Mustaches can be that manily look you were always wishing for‚ but did you know it could also turn you into somebody else? Neither did a teenage boy named Mike‚ until he saw his grandmother at the hospital one day. The Mustache is a story written by Robert Cormier and is about a teenager named Mike who had a cool looking mustache that apparently gave him the grandma’s husband look. Little did Mike know that his mustache would be his grandmothers way out of having a burden. Mike’s grandmother has alzhelmers
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they read‚ even if that is not the concept Cormier’s intended to present. Acting as an umbrella term‚ “heroes” represents the many values associated with heroism‚ repeated throughout the novel. Some may see it as an overbearing‚ forced title that Cormier uses to make heroism into the main focus‚ because he failed to do so in the novel. However‚ I believe that the plethora of themes investigated‚ particularly contrasts of love-hate‚ guilt-forgiveness‚ appearances-reality and fear-bravery‚ are brought
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The mustache Several themes are used in the text “the mustache” by Robert Cormier‚ one of them is Love‚ which is a kind of cliché‚ but it’s is a different kind of love‚ because the grandmother “Nana” has this intense love which she gives to her grandson because she thinks it’s her deceased husband. The reason why she thinks it is her grandson Michael‚ who is named by his grandfather‚ is because he looks like him‚ wearing a Mustache being tall and slim‚ so she mixes them up. The grand mom is 75 years
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“Doing The Right Thing” In the story‚ “The Moustache‚” by Robert Cormier‚ a boy named Mike had a moustache. Although many did not approve nor like the moustache he really liked and wanted to keep it. Until one day he visited his elderly grandma at a nursing home and saw how she couldn’t quite remember him‚ things changed. She did have a memory issue and while she slightly remembered the boy as her grandson she absentmindedly referred to him as her husband‚ Mike. She then went on to tell
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nose‚ a scar on his cheek like a stitched shoestring...stubble like slivers of ice” PERSUASION OF THE READERS THOUGHT Foreshadowing: Goober starting to fall apart‚ quitting football and setting himself apart from Trinity after his assignment‚ Jerry getting beat up during and after football practice‚ Jerry getting called square boy‚ Jerry’s poster “Do I dare disturb the universe”‚ boxing being one of Trinity’s main
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What are the different types of peer pressure shown in the book the The Chocolate War? This book has many different types of peer pressure. The main type of peer pressure shown in this is negative peer pressure. I say this because in this book Archie(brains of the secret group called The Vigils) gives everyone that joins the group an “Assignment” “Assignment” is kinda like a duty he gives people to prank someone else that they don’t like or don’t get along with at the school. One of his
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by Robert Cormier. Francis demonstrates through his actions he is a hero because he enlists in the army even though he is too young.The reason he is a hero for enlisting is because his country needed help and they can run out of 18-year olds fast.Furthermore‚francis has demonstrated he will give up everything to protect and serve his country from the Japaneses.For example‚francis saves his comrades from a grenade‚”You saved your patrol. You fell on that grenade…”(Cormier 113)
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You?¨‚ by Robert Cormier‚ a boy named Jerry and his family lived during the Great Depression. As a hobby‚ he collected cards. He felt torn between making his family happy or keeping up with the card competition‚ which as a result‚ caused him to make a final decision. The family also faced many obstacles during the Great Depression. In the text‚ the narrator stated that‚ ¨After Christmas‚ a layoff at the shop had thrown my father out of work...the only income we had was from Armand’s after-school job
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The theme of heroism is discussed throughout the novel‚ ‘Heroes’‚ though at times it is more obvious than others; two main types of hero are presented through the characters‚ a war hero and an inspirational hero. Cormier set the novel during World War two however it was written after the war and inspired by the 50th anniversary of the D-day landings in 1994. Both main characters Francis and Larry are portrayed as war heroes as they receive Silver Stars due to their contribution and bravery in the
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Fade is an interesting novel‚ and can be quite confusing at times. The book starts off with the main character‚ Paul Moreaux living in his hometown "Frenchtown" he always called it‚ in Massachusetts. The book takes place somewhere in the 1920’s. Paul lives a normal but poor life‚ when he finds out that he has the ability to "fade"‚ which is the ability to disappear or become invisible. The ability is passed on from an uncle in the family to a nephew‚ and Paul’s uncle Abelard teaches it to him. Once
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