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Killing Chickens

Killing chicken is a crazy story about a woman who gives details on how she kills chickens. The unique thing Hall did with this narrative was even though she was killing the chickens the chickens represented her marriage. She was betrayed in her marriage, and this was a hard emotion to encounter in her life. Hall was forced to deal with this experience that made it harder for her to love and trust anyone.
Hall used various literary devices such as metaphors, similes, and imagery as she wrote this narrative. Her way of killing these chickens was her showing us that she is getting rid of her marriage even though it was painful to do so. When I read this narrative, I was astonished how she managed to reveal that her life and
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