One can easily view this story as a fairy tale in which Paul bargains with some force, and rides his horse in order to gain knowledge. ... Paul's mother tells her son that his father is unlucky, which to her is obviously a character flaw. ... At one point, Paul tells his mother, "...you ought to know you needn't worry." ... Parents should be able to tell their children that they don't need to worry about money or their parents. ... This hard place in her heart is sensed by Paul and his sisters, and no one else. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" death leads to an awakening sense of freedom within Louise Mallard. The news of her husband's death releases not only a sense of relief, but a feeling of true happiness. Yet in the end, it is the death of her happiness and joy that kills her in the end, no...

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What is special about this town is that all of the people in it are dead and they tell their stories from the grave. ... Spoon River Anthology tells its tales of life but the most important is how unforgiving love is. ... He states, "That one can be happy only where there are two;/ And that our hearts are drawn to stars/ Which want us not ("Herbert Marshal" 12-14)." ... Searcy killed his aunt, the coroner thought she died of a heart attack and old age so did not look any farther. ... One such sad story comes from Margaret Fuller Slack, whose story tells of her life where she was full of po...

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The story tells the tale of Victor Frankenstein leaving his family, home and fiance' to attend a university and learn all he could about natural philosophy. ... When Victor sees what he has created, he is immediately repulsed by the monster and hides. "...now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. ... The tale of Frankenstein's journey seems to be easily concluded if Victor were to only kill the monster or vice versa. ... I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the b...

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He wants us to see our own legends, our own tales... ... He says that we must follow our legends and always we must listen to our heart. The way that goes through our legends to our treasures, passes from our hearts. ... Old man says him that he'll tell him the way that goes to his own treasure. ... Santiago quickly tells him taht he wants to go to Egypt pyramids. ...

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This third-person narration is used in such a way that the reader is not particularly aware of the role of the narrator, who remains outside the action of the tale. ... So, the author has chosen to tell about the hardness of Eveline's life quite frankly. ... He is kind, manly, open-hearted and could perhaps even love her. ...

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This third-person narration is used in such a way that the reader is not particularly aware of the role of the narrator, who remains outside the action of the tale. ... So, the author has chosen to tell about the hardness of Eveline's life quite frankly. ... He is kind, manly, open-hearted and could perhaps even love her. ...

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This third-person narration is used in such a way that the reader is not particularly aware of the role of the narrator, who remains outside the action of the tale. ... So, the author has chosen to tell about the hardness of Eveline's life quite frankly. ... He is kind, manly, open-hearted and could perhaps even love her. ...

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At the beginning the main Character, Lester Bernham, tells the viewer exactly what's going to happen at the end of the movie, he is going to die. ... Until she finds comfort in her new neighbor Ricky whom at first admires her from afar by taping her through her window but is not afraid to go tell her that he does in fact admire her. ... Ricky uses his camera as an extension of his eyes and heart and thinks everything beautiful especially Jane. ... Apparently this is a tale of people with an attraction to other people. ...

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After the monster lives among the family for many years he decides that he will confront the family and tell them about his experiences while living there. ... Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a tale crafted two centuries ago "to awaken thrilling horror," is a story that speaks to deep fears and desires that lie at the heart of our response to biological science, tracing the history of the development of biological science and how it has been received and understood by the public in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ...

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It's a 400 pages of two stories mixed into one that created the novel, "A Tale for The Time Being" and it is interesting and excited and kept me reading it for 3 long days. ... Let me tell briefly about the plot. ... And I come to a new realization, life will give you many challenges, and sometimes your heart waver and you fall, sometimes you give up, but you must keep going forward. ...

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• Grade Level: High School