On various occasions the author utilizes it to give clues to the readers of the underlying nature of the story's antagonist. ... (Poe) The images give the reader a trapped feeling. ... In addition, it gives the impression that the other ego cannot be entirely separated from the real oneself like the gates and the walls in the story. The use of such symbolisms gives the reader a mysterious mood by symbolically connecting environment to the narrator's mental status. ...

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The mood is depicted in this excerpt is that of relaxation and patience as the author uses words 'at last' and 'sigh' to clearly give the reader what mood is being expressed in the story. ... Truman Capote places this part of the story in the beginning to give the reader an insight of how days was during his time and age by placing the reader in a kitchen during the 1930's era. Capote gives the reader an idea and image of how relaxed and carefree life was during Capote's time, making the reader develop ideas of how the story will be like. ... The usage of litera...

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"The Fifty-First Dragon," a short story written by Heywood Broun, has a critical appraisal of the sense of paternalism, a policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner especially by providing for their needs without giving them rights or responsibilities, towards the characters in the story. ... The headmaster is being good in helping Gawaine by giving him a "magic word," but Gawaine, as an untried youth, looked up to the headmaster for proper guidance, not for a leader to sugar coat inspiration. ...

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Tessie Hutchinson dies for no reason but that it is tradition for someone to die every year, and Jackson deliberately gives us no reason as to how this tradition came about or why it is necessary to maintain this tradition. Instead, she gives us symbols that reveal the deadly and insidious nature of unexamined tradition. ...

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So the question that is begging to be answered is why did Georgiana give her consent to her husband Aylmer which endangered her life to remove her beauty mark for him? ... Her misguided decision is a lesson about how extremely perilous when a person gives undivided attention to her vanity. ...

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This line in many ways describes the festive atmosphere that gives the reader a better understanding of who these people are. ... To rap the audience into the plot of both stories, both authors employed a pared dynamic of imagery and the detailing of time, to give the audience a real sense of connectedness to the story. ...

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She firstly detailed Hawkheel starting off when he was a "half-wild boy" where she described him "smashing" branches giving the impression that he was quite a troublesome boy. ... This once again reveals how neither man will give up, but waits until once again they find a weakness or angle in which they can exploit in their rival. ...

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When a younger adult within the village mentions to Old Man Warner that a northern village is in talks about giving up the lottery and some villages have already given it up, Warner becomes outraged and states, "there's always a lottery nothing but trouble in that" (Jackson 628). ... Summers in regards to her husband Bill getting the marked paper, "you didn't give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. ... If Tess had unshakable faith in what the lottery stood for, then she ultimately would have considered it an honor to give her life on behalf of her friends and...

• Word Count: 1719
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By avoiding the chronological order of events of Miss Emily's life, Faulkner first gives the reader a finished puzzle, and then allows the reader to examine this puzzle piece-by-piece, step-by-step. ...

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When reviewing the short story "The Most Dangerous Game", by Richard Connell you will find that The most Dangerous Game is an example of commercial fiction. When examining the story this theory can be proved by looking at the physical and social setting. The physical setting of "The Most Danger...

• Word Count: 401
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Understanding the social life of a certain time can give the reader a greater knowledge base to understand the story. ... The highest point of tension occurs when Emily buys a poison without giving any explanation for what it will be used. ...

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As time progresses throughout the story and the couple's verbal "tug-of-war," the reader witnesses the irrevocable deterioration of the relationship, giving them uncertainty of whether or not it will last in the end. ... The girl, later on, changes her opinion by declaring that the hills don't look like white elephants anymore, giving the reader a subtle hint that maybe she wants to go through with having the baby. ...

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The objectivity employed by Irving in some sketches gives credibility to his writings. ... Furthermore, he uses the persona of the little quarto to share his beliefs and passion about books; he says, "books were written to give pleasure and to be enjoyed" (129). ...

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In a nutshell, Griffith focuses on the ideas of the Romantic Era and describes how they are all in Frankenstein and gives input on other ideas such as how the life of the author is basically being told in some sections of the novel. ...

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The Unsettled Acquaintance Setting is the foundation of any good piece of literature. Without it, misrepresentations of the different outlooks and views are easily made in a story and the underlying meaning may not be observed correctly. In the short story "Feeding the Piranha," Pamela Painter c...

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In the short story, "Eleven"," by Sandra Cisneros, the word of protagonist, Rachel, strengthen the persuasive aspect of the passage more than that of her actions; this is because of the ability of words to elicit sympathy from the readers. Rachel's words are able to elicit sympathy from readers more...

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Introduction In this world of plurality and polivocality, it has become a challenge for both educators and learners to negotiate their voices and opinions on a number of things the way that they should move forward and hence give the pedagogy a go, keeping the tunnel open for any sort of heightened understanding between parties concerned. ... It is my belief that the way to achieve this is by giving students a voice in the learning process, and by assisting them in finding connections in the curriculum with their own life and interests. ... Previous Experiences of Teaching My previous method ...

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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. ... Connie eventually gives up on any hope that she will be spared from Arnold's wrath and submits to Arnold by hopelessly agreeing with his pressure to come with him to a place where Connie will not come back from. ...

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Initially, the connection that indigenous people have with the natural world gives them peace and satisfaction. ... The film shows whole and functional people who are in harmony with nature, whereas Weller gives readers a picture of a people still struggling to retain their connection to the natural world. ...

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(Baumgaertner, 24) Flannery remained devoted to Catholicism throughout her life, and this along with the consciousness of her own imminent mortality gives worthy insight into what was compiled in the thirty-two short stories and the two novels: a bitter perception of salvation, a confident view of violence as an oblige for good, and a therapeutic liberation of hostility. It may give the impression that these characteristics of her writing would distort the fiction in which they are enveloped, but in fact, they act only as a means to intensify it or to enrich the ordinary, as sometimes absurd...

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In contrast, Mark Strand chooses to ration the amount of information that he gives the reader, but instead allows the reader to establish his own conclusion regarding the various details in the story. In his opening lines, Strand apparently gives the culmination of details for the reader to understand the setting of the story, "A man has been standing, in front of my house, for days." ...

• Word Count: 1660
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This occurrence brings to him many stresses only because he wants to satisfy his dream girl and his mind becomes captured with thought of the bazaar and the gift that he is planning to give on his return. ...

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O'Brien adds new details to give people that died in his stories new life that he could experience as he was creating it, almost as if the person that had died was alive and making new memories with him right at that very moment. ...

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In Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby," there is a motif of the power of communication, or lack thereof. Although the narrator is the protagonist of this story, the man he hires to be his scrivener, Bartleby becomes the most important example of the effect communication can have. At many points...

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As humans, it is instinct to make decisions whether they are good or bad. Although, when we find ourselves in a difficult situation, we sometimes rely on the opinions of others to make these difficult decisions for us. In this short story, "Hills like White Elephants", Hemingway relies on the use of...

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