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Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
Shadow Dancer is a 2012 political thriller film directed by James Marsh and scripted by Tom Bradby, based on his 1998 novel of the same name.The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, [2] and it was screened out of competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.
The film, like the book, is dedicated to the memory of Sparks's sister, Danielle, whose cancer-afflicted life inspired the story. A Walk to Remember was theatrically released on January 25, 2002, and grossed $47.5 million worldwide on an $11.8 million budget.
The book switches perspective often. Sometimes characters are tracked closely using more traditional omniscient narrative techniques. On other occasions (especially later in the book), the lives of Malone and Sutherland are seen from the perspective of bystanders in the New York gay scene — the main narrative is told by other dancers at the ...
After Green Lantern, Blake Lively joined forces with Chloë Grace Moretz and Eddie Redmayne to star in Hick in which she plays Glenda. The film is a coming-of-age drama that follows Moretz's ...
The Guardian review gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, stating, "although a little too performatively Scottish at times, this is a competently made weepie that should please fans of the book." [ 10 ] The Sydney Morning Herald gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars and praised the filming locations and strong cast. [ 11 ]
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by English author George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans.It was published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, the novel is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community.
Shadow Dance was Angela Carter's first novel, [1] published in England by Heinemann in 1966. It was published under the name Honeybuzzard in the United States. [ 2 ] Upon publication it was acclaimed by Anthony Burgess , who wrote that he "read this book with admiration, horror and other relevant emotions...