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    Obstacles In The Hobbit

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    The Hobbit is a fictional book‚ written by J.R.R. Tolkien‚ in a fantastic world filled with imaginative characters. The Hobbit‚ one of the many books of Tolkien‚ is filled with adventure‚ by generalizing‚ the whole book is in one word‚ adventurous. Bilbo Baggins‚ the main character of the book‚ and company (the dwarves and Gandalf)‚ go on an expedition to the Lonely Mountain‚ and throughout this journey they face many obstacles along the way. Through each obstacle Bilbo is able to outgrow and overcome

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    In the Holocaust memoir Night‚ Elie Wiesel communicates the horrors of his journey from Sighet as an innocent‚ passionate child to his time spent at the Auschwitz concentration camps facing a harsh reality. Through the use of diction and syntax‚ Wiesel emphasizes the deterioration of the Jewish prisoners’ emotional and physical conditions. Within the first five chapters‚ Wiesel utilizes terminology to present the Jewish background of Sighet‚ as well as his own passion towards worship. For example

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    Throughout life‚ inspirational lessons dwell at every corner with that golden opportunity to take those lessons and inspire others. Speeches are excellent ways to teach lessons and motivate listeners since the speaker has the freedom to add emotion to their voices and also add dramatic pauses that create suspense within the crowd of onlookers. However‚ stories can lack that emotion the voice of a speaker gives it. So‚ author’s use different styles of writing such as varied sentence length for the

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    Out of all the other chapters‚ it’s easy to label Andrew with those titles you mentioned‚ but with this last chapter‚ there’s nowhere to place him! It’s sad! To me‚ he genuinely sounds reliable‚ oddly. It’s as if the world is asleep‚ and “protector” and “pretender” are the same thing to him— the reason I can’t pinpoint anything. I skimmed through Fish. Don’t know Greenblatt. Big fan of Barthes. Of course‚ I think about the author and what they’re striving to illustrate. But why can’t I _still_

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    Something that stands out about his use of figurative language is that nine times out of ten he uses it to describe nature. For example‚ Faulkner uses a simile to show that an entire day has passed in only 1 ½ pages. He uses the position of the sun to show that it is already evening. “The sun‚ an hour above

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    the world. He explains his ideas in a negative tone that presents a frightening mood. On the other hand‚ Thomas’ poem is about the struggle against death. He urgently begs his father to battle against death‚ creating a sad mood. In each poem‚ figurative language‚ the theme‚ and the mood are used to create the authors tone. To begin with‚ “The Second Coming” and “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” have powerful moods that convey the authors tone. Yeats’ poem has descriptive words that make the reader

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    cause of sadness? In the book “Buried Onions” by Gary Soto there are many different examples; such as metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification to grab the reader’s attention. That is exactly what you want when reading a book! First type of figurative language‚ “Yellow shoes the color of a pat of butter” (40). is a metaphor that stuck out the most to me. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Eddie thinks

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    Friendship In The Hobbit

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    Through the tale of The Hobbit By J. R. R. Tolkien the twelve dwarves lead by Thorin Oakenshield are looking to get back to their kingdom under the mountain‚ but they wind up finding their home as well as trust and a new found camaraderie. At the start of the story Gandalf the Grey connects the dwarves and Bilbo Baggins and gets them started on the quest to reclaim Thorin’s kingdom. Though they are looking for their home‚ which they do find‚ they stumble upon something that they were not expecting

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    Comparison and Contrast of The Hobbit and The Hobbit Films The Hobbit: An unexpected journey and The Hobbit: The desolation of Smaug had a great director; Peter Jackson to keep every original concept that J.R.R. Tolkien would have in mind if he was the one to direct these movies. They kept that it’s not only about getting Dwarves their homeland back‚ but the development of a quiet‚ stay at home and stay safe Hobbit. Most of the characters were well interpreted into the movie like Thorin’s

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    In Ray Bradbury’s novel " Dandelion Wine’ the author uses an array of figurative language to reiterate his novel. At the rudiment of the novel the author uses personification through lines 4-5 and similes through lines 15-17. Lines 4-5 explain that ‚ " the berating of the world was long and warm and slow." When the author explains ‚ " the breathing of the world " and "long and worm‚" in the same sentence its insinuating that the earth has life. In the midst of the passage the author asserts

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