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Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

2015

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Effects Of Life: Comparisons Of Theme In “A Devoted Son” And “Malachi’S Cove”, Fatima Barragan-Herrera Apr 2015

Effects Of Life: Comparisons Of Theme In “A Devoted Son” And “Malachi’S Cove”, Fatima Barragan-Herrera

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Anthony Trollope and Anita Desai, come from different cultures which contribute to their individual writing. Anthony Trollope, originally from London uses his daily setting of cliffs and seaside coves in his short story "Malachi's Cove". Anita Desai, originally from British India, uses her common cultured thought of sending their children to the United States for a better life in her story "A Devoted Son"


Everything Is Not What It Seems Allegory Analysis, Jamie Bautista Apr 2015

Everything Is Not What It Seems Allegory Analysis, Jamie Bautista

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Have you ever woken up from a nightmare, only to find the heart-pounding terror stayed with you long after the dream was over? This was the case in Young Goodman Brown, where a kind-hearted man is exposed to the evil in people. Allegory is a reference to a certain scenario or theme with a hidden meaning.Throughout this story, a great deal of allegory is used to expose the flaws in mankind.


Our Dystopian World, Kellee Nguyen Apr 2015

Our Dystopian World, Kellee Nguyen

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

If we do not heed the warnings in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel the Handmaid’s Tale, we, similar to handmaids will lose ourselves to society’s conveyor belt: go to school, graduate, attend college, graduate once more, raise a family, and then work away the rest of our lives. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale acts as an in depth metaphoric replication of modern society. The society in which Offred resides in, through historical events, reasoning, and the decrease in birth rates, the government's action is justified as the people's moral values are suppressed and their rights taken away from them. Likewise, in …


Two Minds - Two Stories, Matthew Vazquez Apr 2015

Two Minds - Two Stories, Matthew Vazquez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

This is a project about two separate writers from two different eras that have one main thing in common, the conflict. The two short stories show how each writer uses their literary elements to portray a stunning masterpiece. This gets the reader thinking about what type of connection can be made and the relations between them.