One day‚ Elroy takes him on a rainy fishing trip along the river of the Canadian border‚ where O’Brien is faced with the choice: be brave and flee to Canada‚ despite a lifetime of embarrassment from his hometown‚ or ethically‚ return home ready to defend his country. O’Brien describes the scene on the rainy river: “Elroy Berdahl remained quiet. He kept fishing. He worked his line with the tips of his fingers‚ patiently‚ squinting out at his red and white bobber on the Rainy River. His eyes were
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In the block quotation above‚ readers learn that the Wife of Bath describes lying as a form of art. A wise wife must be manipulative—must show their husband that they are powerful. The Wife of Bath’s goal is to give an advice to the women who are not wise—unable to manipulate their husband. Line 230 translates to the following: now listen to how I have conducted myself (Benson). Readers get the opportunity to learn that the Wife of Bath is a powerful manipulator who is attempting to teach other wives
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Introduced in the fifteenth century‚ characterization is still used today in most movies‚ books‚ and theaters to make stories unique and add a certain edge. In “The Lottery”‚ a small town holds a drawing every year; the ‘winner’ gets stoned. No one questions this practice because they are very faithful in their tradition and have never been taught otherwise. “The Lady and the Tiger” also includes a very chilling mood where the King determines if an accused person is guilty or innocent depending
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“The Bath” by Raymond Carver discusses the themes of communication‚ or rather the lack thereof. At certain points of the story this theme is clearly being presented by the narrative. For example: once Scotty is hit by a car his friend runs up and asks: “what if felt like to be hit by a car” (48). But Scotty never answers as he didn’t feel like talking anymore. This is one example that shows lack of communication in the story that is clearly portrayed by the narrative. The narrative utilized another
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Budweiser is an American beer that is made in America. In 2015‚ they put out a commercial during the Super Bowl called “Lost Puppy.” The speaker of this commercial is Budweiser with the target audience of beer drinkers. The ultimate purpose of this commercial is to sell more Budweiser beer. Budweiser uses this very short story about a puppy becoming lost and eventually finding its way back home because people are going to want to watch it start to end to see how the story plays out. The commercial
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First Song: “Moonlight in Vermont” uses a bass‚ drums‚ piano‚ guitar‚ and saxophone. The song has a slow tempo and a relaxed sound. The bass‚ drums‚ and piano keep the rhythm while the saxophone and guitar play melodies both separately and layered. The guitar‚ saxophone‚ and bass play an improvised solo. The improvisations are simple and blend well with the slow tempo. The soft and light tone from the guitar and saxophone are what help to classify this song as cool jazz. This song has some classical
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Reading poetry is extremely difficult‚ so I tried in a different way: I went to YouTube and looked for someone reading out loud The Weary Blues. Then I founded Langston Hughes reciting this precise poem‚ accompanied by a jazz band. Immediately I felt transported to 1958‚ seated in the front row of the theater‚ felling a mix of rhythm and depression in the air. Then‚ sitting in a stool in front of me‚ Langston Hughes starts to recite his "Weary Blues". In the way that Langston recited the poem‚ seems
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The author is using imagery to portray his attitude towards justice. Such as when he says “When he beats his bars and he would be free.” This is saying the caged bird is beating his bars so he would be free which means‚ by imagery‚ that the bird is getting injustice to be able to be free. Also the way the author may look at injustice in this is a caged bird will never really receive justice. More evidence to show the way the author uses imagery to portray his attitude towards injustice is when in
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Winthrop preaches about unity and togetherness to his fellow Puritans‚ weary and trepidatious about the dangers of their voyage and upcoming settlement‚ in order to reassure them that their shared religion will keep them all safe and that everything will be okay. Throughout his sermon‚ he repeats the word “we”‚ instilling a sense of a common identity into those with him. By saying “we” instead of “I”‚ he makes his audience sure that he is no different from any of them; that he needs them as much
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In Billie Holiday’s version‚ the song begins with a duo play of piano and trumpet‚ which creates a strong atmosphere of how a haunting story begins. When I was hearing the beginning section‚ the rhythm made me feel like I was holding a glass of brandy and sitting at the dark corner of a distressed bar where the singer described the story of a piece of pathetic history. This version does not present a clear pulse but the spacing between the lyrics and the arrangement of the instruments highlight the
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