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Registered: January 17, 2004
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Okay: So, my english final is an essay on personal growth, and how it is portrayed in the novels we have read this year. We have to come up with a thesis, and I have an idea of something along the lines of: Opression, forced survival, and new perspectives all play parts in the personal growth of characters. Crappy, isn't it? I need some help with that- I want it to have something to do with adversity, but I don't know how to word it. The books/plays/movies that I have in mind are: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Huck King of the Hill: Aaron The Red Badge of Courage: Henry The Glass Menagerie: Laura Princess: Sultana I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Dead Poets Society: Um..all of them, whatever their names were The Grapes of Wrath: Rose of Sharon- a stretch? A possibility? I'm not planning to use all of these, but I need to use three, and the strongest three are my best bet. So, ideas? Help? How can I incorporate these? What's the best way? I'm drowning here.
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Registered: February 22, 2004
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exactly BS is the ultimate form of our language (for evidence go watch C-SPAN)
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done"."
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Registered: November 05, 2004
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It's been a long time since I read the Red Badge of Courage, but I do remember Henry changes quite a bit during his time in the war. At the beginning he doesn't know what quite to expect. He thinks war will be easy, or at least nice. He's naive and green. After a few battles, he realizes that things aren't all nice and rosy in war. By the end of the novel, he's experienced and desensitized, but he knows where he stands. He's fighting for many things, most importantly his survival and the survival of the Union. Or so I recall. That might just be a load of BS, but that's what English papers are, right?
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Registered: February 22, 2004
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Ah talk about how e changed in combat would be suggestion if that's not adversity I don'y know what is
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done"."
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Registered: January 17, 2004
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quote: Originally posted by ampmaster:
The Red Badge of Courage and Grapes of Wrath all fit your criteria I'd reccomend them. I know nothing about the other's though. Can you select other books?
No, I have to stick to these. I was planning to use Henry in my adversity paragraph though. Do you have any suggestions for how I could arrange it?
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Registered: February 22, 2004
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The Red Badge of Courage and Grapes of Wrath all fit your criteria I'd reccomend them. I know nothing about the other's though. Can you select other books?
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done"."
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