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    Beach Burial

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    Kenneth Slessor was an Australian poet and war correspondent who wrote Beach Burial‚ Slessor sailed for Britain in May. This influenced him to write poems about the horrific war stories that he had seen while being in many countries overseas. Beach Burial is a 5 stanza poem the goes in depth of the Burial in North Africa. Beach burial by Kenneth Slessor Beach Burial is able to be a lament poem with the use of the ‘convoy of dead sailors’ and the focus on an individual ‘unknown seaman’‚ this gives

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    In the poem “Driftwood‚” by R. Stanley Peterson‚ the poet makes an analogy between the four different types of wood to four different types of people. The first type of “wood is straight… it reached tall in the forest‚” (line 1-5) is someone who is very successful in their life. Therefore‚ they are growing up with all the support from others‚ they never had any problems in their life‚ and they never experienced any hardship because they are showing as “close-grown”. However‚ “A knot to mar the texture

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    between them. Similarly‚ the bridge joins life and death for Farquhar. As Farquhar “escapes” into the water‚ the bridge suggests a transitional space between fantasy and reality. Driftwood‚ as it makes its way downriver‚ symbolizes Farquhar’s elusive freedom as he begins imagining his own escape in the water. At first‚ the driftwood distracts

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    First it is racing madly beneath his feet‚ then it is sluggish after he sees the driftwood. 7) The significance of the ticking time watch is that 8) 10) Farquhar was captured because‚ 13) Disobedient hands means 1) The author was setting the story. The name of the man was not as important to the setting as what was going

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    Daddy day care Charlie Hinton is a hardworking father whose wife Kim has just gone back to work as a lawyer. They enroll their child‚ Ben‚ in Chapman Academy‚ a very academic pre-school headed by Miss Harridan. Soon after‚ Charlie is laid off. In need of money‚ he opens up a day care center‚ Daddy Day Care‚ with the help of his best friend Phil Ryerson. At first‚ the local moms are suspicious of menwanting to work with children (mainly because they think they are homosexual or child molesters).

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    John KleinKlein 1 Short Story Analysis July 7‚2013 Analysis of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek” Do you like surprise endings? “An Occurrence at Owl Creek”‚ by Ambrose Bierce supplies a startling one. Set in Alabama during the Civil War‚ Peyton Farquar‚ a well-to-do‚ slave owning plantation owner “who was at heart a soldier‚” was kept out of the military service for reasons left vague. A Union scout‚dressed as a Rebel‚ stops at his house and suggests burning a near by bridge now in Union hands

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    Peyton Farquhar‚ to convey his ideas. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge has an enormous amount of semiotic analysis in the short film. Just in the beginning of the film we see this through the sign on the tree‚ the Owl Creek Bridge itself and the driftwood. Our first sign of semiotics in the film we see a sign nailed to a tree stating‚ “ORDER ANY CIVILIAN caught interfering with the railroad‚ bridges‚ or trails will be SUMMARILY HANGED‚ The 4th of April 1862 (Enrico‚ 1968).” This gives us the timeframe

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    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚ Ambrose Bierce narrates the hanging and the moments prior to the hanging of Peyton Farquhar. Peyton Farquhar‚ a rich‚ southern plantation owner‚ is tricked into sabotaging the Union Army. After failing to burn driftwood located near the bridge‚ Farquhar awaits his hanging on the bridge. Bierce’s background adds to the depth and realism of the short story‚ as he himself served with the Ninth Indiana Infantry Regiment‚ an experience that unmistakably carried into

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    the drift wood along‚ “He then let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. A piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed the current. How slowly it appeared to move! What a sluggish stream! (Literature 71).” However‚ in the short film it only represents the image of the piece of wood. This driftwood symbolizes the situation he is currently in; that he is in a chaotic predicament but is still able to ‘slowly drift’ through the problem

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    Jonas’ Main Conflict – Man vs. Society Symbol - “Square Peg In a Round Hole” For this symbol I chose to use an expression. The “round holes” represent Society. Jonas is the “square peg”. Jonas does not understand the rules and restrictions that have been placed on the people of the community and he doesn’t fit in once he starts to use his memories and experiences emotions and feelings. This picture shows bold colors which symbolize the color that Jonas could see.

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