Lyman's story is about how Henry changes, before the war Henry was out going, liked telling jokes and hanging out with his brother. ... Henry worked at Jewel Bearing Plant before the layoff. ... "It wasn't long before the whole thing was mine... After Henry fixed the car back, they went for a drive down by the river. ... No hope for peace again; pieces of sanity being chipped away day after day, until that night of darkness at the river....

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The main character takes the risk for the girls after his boss kicks them out. ... The unexpected twist of the story occurs when Sammy prefers to go after the three adolescents. ... In conclusion, Sammy's experience will help him think twice before he makes an impulsive decision. ... " Lengel, his boss gives him an advice before he quits. The main character does not listen to his boss who wants him to think before losing his job. ...

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Irony is often achieved by letting the reader feel comfortable before shocking the reader. ... This is where she makes the reader feel comfortable, before the shocking part of the story. ... Summers asks for some help and is hesitation, before someone volunteers to help. ... After this last example is when it starts to explain what's really going on, a sacrifice to ensure good luck and bounty to the villagers. ... Hutchinson, and that was only after she knew that either herself or someone in her family was going to die. ...

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When Henry returns home, after the war, Lyman finds that his brother no longer has a desire to talk or have adventures like he did before the war. ... After all the turmoil Henry had seen the three years he was away, his mind would not leave where he had come from; whether it be from the memories of killing a human being or from seeing people die right before his eyes. ... After Henry fixes the car, it is spring and he wants to take it for a ride to the river. ... Lyman jumps in after him, but it is useless. ... Lyman starts the car and drives toward the river, and jumps out before the riv...

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The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put to use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born. ... Every year, after the lottery, Mr. ... The black box had been put to use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town. ... After the only meeting per year these villagers did not want to think about the evil that this box caused. ...

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In the short story "The Demon Lover," written by Elizabeth Bowen, she describes a story of a middle aged woman who had made a promise with her fiancé twenty-five years before. ... After she had read the letter she goes to get a taxi and screams when she sees the driver's face. ... Drover's mouth hung open [when she saw the driver and realized she was home] for some seconds before she could issue her first scream" After she continued to scream freely and beat with her gloved hands on the glass all round as the taxi, acceleration without mercy" (29). ... The fact...

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" After a couple of long, stressful hours of sitting around, staring at the ceiling, I knew the band was more on edge than ever. ... Seconds after we reached the interstate, I remember passing out suddenly in the back of Jack's car. ... After my drums were all set up, I went to a dark room in the back where all of the bands store their equipment and hang out before the show. ... After all the precious time Jack spent practicing his introduction, he chose to simply scream the name of the band. ... The nervous feeling I got before our first show still haunts me before each show, but I...

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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. ... A segment of the story that shows his determination and intelligence was when he is shot in the arm by an enemy sniper after killing an armored car driver and a civilian spy. ... The reader sees that the sniper is intelligent and determined, as he was able to kill his enemy sniper after being previously shot in the arm. ... This character trait is important because it informs the reader of other characteristics such as being addicted to s...

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A piece of characterisation which Poe uses to tackle the theme of death is when the insane narrator in "The Black Cat" pounces for the animal, after a few drinks, clutching a pen-knife and tears one of its eyes out with the weapon. This incident happens moments before he hangs the unfortunate creature. ... Word choice also plays a big part in "The Cask of Amontillado" to portray the theme of death and an impressive choice of this is just after Montresor has just decided to kill Fortunato... This shows how evil Montresor can be as "immolation" is to provide victims with a sacrificial meal be...

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After the publication of Bayou Folks Chopin was encouraged to write more. ... After the publication of Bayou Folks, Chopin began writing more frequently. ... After a short vacation in the summer of 1899, Chopin wrote less frequently. ... Though Chopin's controversial works sold well before the release of The Awakening, the publisher thought that it would not sell as well now that Chopin was nationally known. Kate Chopin never published another piece of work before her death on August 22, 1904. ...

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Many readers furious and stunned sent numerous letters of complaints and objections after the story was published in The New Yorker. ... After one family draws the black dotted paper, another drawing takes place. ... Peer pressure plays a major role in these townspeople committing this brutal act of murder year after year. ... Even children at a young age participate, preparing the stones before hand. ... The pressure of the group on each individual causes them to commit the same stoning atrocity year after year. ...

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The boy travels alone and meets his father in New York before he continues his journey. ... After four visits on different restaurants with the same rude behavior and a fifth with a newspaper stand seller, the boy leaves his father with a sad goodbye, and he has decided never to meet his father again. ... After a while he suddenly leaves his father, and now we know he understands why his mother divorced his father for three years ago. After this meeting with the father he no longer sees him as a fatherly figure. ... His father treats him as if he is a stranger; like they'd never met bef...

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After Louise finds out the news of the death of her husband, Brently Mallard, Louise's first reaction was to depart in a "storm of grief" with "wild abandonment" (Chopin 3). ... Because of the death of her husband, Louise starts to realize the "new spring life"(Chopin 5) and all her surroundings she has never examined before. ... After Louise's taste of freedom, she felt like a "goddess of victory"(Chopin 18), which explains that her newfound liberty and lack of depression was a big achievement for her. ...

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Mallard blatantly proves this in the story by dying after seeing her husband walk in the front door. ... Immediately after hearing the news, Louise starts crying, and storms into her room. ... "(573) Symbolism "She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life".(574) In this story the time of year, spring, symbolizes a new life for Mrs. ... Millard after learning of her husbands death. ...

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Keith wins the election which is the last scene before the hunters are traveling through time. ... After realizing what he has done to the past and present setting Eckels pleas saying, "No, it can't be. ... Before the time travel a U.S. election is mentioned and it is brought back into the story at the end before Eckels' death. ... Bradbury is trying to express his concern for the U.S. citizens and government to make the right choices in a heated time and to think before they act. ...

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Fitzgerald's first novel was rejected, and after failing at Princeton College, he enlisted in the army and was stationed in Montgomery Alabama where he met Zelda Sayre. ... After Fitzgerald's book This Side of Paradise was published Zelda was only too happy to live the affluent and celebrated lifestyle of a rich and famous author. After Fitzgerald's second novel "The Beautiful and the Damned" he and Zelda had their only child, Scottie. After the birth of their child that they begin to make frequent trips to Europe, staying for months at a time, seeking calm for his work, or ...

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One night he decided to go on one more robbing expedition at a local gas station before ending this hobby and starting a new life. ... He burst through the door with gun in hand and pointed it straight at the cashier like he had done so many times before. ... It was all like a bad dream unfolding before him. ... After all, killing "only" one man didn't seem to have enough importance in his small town. ... After he had resigned mentally and emotionally and appropriately prepared to meet his Maker, the prison guards walked him to the electric chair. ...

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In a biography from The Druid's Egg, he is described as, "absolutely the best king that ever reigned in Ireland before himself[He was] wise learned, valiant and mild, not given causelessly to be bloody as many of his ancestors were, he reigned majestically and magnificently" (Seren-Ddaear). ... The high king directly represents the ideas that the druids believed and sought after, making him an idol to these scholars. ... Conchobar was evidently highly respected, "No one answered, for it was tabu for the Ulstermen that any of them should speak before Conchobar, and Conchoba...

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After introducing the hammer the narrator then starts telling her story at hand. ... Her parents moved there soon after when Telluride becomes famous for it's skiing. ... Sonny's wife left him six months before, so they both feed off each other for support using alcohol as another ingredient. ... After they ride by the smoking ashes that are left, they go to a bar. ... Sonny stood up and walked out the bar after him and that is where the story ends. ...

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One must read the story very carefully, even numerous times, before understanding the reason of this tale. ... The story ends shortly after this deplorable news. ... One would suspect that he is terribly heart broken and devastated after hearing the news from his previous lover. ... Whatever happened to the American after his disease? ... The American has his hopes crushed after finding out his lover has cheated on him. ...

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He tells them to "think what a sin and shame it would be, if, with your peculiar advantages, you should not become patterns of virtue and wisdom to all the young people of the age- (507) as a general rule before they drink the elixir. ... After the drink the elixir, they return to their evil ways, and, after a while, they return to being old again. ... Aylmer also made a rose come up out of the ground, but before Georgiana could touch it, it withered away. ...

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The Lottery created so much outrage in the readers simply because the story was written shortly after World War II, the lottery could be cancelled but instead it goes on and the story ended rapidly and appalling. ... When Tessie is picked, she claims how unfair it is that she was chosen and even offers her children to take their chance before hers. ... The Lottery is a horrifying but exciting short story written a few years after World War II. ... Miriam Friend was a frequent reader of the New Yorker wrote a letter to the editor, "I frankly confess to being completely baffled by Shirley Jackso...

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After a quite gruesome hike we were finally there. ... Before we lit that we gathered all the wood we could see and get to and brought this in the cabin and lay it around the fireplace to dry it out. ... After going back up to the cabin we found my uncles bow some of his hunting gear. ... We think it was the moisture from all the rain and leaving the hood up to cool it off from the day before that made it not run. ... After reading that line, one can imagine that times were going to be tough. ...

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The cultural application in this short story is not just from the time it is written, but even a century before that. ... After that, the narrator reminisces about her youth. ... After second grade the school was closed down. ...

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After the loss of her father, she was not able to accept the fact that he was dead. She learned to find comfort in living under someone else and that feeling was lost after her father passed. ... "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardy saw her at all" (Faulkner 33). ... Homer had been seen out very frequently with Miss Emily after the passing of her father. ... Miss Emily made a purchase of arsenic shortly after the truth of Homer's sexuality was revealed; he was seen only a few times before he was never seen again. ...

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