As Mandy Hale once stated‚ “Sometimes when you lose your way‚ you find yourself.” This is certainly true for the traveler‚ the protagonist and only character from Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “The Journey”. The traveler‚ who is not identified as female or male‚ sets out on a journey on the highway towards a city that they have visited many times. Along the way‚ the traveler finds themself lost after turning on a different road that they usually follow towards the city; they suppose that the new
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The poem Valentine is written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the Poem she shows the positive and negative sides about love by comparing love to an onion. She does this by using different techniques such as language features such as metaphors‚ simlies‚ Imagery and word structure. All these techniques make it interesting because she uses an onion as a girft to represent love and relationships. In the begining of the poem Duffy starts off with a negative in opening line. "Not a red rose or a satin
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In his novel‚ A Christmas Carol‚ Charles Dickens portrays Scrooge as the children of ignorance and want; these children are under the cloak of the Ghost of Christmas Present. "They were a boy and a girl. Yellow‚ meager‚ ragged‚ scowling‚ wolfish; but prostate‚ too‚ in their humility… ’This boy is ignorance. This girl is want’" (49). Scrooge only wants money from his life; it is all he cares about. He is ignorant towards any unnecessary spending of the money. Lastly’ he ignores his families attempt
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Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth‚ England to John and Elizabeth Dickens. Dickens wrote many books and plays that are still read and performed today. One of his most iconic characters is Ebenezer Scrooge from the book turned play “The Christmas Carol”. Charles Dickens had an interesting life and many accomplishments. Although many early critics persisted that his works are “shapeless” ‚ many critics today do not agree with that idea. Modern- day critics‚ now see Dickens novels as brilliant and
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Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘Shooting Stars’ is a poem in which human suffering is effectively portrayed. Duffy uses the situation of Nazi persecution of the Jewish people to underline this. Duffy’s use of an ambiguous title‚ together with her imagery effectively explores this theme of human suffering. The poem’s title ‘Shooting Stars’ creates a sense of ambiguity. The general connotations applied to this phrase are that of a falling star or perhaps the beauty and brightness of fireworks. However
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“Shooting Stars” Critical Essay In this critical essay I will be writing on account of “shooting Stars” by Carol Ann Duffy. Duffy successfully reveals the true horrors of the Second World War using a wide variety of poetic techniques‚ of which in this task I will evaluate and finally conclude with my own opinion. Throughout the dramatic monologue Duffy encourages sympathy towards the female persona by using a range of imagery‚ structure and word choice. The persona appears to be a woman who
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October 6‚ 2007 Invitations Carol Shields The character’s conflict is initiated by the arrival of an invitation‚ is exacerbated by further invitations and is resolved‚ in the end‚ when she decides to preserver her private time. It’s a Monday as our protagonist walks over and looks inside her mailbox. She doesn’t have much reason to expect a letter so soon‚ but as she looks inside her mail box‚ she finds herself chewing on her own thoughts‚ as a small‚ square card‚ makes itself visible.
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The antagonists is a company called ChatRoll and they’re obvious leader is the founder and president of the ChatRoll named Thomas Roll. Thomas backstory is when he was a child they had school back then and Thomas got picked on constantly. How he was a loser and how he would never amount to anything‚ He hated school he never wanted to go back but his mom and dad would always make him feel better when he got home. Then the nuclear war happened and both his parents were killed by a bombing at city
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The poem‚ Carpet Weavers‚Morocco by Carol Rumens is written in four stanzas each comprising three lines. There is no noticeable rhyme scheme. Vocabulary and sentence structure are relatively straightforward with every line except the final two end stopped. Themes of Social injustice/poverty‚ Childhood and Work run through this poem. There is an emphasis on colour in the first stanza. The bright colours of their dresses are contrasted with the black of their braids. Braids is interesting as it highlights
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English – A Christmas Carol Character: Fezziwig Daniel Whelan Dickens uses Fezziwig to represent views and values‚ which were once a common way of life for people‚ to give to the poor and help others‚ yet these values‚ and ideals were slowly fading in the 19th Century economic change Shown to Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Past‚ was old happy and energetic Fezziwig‚ who he was once apprenticed to when he was young‚ who taught Scrooge to be sharp witted‚ cunning moneylender like himself
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