Compare and contrast Waking Ned Devine, a comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones, in a broad sense is about a man who wins the lottery after playing all his life only to die from the shock of it and have the villagers claim the ticket for themselves after his death. Although its rather… grim plot Jones used Irony in several different ways to move and shape the plot throughout the movie to one of more interest to viewers. As for Frank O’Conner’s The Drunkard, Irony was used mainly during the climax of the story to help catch the reader’s attention and to make the plot. The most obvious... And perhaps only forum of irony Kirk Jones used In the film Waking Ned Devine is situational Irony. In fact, Jones used situational irony to draw attention to the main parts of the story such as when Ned had died from winning the lottery after playing his whole life, only to die from shock shortly after.
A kindergarten boy who saw people falling in flames told his teacher that the birds were on fire. She ran with him on her shoulders out of the ashes. Tiffany Keeling saw fireballs falling that she later realized were people. Jennifer Griffin saw people falling and wept as she told the story. Niko Winstral saw people free-falling backwards with their hands out, as if they were parachuting.
Bravery,Uniqueness,Intelligence Have you ever read the book,The Outsiders,written by S.E Hinton. The story is mainly about a gang of boys called Greasers who all stick together through thick or thin. The Greasers have a rivalary with another group of upper class kids called Socs. The rivalary leads to many breathtaking problems for both groups. The story focuses on the main character,Ponyboy Michael Curtis and the many problems he has to oveercome.
Quentin carries around a suitcase stuffed with books wherever he goes and finds excuses to get out of gym class. He is excitable and often confounds the other members and townspeople with his advanced vocabulary when jumpy. Jimmy "O'Dell" Carroll: is small and excitable, the most emotional member of the group. His father drove the town garbage truck, allowing O'Dell access to many useful items, frequently scrounged to further the group's efforts. He is always scheming ways of making money, from the failed iron scrap attempt—which took an entire summer, yielded a net loss of one dollar, not counting the destruction of borrowed equipment, and almost killed Sonny—to the profitable harvesting of ginseng.
Northern cliques may have conflict with other Norteno gangs on the streets, yet in prison they will bond together for protection under the leadership of the Nuestra Familia. The Nuestra Familia has a chain of command that oversees every Norteno gang in California. Nortenos have been identified in nearly every state in the United States of America. Nortenos have continued to be heavily involved in murders, felony assaults, thefts and drug sales. Northern gangs are bitter enemies to the EME and Southern street gangs.
The conflict I recognize is man vs. man, the struggle taking place because Rusty James wants to be like his brother, he likes to fight with other people. The solution is Rusty-James and Steve is back in the present time again. Neither of them went back to the horrible place where Motorcycle Boy was shot. Steve learned that if you want to get somewhere in life you have to make up your mind and work hard until you make it. Rusty-James still has not decided
“The Red Badge of Courage” is about teenager, Henry Fleming. The plot of this book is that Henry, who is very scared and intimidated, is fighting in the war and comes out being the hero; you can say he is an underdog. A Red Badge of Courage is a wound received when one is injured in combat. Henry gives everything he can to fight and win, but there is one problem, he does not have a Red Badge of Courage like everyone else. In the end of the book Henry finally gets his Red Badge of Courage, but earns his in a sort of dishonest way.
Gang violence is pretty much defined as the rivalry between different groups of people. Before I started researching gang violence I knew that there are gangs everywhere and almost all of them are very violent. When your in a gang it’s pretty much your family. You have to do anything for them. I also knew that gangs appeal to young people because there’s a lot of power that you get.
The games that the boys play help to show their personalities as a whole, the fact that the boys are running round a fire like Indians show that they a boisterous and most likely missed behaved, This extract also portrays Paddy's longing to be popular and have a high status in the gang. ' We followed him' The action of all the boys following Kevin portrays the idea of leaders and followers and also displays their loyalty to each other as whatever one does they will all do. Overall the performance of all these actions reveals Paddy's childlike behaviour and also his young age. Doyle also manipulates language to convey the relationship between Paddy and his brother, he does this through the description of events and displaying the theme of violence. 'I closed the bathroom door and I got Sinbad back for it; I gave him a dead leg' the use of violence in this extract suggests that Paddy has a sense of resentment towards his brother perhaps because he has to take care of him and feels he always shadows him.
Rooster Cogburn is the main character. He is a drunk. His appearance is rugged and dirty. He takes on the journey because he wants to help Mattie find the guy who killed her dad, but also to capture Ned Pepper. I admire Rooster’s determination and willingness to help Mattie.