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    I am the King of the Castle The novel begins on a deathly note. Three months before the main events of the story, the grandmother of the Hooper household dies. Her son Joseph then refuses to live at Warings, the family home, until he owns it, i.e. until his father dies and he inherits it. This tells the reader knows immediately that the relationship between Joseph and his father is poor. Soon afterwards it b ecomes clear that the relationship he has with his own son is no better. Communication between

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    Susan Hill, In the Set of the King of The Castle is based in a large house called Warings; it was once before a countryside Mansion but now it all decayed. In this specific passage the reader is given a clear idea of the reason behind it. Yet also, the whole extract gives us full details to understand Joseph Hooper’s wanting E Hooper’s power, compassion and not respecting People’s human rights. “Your father should have left you some money… to pay off all this debts”, Since the Beginning it was observed

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    Question 1(a) What technique does Susan Hill use to create tension in I’m the King of the Castle. Refer closely to the two incidents in the novel to illustrate your answer. Susan Hill implements a couple of writing techniques to create tension in the novel. Tension n this sense simply means mental strain or excitement in the readers. One of the techniques used is shown when she uses a third-person narration to narrate the story. This narrator is omniscient and implies that he/ she is

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    Peewee And The Monster

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    Everyone was running around the castle taking care of business. Peewee was looking out over the castle gate. The land stretched for miles. He heard arguing coming from the castle and hurried inside. "I wonder what that could be?" said Peewee. The leader of the army was inside, talking with Peewee’s parents. Peewee was the King and Queen's son. The leader was asking to fight the monster headed their direction. The King and Queen pondered his request. After the king and queen thought about the request

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    ” When I was going to my father's I opened the package and a giant castle popped out of it. The castle was called McClellan's castle. In there were some giants and two lovely maids. But the giants thought they were the king. But I walked over there and said “I’m the king and you will obey what I say, got it.” “Yes master.” whispered the giants. After two years of living at the castle I got really bored. So I had the best idea. “I’m going to

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    there lived a poor servant couple Anastasia and Naveen in the kingdom of Complexia. They served King Rowan and Queen Willow night and day for 3 years straight so they could get land and get permission to start a family. Like the king and queen promised they gave them land and 3 months later Anastasia got pregnant. While they are not still serving the king and queen anymore they still had to go to the castle once a week to cook and clean for them for money to sustain a family. 7 months in the pregnancy

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    flowers and swans and anything you could imagine. There was also a castle. On the castle it read, “The Magic Garden.” So Hazel, Nyla, and Lavender started walking towards the castle! In the castle, there sat a queen, a king, and a princess. The princess said, “Hello there!” Lavender said, “Hi!” The queen said, “Why have you come here to our castle?” in a sharp voice. Lavender, Hazel, and Nyla said, “We have no idea where we are.” The king said, “Well then, you are welcome to stay in our kingdom even

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    bowl even when it’s right in front of him.,” They then all became quiet, they all knew that if anyone were to insult the king or anyone that is associated with the king will be hanged for their crimes to the castle. Even though the father had said the joke about the king’s dog both he and the wife were punished. The king made the kids watch as their parents were hanged. The king said,” This is what happens when you go against the rules.,” Sense then they have been struggling

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    “Nothing. I’m just getting tired of this itty bitty house.” Westley announced to Buttercup. “Well you know we can’t afford another house, it’s too much,” Buttercup said. “I was thinking of getting a castle and become king,” Westley said. “Boy you know we can’t get a castle. Just stop, please, you need to stop the dreams,” Buttercup said. Buttercup left the living room, while Westley was thinking of a plan. The plan was to go the castle and ask Prince Humperdinck to battle him for his castle and to be

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    next King of Evansville. He believed that if he tried hard enough and worked hard every day that he could one day be the next King. The boys name was Sir Carl, and he wanted to do everything in his power to become King. Sir Carl was walking down a dusty rock road to the castle to talk to the King. Sir Carl come upon the castles big wooden door and knocked upon it with three loud knocks. The heavy, wooden door slowly lowers to show a knight in shinning armor, guarding the entrance to the castle. The

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