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    All interesting authors expose their readers to experience the essence of the story. In this case‚ Toni Cade Bambara uses the illustration of her short story “The Lesson”‚ in order to convey the reality of a 1960’s ghetto‚ African American community through the eyes of a young girl named Sylvia. Sylvia is a young‚ fearless girl who has an audacious and outspoken nature despite her constant use of profanity and insulting judgments of Miss Moore. Moreover‚ Toni Bambara’s technique of literacy in

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    gesture…Death will not find me.”(Maugham 1). The reader can pinpoint with this fear and understand the story better. On the other hand‚ in “Godfather Death” the character welcomes Death in a normal manner‚ he isn’t afraid of having Death in front of him. Also‚ the poor man wasn’t afraid to bluff Death the first nor the second time he was performing the surgeries. Every story has an ending‚ in “Appointment in Samarra” the Merchant thinks he is getting away from his fate‚ Death

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    "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant tells of Mathilde Loisel who "by error of destiny" was born poor and winds up marrying a clerk. Mr. Loisel surprises Mathilde with an opportunity to taste the luxurious life for an evening and she unexpectedly bursts into tears because she has nothing to wear. Mr. Loisel agrees to buy her a gown and suggests that she borrow jewelry from her wealthy friend. The evening turns out to be a dream come true until the Loisels arrive home to find that the borrowed necklace

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    ’s short story "The Necklace." Its protagonist‚ Mathilde Loisel‚ longing for a lavish lifestyle rather than her middle class way of life‚ falls under the spell of an priceless diamond. Dealing with her fate‚ some of Mathilde ’s strong character traits soon become apparent. Examining these attributes‚ we discover that Mathilde Loisel definitely has a negative personality. The first of many character traits of Mathilde Loisel that Maupassant makes evident in the "The Necklace" is greed

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    The author of “The Necklace”‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ uses the multiple definitions of setting to enhance the story in many ways. One of these ways is the definition that setting includes the occupations and daily manners of living of the character. By stressing the protagonist‚ Madame Loisel’s‚ personality‚ attributes‚ and actions by using the financial and occupational setting of the character to describe her‚ as well as by developing her character‚ this form of setting is shown. Due to her lower-middle-class

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    John Updike’s story “A & P” and James Joyce’s “Araby” share many of the same literary traits. The theme of the two stories revolves around a young man who wants to decipher the difference between reality and the false fantasies of romance he dreams about. Both characters have focused upon one girl in particular that they cast all their affection on. The young man in both stories does discover the difference‚ which sets him off into emotional collapse. One of the main similarities between the

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    NIcki Minaj vs. Rhinnah Have you ever tried to compare NIcki MInaj and Rhinnah. Well I have and in my conclusion i found out they are diffrent in all kinds of ways. They are from two different places. They are Two ages. Onika Maraj better known as NIcki Minaj is a singer songwriter that everyone is fond of. She started of just freestyling. Then‚ Nicki soon branched out and was noticed on Myspace by Dirty Money CEO Fendi. Who signed her and put her on the front of his Dirty Money Label

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    Love” begins asking the reader a question‚ “How do they do it‚ the ones who make love without love?/” (Love 1-2). She there sets out her main point in writing this poem; how can the make something as beautiful as love without loving each other. She compares making love to that of “beautiful dancers/” (Love2) who are “gliding over each other like ice skaters over the ice/”(Love 2-3). When we then talk about her other poem‚ “Last Night”‚ it also provides us with vivid images that show the disconnection

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    Higgins is first introduced to the story‚ she is confident‚ calm‚ and intelligent. She smoothly talks her son out of trouble after he steals. On the way home you can infer Mrs. Higgins is mad at Alfred. Later‚ that night as Alfred’s mother pours her tea with a broken face‚ Alfred is able to see all the distress his mischief over the years has caused her. However‚ the main difference is their development over the story. Dos Anselmo doesn’t change throughout the story‚ he stays the same character the

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    not only based on only one theme i.e. taking chances but it also has themes like‚ experimenting new thing‚ not following the crowd‚ and taking a stand on something. But this is totally different from Eudora Welty “A Worn Path”. Eudora shows in her story that Phoenix Jackson has no choice to select her path in order to heal her grandson. She has to take a path that end in place where she could find medicine for her grandson. No matter the path is difficult or easy‚ right or wrong she has taken this

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