The poet Sylvia Plath‚ is known for darker more depressing poetry style and free-verse writing technique. But‚ like plenty of other poets she uses figurative language. Metaphors is just one of the many types of figurative language. A metaphor is a figure of speech that identifies something as the same as some unrelated person/place/thing for verbal effect‚ thus stressing the similarities between the two. Many poets and authors use metaphors and also symbolism in their writing. In her work‚ Plath
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Marjane eventually goes back to Europe to continue her education and life the lifestyle she wants to. Characters The main character in the Persepolis series is the author herself—Marjane Satrapi. The series walks the reader through how she develops from her childhood to adolescence with everything she encounters on the way. Behaviours One of Marjane’s major behavioural
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signposts at the intersections of life and art. The landscape accentuate a characters life’s experience or system of beliefs or to a express an individual vision of the world. The scenery demonstrates your identity and who you are portrayed to become. The atmosphere of the landscape compares to personality and represents individualism. Seymour’s‚ Peter’s Apartment and the Victorian house portray identity. The landscapes in The Edible Woman by Margret Atwood serves to parallel and emphasize social and gender
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Who was the one to cause the predicaments that the Greasers had to go through?The Outsiders is not a true story‚ but makes the reader feel like it was real. The main character‚ Ponyboy‚ is part of a gang named the Greasers. Conflicts sparked between the Greasers and their enemies‚ the Socs or Socials. Ponyboy‚ Darry‚ Dally‚ Sodapop‚ Two-bit and Johnny went through obstacles and problems caused by the Socs. Throughout the book‚ The Outsiders‚ there were many problems and conflicts that the Greasers
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Feeling sorry for someone‚ but not agreeing with them. As humans we have all felt this feeling at least once in our lifetime. In the book The Awakening‚ by “Kate Chopin” Kate Chopin sympathizes with the main character Edna but doesn’t pity her. I agree with Kate‚ because even though she’s married with Leonce a man that she doesn’t love and has children with him‚ she is still free not attached to him at all. Another reason I agree with Kate is that she doesn’t pity Edna. She spends time and loves
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It is difficult in the start Into The wild by Jon Krakauer to grasp why Chris Mcandless would go into the Alaskan wilderness so unprepared. Chris is dynamic character at first appearance but can be summed up pretty easily. Chris is a spoiled and ignorant kid that can’t handle the pressure of modern day society so makes an attempt to live a simple‚ nomadic life style‚ which includes a fatal trip into the Alaskan wilderness. Chris realizes from his experience that society today is way better than it
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Throughout Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral‚” the nameless narrator‚ the main character develops emotionally through a situation that creates fear in an already introverted man. He does not want to go outside of his comfort zone and he is caught off guard when he is forced beyond his current developmental state. But‚ through a lesson from the blind narrator finds himself enlightened to the sentiments of the handicapped. When the blind man‚ Robert‚ first arrives at the narrator’s house the two men
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Which is another sign of courage and shows how much of a hero Odysseus really is. Odysseus is a hero because he had many traits that represented a hero‚ such as a great leader‚a smart mind‚ and he was very brave. Real heroes represent these same character traits which shows that Odysseus was a great hero. Odysseus went through many hardships with his crew but like every hero he found a way to get out of the struggle and he executed the plan and arrived home
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Erudite‚ Amity‚ Candor and Dauntless. Each faction seeks or practice their own beliefs; Abnegation is selfless‚ Erudite is always seeking knowledge‚ Candor is always honest‚ Amity is peaceful‚ and finally‚ dauntless practice bravery. The main character‚ or the protagonist from the book‚ is an Abnegation 16 year old teenager called Beatrice Prior. In the day of the Choosing Ceremony she chooses to change faction from Abnegation to join Dauntless; while her brother Caleb changes from Abnegation
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I think a woman should be president of the United States because it greatly shows that a woman can do anything a man can do. I think unless you give a woman a chance to be president you won’t know if a woman could make a good president or not. I believe if a woman became president it could lower the discrimination of women throughout the world. I also feel if a woman became president it could increased equality between men and women. If a woman was president I think if there was a problem she could
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