Discuss Fitzgerald’s presentation of the valley of ashes. What comparisons can you make between this setting and the place The Hollow Men inhabit? Unlike the other settings in the book‚ the valley of ashes is a picture of absolute desolation and poverty. It lacks a glamorous surface and lays fallow and grey halfway between West Egg and New York. Fitzgerald portrays this imagery by the use of “Ashes grow like wheat” suggesting the growth of people who inhabit the valleys realisation of their broken
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their work. Faulkner advocates that authors must make all efforts to “help man endure by lifting his heart.” Because man leads a difficult life‚ writers are obligated to use their work to uplift and inspire the reader’s sprit. In his memoir‚ Angela’s Ashes‚ Frank McCourt raises the reader’s spirits by illustrating that although one may have a reprobate nature‚ individuals always maintain redeeming qualities. Although his father drinks away any money that comes the family’s way‚ young Frankie explains
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Assignment: Review of Gone With the Wind Date: 2013.10.11 The Scarlet Flame Have you seen that girl‚ sitting around by dozen of beaux with her dimples deep and her earrings sparking? Have you seen that girl‚ marching alone the war with her shoulder squared and her back straight? Have you seen that girl‚ fighting against the poverty and starvation with her heart hard and her promises kept? Have you seen that girl‚ goosing the public with her head up high and her eyes determined? That girl is
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culturevulture.net/Movies/AngelasAshes.htm>. "Angela ’s Ashes." Fact of Fiction. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 1 Apr. 2012. <www2.cortland.edu/dotAsset/123883.pdf>. "Angela ’s Ashes/ ’Tis/Teacher Man by Frank McCourt - Reviews‚ Discussion‚ Bookclubs‚ Lists ." Good Reads. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2012. <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11353976-angela-s-ashes-tis-teacher-man>. "Frank McCourt and Angela ’s Ashes." Limerick. Sean Ryan‚ n.d. Web. 1 Apr. 2012. <www.limerick.com/angelasashes/angelasashes
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WRITING A CRITICAL LENS ESSAY: STEPS TO FOLLOW INTRODUCTION: 1. Copy the critical lens statement. 2. Restate the critical lens statement by paraphrasing it in your own words. Start with In other words‚ 3. Agree or disagree with the critical lens statement and identify the works you will discuss. Here are two possible starts for your sentence (choose one): A. The truth of this statement is shown by … (the novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck and the novel The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway)
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Santa Ana Winds Weather can affect people’s behavior‚ positively and negatively. When the weather is nice and hot‚ it affects people positively by encouraging them to enjoy the outdoors‚ however‚ when the weather is bad‚ like when a hurricane hits this effects people negatively by worrying. Similarly‚ in the essay “Santa Ana Winds”‚ by Joan Dideon‚ the winds are so abrasive and obstructive that it engenders people to actually commit suicide. This occurs in Los Angeles. Even though Dideon provides
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emotions of kids. In “Ashes” a story by Susan Beth Pfeffer‚ the main character Ashes or Ashleigh faces her parents divorced‚ and given her parents’ actions take a toll on her feelings. After evaluating Susan’s character Ashes‚ her emotion‚ personality and conflicts it reveals the theme parents affect their children. It is my position that parents create more problems and make the current situation worst. These then affect the train of thought of children‚ as seen in the story “Ashes”. These decisions
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Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows is a satirical reflection of the English social structure of the late nineteenth century‚ during a time of rapid industrialization throughout Europe. Also considered a children’s story‚ this novel conveys Grahame’s belief in the ability of one to live an unrestrained and leisurely life‚ free of the obligations of the working class‚ and entitled to this life through high social status and wealth. The River Bank characters‚ especially Toad‚ represent those
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Cameron Sexton Period 4 9/4/13 Angela’s Ashes Essay In Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes‚ the lower class of poverty-stricken Ireland faces many challenges. They encounter not being able to care for their families and harsh living conditions. Such conditions force Malachy McCourt to drink out of control. Malachy‚ Frank McCourt’s father‚ uses alcohol to escape real life. The choices of Malachy Sr. cause many other problems for the family. The difficulties in the McCourt family have caused Malachy Sr
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NEST IN THE WIND ANT 200 Book Test Name __________________________________ Class start time ____________ 1. Contrast Pohnpeian and industrial explanations on how the island came into being. a. The Pohnpeian explanation is an example of a supernatural creation story. b. Pohnpeians explain that an octopus directed Sapikini to the island. c. The industrial explanation is based on science. d. People in industrial society say volcanoes erupted and formed the island. e. all of
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