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Who was the inspiration behind Abraham Van Helsing (Dracula, 1897)

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Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes

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How did Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) come about?

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In 1816 (The Year without Summer) Mary Shelley was visiting Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Poor weather kept them indoors for days where they told each other ghost stories. Mary & others were challenged to write their own ghost story.

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When was Bram Stoker’s Dracula published?

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1897

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Who is thought to have been a possible inspiration for the character of Count Dracula in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897)

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Sir Henry Irving, a Shakespearean actor & friend of Stoker’s.

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When was Cormac McCarthy’s the Road published?

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2006

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What are the major themes of the Road, 2006?

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  • Isolation
  • Survival
  • Love
  • Compassion v.s Naivetè
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What is the Road, 2006, about?

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A Father & Son traverse a post-apocalyptic landscape constantly chasing safety, survival & hope. But what for?

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“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”

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The Road, 2006

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“People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn’t believe in that. Tomorrow wasn’t getting ready for them. It didn’t even know they were there.”

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the Road, 2006

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When was the Power of One published?

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1989

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Who are the main characters in The Power of One?

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Peekay, Karl Von Vollensteen (Doc), & Geel Piet

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What are the themes of the Power of One?

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  • Revenge
  • Principles/ Morales
  • Race
  • Dreams/ Plans
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When was Matthew Flinders Cat published?

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2002

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Who are the main characters in Matthew Flinder’s Cat?

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Billy O’Shanessy

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Ryan

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What is the name of Matthew Flinder’s Cat?

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Trim

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When was All Quiet on the Western Front published?

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1929

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Who are the main characters in All Quiet on the Western Front?

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Paul Bäumer

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“I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another.”

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

Without thought, without intellectual and moral curiosity, without compassion, without questions we’ll never be allies. We’ll go on hating one another over and over again.

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“We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.”

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

At the end of the day it is you alone who has the final say in your survival.

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“At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be made with wet wood-nor that it is best to stick a bayonet in the belly because there it doesn’t get jammed, as it does in the ribs.”

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

The world isn’t kind, and the institutes we have in place can’t fully prepare you for lifes adversities.

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When was the Kite Runner published?

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2003

22
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Who wrote the Kite Runner, 2003?

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Khaled Hosseini

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“And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”

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The Kite Runner, 2003

24
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“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”

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The Kite Runner, 2003

25
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“Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, of crisis or catharsis”

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The Kite Runner, 2003

26
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Who wrote Dracula, 1897?

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Bram Stoker

27
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Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, 1929?

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Erich Remarque

28
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“It’s hell writing and it’s hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.”

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Robert Hass, Poet, 1941

29
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“No one but a woman can help a man when he is in trouble of the heart.”

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Bram Stoker, Dracula, 1897

30
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“Though sympathy alone can’t alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.”

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Bram Stoker, Dracula, 1897

31
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“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.”

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Bram Stoker, Dracula, 1897

32
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“When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.”

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The Power of One, 1989

33
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“Pride is holding your head up high when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.”

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The Power of One, 1989

34
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Before you “agree,” “disagree,” or “suspend judgement,” you must first be able to say, with reasonable certainty:

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“I understand.”

35
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What is an epistolary novel?

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A novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings & other documents are sometimes used. Recently, “electronic” documents such as emails, recordings, & blogs have been used.

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When was Looking For Alaska published?

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2005

37
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“You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”

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Looking For Alaska, 2005

38
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“I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails.”

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Looking For Alaska, 2005

We aren’t always in first place. We aren’t always the main character. When it’s our time we’ll have all the support we need if, and only if, we support those in their time of need.

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When was High Fidelity published?

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1995

40
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“I’ve committed to nothing…and that’s just suicide…by tiny, tiny increments.”

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High Fidelity, 1995

41
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“I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign.”

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High Fidelity, 1995

42
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“It’s just that none of us had the wit or talent to make them into songs. We made them into life, which is much messier, and more time consuming, and leaves nothing for anybody to whistle.”

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High Fidelity, 1995

43
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What is High Fidelity, 1995, about?

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It’s about determinging for yourself, through your own experiences & your own relationships, whether or not you’re a good person. Are you good by your own standards. Would you be friends with yourself?

44
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When was Damned published?

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2011

45
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“What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.”

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Damned, 2011

46
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“I can become someone else, not out of pressure and desperation, but merely because a new life sounds fun or interesting or joyful.”

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Damned, 2011

47
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“Every garden looks beautiful in May”

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Damned, 2011

48
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When was the Secret Garden published?

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1911

49
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“Where you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.”

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The Secret Garden, 1911

50
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Who are the main characters of The Secret Garden?

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Mary Lenox

Dickon Sowerby

Colin Craven

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