This quote means that in most books the authors write about what is going wrong with people and the bad things that people cause, not the good. ... "Literature opens up a dark window to the soul- This is a good quote for the story "The Most Dangerous games." ... This is the other half of the quote that now relates more to the person that Rainsford has become. ... The other story "The Lottery" can also relate to the quote. ... By writing to the interpretation of the quote, makes the story much more interesting and that just proves the quote correct. ...

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This is shown in the following quote: "Now grown wiser, I wished for dresses like those my friend Lonnie had, bought at Beale's store.... " (Munro 3) Through this quote, it is shown that the narrator was uncomfortable throughout her day in high school. ... " (Munro 7) From the quote above, it was said that while Manson and the narrator were dancing, Manson 'stumbled' at the edge of the floor. ... The quote stated above is the scene where the girl finds herself dancing with Manson Williams, a popular student in school. ... It was said in this quote: "We had ...

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Include a quote that demonstrates this trait Trait should be an answer to one of the 8 methods of characterization. ... Character Quote I include a quote that reveals something about the character's personality. I explain what this quote tells about the character. I include a quote that reveals something about the character's personality. I include a quote from the character, but it doesn't tell much about his/her personality. ...

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This quote proves he has a deadly weapon in his hand and decides not to use it to kill Torres because killing is not easy. ... This quote proves Torres could of killed him right away or token him hostage. ... In this quote the barber is making up reasons not to kill because killing isn't easy. ... Here is a quote that proves it "And how easy would it be to kill, and he deserves it. ... In this quote the author shows an ultimatum and a conflict wheather to kill him or not to kill him, if he deserves to be killed or not and killing isn't easy or he would of killed him. ...

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This quote shows that Haroun doesn't fear Khattam-Shud and is willing to fight for his ideas no matter the situation. ... This quote shows that Haroun is prepared to act in order to save the Ocean and all of his friends. ... This quote is important because it shows that although Haroun only just came to Kahani he still loves the Ocean. ... This quote shows that Haroun is extremely concentrated on his wish and is determined to succeed in order to save the Ocean of Stories. ... " (pg.175) This quote describes the effect of Haroun's wish and how it saved so many people, which there...

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This leads to the quote, "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. ... It is evident in this quote that Father Hooper said, "I look around me, and lo! ... " This quote reveals Father Hooper sees the sins on the faces of everyone he sees. ... In this short story, the old man in the forest, quoted in the story as, "he of the serpent," represents a man, but also represents the devil. ...

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The serpent, on the staff, is a representation of the quote, "But the only thing about him that could be fixed upon as remarkable, was his staff, which bore the likeness of a great black snake..." (446). ... One of Hawthorne's superb associations between the pink ribbon and innocence is his quote stating, "And Faith...thrust her own pretty had into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons in her cap" (445). ... A quote that symbolizes the loss of Brown's belief in people is one that states, "But something fluttered lightly down through the air, and caught on the branch...

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Not only does this quote reveal that the trips to the park rubs life back into Miss Brill, but also the condition of the furs eyes implies that Miss Brill is not as young and full of life as she once might have been. ... In this quote, Lawrence also refers to the rocking horse as a wooden horse. ... In the last part of the quote, Paul's mother sees what her son has been doing with the rocking horse, but her greed for money causes her to stand there in her "dress of pale green and crystal". ...

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Both of these quotes are important to her character because they show her will to remain in her own little world cooped up in her house. ... This quote shows that he was the only male presence she had had for years. ... This quote shows how they were viewed from the community's eyes, the white southern moderately wealthy class. ...

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As Tan indicates with the quote from the mother saying "You could open a restaurant. ... This quote tells me right away that the mother's intentions are very pure even though she conveys it in a different way than most mothers would. ... Illustrated in the following quote-"In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect" (306). ...

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The quote, ""The Magic Barrel" can be seen as a projection of the whole course of human spiritual existence, its" moral and erotic dimensions, including and subsumed by the human relationship to god."... The quote "In refusing Salzman's well intentioned and rational matches, Finkle-Adam rejects the insufficient first version of Creation, the lonely abyss of self. . . ... Another interesting fact that helped with interpreting the story was a quote from Malamud himself, "I like imaginative interpretations of my books, whether I agree with them or not. ... (Field and Field) This quote alone...

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" this quote shows that the stabbers had something against his gang and not Andy which goes back to the idea of confusion in identity. ... He is quoted saying "someday i would marry Laura and we would have lots of kids". ...

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This essay will provide definitions as well as evidence using quotes and examples from the book to verify these themes. ... Here is another quote from the book, "she pointed an arthritic finger at me -- what are you doing in those overalls? ...

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In "By the Waters of Babylon-, a quote is "All the same, when I came to the Place of the Gods, I was afraid, afraid."" ... The irony in this quote is clearly dramatic, because the policemen think that they are just eating a piece of meat that is definitely not the murder weapon, but in fact they are eating the murder weapon. ...

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She shows her view on this from a quote by Leon Kass, which states, "That's one of the big problems of the contemporary scene. ... 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). ... In almost every paragraph is a quote and cited source. ...

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This quote for some reason made me shiver. ... The quote, "Children in this culture grow up knowing that you can never be thin enough and that being fat is one of the worst things one can be," is absolutely one hundred percent true. ...

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"The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty - This quote comes from In Another Country and understates the horrifying images of war. ... This quote illustrates the detachment the American soldier feels from the others. ...

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This quote for some reason made me shiver. ... The quote, "Children in this culture grow up knowing that you can never be thin enough and that being fat is one of the worst things one can be," is absolutely one hundred percent true. ...

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Liam O"Flaherty portrayed an experience of a Republican sniper during the Irish Civil war, in the short story "The Sniper". Trapped on the roof of a building and armed with a rifle and a revolver, the unnamed sniper was attempting to accomplish his mission before sunrise. The sniper's actions and th...

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I have mixed feelings about reading and writing. Well, not as much reading as writing. As long as I have been reading, I have been enjoying it. Writing, on the other hand, is often dull. I suppose it's a matter of creativity. I spend quite a bit of time reading. My favorite genre is fantasy, t...

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Percy explains this in following quote "It is a generalized surrender of the horizon to those experts"(304). ... The following quote is a section from the story, "the end result will only be the closing of another access to to the canyon. ... Percy explains this in the following quote, "A degree of sovereignty has been surrendered by the couple. ...

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It quotes, "The Dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. ... This quote about the "dragon" relates to the story in that the anonymous ordinary family sets out on a road trip to Florida, and the passengers are consequently "devoured" by the Misfit and his accomplices. ... He finds the family on the side of the road, just as the quote states, "The dragon is by the side of the road..." ...

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It quotes, "The Dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. ... This quote about the "dragon" relates to the story in that the anonymous ordinary family sets out on a road trip to Florida, and the passengers are consequently "devoured" by the Misfit and his accomplices. ... He finds the family on the side of the road, just as the quote states, "The dragon is by the side of the road..." ...

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The Cask of Amontillado: Irony Essay One of the best literary devices, when used correctly, is irony. Irony is the occurrence of an event totally opposite from what is expected. The irony in the short story The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe, is evident in the three following ways: why...

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In conclusion, I would like to say, the best way to describe the veil in the story is a quote from The Artist's Symbol And Hawthorne's Veil: " The Minister's Black Veil" Resartus by William Freedman, "the meaning of the veil consists only in what is hidden, meaning is lost in the very act of revelation." ...

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