Avena Patel Mr. Green AP English Resisting Racism During the Civil War and the years following the Civil War‚ many people say that African Americans were looked down upon‚ segregated from White people‚ and altogether‚ treated unfairly. In 1865‚ two years after Lincoln freed all slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation‚ the Ku Klux Klan formed in efforts to terrorize the freed slaves. The following year‚ Black Codes were used in the South to limit the rights that the freed slaves had recently
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for a chilling thrill of suspense in cosmic horror‚ that’s intertwine within his two short stories‚ Dagon‚ and The Thing on the Doorstep‚ and his popular novella‚ The Call of Cthulhu. In these works‚ Lovecraft demonstrates dreadful foreshadowing‚ picturesque flashbacks‚ and the unnerving supernatural element. First a little background on the author; H.P. Lovecraft was born as Howard Phillips Lovecraft in 1890‚ raised by his mother and maternal grandfather in Providence‚ Rhode Island. Being an intelligent
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How does John Harding use gothic techniques to create horror in Florence and Giles? Horror permeates much of Harding’s beguiling novel Florence and Giles (2010). In a retrospective first-person narrative foretold by young didactic protagonist Florence‚ Harding’s richly textured novel attempts to masterfully create horror through various gothic techniques. For example‚ Harding employs recurring weather motifs to compel his audience ’It was December now and we’d have had a lot of snow’ says Florence
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We can now infer that it would take a lot to separate them and break them apart. The impact of this on the reader is that they know that these two really like each other. This flashback impacts the reader and the reading by giving the reader insight on how the two met and started dating. It also shows how much they like each other‚ as they walk together to school nearly every day. This will impact the reading because the reader
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Reading Notes Themes: Searching for Redemption Amir feels responsible for the death of his mother‚ who died during child birth‚ at the beginning of the novel we see Amir desperately trying to redeem himself to Baba by trying to win the kite tournament. Amir’s guilt from the incident regarding Hassan retrieving the losing kite is what causes Amir’s search for redemption. Closer to the end of the novel Amir travels to Kabul to retrieve Sohrab from Assef’s custody this is what redeems him. Earlier
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Allegory An allegory is a symbolism device where the meaning of a greater‚ often abstract‚ concept is conveyed with the aid of a more corporeal object or idea being used as an example. Alliteration Alliteration is a literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. Whether it is the consonant sound or a specific vowel group‚ the alliteration involves creating a repetition of similar sounds in the sentence. Alliterations are also created
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The novel starts out with Holden telling the reader the flashback of three days he spent alone in New York City last winter. He was kicked out of Pencey Prep‚ the latest in a long string of exclusive boarding schools‚ and wanted to leave the school before his parents found out. Before Holden leaves‚ he is warned by his teacher that he is heading down a bad path‚ foreshadowing his later troubles. As Holden leaves his dorm‚ he shouts “Sleep tight‚ ya morons!”‚ and cries‚ although he doesn’t know why
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КУДИНОВА АНАСТАСИЯ 512 TEXT INTERPRETATION: "FLOTSAM AND JETSAM" BY W. S. MAUGHAM GIST/PLOT This short story is told in the 3rd person‚ this is the third person narration. The story took place in Borneo‚ in the Malay states. The story begins with the description of the setting in the Grange ’s house. Everything betokened poverty there. The dining-room was dingy. Norman Grange was a rubber-planter and after walking over the estate and checking that everything was done properly‚ he and his wife
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ACT THREE ASSESSMENT 1. Act Three Scene One This scene is important because it is the climax of the entire play when Romeo exclaims “O‚ I am fortune’s fool!” Fortune/Fate is important because it touches on Romeo’s dream foresaw in Act One‚ Scene Four that what happened at the party would lead to his untimely death. Romeo killing Tybalt and being banished from the kingdom is a main contributing factor to him being killed Love as a destructive force is used in this scene as Romeo
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LITERARY DEVICES Copyright © 2007 by Jay Braiman www.mrbraiman.com Literary devices refers to specific aspects of literature‚ in the sense of its universal function as an art form which expresses ideas through language‚ which we can recognize‚ identify‚ interpret and/or analyze. Literary devices collectively comprise the art form’s components; the means by which authors create meaning through language‚ and by which readers gain understanding of and appreciation for their works. They also provide
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