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Initiation is a story of group exclusivity, self exploration and personal transformation of a girl in Lansing High. It is the story of Millicent, who discovers that being an individual offers more opportunities than being part of a sorority. In Initiation, the author, Sylvia Plath expresses the hardships Millicent undergoes to become a member of…

Voltaire portrays an image of human suffering and cruelty in our world. He criticizes the philosopher Gottfried Leibniz’s optimism theory in the novel Candide. Candide was written by Voltaire and translated by John Butt in 1950. “Each particular contingent fact in the world has an explanation” (“God in Leibniz’s Theory” 1). In the novel, Candide’s…

A person will do anything and everything in their power to make one moment last as long as they possibly can. In the poem Porphyry’s Lover, the narrator kills Porphyry because he wants to preserve the perfect moment between them and feels as if he has granted Porphyry’s one wish. He so desperately wants to…

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his romantic love for Daisy Buchanan. Although they both love each other, their love story ends terribly; Daisy involves in a big car accident, while Wilson, the husband of the car accident’s victim, tragically kills Gatsby. Throughout…

Defence Closing Statement Members of the Jury, you have now heard all of the evidence in this case which I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of. My client , Mr Chris Howells, is accused of ASSAULT OCCASIONING ACTUAL BODILY HARM contrary to section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act…

My three favorite things are music, basketball, and writing poetry. In this essay, I will write my reasons for choosing these things. Plus, how I feel about, and while I’m, doing these things. I will also mention certain memories from doing these things, and while listening to music. We all have our own preferences, and…

Persuasive Speech What do you think of when you see a person with a long beard and are wearing traditional Islamic clothing? You think that he his terrorist or have some what connections to terrorism. Well this is stereotyping and also discrimination towards a Muslim person, just because of his appearance. The first major point…

The Hero’s Journey is a narrative pattern that can be found in novels, storytelling, myth, and religious rituals. Joseph Campbell first identified this pattern in his book A Hero with Thousand Faces (Campbell, 1972, p. 73). The Hero’s Journey pattern describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero who embarks on a…

Over the years in school I have been taught a five step process for writing. It has been the topic of every English class I have ever taken since kindergarten. Most people, when they think of being taught how to write the immediately think of, English class. Even I do, As I thought about how…

Film Techniques in Twelve Angry Men Summary: Reviews the film Twelve Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet. Discusses the director’s use of cinematic techniques, including lighting, music,and set design, to reinforce the themes of the story. ________________________________________ “Twelve Angry Men”, directed by Sidney Lumet, is a film which portrays intentions significantly employed by the use…