Many phrases helped to thoroughly describe what was taking place, allowing me to better understand what was occurring. Detailed phrases, such as " in silence he ran his cold eyes over the written words- and "She turned away like one being stunned by a blow-, helped me to better visualize what the situation was describing and to feel what the characters were feeling. ... She no doubt saw mixed ancestry in the black communities and realized the cause of it. ... The concept of young Armand falling instantly in love after seeing Desiree standing by the gate is a bit suspicious and sounds more l...

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They contain sub-sequential visual art in rectangular patterns much like comic books. ... This style of comics are read top to bottom and right to left just like traditional Japanese. ... The aesthetics of the novel also stood out to me when I reading it. The entirety of the pictures in the book is in black and white. ... As a young adult, I like to read stories of coming of age because they are relatable and help you see things from other perspectives. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He is like the magicians. ... In "The Tell-Tale Heart," the" protagonist expresses his psychology though his mental feelings "It is impossible to tell how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. ... In "The Black Cat " narrator is describing: "Yet, mad am I not -- and very surely do I not dream. ... In their consequences, these events have terrified -- have tortured -- have destroyed me. ... His action seems like that of a cold mind avenger. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

His spirits lift but there is also tension created through his black humour. ... The first candle goes out, casting a black shadow on the wall. ... "Shadows seemed to take another step towards me" The light symbolizes the truth. ... For me this is the epiphany. ... For me, the red room symbolizes one's own fear. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Two days before my walk, someone had thrown grenades into the crowd, killing three people, pilgrims like me. ... My body was tired, but Abu Saif's children encouraged me to go on. ... I looked around me and saw a series of black funeral banners draping the walls and four makeshift tombs of bricks that had been hastily set up and draped with Iraqi flags. ... On any other day, it could have been me. ... Around me, others cried for the victims. ...

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The narrator of the story, "The Black Cat," would not gouge out the cat's eye and then hang it from a tree as well as he would not kill his wife if he were sane. ... "3 Besides frightening subjects like death, disease, dark setting, haunted locations and others, characters who exhibit madness4 are the gothic elements incorporated in number of his stories, like for example in, "The Fall of the House of Usher," "Berenice," and, "The Cask of Amontillado.... For instance, in the short story, "The Black Cat," addiction to alcohol is portrayed i...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"They rose when she entered "a small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, leaning on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head. ... She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue."" (242) These details led me to believe that Miss Emily was a depressed and disturbed person. Miss Emily was always wearing black clothing, giving a morbid theme. ... Homer Barron's character is very interesting since he was know as a homosexual " Homer himself remarked "he liked men, and it was k...

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• Grade Level: High School

The first thing that shocked me was the bitter sweaty smell that crawled up my nose like a bug. ... Like the old weight room. ... Our team colors were green, black, and white. ... I take every moment with me that I remember and make it positive for myself and future. ... The adrenalin rush it self gets me ready for the game. ...

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Would you like to take part in an exciting loterry and be the one who is under usual circumstances called the winner? Would you like to be the one who gains some amazing prize like a vacation in Florida, the latest model of Ferarri or even a huge amount of money? ... The slip of paper with a black point finally ends in the hands of Tessie Hutchinson. ... After her arrival, she says: "Wouldn`t have me leave m`dishes in the sink, now, would you?" ... But after she gets a paper with that black point, we can see how her whole character changes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The first line: "back in the days when everyone was old or stupid or young and foolish and me and Sugar were the only ones just right " speaks volumes about what is to be expected (213). ... Sylvia is an extreme character whom we could hate for her crude language especially when she says: "and the starch in my pinafore scratching the shit outta me and I'm really hating this nappy-head bitch and her goddamn college degree " (214). ... This is certainly the case in "A Rose for Emily, " where Miss Emily is described as "A small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her...

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It looks natural, like a yarn being told about bush life without much artistic planning, but in fact it is carefully structured. ... The young boy, Tommy, seeing how drained and distressed his mother is, with a burst of insight exclaims "Mother, I won't never go droving; blast me if I do!" ... In the setting of The Drover's Wife, the reader's attention is obtained through the use of adjectives such as "stunted, rotten apple trees- and "big, black, yellow-eyed dog-. ... Even though "Drover's Wife- is set in one setting, Lawson uses techniques like anecdotes to capture audien...

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• Grade Level: High School

Children's minds aren't fully developed, so they like the idea of these books taking them onto a wonderful journey, and that is why fantasy stories are told. ... The tree like shaped monster shows up to his bedroom at 12:07 every night and insists on telling Conor three different stories with the fourth one being up to him to tell. ... It gave me chills. ... On page 208 it says "A moan started in his throat, a moan that rose into a cry and then a loud wordless yell and he opened his mouth and the fire came blazing out, blazing out to consume everything, bursting over the bla...

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• Grade Level: High School

Her dying hours were very much like Elizabeth Poe's death because Virginia died of consumption and the spitting up of blood. ... His worst fears come true when he awakens in complete blackness, or the pit. ... "Days passed-it might have been that many days passed-ere it swept so closely over me as to fan me with its acrid breadth" (Stern 165). ...

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Believe me when I say he wanted to kiss her shoes. ... In Sorrentino's story, the reader may also observe many instances in which the narrator makes decisions while the story is being told, which we may consider "performative utterances ", since the narrator spontaneously decides where characters will be or what they will wear while narrating: "I'll put her virgin flesh into a black linen suit, a single strand of pearls around her throat," or "I put the young man into 1958. ... He would like to be Jewish himself, but he is a Roman Catholic. ... Help me." ... It is important to note t...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School