“Birthday Party” by Katherine Brush uses literary devices such as tone‚ point of view‚ diction‚ and sensory details to achieve her purpose. The title of this short story is very deceiving the tone is different from the tone of the story. The tone changes from happy to sad as soon as the cake is brought out. The women tried to show affection and love towards her husband by the cake but it was basically turned down. The point of view is through a random person who doesn’t know the couple at all.
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Fiona is my best friend. She turned twelve recently and her parents held a birthday party for her. I was one of those invited. The party began at about three in the afternoon. There were about twenty of us children gathered in Fiona’s house. We were all dressed in our best clothes. Everyone‚ especially Fiona‚ wore a happy smile. We gave our presents to Fiona and she happily opened them. It must really be exciting to receive all those presents. After that Fiona’s mother served us soft drinks
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Take “A Birthday” by Christina Rossetti. By close reference to the text‚ show how the persona’s mood is indicated through the opulence of the images chosen In the first stanza‚ Christina Rossetti creates a mood of happiness and love. She describes her heart as “a singing bird” and this is forms an image of simple‚ natural joy. She moves on to say that the bird is in a nest which is a safe‚ warm place. The nest is in “watered shoot” which suggest development and growth. The connection between the
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THE ARGUEMENT “COME ON!” screamed John’s red-faced mother. “WOULD YOU JUST CLEAN THAT MESS UP?” she added‚ pointing to a pile of crayons‚ paper‚ teddy bears and mechanical toys. “WHAT IS WRONG WITH CLEARING UP THIS PILE OF JUNK??!! EVEN YOUR TWIN SISTER IS CLEARING UP HER DOLLS!!” John’s mother finally gave up and started preparing the decorations and food. PREPARATIONS She forgotten all about the situation as she happily baked a cake in the shape of a heart‚ made French Fries‚ sandwiches‚ biscuits
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Our topic of discussion is “BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION‚”We have two opinion polls‚ (A)Some of us think that there is no harm in celebration (B)While others think we shouldn’t celebrate&I belongs to the this category. & as I never celebrate birthday so I will talk about the disadvantages of Birthday celebration ‚because I am against of birthday celebration.. First of all we should know the routes of the custom which we are celebrating‚in other words ‚what arguments do I have to celebrate it
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The short story‚ “Birthday Party‚” by Katharine Brush‚ depicts a couple in their late thirties. The wife prepares a surpise for him because it is his birthday and despite her efforts the husband is not pleased leaving the wife in tears‚ which causes the readers to be more sympathetic to the woman. This shows that problems cannot be covered up. The author‚ Katharine Brush conveys this message to the readers through description‚ repetition‚ and anonymous characters throughout the story. Brush describes
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up early as it was my sixteenth birthday and I was very excited. Quickly I dressed for school and came downstairs. I went to the kitchen. I saw my mother was busy preparing breakfast as usual and my father was getting ready for work. My siblings also were busy as it was a school day. I was very disappointed. No one had remembered my birthday. I tried not to show my feelings and went to school. Even in school‚ my close friends seemed to have forgotten my birthday. That day was not like I thought
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MATH QUARTER PROJECT BIRTHDAY PROBLEM The birthday problem can be formulated as follows: In a class there are n students. What is the probability that at least two students were born on the same day of the year? For simplify the math‚ without changing the result significantly‚ let’s assume that year is always 365 days long (no February 29 birthdays) and let’s assume that a person has an equal chance of being born on any day of the year‚ although some birthday may be slightly more likely
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Does money make you happy? Is money all you should ever care of? Due to the world we live in‚ It has come to my realization that most people have minds which have been dominated by the thought of money. Everywhere I go‚ whether it’s at home or in the streets‚ I will hear at least a word relating to money. So why talk about it so much? Does it make us happy?! ! Most people‚ when they hear the word money‚ they think about the happiness money can get you‚ they think about the luxuries. The
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A birthday remembered essay Love is very complicated‚ not just butterflies in one’s stomach‚ but it also involves a lot of pain. The pain is not easy to drain. We have to confront ourselves with the pain and get over it‚ but that’s easier said than done. We restrain our feelings and try to forget them. This only causes an even bigger pain. That is the situation for Ellen‚ the main character in this short story. Ellen’s love life has been complicated‚ she is a lesbian and obliged to listen to people’s
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