Stardust begins in a town called wall, with the faerie market that only happens once every nine years. During the carnival Dunstan Thorn meets Una, a princess that has been imprisoned by a witch. Later that evening Una and Dunstan meet and the woods and make love. A month later Dunstan marries his fiance Daisy Hempstock. In February he receives a baby in a basket, his child, Tristan Thorn. This is his story. Eighteen years after he was delivered to his father, Tristan is trying to win the heart of Victoria Forester. As the are walking home they see a shooting star and he promises to bring her the star if she will do whatever he asks. Tristan sneaks out of the town to go find the star. While looking for the star Tristan meets a man who gives
In 1776, David McCullough gives a vivid portrayal of the Continental Army from October 1775 through January 1777, with sharp focus on the leadership of America’s greatest hero, George Washington. McCullough’s thesis is that had not the right man (George Washington) been leading the Continental Army in 1776, the American Revolution would have resulted in a vastly different outcome. He supports his argument with a critical analysis of Washington’s leadership during the period from the Siege of Boston, through the disastrous defense of New York City, the desperate yet, well ordered retreat through New Jersey against overwhelming odds, and concludes with the inspiring victories of Trenton and Princeton. By keeping his army intact and persevering through 1776, Washington demonstrated to the British Army that the Continental Army was not simply a gang of rabble, but a viable fighting force. Additionally, Mr. McCullough supports his premise that the key to the survival of the American Revolution was not in the defense of Boston, New York City, or any other vital terrain, but rather the survival of the Continental Army itself. A masterful piece of history, 1776 is not a dry retelling of the Revolutionary War, but a compelling character study of George Washington, as well as his key lieutenants, and his British adversaries, the most powerful Army in the 18th Century world. When I read this book, I went from a casual understanding of the hero George Washington to a more specific understanding of why Washington was quite literally the exact right man at the exact right place and time to enable the birth of the United States.
COMMUNIST REGIME: WHY DIDN’T CZECHOSLOVAKIA RESIST? Heda Margolius Kovály’s memoir, “Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague, 1941-1968” recounts her experience of the Holocaust and the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia, during the 20th century.
The text gives references to the literary text ‘Romeo and Juliet’ which itself holds strong themes and perspectives based on characters of love and hate. The novel Nukkin ya communicates love and hate with Gary’s own perspective “When you think of somebody all the time it means one of two things - either you hate their guts or you like them a lot.”-page Within ‘Romeo and Juliet’ the symbolism of stars and natural light of beauty is represented, as a symbol for destiny of love. Gary himself shows a dislike for astrology and the representation of the stars. Clarence recalls what Gary states about his feelings towards stars in the sky ‘you said that some of the stars we see at night are dead.’- page 189. The fact that Gary insists that stars are dead is disregarding that thought of the stars being a representation of destiny and love. He views it as a lifeless dark and hopeless image, this is reflective from Gary’s mindset, this deepens the readers understanding on the topic of hopeless eyes in the perspective of
Jace Witherspoon is a determined, responsible, and secretive sixteen year-old teen. Throughout the whole story, Jace has one goal: to save his mother from the pain afflicted by his father. He never gives up on his objective, even when his older brother Christian was ready to move on. The mother soon rejects the brothers’ attempt to rescue her, and Jace is unable to cope with it, shedding many tears, showing how unyielding he was about the situation the whole time. Adding on the Jace’s character, he did not blame anyone for him hitting his ex-girlfriend except himself. This shows he is able to accept responsibility for his actions, not blaming Lauren even though she slept with his supposed best friend. This is where his brother sees the difference between Jace and his father; Jace knows that he is wrong...
In the short story, “the Space Between the Stars”, by Geeta Kotari, it is evident that Maya, a woman from India that grew up in the U.S., longs to find self-worth, happiness and belonging, but struggles due to her traditions and culture. Throughout the story, Maya feels restricted by the ideas taught to her during her childhood. She wants these restrictions lifted. For example, Kotari states “[m]aya’s sole desire; to be like everyone else and not like her aunt, who still lived in the culture she’d left over 30 years ago” (104). This quote demonstrates Maya’s longing to belong in mainstream Americans society.
2. The title of this book relates to the story, because in the book, Ponyboy and Johnny are “outsiders.” They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like hoodlums, like the rest of the Greasers. They are thought of as Greasers just because they live on the East Side of town, and because they slick back their hair. But Ponyboy and Johnny are different then all of the other Greasers because they show their emotions, and are sensitive.
This book has taught me a lot about Alexander Hamilton. Most of it was a surprise to me. This book includes where he was born, how he moved to the United States, what he had done to contribute to the country, and his wife and kids. This book has plenty of insight on one of our greatest leaders.
Created much like a novel, "Hot House" follows a few characters whose lives are explained over the course of two years by Pete Earley, a reporter, whom all but lived in Leavenworth prison. Earley came and went into the prison from July 1987 until July 1989, with complete freedom, day or night, and was given the permission to talk to anyone. He was offered protection by the guards and the warden of Leavenworth but he refused it. Earley had one simple idea; he hoped to understand the routine of the inmates, guards, and the institution itself by observing them physically rather than just following the abnormal events in the prison. Each of the prisoners Earley talked to had very different backgrounds with very different stories. Not only does
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher begins when Clay Jensen receives seven audiotapes recorded by Hannah Baker, a girl from his town who recently killed herself. According to Hannah, each person on her tapes is a reason for her suicide. Clay is on the tapes, yet doesn’t see why. He has to listen to figure it out. When Clay finally gets to his tape, it is exposed that he wasn’t actually blamed for her suicide. Clay realizes that even though he didn't do anything bad to Hannah, he let rumors stand in the way of their budding relationship. Clay could have made a positive difference in Hannah’s life and hopefully prevented her suicide. Clay's possible role in Hannah's is hard for Clay to comprehend. He knows Hannah did this to her self, but is angry because he didn't do anything to stop her. Clay who’s normally calm gets so mad; he punches a fence and cuts his hand. Clay after staying up all night listening to the tapes brings himself to school the next day, realizing he cant hide the rest of his life and reaches out to another girl, Skye Miller. He does this hoping to keep her from the same fate of Hannah.
Have you ever heard the phrase “We are stardust”? Chances are you have, but what exactly does that mean? As an Astronomy major and someone whose always been fascinated by the wonders of space, including the wonder of supernovas. I want to pass some of the information I have learned to you today by telling you the different types of supernova and what happens during a supernova.
When the 1890s hit Japan and the country was being polished and renewed by every political and economic change, the government then decided to create a civil code so that Western nations would move forward with treaty revisions. As the years passed, the civil law changed with the people it affected and what their social standing was in society. Of course, women as wives still had obligations to follow. "Once wed, a woman could not testify in courts of law, bring legal action without her husband's permission, or initiate a divorce except in cases of desertion or extreme cruelty" (McClain 257). McClain also states that if a marriage were to fail then the women is to leave the house and the child stays with the father. This is where Some Prefer
When Hermia and Lysander run off into the woods, where Helena follows for she hopes that she can change Demetrius’ mind upon choosing Hermia as his wife and Demetrius also follows knowing that Hermia and Lysander have run there. In these woods live a group of fairies and a group of men who are practicing for a play they are to perform. In the group of fairies there includes the fairy king Oberon, his queen Titania, and his servant Puck. Oberon and Titania are not on the best of terms over an Indian prince given to Titania by the prince’s mother. With this Oberon sends Puck to go forth and retrieve a flower that is spread over a sleeping persons eyelids, when the person awakes they will fall in love with the first person that is seen upon awakening. When Puck retrieves the flower Oberon tells him to spread the flower over Titania’s eyes, but also to spread it on Demetrius’ eyes after seeing how he treats Helena. Puck spreads the flower on Titania’s eyes, but accidentally spreads the flower on Lysander’s eyes thinking this is the Athenian man that Oberon was referring to.
Stars are luminous spheres that have been around longer than humans. In fact, it has been said that, “We are a way for the universe to know itself. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return. And we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff.” [1] Just like any other animate object, stars also go through a life cycle. They grow up, live their life, and slowly but surely die out. Stars can live for billions and even trillions of years. The life span of a star depends on how fast or how slow they use up and burn their nuclear fuel. The size of the star also determines the longevity.
I am stunned at how unequivocally impeccable this book was written. Unless the reader reads the book backwards there is no possible way to decipher what was going to happen next in the story. As a reader, this story had me so creeped out. Clusters is one of those types of books that will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck and you will start to hear noises that might or might not be there. It will rattle your nerves yet you will be hooked from the beginning unable to put the book down. The book Clusters was influenced by real cases it might be a work of fiction but what parts? As the author states in the last century and a half thousands of people have just completely vanished with no trace of them to ever be found in national forests
Looking up at the sky on a vibrant night, the vision is naturally lit one with millions of vivacious, glistening stars. The tenacity of this essay is to explore the lifecycle of a star, thence, signify its manifestation in the universe. A fundamental part of our universe is stars. Hence, these miniature luminous forms are essentially very immense in magnitude and it is merely due to their substantial distance from Earth that they appear so trivial. Scientifically, a star is a ball of hydrogen and helium with sufficient mass that it can endure nuclear mixture at its core. A huge, shining ball of plasma, whose lustre is an outcome of thermonuclear fusion are all properties of a star. In addition, they are held together by gravity. By far the star nearest to earth is probably known by all humans as the Sun. A bright star on Orion’s top-left section named as Betelgeuse is so massive that if it was placed where the sun is, it would swallow up Earth, Mars and Jupiter!2 Furthermore, a teaspoon full of Neutron star would weigh about “112 million tonnes” . Particular stars are known to be 600,000 times brighter than the sun ; thus a stars’ lifespan varies between 1 billion to 10 billion years 2.This essay will discuss a star’s journey from as little as a protostar (foetus) till the final stage as a black hole or a white dwarf (old age- death).