Literary Analysis Stephanie Butler ENG 125 Introduction to Literature 1-12-15 There are many types of prejudice in our world‚ but in the two literary works “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer and “What it’s like to be a black girl” by Patricia Smith‚ racism is the prejudice that the characters are battling with. Unfortunately racism is a global problem‚ but these stories discuss racism in America. These writers have used their ability to write to discuss these problems by short story and
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My Kid’s Dog Analysis Ron Hansen’s short story‚ My Kid’s Dog‚ is meant to be a funny story about revenge‚ irony‚ and hatred. This typical story is about a man who hate his children’s dog. Throughout the story the father tells us about the dog from his experience and his relationship with it. The father also comes across as though he does not realize why his wife and kids are so fond of the dog and does not take kindly to the fact that the dog acts perfect around them. In the story the dad
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My Ex-Husband Gabriel Spera That’s my ex-husband pictured on the shelf‚ Smiling as if in love. I took it myself With his Leica*‚ and stuck it in that frame We got for our wedding. Kind of a shame To waste it on him‚ but what could I do? (Since I haven’t got a photograph of you.) I know what’s on your mind-you want to know Whatever could have made me let him go- He seems like any woman’s
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between Morrison’s Beloved and Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. Both of these novels use multiple narrators‚ present their characters with struggles of their own identity‚ and show the difficulties of the people born into the lowest social class. As I Lay Dying is structured in such a way that the author has removed himself from the story. Basically‚ he allows his characters to tell their own story by switching between each character’s perspective. “As I Lay Dying is divided into fifty-nine sections
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Literary Analysis- “Say You’re One of Them” Karisa Levasseur 10/1/2011 Professor Asmus My Parents Bedroom In the short story‚ “My Parents’ Bedroom‚’ written by Uwem Akpan‚ the most defining role of literacy that sticks out is symbolism. The images that are engraved into readers brains are ones that have deeper meanings than what we initially see on the surface. The story is told through the eyes of a little girl named‚ Monique‚ who is only nine years old. It is told in first person point
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that affected him the way it did was very difficult for him. The day after his arrival he is scheduled to meet Dr. Lieh Viet Dinh‚ the doctor in charge of the Operation Smiles organization‚ to discuss what he will be doing. Uneasy and unsure about how Dr. Dinh will react when he learns that he was a soldier in the Vietnam War‚ he joins him for a dinner. When they begin to talk‚ he learns that during the war Dr. Dinh was tortured during the war and his thumbs were cut off. The missing thumbs represent
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Alice Walker’s essay Am I Blue?‚ is on the surface‚ a statement about how humans treat animals and the right’s of animals. However‚ on a deeper level‚ Walker is making a very powerful argument about how human animals treat each other much the same way they treat non human animals. All though history‚ horses have been symbols of power and grace. Gigantic herds of mustangs were once seen galloping on the American frontier. Alice Walker brings you to her reality‚ with the story of a beautiful horse
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Rhetorical Analysis of Alice Walker’s "Am I blue" In the essay‚ “Am I Blue?” by Alice Walker‚ Walker discusses the emotions that animals have and the similarities that those emotions have to human emotions. In this way‚ Walker is comparing her emotions‚ as a human‚ to the emotions of a horse (Blue). Walker uses imagery to portray this comparison. When speaking of the horse‚ Walker uses phrasing that illuminates the human characteristics of Blue. Walker claims that “Blue was lonely. Blue was horribly
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In the novel As I Lay Dying‚ William Faulkner contrasts symbolism of the cows and buzzards to represent nature as a cycle. Faulkner uses the cows to show the beginning of the cycle of nature — life. After Addie’s death‚ Dewey Dell visits the family barn. Dewey Dell notices the cow “blowing her breath in a sweet‚ hot blast‚ … moaning” (61) and breathing “into the bucket‚ moaning” (61). Faulkner uses the symbolism of the cow to relate to Dewey Dell and her situation. Just as how Dewey Dell is burdened
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