The other is upstairs in confinement, which allows the story to truly unfold. ... On the opposite side, there is a flourish of vegetation, a river and the hills that look like white elephants. "Across on the other side where fields of grain and trees along the banks of Ebro. Far away beyond the river, were mountains. ... The vegetated flourishing side with rivers and mountains represent the pregnancy; if she kept the baby. ...

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Henry takes off to war, along with all the others that are drafted at the same time. ... The river has taken his brother. Lyman pulls himself out of the river and walks to the car. ... Lyman starts the car and drives toward the river, and jumps out before the river consumes the car. ... Little did Lyman know that war shows a different side of people. ...

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The story is told in the past tense as if Sam is looking back at the trip "Sam Turner took her last float trip down the river with her father" (p. 1, line 1-2). ... This is another side of her father than she is used to. ... The trip on the river could be a symbol of how Sam has undergone a change. ... The reader is told that while Sam is stepping on Layton's back the fire has made her cold on one side and hot on the other "The right side of her body was warm from the fire, the left side was cold" (p. 4, line 142-143). ... Layton is very different from the other adu...

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"Then my brother Henry did something funny he started twirling, this way and that, so her hair was flung out from side to side. ... The way Henry acted, never smiling or talking and always jumpy, unable to deal with everyday life; even his friends quite coming around. " now you couldn't get him to laugh, or when he did it was more the sound of a man choking, a sound that stopped up the throats of other people around him." (409) Sometimes it was like Henry was numb. ... After Henry fixed the car back, they went for a drive down by the river. ... No hope for peace again; pieces of sanity...

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• Grade Level: High School

Through a series of events, Jig contemplates the pros and cons of both sides and appears to be unwilling in her decision to have the abortion. ... Jig also experiences ambiguity, as she is torn between sides, expressing to her partner that they could have it all but on the other hand wants to keep him happy by continuing their relationship as they before, worry-free. ... Vegetation and fields of grain cover one side of the station whereas the other is a barren valley, possibly highlighting the contrasts between life and death. Doing this mirrors the decision Jig must make as having the abortio...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Later Louise uses the Red River as a metaphor by it's altering condition and foreshadowing the events to come. She describes the river as metamorphosing from the normal river it once was and into this wild beast about to overflow. ... Ambrose describes the river under the bridge, and helps foreshadow it significance. ... The fantasy gets the reader on Peyton's side, hoping that he can break free and escape. ... Ambrose on the other hand went out of chronological order, to help real in the reader. ...

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On the side of the tracks were the American and the Jig are waiting, the country is "brown and dry,"(248) like everything is lifeless and does not belong. On the other side, were there are fields of grain and green tree, the river, beautiful mountains that look like "white elephants" in the sun. Life seems to be more enjoyable over there on the other side of the tracks, the side Jig wants to be on but can't because of complications. ... We do not know if they will continue their relationship parallel or go into opposite direction, and live their own lives apart form each other. ... On the...

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It tells the story of a young man named Neddy who decides to swim back to his house using a network of swimming pools which he names the Lucinda river. ... Describing his discovery of the "Lucinda River" as "a contribution to modern geography.... He is also sociable and popular as shown when "he stopped to kiss eight or ten other women.... He is standing by the side of the road surrounded by "beer cans, rags and blow out patches - exposed to all kinds of ridicule.... " The final part of the story is when Neddy reaches the end of his journey of the Lucinda River. ...

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Although the girl does not want to have this operation she does it to please the American, to keep him by her side "Then I'll do it. ... Torn between self-gratification and accepting what the American gives her, to save face she chooses the man because there is no other way. ... It is quite meaningful that the girl is given no identity other than her gender in this story whereas the man is immediately identified as "The American-. ... "Far away, beyond the river, were mountains. The shadow of a cloud moved across the field of grain and she saw the river through the trees. ...

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Instead, they are so closely connected to each other that each change in their social structure is perceived as being very important. ... Scratchy is the only trace of the traditional western bad guy even though his clothes are from "the East Side of New York" (256). He is quoted as being "the last one of the old gang that used to hang out along the river" (255). ... One is a hero (Jack), while the other is feared (Scratchy). ...

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We were all bored with nothing to do, and were simply joking with each other while enjoying the warm sunny day. ... Having a mother of Egyptian descent, I was always apprehensive about letting others know that I was half Middle-Eastern. ... Despite the fact that my mother worked next to the World Trade Center, and narrowly escaped the disaster that was unfolding, and the fact that my father is a police officer who on that day was helping people flee New York by crossing the Hudson river. ... I was silent with my arms down at my sides, staring in John's direction as he continued to ride hi...

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"She has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle, ever since the fire that burned the other house to the ground." ... "She would read to us without pity; forcing words, lies, other folks" habits, whole lives upon us two, sitting trapped and ignorant underneath her voice. She washed us in a river of make-believe, burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need to know. ... These words reveal that Mama cares about this particular item and maybe she doesn't want to part with it, but her submissive side can't say, "no!" ... Even when she sp...

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• Grade Level: High School