5/24/2023 0 Comments The iliad sparknotes![]() ![]() ![]() Achilleus grants Patroklos's request, and even lets him wear his armor. Several days of violent fighting follow, at the end of which the Trojans have the Achaians pinned against the beach, and are threatening to burn their ships.Īt this point, Achilleus's best friend Patroklos asks for permission to go into battle in Achilleus's place. Sure enough, the next day the Trojans make a successful counterattack, led by Hektor, their greatest warrior. ![]() She gets Zeus, the king of the gods, to agree to Achilleus's request. ![]() That and he prays to his mother, Thetis, who happens to be a goddess, to pull some strings with the other gods so that the Achaians will start getting defeated in battle and realize how much they depend on him. Even though Achilleus gives her up, he becomes so enraged that he refuses to fight any more. Agamemnon eventually agrees, but only if he gets to take Briseis, the girlfriend of Achilleus, the greatest warrior of the Achaians. After nine days of plague, the Achaians assemble again and demand that Agamemnon give the girl back. When Agamemnon refuses, the priest prays to the god Apollo to send a plague against the Achaians. First, the priest Chryses comes to ask their leader, King Agamemnon, to release his daughter, whom Agamemnon was holding captive. In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions are running high among the Achaians (a super-ancient name for the Ancient Greeks). ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments The scarecrow by michael connelly![]() ![]() He is given two weeks to train his replacement, Angela Cook, on the "cop beat" and decides that he wants to write one more major story before his last day. ![]() The story begins with Jack McEvoy's termination by the Los Angeles Times due to the newspaper's financial crisis. The book was published in the UK and Ireland on May 12, 2009, and in the US and Canada on May 26, 2009.Īlthough McEvoy has made two subsequent appearances in Connelly's Harry Bosch novels ( A Darkness More Than Night and The Brass Verdict), and Walling has appeared in three such novels ( The Narrows, Echo Park and The Overlook), this was their first appearance together since The Poet. As a result, the novel is a sequel to the events in Connelly's 1996 book The Poet, although another Connelly novel, The Narrows, was published in 2004 as the "official" sequel to The Poet. ![]() It was Connelly's 21st book (20th novel) and the second featuring as the main character Jack McEvoy, a reporter now living in Los Angeles, and FBI agent Rachel Walling. The Scarecrow is a 2009 novel written by American author Michael Connelly. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Orwell's animal farm![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Repeating ‘Long live’ helps emphasise Napoleon’s point that he wants Animal Farm to continue forever. Here Napoleon uses repetition to reinforce his message. "Long live the windmill! Long live Animal Farm!" Orwell shows how rhetoric can be used negatively. This rhetorical device is used to make the animals doubt themselves. Squealer controls the others by questioning their memories. "Are you certain that this is not something that you have dreamed, comrades? Have you any record of such a resolution?" Old Major asks the question and then he provides the animals with the answer he wants, persuading them that he is right. This rhetorical device is used to encourage the animals to rebel. To make the other animals question their positions on the farm. "Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours?" Avoid explaining what language devices mean eg no need to say 'a simile is a way of comparing one thing to another'.Įvidence and explanation of the language used What.How could the words you have chosen to look at be interpreted differently?.What effect does it have on the reader?.When analysing the language Orwell uses, you could use this structure: ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Nostromo book![]() ![]() In his two previous books, Lord Jim (1901) and Heart of Darkness, Conrad had gradually explored western imperialism and the man that is a product thereof. Nostromo is not only the name of the ill-fated space ship in Ridley Scott's Alien (no coincidence), but also Conrad's protagonist in this novel, an Italian man's man who left his homeland to seek the fortune in America. It's also far more ambitious than Heart of Darkness, with its nearly 600 pages. ![]() However, the book that is often emphasized as Conrad's magnum opus is Nostromo, published in 1904. He's perhaps best known for his novel Heart of Darkness (1902), which inspired Francis Ford Coppola to make the film Apocalypse Now. ![]() This summer I finally took on the daunting task to read the classic and thick-as-a-brick novel Nostromo by the Polish-British writer Joseph Conrad. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh![]() ![]() She is an unexpected joy in the life of this man who never expected to be loved or to love just as he is the accepting and caring bonus for Christine whom she never expected to have. I don’t think Wulfric loves Christine in a flawed way I think he loves her in the only way he knows how. ![]() To have him totally break free from the duty driven man he has become would not be true to the character Balogh has created or to the expectations of the times. That boy is released to live again when he falls in love with Christine. Here is a man whose basic character was forced out of him by adults who believed the position was more important than his person. ![]() ![]() If you read the previous five books, you will realize Balogh has built his identity from the beginning with Aiden’s story. I don’t think he dislikes Christine he dislikes not living up to his expectations of himself. Part of what makes him very lovable is that he is a hero in conflict. While I do find some idiosyncrasies annoying, the use of “had had” comes to mind and phrasing and plot devices are nearly a copy of Jane Austen, for the most part, Balogh’s writings are just good light reading.Īs for Wulfric, he is simply a man who feels the weight of his responsibilities. I taught English Lit for years, and I was seldom as severe a critic as many of the commentators here. I have read nearly all of Mary Balogh’s works, and I cannot think of one I actively disliked. The comments on this thread are fascinating to me. ![]() ![]() ![]() She currently resides in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Most recently Cooney's Diamonds in the Shadow was named a 2008 ALA/YALSA Quick Pick and was a nominee for the Edgar Allan Poe Award. ![]() ![]() She did not initially know she wanted to be a writer.Ĭooney's books have received several honors, including an IRA–CBC Children's Choice and being named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She attended several colleges but didn't want to obtain a degree because of certain circumstances. 1947) is the author of nearly a hundred books, including the famed young adult thriller The Face on the Milk Carton, an international bestseller. She went to the University of Connecticut in 1968. She went to Indiana University from 1965 to 1966, then went to Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing from 1966 to 1967. Cooney, November 15, 2007, Thorndike Press edition, Hardcover in English - Lrg edition Enter Three Witches (Novemedition) Open Library It looks like you're offline. Cooney (born May 10, 1947) is an American author of suspense, romance, horror, and mystery books for young adults.Ĭooney was born in 1947 in Geneva, New York. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Annihilation by Dan Abnett![]() ![]() ![]() What it did was reignite a dormant but essential section of Oft forgotten antecedents – the hope was to tell a good story with One-shot, four mini-series and a core six-issue story – as well as a pair of Zone with his Annihilation Wave to devastate much of known space. Under threat of Fantastic Four villain Annihilus, as he burst from the Negative This event series, released in the shadow of the much-ballyhooedĬivil War in the same year, found the entirety of Marvel’s cosmic universe Way we think of a huge amount of characters in the process. Universe, both in the comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, changing the It was a title that had lasting ramifications on the Marvel In 2006, Marvel released its greatest event comic ever. ![]() ![]() ![]() (Side note: This is also where Frank got a lot of his ideas for his iconic run on Batman.)ĭaredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Omnibusĭaredevil: Love and War (Marvel Graphic Novel) The importance of his dad, the way his powers work, his involvement with characters like Stick, Elektra, the Kingpin, Bullseye, and the Hand. II) Daredevil: The Frank Miller Eraįrank Miller’s run on Daredevil lasted for less than fifty issues (plus two trades), and yet it it introduced virtually everything we know about the character today. Nonetheless, it’s all flashback, and works best as some surprisingly touching fill-in detail surrounding Daredevil’s origins. It’s worth noting that the four issue Battlin’ Jack Murdock miniseries was published in 2007. It’s impressive just how much of Matt Murdock’s beginnings are captured in that one issue, as well as the number of Daredevil foes we quickly see introduced in those first 11 issues (The Owl! Purple Man! Stilt Man!!!). ![]() The first issue of Daredevil impressively tackles all of the familiar Daredevil origin beats we know and love. Support CBH on Patreon for exclusive rewards, or Donate here! Thank you for reading! When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a qualifying affiliate commission.Ĭomic Book Herald’s reading orders and guides are also made possible by reader support on Patreon, and generous reader donations.Īny size contribution will help keep CBH alive and full of new comics guides and content. ![]() ![]() ![]() Translated from the English and Russian by Eugene Ostashevsky
5/23/2023 0 Comments Amanda hocking kanin chronicles![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her loyalties are tested, as she uncovers a betrayal that unravels everything she thought she knew. Asher is hunting the rogue immortal who murdered his mother, and he thinks Malin may have information. But when a beguiling stranger breaks into her home on a quest for vengeance, Malin's carefully balanced life falls apart. She also struggles to maintain balance in her own life - between her studies, her duties as a Valkyrie and her conflicting feelings for her ex-girlfriend. It's her responsibility to slay immortals, returning them to the afterlife to maintain balance in the world. Description: Game of Thrones meets Thor: Ragnarok in Between the Blade and the Heart, a gripping story of love and revenge from Amanda Hocking, author of the Trylle trilogy and the Kanin Chronicles.Malin is a Valkyrie-in-training. ![]() |