Compare & Contrast: The Rocking-Horse Winner/The Lottery ENGL 102_B40: Literature and Composition Spring 2011 Michaela Gates L23562144 APA Gambling‚ whether for life or money‚ is risky and success is not guaranteed‚ even if you ‘win’. Two different tales both involving risk. 1. Gambling for something valuable - One for life and the other for money 2. Characters’ Personalities - Paul was hopeful and cared deeply for his
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Throughout the history of time‚ colonization has played a key role in the establishment of many powerful civilizations. Critic Robin Reid claims that “Bradbury ’s novel (the Martian Chronicles) cannot be considered as expressing a completely postcolonial point of view.” However‚ Reid is underplaying the extent to which Bradbury emphasizes his post colonialist theme in The Martian Chronicles. His futuristic take on human domination in his short stories “June 2001‚” and “February 2002” portrays everything
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James Thurber was one of the most influential and unforgettable writers of his kind. He made modern-day problems seem preventable in the minds of people‚ and he tried to make them realize that the problems had to have a source. Thurber wrote of people struggling with day-to-day life that was once trouble-free and drew his ideas of humanity losing the direction it once had in the past. He attributed this change to wandering minds and ignorant actions on man’s behalf. James Thurber used his artistic
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The short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is about a 15 year old girl named Connie who is caught up in the fantasies of adulthood and sexuality. She is home alone when a mysterious man‚ Arnold Friend‚ pulls in her driveway and tries to manipulate her into going away with him. Although it is never stated explicitly‚ it can be seen that Arnold Friend is merely a piece of Connie’s imagination. More specifically‚ we see Arnold as a symbol for the Devil‚ whose
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Short Story: “Bluffing” by Gail Helgason English 11 Total Marks: 24 On a separate piece of paper‚ respond to the questions below in full sentences. Attach the questions when you hand in your work. Plot Elements (4) 1. List and explain any examples of foreshadowing you can find in the story. (2) 2. Quickly skim the sections of the story where the author uses flashbacks. What is the purpose of the flashbacks in Bluffing? (2) Character (10) 3. How would you categorize Gabriela and
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A door opened‚ and Earl Genofile stepped out to see what had happened. Earl was at the grand age of 75. He had hearing aids‚ dentures‚ and a cane. He was a nice senior citizen as long as he got his five naps a day. He quickly hobbled back into his two-story house to find his wife. Helga Genofile was also 75 years old. Unlike Earl‚ Helga did not need hearing aids‚ dentures‚ or a cane. She had excellent health. In fact‚ she was sure that she was going to live well over a hundred. She was almost done
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Rainbows. Rainbows come from Unicorns‚ unicorn farts to be precise ! Here’s the origin . One day in Lansing Michigan a little girl about 11 years old; Versace was stuck in a boat. How’d she get there you ask ?! Well … the girl was an orphan and you know who wants to be an orphan so one day when it was time for school she did what her and the other girls did‚ go on the bus headed for her first class and all throughout the day until it was time for recess she’d had this plan ever since she became
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Birthday Already in the title we know the occasion. The story starts with an introduction of the protagonist and the location. We are at a restaurant where Clara‚ the protagonist‚ is hosting a birthday party. We are now familiar with the settings. As the story continues a conflict is rising‚ coffee or ice cream? The exposition consists mainly of a description of the settings and the stunning things with ice cream and not that big of a descriptions of Clara. I believe the reason for that is‚ that
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It was a gloomy‚ still winter morning in Southern Mississippi. My brother Jeremy Simms and I were walking to the Jefferson Davis County school. My brother and I heard someone trailing behind on the red dirt road that lead up to us. Then‚ I heard someone calling my name. “Uh. . . Miz Lillian Jean‚ wouldja wait up a minute‚ please?” called Cassie. Once she caught up to me she said‚ “Thanks for waiting.” “What do you want‚” I said glaring down at her “Well‚” she said‚ “ I been thinking ‘bout
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It was that moment: the moment that was going to scar me for the rest of my life. He laid right there in front of me‚ lifeless and cold; the only one that knew how to steer us to safety. Our captain‚ Owen Cash‚ was dead. As everyone was crowding around the dead body with wide eyes‚ someone finally found the courage to speak up. “What do we do?” whispered Dr. Hurt. “There’s nothing I can do to save him now.” I then glanced around and noticed that it was pitch black and we were deserted in the middle
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