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Fenses

... to tell Troy anything, especially his opinion on Alberta. “I know what Rose means to you, Troy I’m just trying to say I don’t want to see you mess up.” (p.63) Bono’s words show the reader how much he cares about Troy. Bono was always straightforward with Troy. He even said, “That’s right. I know you. I know you got some Uncle Ramus in your blood. You got more stories than the devil got sinners.” (p.13) Much of Troy is shown in Bono because he has been with him through the good times an ...

Number of words: 563 | Number of pages: 3

Tortilla Flat

... connection becomes the province of the plot. The position from where events in the plot are reported is the point of view. What do the viewing characters perceive in ? Is there omniscience--an all-seeing, all-knowing narrator? The shifts in point-of-view is also common in Steinbeck's novel. The theme is the personal and direct impression of life which Steinbeck projects. The setting in shows the story took place in a certain time and place. Setting also reveals character. Symbols, ideas beyond the object itself and images, perceptible to ...

Number of words: 2147 | Number of pages: 8

Flowers For Algernon - Review

... are created in the reader, being me, are ones of sorrow, anger, and guilt. One of the elements of the story which contributes greatly to the mood the reader experiences would be the plot. In the story, Charlie, is subject to an experiment which increases his intelligence in hopes of knowing more in the soul purpose of impressing people to gain friends. Unfortunately some of his anticipations were not met. The main characters in the novel include Charlie, Alice, Algernon, and Fay, a character who did not make much of an appearance, but in my ...

Number of words: 762 | Number of pages: 3

In Flanders Fields

... the most important and memorable pieces of war poems ever written. John McCrae came from a respectable family and became a soldier/ doctor/ author/ teacher. Though he wrote textbooks on medicine and numerous poems he will be forever remembered as being the voice of the many who had fallen during WWI. "In Flanders Field," stirred the hearts of soldiers and their family’s everywhere- not just Canada. In a simple language and with flowing verse it vividly evoked the situation and emotions of the front line troops. John McCrae’ ...

Number of words: 1776 | Number of pages: 7

Maturing In The Faith

... put, we were brought up in Catholic households, and educated in Catholic schools, and what sticks to our minds is that to be a good Christian, we must have faith in God. We get too extreme about it at times and take things too literally that we miss too many points. To be fair, our faith is “genuine”, as the book also said. We truly believe in God and we all try to live as good Catholics: mass every Sunday, rosary with the family every night, we go to confession and retreats, and we pray when we wake in the morning and before goi ...

Number of words: 685 | Number of pages: 3

The Call Of The Wild

... other local dogs. he was a mix between a St. Bernard and a Scotch Shepherd dog. He weighed one hundred and forty pounds, and he carried every one with utmost pride. Buck had everything he could want. Little did he know, he would soon have it all taken away from him. One night, while the judge was away at a raisin grower's committee meeting, the gardener, Manuel, took Buck away from his home. Buck was then sold, and thrown in a baggage car. This would be the beginning of a new, cruel life for Buck. On his ride to wherever he was going, Buck' ...

Number of words: 913 | Number of pages: 4

The Mountain And The Valley

... a winter sleep. Ellen is introduced to us as she is working on her rug. We learn that the rug is made from torn clothes. "They were good rugs. All the garment were whole"(9). The rags for the rug are from the family's old clothes that they have either worn out or grown out of. Ellen sorts the clothes out, and reminds herslef whose shirt or jacket it was, and when did they have it. Ellen is shown to the reader as a sort of artist; she is very talented at the work she does. Even though she can no longer see to draw the designs for ...

Number of words: 434 | Number of pages: 2

A Bird Came Down The Walk.

... means that the line contains three stressed syllables and tetrameter means there are four stresses. Meter plays a very important role in poems because it gives the poet another tool to help convey the feeling of the poem. Dickinson used this metrical pattern to convey to the reader that the bird did not feel natural on the ground. The meter forces the poem to be read very jumpy and quick, much like how a bird acts while on the ground. Even though the bird is on the ground for a short amount time it still acts cautiously because its natural ...

Number of words: 474 | Number of pages: 2

Antigone 3

... something of an exception to this rule. As befits her, she is a loving and loyal daughter and sister. It is precisely this loyalty that makes her an active rather than a static figure. Throughout the play, Antigone amazingly retains the traditional role of women, while at the same time boldly challenges this depiction. This is precisely where the conflict between the sexes rises. The denial of burial to Polynices strikes directly at her family loyalty, for it was the immemorial privilege and duty of the women of the house to mourn the dea ...

Number of words: 662 | Number of pages: 3

Tartuffe

... of two lovers, Valere and Marianne, trying to get together but being thwarted. However, instead of the villain, is not the one who is antagonizing them, it is Orgon who gets in the way. Orgon tries to flatter by offering Marianne to be his wife. Before it is all over, Orgon ends up giving the deed to all his land to the deceitful . The other comic elements such as the unmasking of the villain and the happy ending are also present in . It is in the duality of Orgon, who is a believing and devoted subject, and , the manipulating hypocrit ...

Number of words: 768 | Number of pages: 3

Beloved

... you to put some of your weight in their hands," the present becomes tolerable and a future possible regardless of the past (22). Baby Suggs, a prominent figure in the community with an intolerable present and past, learned early on what it was like to be left alone to deal with difficulties. When the community that had served as her strength withdrew its support, because they were angry and had taken offense to the "uncalled-for-pride" Baby flaunted when her grandchildren and daughter-in-law were finally together, she no longer felt t ...

Number of words: 1248 | Number of pages: 5

Narrative Voices In Huck Finn

... and a mighty nice house, too"(110). This is the first of many compliments Huck bestows on the Grangerfords and their possessions. Huck is impressed by all of the Grangerfords' belongings and liberally offers compliments. The books are piled on the table "perfectly exact"(111), the table had a cover made from "beautiful oilcloth"(111), and a book was filled with "beautiful stuff and poetry"(111). He even appraises the chairs, noting they are "nice split-bottom chairs, and perfectly sound, too--not bagged down ...

Number of words: 1505 | Number of pages: 6

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