well-bred family. However‚ her father is described as over protective and accused of believing “that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were” and that “none of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily” (Gioia 32). Since there is no mention of Emily’s mother‚ nor a maternal character during this period of her life‚ the reader can assume that her father’s word was the law and that he was devoted only to Emily. Upon his death‚ Emily refused to believe that
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Thesis 2: "The Fish" "The Fish" is filled with intense imagery‚ there is an image brought to mind with every line of things that are beautiful such as flowers‚ or more brutal such as the many hooks found on the fishes lip. The narrator is telling the story of how they "caught a tremendous fish" while giving a vivid description of it to the audience‚ they give us a glimpse into the previous ventures and feelings of this fish. The narrator is admiring this fish by listing every color that she sees
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Equality at the Kitchen Table Connotative and denotative meanings of words and phrases are the backbone for African American literature. In “I‚ Too” by Langston Hughes‚ Hughes uses words and phrases that have a deeper underlying meaning than what they appear to be. With his work focused on the equality of blacks in early America it makes it easier to pull out the words and phrases that have these subliminal meanings. The tones in “I‚ Too” can be established by seeking the connotative meanings of
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Research Paper- Othello‚ Moor of Venice ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Fall 2013 Writing Style: APA Outline Thesis: The William Shakespeare’s play “Othello‚ the Moor of Venice”. Reveals the author’s perception of a tragic hero. By the end of the play Aristotle’s point of view reveals that every protagonist hero has some type of moral Achilles’s heel. Working Outline I. Introduction a. Attention grabbing opening statement
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Cited: Strauss‚ Nina Pelikan. “Transformations in The Metamorphosis.” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 11th ed. New York: Longman‚ 2010. 2042. Print. Coulehan‚ Jack. “Literature Annotations: ‘The Metamorphosis.”’ Literature‚ Arts‚ and Medicine Database. 3 January 1994. Bantam. WEB.2 July 2012. Colleen‚ Frances. “‘The Metamorphosis’ By Franz Kafka:
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Kahn 1 Nick Kahn Professor Martin English 102 7 June 2014 A Call for an Unexpected Change An initiation story‚ or better yet a “coming-of-age story‚” is a narrative in which the main character witnesses a rite of passage that prepares him or her for adulthood. In “A&P” by John Updike and “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver‚ the protagonist faces an initiation moment that awakens him to a new reality. Sammy‚ the narrator in “A&P”‚ is distracted by three barefooted girls in bikinis who walk into
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Thesis: By giving us the reader a more in depth explanation of his work it allows us to understand the meaning within the poem itself‚ and the life lessons Stafford may have intended to reveal to the readers. I. Introduction II. Understanding A. William Stafford B. Untraditional 1. His work 2. Hidden lessons III. Break down A. Title B. Lines 1-3 1. Stafford’s meaning 2. Questions IV. Living A. Problems B. Lines 4-7 1. Answering to life
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Planting A Sequoia‚ written by Dana Gioia‚ included in her larger work‚ The Gods of Winter published in 1991. The work is written in first person point of view because the narrator. This poem’s central assertion is remembrance and honoring of the dead with the family and rebirth. The poem is about the a father that plants a sequoia tree in honor of his recently deceased infant son. Gioia uses imagery in the first few stanzas to emphasize the severity of the father and his families’ grief and despair
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2014. Print. Kincaid‚ Jamaica. Girl. Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 4th ed. New York: Person Longman‚ 2012. 46-50 Oates‚ Joyce Carol. Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been. Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 4th ed. New York: Person Longman‚ 2012. 323-337 Patterson‚ Gregory A. "Tough Love is Two Words - and Two Necessities." Phi Delta Kappan
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Cited: My Childhood-Home I See Again-Lincoln http://potw.org/archive/potw325.html A Short Guide to Reading Poetry http://garts.latech.edu/owl/literature/poetryguide.htm Kennedy‚ X.J. and Gioia‚ Dana. Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. 2nd Edition New York: Pearson Longman 2008
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