10 Allusions from TKAM 1. “Angel May” (p. 51) Angel May means the common nickname given to girls to mock their particularly “girly” behavior. Jem refers to Scout as Angel May when Dill and Jem were planning on going to the Radley’s house to try and see Boo Radley. Scout is a tomboy so Jem calling her this is like calling her weak and scared. 2. “Get Miss Maudie’s goat” (p.44) An expression meaning‚ “to annoy someone jokingly.” Uncle Jack asks Miss Maudie to marry him every Christmas and she always
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Sea anemones are members of the Phylum Cnidarian. The cnidarians include the anemones‚ jellyfish‚ coral‚ Portuguese man-of-war and hydroids. Their characteristics include a soft body with two tissue layers arranged around a central gut cavity. A ring of tentacles surrounds a central mouth‚ and the tentacles endure stinging cells which contain nematocysts used to capture food and for defense. ("Marine Life Profile: Sea Anemones”) The two basic body forms among the cnidarians are the polyp‚ which looks
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Inhabitants on the islands of the Galapagos Archipelago‚ the Galapagos Sea Lion is an intriguing marine mammal whose looks may deceive you because despite its amiable countenance it is truly a fierce predator and protector. The Galapagos Sea Lion‚ also known as the Pagos Sea Lion‚ spends a great majority of its day in the water hunting for prey‚ however it does not venture out very far from its territory due to the fact that their main predators tend to be there. Their prey is primarily fish‚ squid
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Author: Gabriel García Márquez Title: A very old man with enormous wings Genre: The genre of this short story is Magic Realism‚ due to its outlandish characters. Theme: The themes expressed in this story are a contrast between cruelty and compassion. We see how human nature is when encountered with something or someone extraordinary and weird. The people of the story treat the old man as if he were some carnival show‚ and degrade him. On the other side we can see how all of that subsides
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conversations with one another they express what they want the receiver to understand. This expression can be used with context clues‚ allusions‚ and other literary elements. Without these elements‚ the receiver is unable to gather extra information. In the Salman Rushdie’s text‚ Haroun and the Sea of Stories‚ readers view how the author utilizes a plethora of allusions to well-known children’s books. It can be argued that
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Inherit the Wind: historical allusions * *What is a historical allusion – reference to people or events that have historical significance and symbolism * In literature this helps the character become more relatable as well as more easily create a connection with the reader * *Inherit the Wind’s has various historical allusions such as the 3 Kings; Julius Caesar‚ Charlemagne and Richard I * We will discuss how the 3 Kings allow the reader to understand the character and
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are diligent and always keeping the family together. Annita tried to illustrate the readers how Indian people live in the village of Thul and how urban Indians live in the capital city of India‚ Bombay. In the creative novel of The Village by the sea‚ the two characters that play the most important roll in the play are Hari and Lila. Hari is the one who find some food and some earnings for the family‚ and also the one who decides to go to Bombay because he thinks that he certainly cannot get a job
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Aral Sea The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest inland sea in the world. About‚ a million years ago from now the northwestern part of Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan were covered by a massive inland sea. This sea was formed when all the waters retreated from a big land; they left a broad plain that contained highly saline soil. Due to the retreating of water many ancient remains were disappeared. The only remnant that remained was a big inland sea which was the Aral Sea. The Aral Sea was an
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become of their traditional way of life? Will the air and the sea be polluted by chemicals? When a delegation is sent to Bombay to express their worries to the Minister Sahib‚ Hari decides to join the party. Before leaving‚ he decides that Bombay may offer him a better life opportunity than his frightened sisters‚ his sad house‚ his ill mother and his drunken father. And it is indeed in Bombay where this delicate boy |The Village by the Sea
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Sea Story The short story Sea Story is written by A.S. Byatt in 2013. It is a story about the young Harold‚ who has a very significant relation to the nature especially to the sea. He falls in love with the beautiful woman Laura‚ but he does not reveal his love to her. Laura is leaving to study abroad and Harold is having a hard time without her‚ so he writes her a love letter in a bottle message‚ but the bottle does not get to the intended destination without being broken by the sea. In this
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