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    Life Of Pi Poem

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    Poem On Life Of Pi By: Aadil Younis I’m about to tell a story‚ from a couple of years back‚ You think that you know but you only know half‚ I told you all‚ i was stuck on a raft‚ but what you don’t know‚ is within myself i was trapped‚ I made up lies and stories to protect me‚ I prayed to God maybe he would resurect me‚ But in those days God took away his blessings‚ over every little thing i noticed i was stressing‚ I was leaving behind my life‚ all the time i would think‚ untill

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    Poem: Life and Reality

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    Resolutions Elizabeth Sewell Summary : In this poem‚ the poetess‚ Elizabeth Sewell‚ has made an extraordinary resolution to make herself a better woman by facing and living with reality in the start of the New Year. New Year is generally understood as starting of a new chapter of one’s life. People make resolution by taking stock of their lives and resolving to be better ones. Socrates‚ the great Greek philosopher‚ is reported to have said that un-examined life is not worthy of living and it is almost

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    An Ordinary Person

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    The poem An Ordinary Person by Rabindranath Tagore is about how humans do not appreciate the things around them and how they want the things that they do not have. The poem also shows how humans are constantly attracted to things that are foreign to them. The literary device allegory is very important to this poem. The poem could be seen as a poem a poem about a man simply going to the future and becoming the center of attention because he has been resurrected. However‚ the poem could also be interpreted

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    Irony In The Woods Irony

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    There is actually lots of irony in this story. The key piece is that the two characters in this story hate each other. They want each other dead and in the end‚ both of them end up dieing. Irony is the best thing to have in stories in my opinion. They make it interesting and funny so at the end you can say “ha sucks doesn’t it”. Ulrich and Georg have grown up hating each other and wouldn’t mind killing one another. They show this from a young age‚ “as boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood”

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    Irony

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    Authors of short stories use elements of style to make their stories interesting. There are many elements of style used by authors. Irony and theme are often used in short stories. This is clearly shown in O. Henry’s short stories such as: “The Gift of the Magi‚” “The Lickpenny Lover‚” “The Midsummer Knights Dream‚” “The Cop and the Anthem‚” and “Ships.” The short stories of O. Henry use the element of theme to bring about ironic endings. In “The Gift of the Magi” there are elements of theme throughout

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    ordinary time

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    Ordinary Time The term "Ordinary Time" may be misleading. In the context of the liturgical year the term "ordinary" does not mean "usual or average." Ordinary here means "not seasonal." Ordinary Time is that part of the Liturgical Year that lies outside the seasons of Lent-Easter and Advent-Christmas. In Ordinary Time‚ the Church celebrates the mystery of Christ not in one specific aspect but in all its aspects. The readings during the liturgies of Ordinary Time help to instruct us on how to live

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    An Ordinary Man

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    see this used all the time by kids my age and adults. In the book there is a recurring theme about words and how people use them. He states “Words are the most effective weapons of death in man’s arsenal. But they can also be powerful tools of life. They may be the only ones.” Mr. Rusesabagina had no weapons except for his words and he used them masterfully to save over 1200 people in the hotel. The genocide in Rwanda took place in 1994 so Mr. Rusesabagina use of words is definitely relevant

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    Irony

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    Irony: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Of the four soldiers wandering behind enemy lines after the Battle of the Bulge‚ Billy Pilgrim is the least soldierly and least likely to survive. He’s the only one who survives. He also survives the incineration of Dresden‚ not bad for an unfit prisoner of war. He is also the lone survivor of an airplane crash. Edgar Derby is tried and executed for plundering

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    Ordinary Magic

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    The story‚ Ordinary Magic‚ was written by Malcolm Bosse is about a boy who was born and bred in India. Jeffrey also recognized as “Ganesh” faced a lot of difficulties at a very young age. These difficulties that forced him to be mature included his father’s loss of life‚ his way of adjusting and bonding with the American culture and when his ancestor home was going to be demolished. Jeffrey’s maturity develop when his father‚ Mr. Moore‚ died and he was obliged to manage and handle everything‚ including

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    Irony Matt looked on as Mr Lensher was handcuffed by the police. The wrinkles on his face were suddenly so detailed that Matt suspected if he had made the right decision. Aged sixty‚ a sentence for theft would have caused to die in jail. Ironically‚ Matt could remember the exact same words Mr Lensher once told him‚ "No matter how old or young a person is‚ or whatever reason he has for committing a crime‚ if he breaks the law‚ he deserves to be punished. " It was these exact words that made Matt

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