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Hero’s Joy Rene: Separation: Hiccup (the male protagonist) begins his journey to heroism right from the first scene. In this scene he is seen as a useless child and he is sent away from all the action of hunting dragon to repair the weapons of the other Vikings. Hiccup disobeys his father’s orders and he…

A character trait that Snowball had was intelligence. Snowball was the one who wrote and thought of the seven commandments. He was also the first one who thought of the animal committees. This is seen in “He formed the Egg Production Committee for the hens, the Clean Tails League for the cows, the Wild Comrades’…

‘The Crucible’ written by Arthur Miller is a play which contains a relationship between a male and female character that changes throughout the course of the play. This relationship would be the relationship of John and Elizabeth Procter. This relationship changes from being hostile and awkward at the start and changes to a loving and…

In the play, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare illustrates the traditional merry-making and social disorder, which occurred upon the Feast of Fools, or the Twelfth Night of Christmas. It is during this time that the normality and social roles of status was reversed, and thus, overturned, in that servants would become Masters, and Masters, servants. In short,…

The author Charles Dickens explores the French revolution in his novel “A Tale of Two Cities.” It is unclear whether he supports or opposes this historical event. Dickens observes the poverty-stricken lives of the peasants and their deteriorating state of being. He also witnesses the harsh treatment of the poor by the wealthy. Despite acknowledging…

Good afternoon teacher and friends, today I’m going to talk about one of my favorite book series: “The Hunger Games (THG)” by Suzanne Collins. This book series consist of 3 books: “The Hunger Games”, “Catching Fire”, and “Mockingjay”. I’m going to talk just about the first book: “The Hunger Games” This books takes place on…

The tone of Kennedy’s speech is extremely confident, driven, and determined with a youthful energy that lasts throughout. This is developed by his use of rhetorical strategies such as declarative sentences, antithesis, asyndeton, and metaphorical and formal diction. He also uses short paragraphs and sentences to his advantage. One of the most important rhetorical tools…

Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan are two of the great jazz voices of the 20th century and though they both sang jazz standards and pop tunes of the time they both had their own distinct style. They have recorded much of the same songs but no one can be in doubt that they are listening…

The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, centers around the struggles of defying authority, specifically religious laws that enforce harsh penalties for dissent. John Proctor is the main character in the play and stands out in Salem as one of the few rational individuals who can see through Abigail’s false witchcraft accusations. Despite his imperfections…

The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichol’s in 1967, is about Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate, who is stuck in the middle of his past and his future. Throughout the film, you learn that Benjamin is a lonely young man who is confused about what to do since he has graduated. During a graduation party…