Irony Situational Irony The exact opposite of what you expect to happen examples: Cat chases dog Olympic swimmer drowns Fire at the firefighters station Verbal Irony When the speaker says the opposite of what he or she means (aka sarcasm) examples: when its raining outside your friends says what lovely weather is occuring when you make a mistake and your friend says nice job Dramatic Irony You are in a secret that the rest of the characters dont know examples: In t.v. shows when
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list just the four most interesting ones. (1 point) I leave my home and only able to pack what the army will allow‚ it is almost winter. I have to hunt with a blowdart gun because my gun was taken away. I have to cross the mississippi river and loved ones drown but I continue I have reached Tahlequah‚ Oklahoma‚ many loved ones have died 3. Now‚ turn each of these experiences into a sentence. Don’t forget to add details! (1 point) When I had to leave my home I was not allowed to take what I wanted
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next morning. "A Working Day" is the next section in the story‚ wherein theprotagonist and his friends are out selling drugs‚ including the marijuana they bought the day before‚ but also some cocaine. They sell to kids and older people AURORA Junot Diaz’s Aurora is a short story that illustrates a less than perfect relationship between the narrator and his on again-off again‚ drug addicted girlfriend. The two lovers have anything but a healthy relationship‚ though somehow they always stay connected
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How to date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl‚ or Halfie In the society‚ people can find different stereotypes and prejudices that Junot Diaz wanted to reflect in the story title as “How to date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl‚ or Halfie. Discrimination and racism occur in all part of the world. The different skin color or system of life‚ or religion believes are points to people evaluated to judge the humanity. In the story‚ the author used problems with skin color and several social classes
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In his historical novel‚ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ Junot Diaz illuminates the dysfunctionality of the hyper-sexualized culture of the Dominican Republic through the juxtaposition of the fukú‚ or curse‚ the fictional legacy of the deLeon family‚ and the historical oppressive regime of Rafael Trujillo. As the hostile dictator of the Dominican Republic for 31 years‚ Trujillo’s embodiment of a masculinity characterized by terror‚ abuse‚ and the objectification of women‚ develops into the
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Brabantio reluctantly gave Othello and Desdemona’s marriage‚ his blessing despite Iago to ruin Othello. Roderigo goes on to says he’s going to drown himself. The structure of Iago’s response is very interesting. First‚ he disregards Roderigo’s plan to drown himself in a mocking manner. Iago begins his monologue with a very harsh tone. “Come‚ be a man. Drown thyself? Drown
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The book The Outsiders is written by S.E Hinton. It is a book about two gangs called the Socs and the Greasers. They have different social groups and it makes them to where they do not get along. The book was also turned into a movie it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. There are many differences between the book and the movie. The differences worth pointing out are that Dally was accused of slashing someones tires in the movie not in the book‚ that Johnny was not jumped in the movie but he was
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Violence has been present in the Dominican Republic for many years‚ now. It has become a power that can either be used by people in order to protect themselves or for other illegal reasons such as committing a murder. In Junot Díaz’s novel‚ The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao‚ the theme of violence is portrayed throughout the story as they are under the rule of a dictator in every generation and physical and emotional abuse are present‚ as well. Those living in the Dominican Republic strongly believe
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be completely different. The first case if the personal gain is removed‚ and Smith did intentionally drown Jones‚ would be a case that would lead to a murder charge. Additionally‚ in the second case‚ the only reason Jones was planning to drown his cousin Smith was for the large inheritance. Once we remove this from the situation‚ Jones simply walks in on Smith drowning and allows him to drown‚ then his moral and ethical values are what we would question on why or why not did he not try to save
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education and no face How could two very different people have the same struggles? Victor and no face both live in different countries and have different problems but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t the same in some ways. No face from No face by Junot Diaz has a medical problem‚ and victor from Indian education by Sherman Alexie has race problem. Victor is an Indian boy that struggles with unworthy schooling life and dealing with racism. No face is a dominican boy that struggles with lack of schooling
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