While the artist just sat taking sips of water, the panther jumps around, as if it were "carrying its freedom around with it" (Kafka,10). ... The cage has symbolic meaning not only for the hunger artist's relationship to others but also for the hunger artist's relation with himself. ... Because of the limits his body has, the hunger artist can achieve that experience only by giving up his life. ... Kafka's normal sentence starts off on one topic, but ends up, after going into other topics and the explanation follows at the end of the sentence. ... A normal Kafka sentence structu...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is very ironic because the story ends with a death. ... In the first sentence, the story states, "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with fresh warmth of a full-summer day;the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green"(Page 1). ... This is ironic because given the size of the town it is very surprisingly no one has a problem with stoning another human being in such a close community. ... Finally the last piece of verbal irony is how the people of the village rush this dark tradition as if it wasn't a big deal, as Mr.Summers says, "gue...

• Word Count: 1411
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• Grade Level: High School

The boy, who is nameless in this story, goes against his religious beliefs because of his sexual desires. ... " (pg. 87) This sentence relates to the boy's feelings about the girl, that because he was "filled with tears," he never could have seen clearly what he actually thought about the girl. ... " (pg. 87) This is where Joyce uses the religious symbols and connects it with sexual implications. ... As the story continues, the boy finally starts to be aware of his sensual cravings but struggles to negate it because of his religious views. ... " (pg. 87) This sent...

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Jim Wheeler starts to explain what the town must do to achieve justice from Mr. ... Oakhurst and he is helpless to their decision of his sentence. ... They are not able to travel by foot because the weather is against them. ... Oakhurst discusses the sentences of other wrongdoers in the town. ... Oakhurst played a game of poker with Tom Simson and took his money. ...

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Right from the start I did not like him because he was portrayed as a mindless drone . ... This sentence refers to when the narrator finds one of the large fighting machines motionless in field running idle. I found that this was the climax because all of a sudden you realize that the Martian inside the machine must be dead. ... The novel ended with what I think was a fair end logical ending. ... With us it would be as with them , to lurk and watch, to run and hide; fear and empire of man had passed away." ...

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The first part serves as a sort of introduction, it can be called a starting point of the text. ... The second part starts with the third paragraph. ... Peoples attitudes to the Pearl's find and their actions, connected with this event are mainly described in it. ... If the middle part of the extract can be characterised by the sentence The essence of pearl mixed with essence of men and curious dark residue was precipitated... So the writer decided to depict doctor's speech with a direct speech probably because he wanted to leave his narration plain and the readers to notice the i...

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From the very first sentence, "I am Gimpel the fool", the charecter shows peoples" outlook about him, making it extremly clear and catches ones" attention. ... The reader cannot help but feel sympathy for Gimpel, because the main thing we learn about him is that he is tricked all the time by townspeople. ... The reader actually starts to dislike Elka because of the strong, negative view that we are told. ... There is a lesson to the story to be learned, that kind deeds and a pure heart will leave one with no guilt or question at the end of a persons" life. ... We empathize with th...

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Her story starts by telling the reader how, ultimately, small they, as people are, not once but twice. ... This however, all changes in the second paragraph, which, though only a sentence long has a powerful effect on the story. ... This is because she already knows herself and has no reason to explain more of who she is. ... The author has no knowledge of 'outside' events and because of this neither does the reader. ... The last sentence holds as much emotion in it as the rest of the story. ...

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The second aspect that has a lot to do with the short story's success is the high symbolic value of every little action or object from start to finish. ... This is a very unforgiving challenge because failure basically means you drown. ... The third most important aspect that also has a lot to do with its success is the writing techniques. ... This is a very suspenseful moment because of the clever contrast of short and long sentences, the fact that he is swimming so fast and the effective technique of all, the constant counting. ... I would recommend it to most people who enjoy reading o...

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She sees a life of freedom ahead of her because of the death of her husband. ... Her husband was listed as killed in a railroad accident, and she saw his death as a fresh start on a free life. ... The blue patches symbolize the moment when she first started to realize that she was free. ... The very first sentence of the very first paragraph has foreshadowing in it. ... His appearance, along with Mrs. ...

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He wrote a newspaper article about his experience on the life boat with the survivors. ... Using this wood we started a fire in the grill and started thawing out the meat on one side of the grill and left the flame on the other. ... My friend being a quite good hunter went out and returned back a few hours later with news he got a doe. ... It started. ... This sentence was a great foreshadowing line because it tells us right away that it was going to be rough for those four men on that boat. ...

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Each page of the story in a way to keep you flipping and wondering what will happen next from the story's title to its' final sentence. ... When reading this commercial fiction story one can recognize the first sentences as intriguing and questioning. The reader starts to ask him or herself what is on that island and the implication is of something bad or mysterious. ... From the start, our knowledge of Rainsford is very slim. We know that he is a renowned hunter because General Zeroff has read his books. ...

• Word Count: 2328
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Many authors use a variety of richly developed literary techniques to evoke emotion, and connect with the audience. ... The dramatic story begins with no defined setting. ... From the opening sentence, the house has been afraid that no one would wake up, it is afraid of being alone. ... The house is afraid because it has been left behind, afraid of being left alone. ... This is an important quote because the author begins to make a comparison between the house and a human being trying to survive. ...

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This shift came about because of the many talented African-American writers, actors, speakers and activists who worked so hard to gain respect for themselves and their culture. ... These themes had to be dealt with tenderly in an intolerant, white-culture society. ... Janie realized that her strength was in herself and her pride, with or without Tea Cake. And Invisible Man realized that "My problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own" (pg. 573), and so took to hibernation, to "shake off the old skin" and start living a life he could be proud o...

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We associate red with fear and danger. ... The old people who inhabit the place cannot use most of it to live in because they are afraid of the 'red room'. ... Approaching the epiphany, the tension is further highlighted, as the sentences become shorter. ... Then there is a gap in time; tension starts to unwind slowly. ... Around the epiphany of the story, the language relating to the young man's experience is described in very short sentences with a lot of punctuation. ...

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Hinton started her writing career at the early age of sixteen. ... This novel suggests the stories' content because the Greasers are a gang of social outcasts and misfits. ... The Socs start to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. ... I agree with the last sentence. ... However, I do not agree with the statement that the story was written with self-indulgence. ...

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"The Lottery" is told in chronological order, starting with the townspeople gathering in the town square and ending with the winner of the lottery's prize. ... "The Lottery" begins with a description of the setting. ... The plethora of figurative language used in the opening sentences of "The Lottery" also sets the setting to be a nice and inviting place. ... The color black is closely associated with death. ... Delacroix's name is symbolic because it means "of the cross" in French. ...

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In the story, a harm girl, falls in love with the prince, who also intern was deeply in love with her. ... Just to surprise him with a mirage. ... Right, in these few sentences we can see the irony, between whether, the King is really just or is it just a false mirror. ... One cannot help but imagine a castle, with a harem with guards, running fountains and a tastefully done garden. ... "The lady or the tiger", was also something to write about, because it has to do with the typical, barbaric culture, that has been a part of the world all the way from 1800's till today in some part...

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As a consequence the sentences are short and Carver uses no complex metaphors: I feel depressed. ... Carver's short story even ends when a normal story would start: My life is going to change. ... If we equate Carver, the author, with the waitress, the narrator, then the concept of story-telling because problematic. ... (p64) Because of this "dissociated self", the customer is ashamed of himself. ... (p65) The customer isn't as arrogant as Rudy because he is ashamed of himself. ...

• Word Count: 2431
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: High School

Early critics of Carver's work argue that his minimalist style and simple sentence structures are signs of an incompetent writer.  ... They started to listen but were interrupted before the narrator can hear anything about himself. ... Robert asks him to try to describe a cathedral for him, because he can't imagine one. ... Robert puts his hand on the narrator's hand, the one holding the pen, and tells him to start drawing. The narrator gets into it, and starts drawing the cathedral with Robert's hand on his. ...

• Word Count: 3978
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The wife has earlier tried to commit suicide because of loneliness. ... With his writing flourishing and his personal life with Gallagher happy, Carver brought his drinking under control. ... I'll follow along with you. ... The narrator is jealous of his wife's friendship with the blind man. ... He seems to be uncomfortable with the notion of blindness, with his wife's connection to the man, and with his own inability to relate to other human beings. ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
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• Grade Level: High School