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    Anthony Marais‚ an American author‚ said‚ “From our myopia arose our dystopia.” In his quote‚ Marais is saying that from our lack of imagination‚ came the idea of dystopias‚ which are places where everything is unpleasant or corrupt. Dystopian literature is one of the most popular forms of writing‚ but why are people interested in reading about them? People are interested in reading about dystopias because they tell fascinating stories‚ provide great protagonists who are inspiring to the youth‚

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    Ray Bradbury explores the idea of a culture where technology is used by everyone for everything. When people rely so heavily on technology they forget entirely who they are‚ and lose not only themselves but their families. "The Veldt" is a short story written by Ray Bradbury that explores the affect technology has on society‚ especially children. In "The Veldt" the Hadley children have all they could ever want‚ however they lack true parents. Instead they rely solely on a house that does their bidding

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    Running Head: DIVERGENT   LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPER           COREENA MEMMER                    Divergent​  Literary Analysis:  Tris Finds Tris  ​ Coreena Memmer  Delphi Community High School  English 11B Period 6  11/26/2014           1      Running Head: DIVERGENT   LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPER           COREENA MEMMER      Tris Finds Tris  Part One­Introduction  Living with people who are just the same might sound like a cool place to live. I mean‚  no one would be able to disagree with me. Sounds like paradise

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    The Kiss In the story “The Kiss” by Julia Alvarez‚ we see a family with four daughters‚ a father and mother. The father‚ who is old-fashioned and strict‚ has his own ideas of what he wants from his daughters. The daughters except for Sofia‚ the youngest one‚ have always done what he has asked for. Sofia does not agree with her sisters and she does what she wants. She runs away with a man‚ a decision her father cannot forgive. Although Sofia tries to reconcile with her father with no luck‚ she lets

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    Guns are used for normally hunting animals. General Zaroff gets bored of hunting animals. General Zaroff starts to hunt Rainsford. The story is written by Ricrhard Connell. General Zaroff starts to hunt Rainsford‚ if Rainsford survives he gets to survive. Rainsford doesn’t have a gun and is getting hunted by General Zaroff. General Zaroff gets bored uniting animals and starts to hunt Rainsford. Ricard Connell uses mood and tone in his story to convey the theme of hunting humans is bad. "I’m not sleepy

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    Atonement “Abandonment As The Central Theme” While the title of Ian McEwan’s novel is Atonement‚ atonement itself can not be the driving theme of this work. The fact that atonement is ever achieved or even sought out by Briony can be greatly debated. This is because of the effects abandonment‚ the true theme‚ has on her. Abandonment not only plays a driving role in Briony’s character but also greatly impacts every character in the novel. Although abandonment

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    short story as a naturalist visualization of the devastating effects that wars and battles had on the soldiers which fought in them. The short story “Chickamauga” is defined as naturalist literature because of the author’s employment of specific literary techniques which define naturalism‚ such as the way the author gradually darkens the mood of the storyline as it progresses‚ the amount of description and attention paid to grisly and macabre details that shed wars in a whole new light‚ as well as

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    Allison Grubb Cultural analysis Prof. Santana English 102 30 March 2017 No Risk‚ No Reward? In September 1992‚ Chris McCandless was found in an abandoned bus in Alaska. Into the Wild is his story. But what is his story supposed to teach us? McCandless’s journey into the wilderness is ultimately one of self-discovery and reinvention. Through his travels‚ he transforms from an angry‚ recent graduate‚ eager to break all ties with his family‚ into a wanderer and amateur mountaineer. But‚ in the end

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    which can damage them mentally when they grow older. Most people say‚ “Not in my backyard” which means if it’s not happening to them they don’t care. For example Mrs. Hutchinson didn’t see how bad the lottery was until she won it. That is a really bad mind set for people to have because they are mostly selfish and only care for their well-being. “Have you heard that over in the North Village they’re talking of giving up the lottery” (Jackson 28). They seem to critiqued the North Village for stopping

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    Margie hates it. THis is important because it shows that Margie really does hate school‚ but also she’s trying‚ but there’s too many tests so it’s overwhelming her. In the story it also states “But mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.” THis shows that her mother is trying to show Margie how different everyone needs to be taught because not everyone’s on the same level for learning. This is important

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