I picked out the games "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "Enter the Matrix". ... The first game I started with was "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". ... I thought so, but apparently the publisher of "The Lord of the Rings" videogame doesn't think the same way I do. ... "The Lord of the Rings" and "Enter the Matrix" have no chance of surviving the gauntlet of time. ... After all of the playing and scrutinizing of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Enter the Matrix" I have developed an idea that most games based on movies are mediocre at best. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Lord of the Flies, Jack is the main representative of the instinct of savagery and the desire for power, to be precise, Jack is almost the exact opposite of Ralph. ... The green ring surrounding the orange and black circle exhibits Jack's youth and inexperience. ... The purple spikes around the green ring explains the behaviors Jack shows in the later parts of the novel. ... Furthermore, the red circles represent Jack's violence during the course of Lord of the Flies. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this play's case the details that are explained are that of how the husbands gave away their precious rings, how Portia reveals who the "doctor" in the court room really was, and all of the minor, yet meaningful, details of the other little schemes that took place. ... In the beginning of the last act, Portia and Nerissa start meddling with Bassanio and Gratiano's minds by bringing up the rings that Portia and Nerissa gave to their husbands as gifts. ... "What ring gave you, my lord?... The women then turn the tables and say that they do have the rings that the men gave the doc...

• Word Count: 701
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• Grade Level: High School

Prince Hal spends most of his time with Falstaff drinking and being a menace to society, which disappoints King Henry greatly, and makes him envious of Hotspur's father, lord Northumberland: Yea, there that mak'st me sad, and mak'st me sin In envy that my lord Northumberland Should be the father to be so blest a son- A son who is the theme of honour's tongue, Whilst I by looking on the praise of him See riot and dishonour stain the brow Of my young Harry. (1.1.77-85) King Henry feels Hotspur possesses great honor while his son is a disgrace to the family thron...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Novel: The Grapes of Wrath Author: John Steinbeck Entry for: Part 3, Chapter 22 "There was color in the light now, a reddish gleam the image of the mountain and the light coming over it were reflected in their eyes" (Steinbeck 397). Text-to-Text Connection A beautiful sunset in a distanc...

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Grace looked out at the glistening horizon stretched out in front of her. She couldn't help but smile at the unmistakable beauty. The water looked as if there were billions of sparkling diamonds floating peacefully on the water.  She turned her face upward toward the welcoming heat of the sun and l...

• Word Count: 1100
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• Grade Level: High School

I realized that he had given me these amazing talents and that my main focus today was not winning a ring but glorifying Him through every second of our routine. ... It was not an upper classmen or my coaches but my Lord and Savior. ...

• Word Count: 1119
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• Grade Level: High School