Symbolism is used in this story. Such like the wind chimes‚ the jade peony and the cat. The most significant symbol in this story is the white cat‚ with its red eyes‚ that appears outside the house. This “cat” symbolizes that grandma’s time has come‚ and that she must move on to her next life where she will be reunited with “the juggler”. This cat bring backs memories and old feelings she had for her lover‚ and is therefore a significant symbol in this story. At the end of the story the cat revels that
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Characteristics Of Effective Ghost Stories The ghost story genre is one that is very complex. Each ghost story can be told in a different way and still be effective. A ghost is a supernatural force. Supernatural themes are often associated with paranormal and occult ideas. Supernatural comes from the Latin word “supra” and means the above nature‚ anything above or beyond what holds to be natural and exists outside natural law and the observable neighborhood. Jamesian and Freud both developed
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Our Family Wedding "Our Family Wedding" tells the story of two families from different races in order to prepare the wedding for their daughter and son that makes them come together in this planning process. There were series of friction and collision plots between those two families. The main reason is because the cultural difference between two sides of family. The family of bride (Lucia) is a traditional Mexican family. And‚ the family of groom (Marcus) is African-American family. Their
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A short story concentrates on creating a single dynamic effect and is limited in character and situation. It is a language of maximum yet economical effect. Every word must do a job‚ sometimes several jobs. Short stories are filled with numerous language and sound devices. These language and sound devices create a stronger image of the scenario or the characters within the text‚ which contribute to the overall pre-designed effect.As it is shown in the metaphor ’lipstick bleeding gently’ in Cinnamon
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Practice 1 – one story you like the best & what lessons you have learned from the story The novel Step by Wicked Step by Anne Fine which I have studied‚ all the stories are special in their own way but the one that strikes a chord with me is Claudia’s Stories: The Green Pyjamas. The story is about Claudia’s slow but sure acceptance of her stepmother‚ Stella. In the beginning‚ she is depicted as young girl who struggles to accept the changes in her life. Her parents have decided to separate
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Family relationships inevitably change over time‚ due to changes in individuals and how they communicate. In “Write Me Sometime”‚ the author‚ Taien Ng-Chan develops the idea that family relationships change over time‚ and that especially with separated families‚ bonds between family members can weaken when they fail to maintain contact with one another. In “Write Me Sometime”‚ the narrator describes her relationship with her father‚ and details the changes that occur when they start seeing each other
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protagonist to help develop the story’s theme The theme of a story is not only a subject or topic of discourse‚ but also a specific quality‚ characteristic or concern about life and human nature. Theme is essential in fiction as it is the backbone of meaning in stories. Theme illustrates the main idea about life and human nature‚ and the existence of theme allows readers to better understand the author’s purpose. The short story”Identities’’by W.D. Valgardson is about a man who lives in
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Simple Story of Imagery and Irony "A Clean‚ Well Lighted Place"‚ is a story about three men that come across one another one night in a bar. Hemingway uses a minimalistic style with symbolic imagery and verbal irony to reveal a story of three men with three views of life and despair. "Hemingway ’s style is famous for its simplicity-short common words‚ short sentences-and is said to be realistic and naturalistic" (Berryman 270). What stands out about "A Clean‚ Well Lighted Place" is its minimalism
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Ishmael Beah’s Families Familys in a childs life has the most impact on them. It shows them how to grow up and who to trust. In the book “A Long Way Home” by Ismael Beah‚ is a true memoir about a boy named Ismael Beah who grows up with many struggles and no family. He was only about twelve years old when he was performing at a rap group and his village was attacked by the Civil War in Sierra Leone leaving him and his group of friends homeless without their families. While
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A bulky‚ middle-aged man stared at the roughly cut and oddly shaped stone in his hands‚ his brows furrowed deeply in anger. His eyes then shifted from the trashy stone onto the youth standing next to him. The youth appeared to be no older than fifteen and had ragged features of an adult‚ contrasting the slender and almost underfed body. The boy had black eyes and hair and was currently puffing his bony chest out in pride. “Trash!!” the middle-aged man exclaimed suddenly as he threw the stone against
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