Chase Brown Oliva 9/22/12 English 102 Short Story Analysis: The Red Convertible “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich is a short story about two Native American brothers‚ Lyman and Henry‚ and their growing bond as brothers. Symbolism is used rather heavily in this story. One of the main symbols of the story‚ as noted in the title‚ is the red convertible. The red convertible symbolizes the relationship status of the two brothers‚ and the struggles they face as Henry is drafted into the
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don’t hate her…she’s my sister. I love her. She always had to be prettier than me. She was too. So beautiful‚ just like a single red rose in a field full of dead ones. She would take hours just to get ready for school. Her hair was just like mine‚ long‚ black‚ and silky. She always wears some type of bow or flower pin in her hair. Her nose was kind of like a little button on her face‚ sort of like mine but more pleasing. But her eyes…..her eyes were so beautiful. They were like two big emeralds on
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“Hills Like White Elephants” calls to mind the “A Game of Chess” section of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (1922); like Eliot’s masterpiece‚ Hemingway’s story deals with the sterility and vacuity of the modern world. The boredom of the man and the desperation of the girl reveal the emptiness of the postwar generation and the crucial necessity of taking responsibility for the quality of one’s own life. Hemingway’s characters seem to live in a world without a God‚ without traditions or clear and established
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’’A very short story’’ by Ernest Hemingway. Title: ’’A very short story’’ Author: Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). Source: CAPPELEN DAMM AS‚ Oslo 2008 – ’’Access to English literature‚ VG3’’. Anthony‚ Burgess‚ Mikkelsen & Sørhus. Chapter 1‚ page 23-24. Setting. A lot of geographic places are mentioned in the short story‚ as the characters move around‚ however the most important part of the story is set to Padua‚ in northern Italy. The story is about an Italian woman‚ Luz‚ and an American
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Klingova‚ Milena 10/3 02/04/13 SHORT STORY Final Draft She was walking home after a big trigonometry test‚ which in her head had not gone well at all‚ even though she had spent hours and hours‚ preparing for it. When I think about it‚ her thoughts cannot be entirely trusted‚ as she was highly competitive and ambitious‚ and even though she was only 16‚ she knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life. Who was she though? Her name was
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everything‚ no matter how miniscule. Or maybe it was because in exactly 2 days it was my 17th birthday and we still hadn’t sorted anything out about me getting my P plates or my party that I had planned on having weeks ago. Either way‚ I was sick of all the little bickering arguments that had started taking place several times a day. “What colour balloons did you say you wanted again?” “Um‚ I’m not sure. Maybe silver?” “Ok‚ I’ll get some when I go and get the rest of your party supplies this afternoon
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"Richard‚ long time‚ no see buddy. How’ve you been?" a voice spoke happily. "Dr. Feinburg‚ it sure is great to see you again‚" replied a second voice. The Mienshao gasped at the sudden sound of the two voices‚ which sounded a bit muffled and distant. She remained quiet and listened to the conversation. "So tell me Richard‚ what have you got for me today?" asked the first voice. "Boy oh boy‚ I’ve got the Pokemon you’ve been waiting for Dr. Feinburg‚" replied the second voice. All of the sudden
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Ashenfelter- Uses statistics to extract hidden info from large datasets * Orley’s Wine Predictions * What really got him in trouble is crunching numbers to assess the quality of Bordeaux wines. He found that low levels of harvest rain/high avg. summer temps produce the greatest wines Reduced his wine theory to a formula; he can predict the general quality of any vintage by plugging weather statistics for a given year into formula. NOT well received by traditional wine critics BUT‚ unlike the
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danger high voltage. The Macro’s eyes widened. They all entered‚ the boy was flung to the ground and strapped up to a machine at the far side of the room. “This may hurt a little…” said the Sargent smiling to himself. His long spindly finger whipped out of his tightly clenched hand and moved towards a big red button on the side of the machine. “STRIKE 1!” he shouted and a spark flew out of the machine. But the Macro had had no shock‚ no effect at all actually‚ he just sat clueless on the floor. “ What’s
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Vacation to remember On a beautiful day in July‚ the sun shone brightly above the ocean where a sail boat leisurely floated. A pirate‚ named Nabarun who is the captain of his own boat‚ along with his friend Paandu were sailing on the coast of Vancouver. Nabarun and Paandu had come from India and had been best friends for 10 years; they had big dreams of travelling the world together because Nabarun was a pirate and owned his own sail boat which made it easier for them to travel and see family
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