Satire Graphic Organizer for Option B Work Title: The Simpsons Season 22 Episode 8 The Fight Before Christmas Author / Creator: Matt Groening Publication Date: 2010 Historical Context: The writers were making fun of all the Christmas novels and movies at Christmas time. Plot Summary: Marge easily gets in the holiday spirit, but it's a little more difficult for the rest of the family. After the family goes to sleep before Christmas morning, each of the kids has a holiday-themed dream. What is being mocked in this piece? Human Institutions: • The South Pole • A Train • Santa • World War 2 Human Weaknesses: Revenge Bart lacks the Christmas spirit because he hasn’t gotten what he wanted for so he plans to shoot Santa.
“ Creepers shivered p. 86 Irony Verbal irony- in lord of the flies when piggy says “ acting like a crowd of kids”! its ironic because they are a crowd of kids. Dramatic irony- when everyone thinks there is a beast, but we know that its just a dead man attached to a parachute. Situational irony- happens at the end when the fire jack set on the island that is meant to smoke out Ralph got the rescued. Hyperbole “ in a year or two when the war’s over , they’ll be traveling to mars and back”.
scene graph. 1. Paul and his family move to Darwin as his father got a job promotion, Paul meets Keller & starts his music lessons that he doesn't really like. He thinks that Keller is a very strange man and that he is silly for how he is teaching Paul! 2.Keller starts to open up about his life and how is Jewish wife and son were killed by the Nazi's when Herr Keller used to play for Adlof Hitler personally and thought that his family would be safe because of it.
Ansel started school, yet he was a poor student and hated going to school due to the great quake which scared him for life by breaking his nose on impact from the ground. Charles Adams took his son out of school and had him privately tutored. Charles also bought Ansel a year pass to the Panama Pacific International Exposition. The Exposition included exhibits on painters, science, machinery, and
The movie is based around a young rapper called Jimmy B-Rabbit Smith, who is stuck a rut and is struggling to make a success of his life. He has been brought up with racial abuse and is surrounded my violence and drugs everyday of his life. He lives with his mum and her boyfriend in a trailer park due to his dead end job. His family doubt this potential and don’t offer him a great deal of support to achieve his dreams. Life does start to look brighter when he meets an old friend called Wink who has contacts who can get Jimmy deal to record a demo of his music that can possibly lead to a rap career.
Ireland had lost his own father shortly after Rick Cushing died. But as the trotters prepared to meet the rolling starting gate, two went off stride. Universal Orlando latest attraction Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a big hit with the locals, as well as the tourists.
In the movie Groundhog Day, Phil Connors, an egocentric news reporter is trapped on a day where a groundhog predicts the coming of spring if it comes out of its burrow. The town of Punxsutawney has the largest Groundhog Day celebration. However, Phil hates Groundhog Day and is stuck in an endless time loop where he wakes up on Groundhog Day over and over again. Over time, his purpose changes from fulfilling hedonistic desires to wanting true love and he becomes a completely different person. In the movie, Phil has complete free-will and limited control of his life.
Of Mice and Men Literary Response Essay In the story Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck wrote about George and Lennie’s adventure. They keep losing their jobs because of Lennie, so they keep moving and getting new jobs. The small intelligent one, George, just tells everyone that Lennie was kicked by a horse when he was younger, although he is just M.H. George complains about how much better off he would be without Lennie frequently. Even though they are very good friends, George and Lennie have many differences.
In a fight of desperation and anger, people who one thought were close, could very well reveal one’s real self. The Twilight Zone series “The Shelter” by Rod Serling demonstrates this proposal by celebrating a birthday laughing, having a good time, then suddenly friendships slip into a spiraling downfall. At the beginning of the film when the neighbors throw a birt4hday bash for Dr. Stockton, everyone is joyous and festive. Dr. Stockton turns on the radio after his sons request to find out their area was under was under nuclear attack, for everyone to gather supplies and take cover. Dr. Stockton’s family had a bomb shelter though no one else in the neighborhood did.
Ponyboy imagines living out in the country, he would be able to elude all thoughts chasing after him and that all worries would simply float away and wonder through the thermosphere. Pony comes across many problems with family, friends, and the socs, pony later figures out that “things are rough all over.” (Hinton 29) Pony and Johnny find themselves in trouble with the socs that had jumped Johnny once before. However, this time the handsome soc named Bob had seen his girlfriend with them and Bob was a bit drunk. Bob found Johnny and Pony in the park and he began to fight, Johnny acted on it and he killed him, it was not his intention but it happened. After this Pony and Johnny had to get out of town and quick!