All of these stories are about ordinary lives and Carver puts these lives through quiet drama. ... In "Cathedral," Carver creates an encounter between two very different people which starts drama. ... The narrator displays how immature and stereotypical he is about people with disabilities such as being blind. ... He reveals that his view of blind people came from movies. ... His technique of writing short stories by creating drama from normal situations with ordinary people using simple language has captivated many readers. ...

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Not many people fulfill there dreams. ... The story The Immortals by Martin Amis, is a prime example of an ordinary person who has never felt fulfilled. ... This story shows a different perspective of looking at humanity, no boundaries for the human imagination and an ordinary person looking to be special. ... He is representing the ordinary man who strives for more, more answers then a book can give and experienced people can describe. ... Sure, it may seem funny but that's the mentality of people. ...

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The two works are also different because they people they talk about the models in different mediums. ... The Monarchs act, dress, and think the way they do for social status, when they really are just middle-class people. Miss Churm and Oronte, the artists' other models, seem to be ordinary, low-class citizens. ... An artist paints what he sees in everyday life, ordinary things. Miss Churm and Oronte are ordinary people. ...

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Well hopefully not, because this is not an ordinary thought to run through a person's mind. The people in the short story and movie The Birds, not only feared the bloody peck of a bird, but feared that this small creature could take their life. ... So you see, the thought of everyday birds pecking at your body is not so unrealistic to the people of these stories. ...

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Carver's characters are ordinary persons with an ordinary job in an ordinary situation. ... The people don't see him as a man, but as an extremely fat person. So there is a difference between the way the people see him and the way he really is. ... Rudy's disdainful view of obese people is illustrated by the story that Rudy tells about his childhood: As if he's been thinking about it, Rudy says, I knew a fat guy once, a couple of fat guys, really fat guys, when I was a kid. ...

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One of Bradbury's most praiseworthy abilities is to turn ordinary situations into the extraordinary. ... Bradbury characterizes the town as modern and urbanized in order to stress again that this is an ordinary situation. ... "For "October" in this early fiction is both a season of the year and a state of the soul, an atmosphere of sudden winds and dying leaves in which the marvelous and monstrous revelations come to lonely people." ...

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The use of irony can easily captivate us or excite us. Many times in order to understand the moral or theme of the story, you need to be able to recognize irony. In the short stories, "Lamb to the Slaughter- by Roald Dahl and "By the Waters of Babylon- by Stephen Vincent Benét we have fine exampl...

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He also feels that the people who live in the house are safe from the father. ... By his use of symbols, such as the four described above, Faulkner is able to use seemingly ordinary objects that contribute to the story's meaning. ...

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By Hooper, wearing this shroud across his face is only showing the dark side of people and the truth of human existence and nature. ... For instance, these people, being very sincere about their religion, are likely to see anything out of the ordinary, such as a black-veiled minister, as a serious issue that undermines their faith. ... Without even the slightest bit of investigation into the issue these people have brewed in their imaginations all sorts of theories as to what is so wrong with the minister. ... By donning the black veil the minister realizes his fear that the people of his c...

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It shows the people treat the cruel draw ceremony for deciding to kill someone randomly as an ordinary errand and embodies the people are so cold-blooded and insensitive. ... "People were sorry for him, because he had no children and his wife was a scold" (137). ... Summers' name symbolizes the lottery activity is not an ordinary lottery. ... Any public activity can thrive for centuries because it is supported and advocated by people. ... The interpersonal relationships among the whole town people are doomed to be indifference and sorrowful. ...

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This is a scary thought considering that it can be an uncontrollable feeling that makes one commit out of the ordinary actions... Actions such as Sammy's are made by people everyday based purely on lust and ending in regret. ...

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He takes a walk through the woods, but this is no ordinary stroll through the woods this is a eye opening experience that will change the rest of Goodman's life. ... In this passage the author criticizes at religion and the way that society believes that religious figures are good moral people but in some cases they are the exact opposite like pointed out in the story. ...

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Even though the settings and plots of the two stories are similar, the people in the two stories give completely different responses. ... Therefore, it shows a disagreement between the changes from ordinary to extraordinary in the stories respectively. ... In the stories, the two drowned men are strange-looking creatures to the people and they attracted different kinds of people to take a look on them. ... The drowned man is then accepted and loved by the people with respect. ... In Ballard's story, some new kinds of people turn up, especially the scientific experts and policemen. ...

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"The Lottery" The publication of Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery," resulted in quite a stir, upsetting many people. ... Jackson claims that she wrote the story primarily to illustrate an example that even ordinary individuals have the ability to do monstrous things. Circumstances, pressures from social groups, such as friends, family, or mere acquaintances can negatively affect people. ... The people think it is alright to do this horrific thing because the tradition has gone on for so long, never being forgotten. ... Although at the beginning of the story many of the p...

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You've got all kinds of people who make a living and support themselves, but who psychologically are not grown up. ... In the essay, she reflects on sad stories of quote, "ordinary people, with yearnings as old as humanity -- for children, for health, for a long and healthy life" (Fatalist Attraction 934). She relates it until the very end to how people just want to be happy, and how she doesn't think we really know how to be happy. ... Along with her emotional and personal credibility she has great references to other credible people which supports her essay with good...

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The story is drawn with ordinary images, but it contains a lot of hidden feelings and inner thoughts through the characters' actions. John Oakhurst is a gambler who often wins money in playing cards with people in Poker Flat. ... Normally, people would ask for the reason of leaving the town and wonder who others in their group are. ... Usually, people would shoot at the brain, which is the most important part of the body. ... The less people there are, the higher opportunity to make the provisions last longer. ...

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The black box was mentioned several times in the story, in detail, and people did not want to get a new box even though it was shabby and worn out. ... Tessie Hutchinson symbolizes the mass of people who never question injustice in society, until it affects them personally. ... It has become such an ordinary thing to her, that she completely forgot about the day of the lottery. ... Tessie Hutchinson symbolizes the people who do not question traditions, no matter how inhuman they are, until it affects them personally. ...

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The mood of the people shifts from friendliness, to false boasting, to relief and finally nervous release as they fulfill the obligation of stoning the victim. The village, by all appearances, seems to be a normal and ordinary place with its inhabitants meeting in a square with festival like intentions. ... The atmosphere is casual, but the people seem to by waiting on bated breath. ...

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Women had their infants taken from them, they were locked away in isolated rooms, and kept away from other people and the things most familiar to them. ... She is seeing people who are not actually there, and overall, she is behaving in a strange manner. ... She does not feel threatened until later, when she senses something out of the ordinary about the house. ...

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Irving writes, "Its limbs were gnarled, and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees, twisting down almost to the earth, and rising again into the air."(Irving) going on, "The common people regarded it with a mixture of respect and superstition, partly out of sympathy for the fate of its ill famed namesake, and partly from the tales of strange sights and doleful laminations told concerning it."...

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Now the story has an added twist as the narrator hopes that the reader, like himself, will be convinced that these events were not "...an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects." ... As the narrator begins to recount the occurrences that "...have terrified--have tortured--have destroyed [him]," (p.11) he reminds the reader that maybe "...some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than [his] own," (p.11) will perceive "...nothing more than an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects," (p.11) contrary to his own belief. ... Are the events of the...

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Owen is a watchmaker's apprentice by trade which is a bit of a contradiction since, "he looked with singular distaste at the stiff and regular processes of ordinary machinery" (Hawthorne.267). ... Owen was afraid at first to reveal his secret because he didn't know if people would have faith. ...

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As I look into the stands while I am on the field I picture people chanting my name and yelling with full happiness. ... The Smell of this weight room smells like your ordinary basement. ... A lot of people walk and workout in that stadium so it's real friendly. When games aren't happening people gather at that stadium with a group of friends and just hang out. ... More people love being at a turf covered football field with bright lights and with a nice 400 meter track going around it. ...

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This ambiguous concept of light Ondaatje presents throughout the novel is not ordinary light, but one that illuminates the void of darkness. ... He is confined to the bus, meeting new and unique people as they get on and off. ... But there is something essentially different from Patrick and the people whom he befriends. ... Throughout his journey, he meets many people who help play an important role in his life. ... It talks about the people he meets and how they change his life. ...

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