Part one of term paper
In the story "The Gift", by Louis Dollarhide, he makes use of imagery on both the human relationship with objects and . The Oxford Reference Dictionary defines "" as "1. The phenomena of the physical world as a whole . . . 2. A thing's essential qualities; a person's or animal's innate character . . . 4. Vital force, functions, or needs." W ...

Part two of term paper
... describing the sea as a person. "Down the length and breadth of the swamp others were fighting to save what little they could, maybe even their lives." (Pg. 357) The author bonds the with the woman. Her house is built to ride with the flow of the flood. The only things around her are . Another images that runs through the story are the trees. The planks of the trees sounds like they are crying in the dark. "Planks creaked and she could distinguish the sounds of object being knock ...