Author: Jean Asta
Publisher: Hyperink Inc
ISBN: 1614648549
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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ABOUT THE BOOK I first read Great Expectations for a middle school English course. Often, I was one of the only kids in my class that would actually read the assigned title, and this book was no different. However, while I normally read the books compulsively and didn’t necessarily enjoy them, Great Expectations I truly did relish reading. I related strongly to Pip, the protagonist, who feels pressured by a mysterious benefactor to accomplish great things. Because of the faith of this benefactor and his quick rise from a poor working background, the young Pip often feels that he must be superior to his peers from more privileged backgrounds, which often provokes their resentment. The young me didn’t recognize the cause and effect of Pip’s behavior and the resulting abuse from the other kids, but I think one of the reasons I identified with him so strongly was my own failure to recognize the effect my attitude might have had on the way I was treated. Later in life, I read Great Expectations again. In this second reading I felt a strong kinship with the Pip character as an older man. Despite all of the support he received from his benefactor, he still ends up falling ill and deeply into debt and ultimately achieving a relatively mediocre life. I, too, came into illness and debt in my early twenties which slowed down my progress in life significantly. Pip’s attitude of superiority toward his peers and the expectation that he will be great falls short of reality. MEET THE AUTHOR Jean Asta is the owner of Asta Communications, a freelance communications company providing writing, editing, and training services for clients around the globe. She has a BA in English Literature and a Master's in Public Administration, both from the University of Georgia. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK At the beginning of the tale Pip lives with his older sister and her husband, Joe Gargery, the blacksmith. Pip and Mrs. Joe lost their parents long ago, and we get the sense that Mrs. Joe has never really recovered from the tragedy. While Pip’s relationship with his ornery older sister is tenuous, Joe actually cares for him throughout the story as if he were his own son. On Christmas Eve, Pip encounters an escaped convict who manipulates him into helping him to escape from the authorities. The assistance forces Pip to be secretive with his family and to steal resources so that the convict can survive. Pip feels a great deal of guilt about this, especially because he mistakenly believes the convict was responsible for assaulting his sister, although it was actually Joe’s employee Orlick. Miss Havisham is a bitter old woman who lives in a house that she has kept frozen in time from the moment she was jilted at the altar. She stopped all the clocks at the instant of her jilting, has never removed her wedding dress, and left all the decorations and food set out for her wedding in place in Satis House, long since having rotted and molded. Miss Havisham is the caretaker of a pretty young girl named Estella... Buy a copy to keep reading!

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Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter
Publisher: Penguin Group(CA)
ISBN: 9780140289206
Category : Art and music
Languages : en
Pages : 832

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'What is a self and how can a self come out of inanimate matter?' This is the riddle that drove Douglas Hofstadter to write this extraordinary book. In order to impart his original and personal view on the core mystery of human existence - our intangible sensation of 'I'-ness - Hofstadter defines the playful yet seemingly paradoxical notion of 'strange loop', and explicates this idea using analogies from many disciplines.

Author: Kurt Gödel
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486158403
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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First English translation of revolutionary paper (1931) that established that even in elementary parts of arithmetic, there are propositions which cannot be proved or disproved within the system. Introduction by R. B. Braithwaite.

Author: Dunnia Balcázar—Goldstein
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453500936
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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At a limitless and incomprehensible border, Hector Charles cannot comprehend where he is, who he is, or who he was; but he suspects that he will one day be judged by a divine higher power and even by himself. All he knew was that he was struck with an immense feeling of terror upon realizing he had no choice but to enter into the darkness. Hector is descending into hellish depths as he is forced to systematically relive each of his actions—actions he tries to hide at all costs and longs to forget. As he is unable to discern his real identity in this inanimate position, he suffers the consequences that result from the intrinsic passion that brought him to an end that neither he nor all who knew him in life could have foreseen. What was happening and where was he? Readers can unravel the answers in author Dunnia Balcázar-Goldstein’s Beyond the Eclipse. I would like to add a credit for the artist Jorge Posada, who provided his paintings for the covers of both books. Covers by Colombian artist Jorge Posada http://www.jorgeposada-art.com.

Author: Jacob Serenus Hartzell
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Category : Lent
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Author: Christopher Alexander Hall
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595355951
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 135

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Growing up in the inner city, Chris seen and heard a lot, only in his early twenties, he's what most might call an old soul. By his teenage years, he had a maturity and sincerity in his writings that were both thought provoking and heart warming. Early joy and pain have helped him to write about love, life and everything in between. Follow him in his journey from boy to young man as he expresses his life's trails and tribulations, up rises and down falls through passionate poetry. Travel from word to word, one poetic entry to the next. Witnessing a writing explosion on the topics of growing up without active parents and coping with the passing loved ones while contemplating his own death.

Author: N C ) Sparta High School (Sparta
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781013806292
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Arthur Cesare
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781547230198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Joe Spano was the guy who made things happen for his Mob bosses, Joe and Sam Acosta. When Joe learned that the U.S. Treasury Dept. was collecting mutilated money from all the banks in the upstate area and would be incinerating it, Joe saw a one-time opportunity in the making. Joe masterminded the theft of almost $10 million, took some of it for himself and headed for Georgia, where he and Mary could live like royalty for the rest of their lives. When the Acostas learn that their money and Joe were gone, they sanctioned a hit on Joe, but soon found themselves in big trouble too.

Author: Nancy Richmond
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548325114
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Languages : en
Pages : 148

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When the 14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment of the Confederate Army was formed in 1862, thousands of southerners heard the call to arms. The men of the Scotch Irish McClung Clan, whose ancestors had settled in the mountains of Western Virginia before the Revolutionary War, were among the first to answer that call, in greater numbers than those of any other family. This is their story.