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  • Anthem

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    A youth named equality 7 2521 who has found a hidden tunnel and hides in it to write knows his solitude violates all the laws of his society Even though he does not feel guilt for his actions he begs the forgiveness of the ruling Council As he spends more time alone he realizes that solitude suits him and he begins to crave more and more time by himself From his tunnel Equality 7 2521 records episodes from his childhood As a child Equality 7 2521 wanted more than anything to be a scholar He bel

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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    Life and death are opposing forces of nature that one can not escape In the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the poet uses natures forces to represent procreation which is the giving of life and destruction which is the dealing of death The poet expresses through out the poem how these two forces life and death are interconnected In the beginning of the story King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table were celebrating the New Year until the Green Knight sent by Morgan Le Fay Arthurs sis

  • God in Jane Eyre

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    In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte God becomes the symbolic father brother and caretaker of Jane This motif or idea first appears when Jane sits on the deathbed of her close friend Helen and asks Where is God what is God Ch IX Helen responds My maker and yours who will never destroy what he created Ch IX At this moment the idea is suggested that a tangible personal relationship with God may be had and it becomes the basis for much of Janes reasoning throughout the novel To Jane God offe

  • Alice In Wonderland

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    Alice sits on a riverbank on a warm summer day drowsily reading over her sisters shoulder when she catches sight of a White Rabbit in a waistcoat running by her The White Rabbit pulls out a pocket watch exclaims that he is late and pops down a rabbit hole Alice follows the White Rabbit down the hole and comes upon a great hallway lined with doors She finds a small door that she opens using a key she discovers on a nearby table Through the door she sees a beautiful garden and Alice begins to cry

  • Coming of Age in The Yearling

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    The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is a story about self discovery and the rite of passage for young Jody Baxter The Yearling is a 1938 novel written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings She wrote the novel about what she knew best she lived in north central Florida where the novel is set The Yearling won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1939 The story outlines the life of the Baxter family The story is told over the course of a year in the Baxters life The story is based on young Jody growing

  • The River

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    The River Brian Robeson returns from the award winning novel Hatchet in The River He survived for fifty four days in the Canadian wilderness alone with just a hatchet In Brians Winter he spent another big chunk of time in the same place with a hatchet a survival pack containing a malfunctioning signaling device and a more subdued narrator who pretty much let Brian tell the story the continuing story since Brians Winter began just before Hatchet ended and was based on the premise that the hero h

  • Changing Circumstances in The Hunger Games

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    Question In what ways do the characters in your novel respond to changing circumstances The characters in this novel constantly have to respond to changing circumstances as they fight to stay alive to bring redemption to their own districts The main characters in this novel that are frequently forced to adapt to change are Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark of district number 12 These two young teenagers are chosen to compete in the annual Hunger Games that are held by the Capitol Where winning

  • Into The Wild

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    Many people are intrigued by movies books and TV Shows about the various amazing adventures one can take on while living in the outdoors This is verified in Jon Krakauers book Into the Wild when a young man from a wealthy family abandons his life by giving his twenty five thousand in savings to charity ditches his car burns all his cash and hitchhikes to Alaska leaving everyone behind only to wonder what happened to him People question the sanity of Chris and whether or not he was crazy or just

  • Hatchet

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    The character Brian is an ordinary city boy and he lives with his Mother Brian was flying in an airplane visit his father in Michigan for the summer The pilot is an olden man in about his fifties He is a very happy because he is flying over the woods Brian is the protagonist he is through out the whole story He was there through the easy times and the hardest times The subordinate character is the pilot he had a heart attach and caused the whole problem in the story The forest and nature would

  • Character Comparison in The Road

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    When reading Cormac McCarthys excellent The Road I couldnt help being struck by the contrasts between the two characters The young boy is innocent hopeful accepting trusting and always looks for the goodness in other people and strives to help the less fortunate despite his own desperate circumstances His father on the other hand is world wise and world weary suspicious guarded and fearful even as he tries to project a face of optimism to his son on their journey along the endless road and towa

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