COMPARE AND CONTRAST Dissecting the short stories, The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich, and An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, by their use of characters, settings and points of view, and plot structures to help distinguish how the writers illustrate their short story. ... The main character is Peyton Farquar in, An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge. ... She used this to help convey her views of the Vietnam Conflict. ... Part two of the story strays from the action to another scene. ... Louise Erdrich used the approach of writing the story as the opposite sex's ow...

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On Thursday I went to the Harbour Bridge. ... My uncle took me there so I can climb the bridge. At first we had to go in to this room where we put on grey suits from head to toe. My uncle said that we had to wear these so that if there was anyone taking photos of the bridge, bright colours from peoples clothes wouldn't come up but instead we'll be camouflaged with the colour of the metal. ... The wind was so strong but more importantly the view was amazing. ...

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His thoughts are far from the reality where he belongs. ... After he realizes this, the possibility of escape disappears, and he is then hanged to die from the bridge in the last few lines in part III. ... Lastly, the point of view is first discovered in this crux. Farquhar's point of view is oblivious to the real-life situations surrounding him. ... "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," stages a beautiful crux that appears at the very end of Part I. ...

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I also contend that the enigma westerner serves as a bridge to the gap between the idealistic hero of the film and the regular, everyday people who would see this film. ... Holliday, as the film's enigma westerner, bridges the gap between the purity of the hero, Earp, and the average human being. ... The hero, Martin, embodies the ideal, a Christ-like figure, who is immune from fault. ... But, the enigma westerner is accessible more readily to the viewing audience. ... Lastly, the enigma westerner serves to bridge the gap between the viewing audience and the film's hero. ...

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In the passage from the novel Alias Grace by Margret Atwood, the author uses many narrative techniques to convey the feelings and thoughts of the main character Grace Mark. Atwood uses a great mixture of metaphors, similes and motifs to describe what is happening to Grace and her point of view through her ordeal. ... "It's not easy being quiet and good, it's like hanging on the edge of a bridge when you've already fallen over, you don't seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength". ...

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She listened to the sound of the waves not far from where she stood now. ... " she said smiling at him from the rear-view mirror. ... The truck was just passing a bridge when a drunk driver in a cumbersome semi had hit the family. ... After the truck had gone tumbling off the bridge and into the deep, cold water, Henry hadn't survived. ... As hard as she tried, she couldn't keep the tears from streaming down her pale face. ...

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(Pg. 16) This quote shows that Henry doesn't really believe he is a part of this war and the anguish that comes from it. ... This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards. Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or playing for some stakes. ... Of course, during the course of the novel, Frederick does fall in love with Catherine which in turns gets him to view the war from a perspective like ordinary people would see it... The passage explains how soldiers would have had to crawl through narrow places to get from place to place. ...

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After hearing Agathon's views of love, Socrates relates his theory of love through a speech that was given to him by Diotima. ... In this way it can serve as a bridge between the two. ... However, he also has his father's traits, which are derived from good and beautiful things. ... This is how Diotima begins her evolutionary process of her views on love. ... From this ocean of beauty, we are now able to pursue beauty in all aspects of our lives. ...

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Rose was from Ypsilanti, Michigan and embodied the idea of self-reliance. ... From the chance meeting the idea of "Rosie the Riveter" was born. ... It really opened up another viewpoint on life in general, and changed women's views on their roles in societies. ... Conceived as a stem-to-stern axis touching the water and pointing toward the Golden Gate Bridge, the monument suggests a partially framed ship poised to slip right into the water's waves (Powell 62) During my research on Rosie the Riveter, and the women who actually were "Rosie's", several important things were lear...

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Well the adventure began, you see as I got further away from the house I thought to my self, well I made it this far why not go another block. ... Nothing better than relaxing in the country, feeding your animals, and enjoying the country view's, smells, and experiences. ... Grand-Ma Love well let me say this, and I know she was the best because her heart was always in the right place, she never had anything negative to say, with her love of bridge and humming birds, she was a well eduacated and very lovely person, she passed a way a year or two ago, and she will be greatly missed. ...

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I never really had a chance to meet my father because one muggy day while he was working he lost his footing and fell from the ledge of a bridge. ... His head was turned to the side and there was blood pouring from his mouth, encircling his head like a halo. The man's ice cold eyes stared into the distance, probably locked on his last view of life. ... Bud was struck by a pickup and died upon impact; he was only a block from the house. ... Before her house came into view I could smell the smoke. ...

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Rose was from Ypsilanti, Michigan and embodied the idea of self-reliance. ... From the chance meeting the idea of "Rosie the Riveter" was born. ... It really opened up another viewpoint on life in general, and changed women's views on their roles in societies. ... Conceived as a stem-to-stern axis touching the water and pointing toward the Golden Gate Bridge, the monument suggests a partially framed ship poised to slip right into the water's waves (Powell 62) During my research on Rosie the Riveter, and the women who actually were "Rosie's", several importa...

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He was an abashed man, an inheritance from his father. ... This lack of love from his father, created Patrick to become an abashed man. ... As much as Patrick was trying to get away from his past, it engulfed his future. ... But there is something essentially different from Patrick and the people whom he befriends. ... Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion is a text that is given new meaning when viewed from differing perspectives. ...

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