In the excerpt from the autobiographical narrative A Summer Life by Gary Soto‚ his sublime six-year-old self relives his experience when the charm of the forbidden becomes unspeakably desirable. A young saint is put before a path that will ultimately lead him toward his fall from grace. He struggles with the “juices of guilt” as he quickly learns that curiosity is the lust of the mind. To start the writer portrays to the reader his personal morals in a religious aspect by using a paradox. He describes
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In the novel “Deadly Unna?” written by Phillip Gwynne‚ the protagonist in the story‚ Gary Black‚ is referred to as a ‘gutless wonder’ on many occasions. Gary is faced with challenges and decisions‚ which define him and determine whether or not he is in fact a ‘gutless wonder’‚ this being one of the worst things you can possibly be in his town. Evidently he proves to his father‚ the town and finally himself that he is not a ‘gutless wonder’ after all. The most influential and important person in
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PROLOGUE PROLOGUE Only fools became starfighter pilots‚ and my mother was one of them. It is dumb to put yourself at so much risk‚ because you may end up as a flaming fireball through space. Like my mother. You would never know if the Sinats would attack‚ or ambush‚ or raid. My point is‚ piloting a starfighter is very‚ very dangerous. And of course‚ my mother happened to be one of them; a flying‚ dangerous maniac. By my fathers definition‚ she was extra stupid‚ but I always thought that flying a
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TS#145 The cold air was stinging my face when I woke up chained to a metal bed‚ surely awaiting my death. Voices in the other room were ringing out of my ear‚ a man and a woman. I tried to remember how I got here‚ and why I was dressed in scrubs. The voice I heard now has a face. A handsome one‚ but he has a coldness in his eyes. He unchained me from the bed‚ but kept me to the wall with a chain around my ankle. ¨Momma will be in here to check how healthy you are. Do you remember your name?¨ The
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that he wants his name to be Leroy so she told him “ok well my name is Sara and it is nice to meet you.” Leroy went on to say“Nice to meet you too” So Sara started to tell him how to be good and she told him to go take off his make up so he did and s when it was off he came out with a big smile and she thought to herself that he is really cute and she started to like him and when she was teaching him how to be good she started to flirt with him and he started to like her.When she was teaching him
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Idate was looking at me dearly with that sinister grin on his smug face. I know one this for sure what he is going to do. "Heh. Never would have guess it a coward like you would ever left the isle with out me knowing. It’s such a shame though." "S-S-So what?" Then‚ he took me by the arm with a iron grip as I gasp from shock. Rocma say this as she unsheath her claws in a fighting mode. Yukisada grab my other arm trying to tugged me away from my tormentor. Idate took a cig from his mouth and blow
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THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE IN TENNYSON’S ULYSSES The greatest Victorian contribution to poetry is certainly the form of the dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is defined by various critics as a type of poem in which a single speaker‚ a persona‚ “utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem‚ in a specific situation at a critical moment.” This speaker addresses and interacts with one or more other people. They are silent but usually identifiable listeners in whose presence the speaker reveals
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` Doug is the main character in Gary D. Schmidt’s Ok For Now. In the book he is faced with many challenges and meets new people on his journey. Some of the people that are in Doug’s life are‚ his brother‚ Lucas‚ and his girlfriend‚ Lillian. (Lil for short.) This essay will explain why all of the aforementioned characters are dedicated in what they do and the choices that they make. Doug‚ the protagonist in Ok For Now‚ is a dedicated character. He shows dedication in many parts of the book. Example:
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The Author’s story begins in Fresno‚ California where Gary Soto was born. Gary soto started off doing poetry in High school even though he wasn’t academically motivated when Soto was a child.”He was not academically motivated as a child‚ but became interested in poetry during his high school years”(poets.org). And soto went to Fresno City College and studied poetry. “He attended Fresno City college and California State University at Fresno while working toward an undergraduate degree‚ and later studied
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The indirect interior monologue we get next is essential. There is something seriously affecting Henry— his faith is being tested— and what he once found comforting is now not. He is worried and this worry is mentioned twice in one paragraph. Henry also admits his sadness. Now compare this segment to the exchange between him and his wife. He does not tell her of this sadness‚ his worry or his confusion. He clearly thinks about her own lack of faith‚ but does not ask her about that either. Instead
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