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¶ … Pirates Celia Rees for project, I writing a magazine-style book review .The review include ... 1.Include a summary, include: genre importance setting, characters, plot.
When it comes to books that present themselves autobiographical, the question in issue is whether or not people show an interest. However, Celia Rees' Pirates! is, what is called, a fictional autobiography. Nancy, the book's protagonist and narrator, is attentive enough to warn us that "what follows" is not just the typical story of a sixteen years old girl, but one that may seem "a little extravagant, to have something of the air of a novel." She is just as careful, mind you, in warning the audience that "this is no fiction" and that the reader should jump to no conclusions until he has read the story through to the end.
This trick of autobiographical fiction often does its work and captures the reader's attention, more so when spiced with the narrator's self acknowledgement and a subtle disclosure on what he is about to witness. And, in Pirates!, the reader should expect two sides of the same story. To disperse this last statement of any ambiguity, let...
This somewhat large acquaintance with the whereabouts of Nancy's life on land before entering life at sea paints a general picture of slavery in the 1700's. Nancy is at first unaware that her luxurious and carefree life comes at the cost of subdued African people but she is soon met with the reality of facts when her father dies and she is sent to live on the plantation in the West Indies. There, she meets Minerva, a girl her age, and due to a complete turn of events, the two set sail and embark on a series of fantastic and pirate-like adventures. The novel thus is committed to a transformation of setting and the whole action gets more intense as the two girls meet several challenges along the way. Bloodshedding and violence are sprinkled here and there, Nancy and Minerva are submitted to a process of transformation themselves, growing as characters and maturing and, although the ending is somewhat ambiguous, all works out eventually. One would expect a story of…
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The driver's head was bloody like mine, but he was conscious. He didn't look at me, and didn't say anything. I noticed that the car had four passengers; it might have been a mother and father, and two daughters, both very close to my age. The eldest was on her cell phone. "at the intersection of State Street and Main. There were three cars involved," she breathed gently. "Are you guys
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