A fundamental nature that Henry illustrates in his story of the Australian bush culture is the Australian outback. ... His portrayal of the people in the rural outback are of stereotypical perceptions throughout the story. Some examples of the stereotypes/archetypes in the story are: larrikins, hard workers, stoic, battlers and mates. ... A quote '. we saw the first sundowner. ... By describing the Australian outback exceptionally visual, it grabs the audience's attention, making them understand the story simpler. ...

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The story has yet to unfold, as Mr. ... The article includes a quote from Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams saying that when all is said and done, he is sure that Denis Donaldson will walk free and a quote from former IRA chief Martin McGuinness accusing Britain of "breathtaking hypocrisy." There are not quotes from the British government or anyone else in the article criticizing Sinn Fein. ... All of the different articles talk of the same thing, but all seem to tell a slightly different story. ... Everyone likes to read a story from their "own side" and so if a story such as this one is mostl...

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In Kate Chopin's "The Storm," it shows her creative use of theme and symbolism throughout which is what makes it such a descriptive and detailed short story. ... This quote shows an example of sex being made enjoyable "When he touched her breasts they gave themselves up in quivering ecstasy, inviting his lips. ... Symbolism is another important element of "The Storm," because it is used many times throughout the story. ... The importance of nature symbolizing femininity throughout the story is that femininity is often seen as an analysis about nature. Here is one occurrence, of when natur...

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Skloot discusses how she connected with Deborah and how she was intrigued to write the story of Henrietta and her undying cells. ... This quote is a prominent example of colloquial diction and how it is used to relate readers to the emotions and situations displayed at a particular time. ... Skloot appeals to the readers emotions when talking about her own, while writing the story. ... We'd form a deep personal bond, and slowly, without realizing it, I'd become a character in her story, and she in mine.... Also in the last part of the quote Skloot says, " I'd become a chara...

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The way Hanes uses this appeal to her advantage is dropping statistics, quotes, and stories generated from Authors, Universities, Corporation's, et cetera. One prime example Hanes uses is providing a quote from Educator and author Rachel Simmons, where explains the particular book she wrote titled, "Odd girl Out". ... By her providing stories, statistics, direct quotes from an accumulation of intellectual people, universities, or corporations this appeals to the reader that they should listen to her. Hanes is simply supporting her argument with simple quotes, statistics, et cete...

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This idea is proven by the monster in the quote where he states, " I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed." ... Now if the role of God is switched with that of Victor, and the role of Lucifer is switched with that of the monster, the story is retold in almost the same context. Now to prove that this is not just farfetched speculation, the monster even says in his quote that he ought to be Adam, God's successful creation, rather than the fallen angel (Lucifer). Among other quotes in which the monster deigns Vic...

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Harriet Jacobs story "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" is a true story about her life and her struggles growing up and being a female slave, Jacobs wrote her story during the 1850's and published it in 1861, the same year the civil war began. ... In this quote Jacobs explains what she thinks Mrs. ... Jacobs addresses this in the following quote "Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. ... " (Jacobs 46) In this quote Jacobs expresses her feelings and observations about the problems slavery causes. ... I think Jacobs is a true hero fo...

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She shares the story of a young girl, Kara Tippetts, who resisted the need of assisted suicide despite her severe condition of cancer. ... Tippetts wrote to another patient in Oregon, a state where assisted suicide is legal, saying that "one day the story of my young daughter will be made beautiful in her living because she witnessed my dying.... In this quote, Dr. ... Lopez opens her article with the words of Tippetts open letter, "one day the story of my young daughter will be made beautiful in her living because she has witnessed my dying.... Lopez continues to use the emotion of ...

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Even though Michael Pitre's quote suggests that war stories don't focus on the civilians involved, Pitre's interpretation is unique in that he provides insight into the suffering of those not actively participating in war. ... A strong quote from Dodge that embodies his feelings towards the war itself is on page 213 when he says, "There are bad people everywhere.... Dodge's perspective of the story is by far the most legitimate because of his first hand experiences with both sides of destruction and the most telling of the importance of the civilian point of view Pitr...

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This essay will analyse Murdoch's quote, which is essentially about identity, and explain how it relates to autobiography. ... What does the quote mean? Through this quote, Iris Murdoch made a rather dismal statement on the nature of mankind. ... Hence, the first part of the quote: "We are as real people unfinished and full of blankness and jumble" cynically emphasises the insignificance and meaningless of our lives relative to the rest of the cosmos. ... The second section of the quote "only in our own illusioning fantasy are we complete" expands on Murdoch's conception of the...

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Robert Browning's 1842 poem My Last Duchess influenced by the strict roles in relationships of the Victorian Era and patriarchal society, tells a story of a young man's unhelpful love. ... The poetic quote gave the power to provide insight to the audience into the complexities of a romantic relationship as during the Victorian Era, marriages were seen as a business transaction rather than for love and the male always over powered the female in any aspect. ... The idea of a marriage being a business transaction between the man and the father of the daughter was taken into further dept...

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In her short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" ... In her short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" ... In this quote, the narrator seemingly describes the manner in which Connie's lips reflect light or give off a glare as a vivid and an innocent pink color, which is likely to be her lipstick. ... This quote is also significant because it appears as though light or innocence is trying to reveal Arnold's true nature, that of a sinister person. ... In the story, Arnold periodically utilizes Connie's love of music against her. ...

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From Gatsby wasting his entire life and money on hope of Daisy's return and Myrtle wanting to leave her whole past for Tom, to the artificial fantasy of a perfect life that the Buchanan's appear to have, the most important figures throughout the story represents corruption in one way or another. ... This quote also reveals that maybe even Daisy was not good enough for Gatsby's great dream since it was so oversize. Another quote follows: "He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. ... Another importan...

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Quote: "It also gave her all the pleasures of miniaturization. ... As a writer, Briony uses her understanding of the complete and utter control she has in creating and destroying stories to convey and alter reality. ... Quote: "She had never seen men crying beforefrom this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew: that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended" (286-287). ... Quote: "...with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God...No atonement for God, or...

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The story is set in the mountains of Georgia, and retells the story of a child dammed by and fought over by two mothers and King Solomon. This story is metaphorically drawn around Brecht's communist and Marxist views on society, especially focusing on the bourgeoisie class. ... For example at the start of scene two the singer quotes "Once Upon a time." ... It is here that Brecht points out the fact that Grusha is not charitable instead a "thief" for stealing the baby, as it is quoted- "As if it was stolen goods she picked it up. ...

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Therefore, in this story, understanding the true message and relating death to society's views is important. ... Based how Emily is described in the story when she was dead as pale, drowned, small and skeletal. Overall, one of the major themes, death, is emphasized in this story clearly to relate it to the death of tradition. ... To elaborate, a big central idea to this quote is the image of gossip and dehumanization because Emily was seen as "different" and "odd". ... This quote or part of the story is an example of the constant change of society's ideology behin...

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The varying settings used in the text are an integral part of Sean and David's story, furthermore the way in which Sean describes and interacts with his surroundings is equally important to the creation of the story as an anti-travel text. ... (pg 34) This quote stereotypes the people of Adelaide as having no taste and being proud supporters of the 80's icon the mullet. ... When travelling, meeting new people is valued by most travellers because it is a way of understanding different cultures or just hearing interesting stories. ... Sean and David's Long Drive focuses on a sligh...

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This is a quote by Julius Lester, from his essay Morality and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He is reminded of this particular quote by his father in the year 1973, after having been denied several motel rooms, speculating that the judgment of the motel staff upon his race was the cause of such misfortune, which is likely, given the year (consider that civil rights leader Dr. ... The first real interaction between Huck and Jim in the story happens after Huck describes Jim's belief in superstitions, and he describes Jim's mystical "hairball ". ... In conclusion, my take on "The Adven...

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An autobiography usually offers a carefully selected and highly constructed version of a person's life story. So we can say that the story is always motivated. ... Concerning this issue he declared I quote "In a little less than four years, therefore, after becoming a public lecturer, I was induced to write out the leading facts connected with my experience in slavery, giving the names of persons, places, and dates, thus putting it in the power of any who doubted, to ascertain the truth or falsehood of my story." ... In fact, we can say that Douglass's preface could stand for what...

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In his story Thunder on Sycamore Street, Rose also expresses ideas about fear and courage through the literary element of characterization throughout his story. ... The character Atticus Finch relates to the quote because he is a lawyer and he has to defend a black man. ...

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In this quote Isabelle Allende describes several main aspects of human existence that are enhanced by the use of magic realism. ... Esteban's political obsession with conservatism costs him his family, a process which continues throughout the book, culminating in the following quote. ... The quote comes from a major section of the novel, which is devoid of magical realism. ... Furthermore, the quote above shows us that another important instance of magic realism is vividly present in Isabelle Allende's depiction of the sense of family'. ... - In "The House of Spirits-, the...

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"[4] (quote) Even today, Japan does not have any restrictions on same-sex marriage and homosexual behavior. ... "[6](quote) The six "admonishments" are in the books of Leviiticus, Corinthians, Genesis, Romans, and the letters of Paul. The most used one by same-sex marriage opponents are in the books of Leviticus and the story of Sodom. ... The other misinterpreted story in the Bible is the story of Sodom, which is always brought up whenever the religious fanatics try to criticize same sex marriage so that the homosexuality restriction law is commonly called "sodomy laws.&qu...

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Raskolnikov's madness not only drives the plot but rather is the plot itself for Dostievsky's Crime and Punishment is not merely a detective novel; on an underlying level it is the story of the suffering of an individual due to the ideas of the day, which represents 1800s Russia with its tyrant, communist leadership and economic despair. ... Dosteovsky uses Raskolnikov's mental delusion and though his "discerning eye" makes Dickinson's quote apparent. Through his rationale Raskolnikov's eccentric behavior enhances the story and causes all readers to better understand...

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Raskolnikov's madness not only drives the plot but rather is the plot itself for Dostievsky's Crime and Punishment is not merely a detective novel; on an underlying level it is the story of the suffering of an individual due to the ideas of the day, which represents 1800s Russia with its tyrant, communist leadership and economic despair. ... Dosteovsky uses Raskolnikov's mental delusion and though his "discerning eye" makes Dickinson's quote apparent. Through his rationale Raskolnikov's eccentric behavior enhances the story and causes all readers to better understand...

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The exhibit presented pictures, legal documents, political cartoons, excerpts and quotes from politicians, and a chinese timeline form 1839-1965. ... One quote I found interesting was from Denis Kearny that stated, "The Chinese must go!" ... There were documents, pictures, stories, artifacts, sources, books, videos, a coy pond, a statue of Confucius, a garden, and excellent exhibits that helped to educate and not glorify. The exhibits had data, pictures, quotes, and useful non-bias information. ...

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