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    English 1102 26 July 2013 Symbolism in the Flowers by Alice Walker Alice Walker employed the use of symbolism to aid the reader in better comprehension of the story. To this effect‚ the author adequately and efficiently prepares the audience for the unanticipated ending of the story. Symbolism has significantly aided in the depiction of transition of Myop’s childhood innocence to the consciousness of the atrocities that characterize the world. The Flowers is a story of the initiation of a child entailing

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    summary The story I want to analyze is called “The Man Who Loved Flowers”. This story is written by Stephen King – an American author of horror‚ suspense‚ science fiction and fantasy. The subjects I’m going to be focusing on are the genre‚ the plot‚ the point of view‚ the main character and the theme. But in the first part of this assignment I will start with this introduction and a summary. The story‚ “The Man Who Loved Flowers”‚ takes place in New York. It’s about a man with an unknown name

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    There comes a point in time when a favorable moment has to come to an end. In “The Flowers” by Alice Walker‚ she introduces a young girl that is near sighted of what is to come. Walker indicates some symbolism throughout the story‚ but in the last line of the story‚ she uses a significant symbol that pulls the story to its ending. The last line says‚ “And the summer was over”. Thus‚ the word “summer” becomes a symbol. In order to make this specific symbol stand out more‚ Walker built her story around

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    The short story‚ “The Flowers” by Alice Walker is about Myop‚ a small black girl full of energy and curiosity who leaves the safety and peacefulness of her family’s cabin to collect new and wonderful flowers. Through her adventure‚ she finds a decaying dead body and this is when her innocence is over. Walker employs symbolism‚change of setting and tone‚ and imagery in order to instill in his readers the importance of exploring their world because some paths are hidden till we go and find them.

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    The prison is often seen as a “black flower” of a civilized society. Hawthorne makes examples of decay and evil through the architecture of society: The wooden jail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age‚ which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front. The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than anything else in the New World…It seemed never to have known a youthful era. Before this ugly edifice‚ and between

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    Teddy (Taotao Zhang) Professor Margaret Poncin WRD 103x-401 9th Sep. 2012 Reading Response (P91; P92) In the first article “writing for an Audience”‚ Linda Flower told us about the meaning and goal of writing. Also‚ flower analyzes the audience’s thought that give some examples to told us how to write a good article. She divided the important point that how to write a good essay into 3 parts. First is knowledge that shows the knowledge and good ideas to audience in your essay. Second are attitudes

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    investigate how the cut Gerbera could be extended the life by adding a series of solutions‚ and to account for the underlying reasons for the extension. It also provides insight into the effectiveness of different “flower foods” and the role of bleach in the whole system. Abstract: Six Cut flowers (Number. 1‚ 2‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ and 8) were placed in different vases from 10th March 2011 to 25th March 2011. Solution 1 and 2 which contained water and water mix bleach can last for at least 8 days. Solution 5 and

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    home and speak openly to anyone at all. Dickinson displays the catastrophic effects of both her independence and insecurity in the poem‚ “As if some little Arctic flower” (#177). She embodies herself as this flower‚ communicating her inability to relate to and interact with others in both social and religious contexts. In the poem‚ a flower moves from a cold environment down to a fascinatingly warm and vibrant landscape. It is in awe of the environment‚ relating the southern landscape “To Eden” due

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    Algernon Moncrief in Oscar Wilde’s "The Importance of Being Earnest" is quite simply a child at play. Algy‚ as he’s known to his friends‚ is a young bachelor not yet in his thirties living the aristocratic life of a Victorian gentleman. He has an underdeveloped sense of morality and of the world beyond him. Algy has an excellent skill for wit and as an "Oxonian"‚ his education is also rather noticeable. You might also surmise him to be unhappy if he were eating muffins as if there was no tomorrow

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    “Mrs. Flowers”‚ an excerpt from Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”(1969)‚ depicts the profound effect that an adult can have on a child. Fortunately in this situation‚ the effect is a positive one. Mrs. Flowers was not known to be the warmest of people. As a matter of fact‚ in Marguerite’s eyes‚ she was almost beyond approach. In Maya Angalou’s descriptive writing pattern‚ you can almost feel‚ taste and smell the reverence for Mrs. Flowers almost as much as you can feel Mrs. Flowers

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