strategically. This means that ambiguity can be used to create critical thinking among the readership. The reader is then encouraged to create and participate in figuring out the story’s meaning in depth. The short story by John Cheever “The Swimmer” creates ambiguity throughout the story. The main character‚ Neddy‚ is depicted as a male individual who enjoys swimming. Ned decided to return home by swimming across the various pools of their neighbors’ homes. Ned then embarks on a journey through pools
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Hondo‚ Comparison of Short Story to Film John Wayne plays the character of Hondo Lane in the novel turned 1953 film “Hondo.” Hondo is about a rough tough cowboy who makes his way through the scorching heat of the Arizona desert with only his ornery mangy dog‚ Sam‚ for a companion. All along the way‚ doing his best to avoid the Apache Indians who despise the white people. In need of a horse‚ Hondo stumbles upon a ranch. Angie Lowe‚ the owner of the ranch‚ played by Geraldine Page‚ lives
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Jason Van Andys 12/11/2013 Religion 201 Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas is made up of six stories that take the reader from the remote South Pacific in the nineteenth century to the distant post-apocalyptic future. Each tale is revealed to be a story that is read by the main character. The first five stories are interrupted at a climax in the story. After the sixth story‚ the other five stories are returned to and finished‚ in reverse chronological order‚ and each ends with the main character reading
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Racism: A Comparison and Contrast of Two Literary Works The words‚ purpose and identity are familiar with mankind. These words can mean many things to many different individuals. Each person on this Earth is uniquely made with unique DNA patterns and fingerprints that cannot be matched with any other individual among the billions of people that occupy this planet we call Earth. Why is prejudice so common among people if everyone is unique and special? This question remains unanswered. Many authors
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2012 The Story of the Hour: Louise Mallard In Kate Chopin’s‚ The Story of the Hour‚ “joy that kills”(pg. 525) is the last line of the story. This describes Mrs. Mallard’s gift of joy that was taken from her as quickly as it was given. Mrs. Mallard dies of a broken heart‚ which is ironic because it was not a heart made of love for her husband but‚ a heart full of joyful independence. Mrs. Mallard’s emotions and private thoughts are just as complex and confusing as the last words in the story “joy that
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Christian Lima 03/19/2013 Everyday Use Analysis In the story “Everyday Use‚” Dee‚ otherwise known as Miss Wangero is portrayed as the “bitch” in the family because of an old “rag” that’s been haunting her family for years. Mama and Maggie‚ who are overly obsessed with this quilt‚ fail to realize what her daughter is accomplishing outside their fantasy world and instead live their lives with the bare minimum. “In real-life I am a large‚ big-boned woman with rough‚ man-working hands.” (Walker
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“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a short prose that portrays a negative point of view of the women of the Victorian Era. It unveils a woman’s true inner conflict between reality and idealism. Marriage is viewed as a constrained and male dominant relationship. Louise Mallard is led to believe that she is a widow after being incorrectly informed of her husband’s death. She is consumed with a strong mixture of emotions. At this point Louise feels a great sense of “monstrous joy”‚ in
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In the story “A Ghost Story” by Mark Twain‚ it tells the saddening story of someone who is not accepted trying to be himself again. At first‚ the story uses literary elements in order to set up fear and anxiety for the character in question. Then‚ the main character‚ who remains nameless throughout the story‚ tries to settle down the monster‚ and successfully does so and starts talking to him. He tells him that he is the ghost of the Cardiff Giant‚ and he was trying to haunt the museum across the
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The Portrayal of the Plight of Women by the Author‚ In Their Particular Period of Time Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Gail Godwin’s “A Sorrowful Woman” are similar pieces of literary work. Both stories offer a revealing glimpse of extremely unhappy marriages due to being forced into stereotypical roles. Both stories portray women‚ who are trapped in their marriages and trapped in their socially expected matriarchal characters. They are identified by their role as a wife and mother
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Michelle Feddema ENG 4U Mr. Nielsen Friday November 19‚ 2010 A Comparison of Arthurian Legend in Various Stories Arthurian legend was a genre many writers used in Chaucer’s day. It is a story made of romances‚ heroism‚ and ballads mostly about Arthur’s chief knight Sir Gawain who was mainly a man of social and ethical virtue. Often time’s Arthurian legend is a story of a knight who fights the bad guy‚ learns a lesson‚ saves the day and get’s the girl. Although sometimes the knight may start
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