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    In the story‚ “The Life You Save Might Be Your Own” to be grotesque means that you’re disgusting‚ bizarre and twisted. It also has to do with an obsession. The character that is the most grotesque is Mr. Tom T. Shiftlet‚ the drifter. Mr. Tom’s words that make him grotesque are that he says “People do anything” and “People don’t care how they lie”. Actions that make him grotesque are that he only marries Lucynell for the money and car‚ basically he used her. Also the first thing he mentions when

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    What makes your collage life exciting? Is it because you can meet your friends? Or maybe you like to study at school? Well I hope you enjoy listening to the professors’ lectures. Anyway‚ there are many things that can make your collage life to become a wonderful one. Now‚ I will tell you about a person who made me always experience a great collage life every day. His name is Kim Tae Jin. He is my senior. He is almost like a mentor to me because up until now‚ he teaches me how to study as an engineering

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    An Analysis of “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Connor The author‚ Flannery O’Connor‚ wrote a short story in entitled “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”‚ which took place in Britain during the late 1700s. In the story‚ the main character‚ Tom T. Shiftlet‚ a drifter‚ meets Mrs. Crater‚ an old toothless woman‚ and her mute daughter Lucynell. The use of irony helps to show the true identity of Mr. Shiftlet while the theme shows the struggle humans face in redeeming themselves. Mr

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    Do any selfless people exist? Flannery O’Connor opposes this notion through the utilization of the short-story The Life You Save May Be Your Own. Throughout the plot of O’Connor’s story‚ many instances illustrate the notion that people appear more kind and selfless than they actually are.  Author O’Connor utilizes details‚ symbolism‚ and allusion to convince readers that although people may appear kind and selfless; people live extremely selfish lives.     To commence‚ writer Flannery O’Connor provides

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    Accept your reality or die denying it In life you won’t always get what you want maybe because you’re not a certain way. However‚ that doesn’t mean you have to change because‚ your reality is that you’re different; you’re not like everyone. So‚ why deny who you are? Why try to get other’s acceptance and want something that is not you? In the play “Ghostgirl” by Tonya Hurley‚ Charlotte was being rejected and even worst she was being ignored. She tried to be someone

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    How 2 Catch Your Man in a Lie  If you want to catch your boyfriend/husband/soul mate whatever you call him in a lie this is how you do it:              Just ask him a question that you really want to know. Try to be as blunt and direct as you possibly can‚ without getting mad‚ and ask him the question. Now‚ the trick is to catch him off guard. So just when yall doing some regular stuff  and he just says something like: "Baby‚ I’m fin to go to the gas station to get some sour gummy worms and

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    While reading “The Life You Save May Be Your Own‚” I couldn’t decide who was worse between Mr. Shiflet and Mrs. Crater. When I finished reading I decided Mr. Shiflet was worse because of how manipulative he was. Mr. Shiflet was able to manipulate how and what people thought and what people talked about with him. When Mrs. Crater would ask Mr. Shiflet a question about why he is at her house he would respond with a different question or tell her a story about the doctor in Atlanta that cut a human

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    How to Watch Your Brother Die Michael Lassell portrays himself as a straight man in his poem “How to Watch your Brother Die.” In reality he is a 21st century gay poet. The poem tells the story of a man‚ this being the straight narrator‚ who is called across the country to visit his brother as he lies on his deathbed. Later in the poem we learn the dying brother is suffering from HIV‚ and had been disowned by his brother because of his homosexuality. As the poem goes on‚ the narrator creates a unique

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    destroy a person and people that surrounds this individual. Victor and Macbeth succeeded in accomplishing their deepest desire but this does not mean they have succeeded in achieving happiness. Everyone dreams about achieving goals and dreams in life that is nearly impossible to grasp due to certain circumstances. Why do some individuals still try in chasing their dreams even though they know that the chances of succeeding are very slim? In the novel Frankenstein and the play Macbeth‚ Victor and

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    Watch Your Brother Die” written by Micheal Lassell is an interesting poem‚ though it reads like a short story. It is written almost as a guide to several different things. The main character is a straight man seeing a different lifestyle‚ that he had shut out‚ for the first time. The first time really seeing what other people‚ though gay‚ still human beings‚ have to go through to live in our society. A society that he has helped make into what it is. He is also a man watching his brother die in a

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