Cited: Faulkner‚ William. “A Rose for Emily.” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Longman‚ 2010. 29-35. Print. Kennedy X.J. and Dana Gioia. Literature: An Introdudction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. New York: Longman‚ 2010. 223. Print.
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John Green Word Count: 1072 A Tragic Comparison Throughout history‚ audiences have been entertained by tales of tragedy and catastrophe. Though each author and every story they write puts a unique spin on the genre‚ the characters employed are often not too dissimilar. Whether admiring drama from ancient Greece or reading the works of the Renaissance era‚ most of the characters have a parallel character in existing somewhere else literature. These parallels are rarely as clear as when Othello
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Cited: Whitman‚ Walt. "To a Locomotive in Winter." Literature; An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 6th Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Boston: Longman‚ 2010. 426. Print. Dickinson‚ Emily. "I like to see it lap the Miles." Literature; An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 6th Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Boston: Longman‚ 2010. 427. Print. - I really liked how you analyzed the two poems‚ and their tone towards steam-engine trains. Here is something
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A Fine Line Imagine a perfect morning—no alarm clocks or neck cricks—just fresh coffee brewing and a nice bacon breakfast. But could this fit every individual’s description of a perfect morning? Of course the no alarm clocks and neck cricks sound nice; however‚ a vegetarian would easily reject this particular view of a perfect morning. This subjective idea parallels both LeGuin’s and Vonnegut’s warped examples of constant happiness and equality in a society. Ursula K. LeGuin’s short story “The
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Cited: Plath‚ Sylvia. “Daddy.” Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 4th ed. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Pearson‚ 2012. 630-632. Print. Poe‚ Edgar Allan. “Annabel Lee.” Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 4th ed. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Pearson‚ 2012. 633. Print.
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"The Whipping‚" by Robert Hayden This poem is about Hayden who hears a boy being beaten‚ recalls his childhood when he too was subjected to the same and notices that this form of punishment has been handed down from generation to generation. He uses visual and auditory imagery together to take the reader to different moments in time‚ where the same event is being played over and is put in six quatrains to add emphasis. In the first quatrain‚ Hayden hears a woman "shouting to the neighborhood
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Cited: Semansky‚ Chris. "Critical Essay on ’Theme for English B ’." Poetry for Students. Ed. Mary Ruby. Vol. 6. Detroit: Gale Group‚ 1999. Literature Resource Center. Web. 8 Mar. 2013. Kennedy‚ X. J.‚ and Dana Gioia. ""Theme for English B"" Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 11th Ed. New York: Pearson Longman‚ 2007. 979-80. Print.
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Diverse authors use diverse strategies to catch a reader’s attention. Both Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were women ahead of their time; they wrote stories that were socially unacceptable but are now considered some of the greatest. In Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour‚" the protagonist‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ dies of a heart attack after hearing of her husband’s death. Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" with a blasphemous plot at the time: a woman‚ Jane‚ bedridden because
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Cited: Walker‚ Alice. “Everyday Use.” Backpack Literature: An introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 4th ed. New York: Longman‚ 2012. 69-76. Print Williams‚ Tennessee. “The Glass Menagerie.” Backpack Literature: An introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 4th ed. New York: Longman‚ 2012. 969-1022. Print
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Showalter‚ Elaine. “Quilt as Metaphor in ‘Everyday Use.’” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Eds. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 11th ed. New York: Pearson Longman. 2010. 469-470. Print. Alice Walker believes that quilting and piecing represents both the artistic heritage of Afro-American women and the model of a black feminist‚ writing about connection and understanding. “In the Smithsonian Institution in Washington‚ D.C.‚” Walker describes a quilt that illustrates
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