The works "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner and "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck at first glance may seem to have no connection‚ but in spite of different plot they focus on similar ideas. The story "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner discusses the inner conflict within Sartoris Snopes‚ a young boy who faced a dilemma. He tries to make a decision of choosing between to lieing in the court under his father’s pressiure who does not want to get into the jail and acting against his father by telling
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Depiction of a personal crisis in the story Odour of Chrysanthemums by D. H. Lawrence (essay) D. H. Lawrence was an English representative of modernism‚ novelist‚ poet‚ playwright‚ essayist‚ literary critic and painter whose life was dominated by poverty as he was born as a coal miner’s son in 1985 in Eastwood‚ Nottinghamshire in central England. He completed the Nottingham University and later worked as a teacher. During the First World War he and his wife‚ whom he met just after releasing
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COCONUT (Cocos nucifera) WATER: AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION IN EXTENDING THE VASE LIFE OF CHRYSANTHEMUM (Dendrathema grandilorum) In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 2 Writing Across Discipline By: Ericka Bandigan Candice Louise Gomito Judy Ann Guibao Krizza Limas Juvy Dane Logronio March‚ 2013 Chapter I INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the background of the study‚ statement of the problem‚ significance of the study‚ scope and limitations of the study‚ theoretical and conceptual
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Background of the research One of the basic competencies of English taught to the grade VIII of Junior High School based on Competence Based Curriculum 2004 is to express idea in written texts in the form of narrative‚ descriptive‚ and recount. This competency requires mastery of language components such as grammatical feature‚ vocabulary and ability to arrange text cohesively. Producing text using certain genre seems difficult. Students have to have large amount of vocabulary‚ mastery of grammatical
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“Manhattan” are mentioned. The time covers few weeks. We may also guess the season. By the words “a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums which in this season had to have cost him a pretty penny” we may say that it was a cold time of the year‚ may be it was winter. But this information is given implicitly. So the composition consists of exposition‚ complication‚ climax and denouement. The exposition gives us information about Coalhouse Walker‚ but this information scatters all throughout the extract. The complication
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the third person. It belongs to the epic kind of literature – to the realistic contemporary novel. Though it is only an extract‚ it seems a complete episode which contains all the components of the plot structure: exposition‚ beginning‚ story itself‚ climax and denouement. In the exposition the author describes the scene when Coalhouse Walker arrived at Broadview Avenue – a district where rich and “white” people lived. In that scene Doctorow uses direct characterization: he begins from his car “a new
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Aspects of Chrysanthemums in China Yalin Mao The chrysanthemum originated in western or central Asia (Zhao et al.‚ 2010). Then there was a gradual northeasterly movement into China and Mongolia. After that‚ it spread into eastern Asia‚ then to eastern Siberia and the Far East‚ and finally the species were dispersed widely in every region (Zhao et al.‚ 2010). In many countries‚ chrysanthemums stand for sorrow or farewell‚ especially in Italy and France. In the short story Odour of Chrysanthemums written
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different ways that the short story The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck can be interpreted. The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck One morning an energetic housewife named Elisa Henry is working busily in her garden‚ watching in secret interest as her husband sells cattle to another man. When a peddler drives up to her gate‚ she is intrigued by the peddler’s lifestyle. She talks to him and he mentions chrysanthemums‚ and she eagerly gives him a few chrysanthemums in a bright new pot. She gives
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Symbolism is a literary term used ought to often. Sometimes it is not even necessary in a wide variety of its uses. Yet in some stories‚ it is all the readers have to go off of and his extremely vital. In “The Flowers” and “Chrysanthemums” the authors so seamlessly insert one or two examples of symbolism into the text‚ so the instances were obvious enough to the readers but delicately placed therefore they were not obnoxious. The two short stories are slightly similar since both of their symbols
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English 1302-319 Symbolisms in “The Chrysanthemums” John Steinbeck’s The Chrysanthemums is a story about a woman named Elisa Allen. She is a beautiful‚ smart‚ and strong woman who is unsatisfied with her present circumstances despite living a married life. The lack of intimacy and children in the marriage is the cause of frustration that she feels. Cultivating the chrysanthemums becomes an outlet for her frustration and disappointment. Steinbeck uses the chrysanthemums to symbolize Elisa’s femininity
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