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    Legs tells the story of the title character, Jack "Legs" Diamond, through the lens of his ethically ambiguous lawyer Marcus Gormen. The novel explores Jack's criminal history, his various escapades as a Mafioso, and ultimately his humanity and his redeeming traits. It paints a frank picture of crime and criminality in the New York City of the 1920s and 1930s. Gormen's questions to Jack as they prepare for his defense form the framing narrative.

  • Skinny Legs and All

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  • The Storm

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    Kate Chopins short story The Storm narrated the story of a womens lies and a man lust for her being during the passing of a storm The main characters Calixta the wife and Alce ex lover have committed adultery and getting away unnoticed by their spouse From the situation Chopin implies the theme of The Storm as to lie and cheat is just a natural part of life In the beginning of The Storm Bobint and his son Bibi is taking cover from the storm in a nearby store and to wait for the storm the died d

  • The Wars

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    The earth seems beautiful to the naked eye Not until the unseen forces of Mother Nature are kicked into full gear and a pounding life sucking form is created that is able to eat humans alive is the true nature of the earth revealed A nice sunny breeze is considered great until a strong gust of wind comes along and tears away anything in its path A gentle warm fire is always loved when the weather is cold until this warm fire is transformed into a scorching weapon of mass destruction The stunnin

  • The Glass Castle

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    Jeannette Walls The Glass Castle is a perfect example that not everyone from an unbalanced home fails as an adult Mrs Walls lived a rough life until she moved to New York and found herself Mrs Walls grew up in a family that did not take responsibility serious and did not have an adult for a role model in the house She had to learn how to survive as a child She had the drive to succeed regardless of her hurtful past experiences When finishing this book Mrs Walls would say that society and experi

  • Character in Johnny Got His Gun

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    Johnny Got His Gun Joe Bonham lies injured in a hospital bed While conscious Joe thinks back over scenes from his past the night of his fathers death and the night before he left his girlfriend Kareen to go to World War I Before his family moved to Los Angeles Joe grew up in Shale City a small town in Colorado The narrative shifts from the past to the present as Joe thinks regretfully about his decision to join a war that he had no business attending Slowly Joe begins to realize that he has bee

  • Class in Blood Brothers

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    In our drama lessons we are doing about working class and middle class to see the difference between working class and middle class For us to see the difference between them we went to watch Blood Brothers The play is about an tale of twins who separated at birth grow up on opposite sides of the tracks one on a middle class family and one on a working class mother with 7 other children only to meet again with tragic consequences In the play there are a lot of characters acting in different role

  • Black Like Me

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    Black Like Me is an astounding autobiographical diary about a white man from the north who temporarily transforms himself into a Negro because he wants to visit the south and experience the difficulties faced by black Americans in the year 1959 At that time there was racial discrimination towards the blacks with segregation in the south and the blacks suffered poverty hunger and hopelessness John Griffin was his name and in this diary he explains his experiences and feelings throughout his enti

  • Tuesday's with Morrie

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    Tuesdays with Morrie The title of the book that was read for my first book this summer is called Tuesdays with Morrie It is a heartwarming book written by Mitch Albom and the copyright date is in 1997 For such an inspiring book it only has 192 pages It tells the story of an old man restoring his friendship with one of his old students Mitch Albom Mitch recalls back to his graduation at Brandeis University It is spring in the year of 1979 when he receives his diploma He is greeted by his old pro

  • Literary Devices in The Scarlet Ibis

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    Have you ever had a sibling that has picked on you or push you to the limit of no end The Scarlet Ibis written by James Hurst shares the struggle of two brothers using flashback conflict and symbolism The short novel takes place in the narrators flashback of World War one and the struggles he faced with his mentally challenged little brother His flashback reminds him how much he pushed his younger brother Doodle to walk and be like every other normal child They spent every day down by Old Woman

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