Context George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair‚ a British political novelist and essayist whose pointed criticisms of political oppression propelled him into prominence toward the middle of the twentieth century. He could not turn a blind eye to the cruelties and hypocrisies of Soviet Communist Party‚ which had overturned the semifeudal system of the tsars only to replace it with the dictatorial reign of Joseph Stalin. Plot Overview The cart-horse Boxer devotes himself to the cause with
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Credit Lines for MHC Interactive: Pre-GED Reading Pre-Test "A Story" from The City in Which I Love You by Li-Young Lee‚ 1990. Reprinted by permission of The Permissions Company on behalf of BOA Editions Ltd. Bill Moyers‚ The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets. New York: Doubleday‚ 1995. From A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ 1959. Reprinted by permission of Jewell Gresham Nemiroff. From “The Warriors” from The Sun Is Not Merciful by Anna Lee Walters. Copyright © 1985 by Anna
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“Did I hear that right? There is a plan to fight Persia at Thermopylae?” My friend Aesop asked. We were coming out of a meeting at the barracks. “Yes‚ my friend‚ we will defend the pass from the invaders‚” I replied.In the meeting in the barracks‚ King Leonidas had told us that he was going to hand pick 300 of our elite soldiers to fight Persia. “Did you know‚ Acacius?” he asked me‚ “Only fathers will be going on this mission.” He was correct. The king was only picking soldiers who had children
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This bias gives dissonance theory its predictive power‚ shedding light on otherwise puzzling irrational and destructive behavior. A classical example of this idea (and the origin of the expression "sour grapes") is expressed in the fable The Fox and the Grapes by Aesop (ca. 620–564 BCE). In the story‚ a fox sees some high-hanging grapes and wishes to eat them. When the fox is unable to think of a way to reach them‚ he surmises that the grapes are probably not worth eating‚ as they must not be ripe
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Joan Gardona Andrada II-BSE English Creative Writing (POETRY) Forms Specific poetic forms have been developed by many cultures. In more developed‚ closed or "received" poetic forms‚ the rhyming scheme‚ meter and other elements of a poem are based on sets of rules‚ ranging from the relatively loose rules that govern the construction of an elegy to the highly formalized structure of the ghazal or villanelle. Described below are some common forms of poetry widely used across a number of languages
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Aphrodite was said to be quite fearful and weak in Homer’s famous book‚ The Iliad. She was not as brave as the other gods and goddesses. She was definitely not guilty for anything she did wrong. Although‚ she was compassionate and caring. In a fable by Aesop‚ a weasel fell in love with an attractive boy‚ but he did not feel the same. Broken-hearted‚ the weasel called Aphrodite to ask to be changed into a woman. As compassionate as Aphrodite was‚ she transformed the weasel into a gorgeous young lady
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theme in both pieces of text. The theme in both texts is not to trust a flatterer; however‚ this theme is developed differently in both pieces. Cleary uses a poem to make reading his piece more entertaining; however‚ Aesop uses a short story format to make his piece more serious. Aesop was a little more serious in developing the theme because he didn’t make it entertaining or use entertaining details‚ he plainly stated it at the end of his story. On the other hand‚ Cleary used comparison and described
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easier recall‚ rendition and adaptation of the story. Short sections of verse might focus on individual narratives that could be told at one sitting. The overall arc of the tale would emerge only through the telling of multiple such sections. Fables‚ succinct tales with an explicit
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the process of constructing a logical justification for a decision‚ action or lack thereof that was originally arrived at through a different mental process. In Aesop’s story‚ the fox says "they are but green and sour; so I’ll e’en let them alone" (Aesop 386). This quote shows that the fox was searching for other justification to show that he didn’t desire the grapes in the first place. Instead of whining and griping‚ he convinces himself that the grapes are unripe and not worthy for him. The English
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1.The meaning of climax and anticlimax The Greek word climax means “ladder”; the Latin gradatio means “ascent‚ climbing up”. In climax we deal with strings of synonyms or at least semantically related words belonging to the same thematic group.[4‚ p. 155] According to Efimov L. P.‚ climax (or Gradation) – is the figure of unequality‚ which consists in arranging the utterance so that each subsequent component of it increases significance‚ importance or emotional tension of narration.[1‚ p. 69]
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