Book 1: Memories‚ Chapter 8 – Entering the sect? Even though little Hua began to walk‚ in less than one hundred steps she nearly collapsed. Due to the great injury on her leg‚ she walked limping. She thought that with her injuries‚ walking a bit more was easy‚ but she overestimated her body. The temperature remained the same as when she entered‚ but she felt cold. Her blue eyes looked at her surroundings. To the right‚ a lot of trees‚ with no signs of ending. To the left‚ still the same lake. She
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Quote Analysis Literary Features “They told me to take a street-car named Desire‚ and transfer to one called Cemeteries‚ and ride six blocks and get off at - Elysian Fields!” (Scene 1‚ Page 6) Sexual desires are a common interest several people tend to have and Blanche Dubois significantly portray and represents the theme of sexual intimacy in A Street Car Named Desire as Tennessee Williams uses allegory‚ allusion‚ symbolism‚ and foreshadow in order to demonstrate how do Blanche’s “trip” through
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1. ------------------------------------------------- Two Europeans‚ Kayerts and Carlier work on an outpost in Africa. They work for a Belgian ivory trading company. The outpost is very isolated‚ and the men must have their supplies/food delivered by boat. At the station work ten black natives and Makola. He is the storekeeper and lives at the station with his wife. At first Kayerts and Carlier are working very hard. They want to get very rich‚ but after a while they become lazy. One day‚ Makola
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The coachman approached the side of the coach‚ opened the door and he peered inside the coach‚ "Okay lad come out." Lucinda’s level of fear intensified before being able to react as a result of sight of four riders in the distance‚ approaching the coach. One of the riders‚ she remembered was the man with the long beard covering his large unsightly scar. The coachman‚ "Leave the carriage or will I drag you out?" Staring directly into his eyes and drawing her knife: "I warn you‚ the best is that
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1.) Incongruous- “Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.” Unheralded- “Not previously announced‚ expected‚ or recognized.” Parenthesis- “An interlude or interval.” Legislate- “Cover‚ affect‚ or create by making or enacting laws.” 2.) Setting- The setting if the story was in the cemetery that one of the main characters was taking a shortcut through to get to work. Protagonist- When the story started I thought the chairman of the school board would be the protagonist
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The Act of Supremacy in 1543 made an abundance of people irate‚ this anger resulted in the Pilgrimage of Grace taking place. There were many people that opposed this movement and many that favored it. The Oath of Honorable Men (doc.1) shows a goal of the Pilgrimage of Grace. It states how you cannot enter the pilgrimage for worldly gain but only for your love of God. It also states‚ and to expel evil counselors which was a clear goal of The Pilgrimage of Faith. The best way to figure the cause of
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Quotes from A Separate Peace "I think we reminded them of what peace was like‚ we boys of sixteen....We were careless and wild‚ and I suppose we could be thought of as a sign of the life the war was being fought to preserve....We reminded them of what peace was like‚ of lives which were not bound up with destruction. Phineas was the essence of this careless peace." Chapter 2‚ pp. 16-17 Context: Gene says this after he and Finny were in Mr. Prud’homme’s office explaining why they were late to dinner
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In A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ the main character‚ Gene Forrester‚ struggles with copious moral dilemmas while living at Devon‚ a boarding school. The author portrays Gene as a structured intellectual‚ who is shielded from the reality of World War II. As a result of this “separate peace”‚ he predominantly struggles with his self-integrity and‚ consequently‚ feels much jealousy towards his classmates at Devon. By examining Gene’s antagonistic behavior towards his peers‚ it is evident that personal
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The theme of losing oneself is seen throughout Castellanos’ “Destiny‚” and John Knowles “A Separate Peace.” (ASP) It is frequently shown in ASP. In the poem‚ it is shown that the main symbol‚ the deer‚ is sacrificing his true self to become a “tiger.” This theme is seen most frequently in one of the main characters‚ Finny. Finny undergoes many traumatic experiences from falling out of a tree to finding out that his best friend and possible lover attempted to murder him. the author argues that even
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For A Separate Peace and Swing Kids - Similarities-Differences Outline I. Introduction- Last sentence is the thesis II. Paragraph(s) discussing only the similarities between A and B (transition) III. Paragraphs discussing only the differences between A and B (transition) IV. Discuss how and A and B reflect or connect to a shared theme (must be one of the themes discussed in class) V. Conclusion Possible Choices: - Compare and contrast the characters Gene from A Separate Peace
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