Prospector Zeke, Sherlock Bones, even some of the Wizard City teachers among others stood in a stone walled tower huddled around the crystal ball that belonged to the Headmaster.
Holly was leaning back on the wall next to the redeemed spirits of Boris Blackrock and an Ianthine Specter. She had defeated Malastaire and released the good in him, like all the other corrupted things in the Spiral. Even though his strand of pureness was inches from death.
Her pet Frost Lord, Lillie, was hanging on to the back of her leg, scared from all the people.
The utter commotion of constant gossip stopped as the room fell silent. Headmaster Ambrose had just walked in somberly, pulled up a chair, and began to part the mists in the crystalline sphere.
Professor Greyrose and Drake were standing alongside him impatiently, always trying to peer over his shoulders to get a better look.
"Is she ready?" Lydia Greyrose asked shakily.
"'Is she ready?'" Cyrus mocked."Please, the whelp hasn't shown the least bit of magical ability since the day she was born!" Merle snapped back with furor.
"Control yourself, Cyrus! My mind is made up. Jenna is coming to Wizard City to study under one of our professors tutelage-and that is FINAL!" Professor Greyrose looked disgusted at the quarreling pair.
"Now, don't get your decks in a twist you two. Must I remind you what we are gathered for?" Both wizards settled themselves for the moment.
"Err...thank you, Professor. Could I have quiet please? The returning din went away as he waved his hand over the crystal ball for the second time. As the image sharpened a young girl came into focus.
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Jenna Ryan, not a day past thirteen, was reading a large book on her living room floor. She lived on Earth, a non-ma...
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... is my family, the only one I have left! No matter what I love her the same. This business over her being the Dragon Titan's heir is as much nonsense as if a mother cat were to abandon her litter because they had stripes while she had spots!" Ambrose raised his hands for talking to cease and then continued.
"Very well then. May our Pyromancer ancestors look down upon this child and accept the name...JENNA DRAGONHAND!" Thundering applause came in waves after that, each one stronger than the last. Holly even began to tear up out of joy. So, as she saw it, her name had been changed. This didn't bother her,no, not at all. In fact, it suited her in a matter of speaking. Through all the rejoicing among others Jenna heard a faint mumble come from Merle, speaking to a town guard. "We'd better get Professor Falmea up here if we know what is good for us." Whatever that meant.
Sandra Cisneros writes a memoir through the eyes of an eleven year old. Turning eleven happens to be a tragic day for the main character, Rachel. Through various literary techniques such as hyperbole, simile, and syntax, Rachel is characterized. Rachel is a fresh turning eleven year old who finds herself in an awful situation on her birthday. Forced to wear a raggedy old sweater that doesn’t belong to her, she makes it defiantly clear her feelings towards the clothing item, and we see this through use of hyperboles. Rachel describes the sweater as ugly and too “stretched out like you could use it for a jump rope.” This extreme exaggeration demonstrates the fire within Rachel. She is a defiant and pouty little girl who out of stubbornness has to defy the sweater in her mind. “It’s maybe a thousand years old”, she says to herself in act to degrade the filthy red sweater even more. The sweater to Rachel has become an eternal battle of ages. She is torn on whether or not to stand up and act bigger th...
“What was I doing up here anyway? Why did I let Finny talk me into stupid things like this? Was he getting some kind of hold over me? (1.32).”
The short story Eleven by Sandra Cisneros, focuses around the main character Rachel as an insecure developing girl who lacks the experience to handle everyday encounters. Rachel, an eleven year old girl truly encapsulates the thoughts that are present within an adolescent. The lack of confidence in herself, excessive fear of being judged, and ideas of growing up are ideals that are relevant within each and every one of us. The reader is able to relate to Rachel because her feelings and experiences that are described by the author are similar to what most people have been through and are currently experiencing. The characterization of Rachel is expressed through the author’s usage of point of view, imagery, and repetition.
“We have a small emergency situation and everyone needs to be moved to the deck with their life belts with them.” He retorted.
She was sitting there the room was in utter silence. She quickly packed her belongings and hid them behind the brown cupboard. Was she really going to run
At the age of ten, most children are dependent on their parents for everything in their lives needing a great deal of attention and care. However, Ellen, the main character and protagonist of the novel Ellen Foster, exemplifies a substantial amount of independence and mature, rational thought as a ten-year-old girl. The recent death of her mother sends her on a quest for the ideal family, or anywhere her father, who had shown apathy to both she and her fragile mother, was not. Kaye Gibbons’ use of simple diction, unmarked dialogue, and a unique story structure in her first novel, Ellen Foster, allows the reader to explore the emotions and thoughts of this heroic, ten-year-old girl modeled after Gibbons’ own experiences as a young girl.
In my essay I will discuss the differences between national cinema and Hollywood cinema by using Rio de Janeiro¡¯s famous film City of God. There will be three parts in my following main body, the first part is a simple review of the film City of God, I will try to use the review to show the film structure and some different new points from this, show the how did the ¡®Shocking, frightening, thrilling and funny¡¯ (Nev Pierce) work in the film. The second part is my discussion parts; I will refer some typical Hollywood big name films such as Gangs in New York, Shawshank¡¯s Redemption, and Good Fellas to discuss the main differences between City of God and other national films. The third part is my summary, I will use my knowledge to analyse why there have big different between both kind of films and their advantages.
“Yes hello I would like to have a conversation with the administration about my daughter coming home crying because her teacher Mrs. Price had forced my daughter to wear a sweater and humiliate her in the middle of class.”
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