When she says, "By the time you finish this article, another person in the United States will have kill himself"(Roberts 107) it really catches the reader's eye and makes him or her think more seriously about the topic. ... While these two methods of displaying facts grab the reader's attention she uses facts in another way to really make the reader think about what is being put down. ... She talks about how selfish her father was to commit such an act and how he not only missed out on his life and her life, but her son's, her brother's and everyone else that would have b...

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Often foreshadowing is readily apparent to the reader in tragedies. ... Accordingly, man and fish will struggle to the death, just as hungry sharks will lay waste to an old man's trophy catch. ... Santiago puts up a great fight, but takes defeat calmly: "He knew he was beaten now finally and without remedy the old man paid no attention to them and did not pay attention to anything except steering. He only noticed how lightly and how well the skiff sailed now there was no great weight beside her." ... It is evident to the reader that a parallel exists between Santiago and Christ. ...

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When Dickinson writes in her first line, "I heard a fly buzz - when I died" (888); it grasps the reader's attention by describing the moment of her death. ... It stands out immensely and catches the reader's eye. ... This stanza deals with how God is brought upon by the speaker's death. ... Dickinson's poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" serenely describes how the speaker is escorted by Death in his carriage. ... This stanza makes the reader realize how short life really is when it's compared to the eternity they may spend in the afterlife. ...

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