She found it on the New Jersey shore- "where the land touched water at high tide, where things came together but also separated" (1106). ... A shore is a place were land and sea meet, and where soldiers leave their homes and loved ones behind (separated). ... Perhaps Martha wanted Jimmy to have a piece of home to give him something else to think about rather than the war; for it was found at "high tide"--when Jimmy was at his highest point of mental and emotional decline. Another image was Jimmy being separated from Martha, like the sea is to the land. ... By Martha writing, "where thing...

• Word Count: 668
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• Grade Level: High School

All You Need Is Love Romeo and Juliet Montague recently celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary, a quiet dinner at home, no banquet, no family invited. The two children stayed the night at Benvolio's house. Romeo intends to take the next morning off. He is now an electrician specializi...

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Hyperbole is applied in the phrase "...staging the most amazing acts of prestidigitation" to exaggerate Mama Elena ability to keep them separate as magic. The author uses this literary device to show the Mama Elena is doing everything she can to separate Pedro and Tita. ... " (paragraph 4) Being in the kitchen, she still holds onto a piece of Nacha and to comforts herself, she prepares elaborate dishes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this search, Gogol falls in love with women of different backgrounds, perhaps wanting to find the missing piece to his uncompleted self-puzzle. ... He is trying to portrait somebody else, to separate himself from his Bengali culture in order to pursue an American woman. ...

• Word Count: 864
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• Grade Level: High School

That is not to say though that men understand it all and are infallible when it comes to separating lust and love. ... This conflict can make a piece like this difficult to read because it makes us realize that there is more to young women than we think. ... And finally the third piece, Lust, shows us that we the reader can become part of the conflict based upon our own preconceived notions of what should be the lifestyle for the main character. ...

• Word Count: 1832
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• Grade Level: High School

There is a unique sense of emotion which separates poetry from all other writing styles. ... The feeling of knowing that you are not alone is indescribable, especially if it is found in a piece of writing. ...

• Word Count: 1136
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• Grade Level: High School

In a case like the man in Donne's piece "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", the man is saying goodbye to his wife even though she desperately needs him at that time. ... Couples may have to compromise or they may get into fights, but having someone to share the best times with is what really separates singleness from marriage. ...

• Word Count: 980
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• Grade Level: High School

Questions of personal responsibility, free will, and justice move our sympathies through a work of literature, causing readers to relate with or despise characters as they are shaped within a piece. In The Tragedy of King Lear, William Shakespeare draws our support for his villains as well as his he...

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They will continue to be friends with them after school and going separate ways. ... In the beginning of the novel with he sees that she is sunburned from swimming, he looks at her "as one looks at a valuable piece of property which has suffered some damage."" ... (Chopin 197) "One day, Edna Pontellier, whose husband has vaguely held her dear as a bit of decorative furniture, a valuable piece of property, suddenly became aware that she was a human being."" ...

• Word Count: 3600
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"What up bro, have you decided with who you are going to prom yet?" Said Dave, Charlie's best friend. "Not yet dude, Ashley seems fine, but Kim's body rocks" replied Charlie, with a tricky smile and an insecure tone. "You shall invite both, one has to accept, hasn't one?" insisted Dave, trying to co...

• Word Count: 1863
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• Grade Level: High School

"Their Eyes Where Watching God" is an inspiring and motivating piece of literature. ... It also symbolizes her strength and individuality because it separates her from the rest of the others. ...

• Word Count: 2244
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• Grade Level: High School

Standing in line, there was a pair of sisters separating us four from the eight of them, and this was something I was starting to dread as I exchanged glances with one of the boys. ... He was my missing puzzle piece and as we spent the day walking down Venice Beach Boulevard or even splashing each other in the ocean, there was no place I would have rather been. ...

• Word Count: 2531
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Brett plans to marry her fiancee for superficial reasons, completely ruins one man emotionally and spiritually, separates from another to preserve the idea of their short-lived affair and to avoid self-destruction, and denies and disgraces the only man whom she loves most dearly. ... In his first scene in the novel, Mike cannot stop commenting and eliciting comments on Brett's beauty: ""I say Brett, you are a lovely piece. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Jane Eyre is by far the best known of Charlotte Bronte's novels. The story is interesting and impressive because the heroine's personal character is quite different from the common run. In other novels, the heroines are always beautiful or powerful or rich, but Jane Eyre is only a short, penniless and plain woman. Once you read the novel, you can not forget Jane's strong personal character. Her bravery, persistence, self-respect and confidence run through the book. ...

• Word Count: 3066
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School