted to become a writer. He wrote his first short story “The Little Things Count.” Robert began his career by writing scripts for radio commercials. Robert worked for 31 years as a newspaper reporter. He wrote

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    More than anything else, inner journeys are about the challenge of self-reflection. The following texts ‘We All Fall Down’ by Robert Cormier, ‘Baghdad Wedding’ by Hassan Abdulrazzak and ‘Things have changed’ by Bob Dylan emphasise how one reflects on the ways an inner journey provides new insight and an understanding of the world and themselves. Robert Cormier’s thriller novel ‘We All Fall Down’ explores the April Fools Day trashing of the Jerome’s house that leaves the youngest

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    The novel Heroes is by Robert Cormier. It is a book about a man named Francis who has returned from the war to his childhood home in Frenchtown. He has come back for revenge and while he is in Frenchtown he must also deal with his past. The theme of Heroes is lost innocence. Throughout this essay it will be shown how Francais changes throughout the book to show how that our innocence fades as we grow. At the beginning of the novel Francais Joseph Cassavant returns from the war to his hometown with

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    As Ralph weeps, we see how this knowledge hurts him and how he is destroyed by the effects of human violence. Ralph had the choice to not submit to the temptations and evils that take their innocence, but he is weak; he misuses this free will, ultimately showing us, the

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    In this class, Creative Writing, we learned twelve different rules for writing. I felt that each rule, except for two, were important and could help, not only with writing, but in school, work, and life. We had writing projects due weekly and, in class, we traded papers so we could edited each others work.We also made a Google Docs and collaboratively wrote stories in groups of three to five people. My group is writing a murder mystery on a cruise ship. With this project I learned more about what

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