Snake When the snake first came to the water-trough‚ the narrator was excited and glad "he had come like a guest in quiet‚ to drink at my water trough." He "felt so honoured" at this visit whilst at the same time‚ the voices of his "accursed human education" advised him to kill it‚ for it was a gold snake and therefore venomous. Those voices said to him‚ "If you were not afraid you would kill him." The narrator "picked up a clumsy log And threw it" at the snake when the snake was leaving.
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pieces of modern literature. All three pieces share a theme common with piece of older literature. Not all of those themes bring out the similarities between them‚ some of them bring out the differences. In “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence‚ Paul and his sister grow up in a challenging family situation where money seems to be tight but their parents insist on living elegantly. In the poem‚ Paul’s father is never at home and doesn’t make enough money
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“The Pennycandystore Beyond the El” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is about a young boy’s childhood passing by too soon and is similar to the song‚ “Wake me up when September ends” by Green Day. The first few lines of the poem are indented to convey the message that the boy “fell in love with unreality”
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Throughout our life‚ we work towards achieving specific ideologies that we believe will give us complete happiness. It could be anything from having a loving family‚ to achieving a career high. Jacob Lawrence shows his dreams throughout his artwork. In his painting called Aspirations‚ you can see that Lawrence aspires to share a simple life with a loving family who are surrounded in a safe environment. You can see these aspirations in small details throughout the entire painting‚ such as the couple
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Rocking-Winner” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” illustrate how a character can create an alternate reality. Lawrence and Faulkner do this through the shared use of third person point of view and symbolism. These literary elements‚ as well as others used by the authors separately‚ are used effectively to build the reader up and conclude each story unexpectedly. Lawrence and Faulkner’s utilization of third person point of view assists in building the suspense of both stories. In “A Rose
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Personality Analysis 8 October 2011 Topanga Lawrence Personality Analysis In the show Boy Meets World one of the characters that is my favorite and seems to have one of the best personalities is Topanga Lawrence. Boy Meets World was a comedy-drama series that shows the life of the main character Cory Matthews. It chronicles the events and life lessons Cory‚ his family‚ and friends experience. The show takes place in suburban Philadelphia‚ starting off with young Cory Matthews and his friends
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A PEACH AND ITS CORE --AN ANALYSIS OF _PEACH_ BY D.H. LAWRENCE 1100012705 叶子杰 What will you think of‚ when you eat a fruit‚ like a peach? I think many people’s answer would be nothing at all. However‚ a peach triggers some poetic romance in D.H. Lawrence‚ and some beautiful verses are thus created. The poem _Peach_ was brainless at first glance--this is indeed not an impenetrable poem‚ but it renders a significant thought that the creations of nature‚ even the most unconscious ones‚ has the
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Gorilla‚ My Love With All The Boys and Girls: Stories of Betrayal “Gorilla‚ My Love” by Toni Cade Bambara and “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro are known as initiation stories. These kinds of stories usually end with the main character reaching a “moment of illumination” (p.504). By the end of the story‚ they tend to either grow as a person or gain personal knowledge. “Gorilla‚ My Love” and “Boys and Girls” also have a common theme: betrayal. The main characters of both these stories are exposed
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the entire chapter becomes highly sexualised as Lawrence depicts the metaphorical (or anticipates the literal) sexual union of Yvette and the Gipsy. This union also concludes the conflict of Yvette and the highly conventional bourgeois household in which she lives‚ and separates her from it. Lawrence uses many techniques in the chapter to depict these conclusions. The primary event of the chapter‚ and indeed the whole novella is the flood‚ Lawrence has made reference to rain and water throughout
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form the book ‘The Rainbow’ by D. H. Lawrence is taken from chapter 1. In the extract the writer explores the theme of human relationships and particularly the one between a man and a woman. He describes the wavery nature of love and fear of uncertainty through a third person narrative of Brangwen’s experience with a woman. The writer lays great stress on the ambivalent characteristics of such relationships and reflects this in the body of the prose. Lawrence is deeply concerned with his characters
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