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In Cold Blood
... after the stash.
On a November night in 1959, Dick and Perry break into the Holcomb, Kansas house of Herb Clutter. Enraged at finding no safe, they wake the sleeping family and brutally kill them all - the rancher, his wife, and their teenage son and daughter. The bodies are found by two family friends who come by before Sunday church. The murders shock the small Great Plains town, where doors were routinely left unlocked.
The killers then travel to Mexico, Hickock playing their way with bad checks. Tension grows in the complicated relationship between smooth-talking but malevolent Dick and half-Cherokee Perry, a ...
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H.m.s. Pinafore
... on, and sat on. It was also used for Dick Deadeye to spy on other characters since it also doubled as an entrance/exit.
It was perfectly placed because it was utilized to the utter most and didn’t distract from any of the action taking place anywhere on stage.
To stage left was the main cabin/deck. The cabin was on the bottom, which included a door, and a window that was both used. There were also two sets of stairs to the top deck. The brass railings really gave it a realistic feel to the whole thing. On the deck was a steering wheel and a bell and both of these things were used on numerous occasions. ...
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Types Of Monsters
... that go “bump” in the night. Storybook monsters usually are created by some kind of accident or experiment, which causes some sort of deformation. These kinds of monsters often do nothing more than scare kids and don’t pose any real threat to anything in the real world. The real life monsters differ greatly from the storybook monsters. Almost all real life monsters are created from some problem from their home life. In some cases it can be caused by some problem with how they were treated as a child or it can even be caused by a fight with friends or family that causes them to leash out on the peopl ...
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Was Sir Tomas More's Decision Correct?
... which view point
More's decision is looked at from, either the Church, the State or More's
family there are differing opinions about his correctness.
In the eyes of the church More's actions, or lack of action as the
case may be, was looked upon very favourably. Catholics believe that the
pope has the power to make rulings on points of religion and morality. The
pope believed that the state had no business meddling in the affairs and
powers of the church. Thus when the Pope declared that the marriage between
Catherine and Henry would stand, he was enforcing a law within the church
that his followers would have to ...
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The Tomorrow City By Monica City
... together and work out a strategy to disable the
computer. The two make a daring infiltration of the building that the
computer is located and after a traumatic episode in which Caro is blinded,
the computer is destroyed and the city is returned to it's previous state.
ii) The theme of the book is to show that technology is not a perfect
solution to the many problems faced by man. By using a product of
technology, the computer, and showing how it was supposed to be a perfect
solution to the city's problems, yet it made a grave error in calculations,
the author is saying that many problems faced by man cannot be s ...
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David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
... of his
argument in Section II, is the theory that ideas, or what could loosely be
called the "imagination" or "mind's eye," are simply grainy photocopies of
true experience. These "thoughts/ideas" are by definition marked by their
inferior force or vivacity they hold compared to "impressions," which Hume
defines as "real experiences": love, hate, will, desire and so on. His
argument to this is that, he says, take a blind or deaf man that has been
blind or deaf since birth. They cannot picture color or sound, though they
have the natural capacities for such. They simply lack the necessary
"impression" of sound ...
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Spook: Summary
... Muriel comes out with a shotgun and asks them what they want.
They tell her that they just want to check on her daughter. Muriel insists
that Mary Ann is fine. After a lot of arguing Muriel lets Lola and Ross in.
The house is a mess, there are boxes of books everywhere and everything is
covered in dust. Mary Ann is locked in her room. Muriel will not let Mary
Ann come out to talk to Lola and Ross. But Muriel asks Mary Ann a few
questions to prove that she is educated. Mary Ann answers all of the
questions successfully. then Lola and Muriel get into an argument about
what is fair for Mary Ann. Muriel tells Lol ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird
... for!” He was constantly persecuted for his decisions, which made him work even harder at winning the case. Even though his family was made fun of, he stuck with his choice and worked the hardest he could to ignore the threats and harassment. He did very well to ignore all the abuse and was greatly respected after the trial was over.
Blacks, because they were considered inferior, were expected to do everything for whites. Everything had to be perfect, without excuse. Even the Finch’s family friend, Calpurnia, was mocked when she didn’t make the perfect cup of coffee. “She [Calpurnia] poured one tablespoon o ...
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Lord Of The Flies
... happen. "Shut up," said Ralph absently. He lifted the conch. "Seem to me we ought to have a cheif to decide things(#22)." He also shows he can be a good cheif and make them listen with a wave of a hand. "Ralph smiled and held up the conch for silence(#23)." Lastly, when Ralph blows the conch, as though a force is pulling them nearer, the children go to him. "By the time Ralph had finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded(#32)." Next, one of the bigger symbols is the fire. Enforcing the rules is one thing, but the children would rather play than keep the fire going. Ralph gives the idea for the fire, but can ...
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A Lesson Before Dying: Mr. Wiggins
... Jefferson told Mr. Wiggins that
he wanted a gallon of ice cream, and that he never had enough ice cream in his
whole life. At that point Jefferson confided something in Mr. Wiggins,
something that I didn't see Jefferson doing often at all in this book.
"I saw a slight smile come to his face, and it was not a bitter smile.
Not bitter at all"; this is the first instance in which Jefferson breaks his
somber barrier and shows emotions. At that point he became a man, not a hog. As
far as the story tells, he never showed any sort of emotion before the shooting
or after up until that point. A hog can't show emotions ...
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