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    about a narrator having an urge to kill the old man because of his vulgar eye‚ but when the deed is done‚ not everything goes according to plan. Poe creates fear and dread throughout the story with the charters‚ build up of suspense‚ and the explicit details. Poe creates fear and dread within the two main characters‚ the narrator and the old man. He creates fear through the narrator with his voice and repetition‚ his insanity‚ and his deceitfulness. Throughout the story‚ the narrator has continuous small

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    Body Par Topic: Poe uses imagery by using an object that is not really there in order to create a visual comparison Example: "I gasped and struggled at each vibration. I shrunk convulsively an its every sweep. My eyes followed its outward or upward whorls

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    Steinbeck’s‚ The Pearl is an illustrative novella that shows readers the repercussions of greed‚ and how desire can control someone’s life. In this story‚ Steinbeck vividly describes the journey of a native man named Kino‚ and details how his life is driven off its tracks by a foreign emotion. As the title suggests‚ the tale winds through Kino’s life before and after he finds a magnificent pearl‚ and demonstrates how his desire for something better eventually tears his family apart. This novella reveals the

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    it brings a little more happiness into his world. George at this moment thinks that Slim is the most mature and most trustworthy person around‚ and so he confides with him the story of how Lennie and he met back in Weed. Here we learn more about Lennie and George’s relationship as friends and companions‚ also how they ended up together in the first place in more detail. George apparently started to take

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    and instantly regrets it. George either cared for Lennie or felt pity towards Lennie because of his disability or both. George always wanted Lennie to go away but when it came down to that he wanted Lennie to stay. He was always in between‚ no matter how frustrating Lennie made George they had each other and that’s more than most men on the ranch had.”George said I want you to stay with

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    Microevolution is basically as evolution within a species. This happens with minute changes that do not create new species. Almost like a better improved species. Unlike microevolution‚ macroevolution creates hole new species all together. Experiments can only really test microevolution because of the time limit. If macroevolution is almost impossible observed because of the time it takes. New genes are not required for macroevolution as long as such evolution is limited to closely related species

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    the chimney.” Based off of this quote‚ this shows how there is a sense of fear and panic in the old man which‚ brought that horror characteristics into the story. Then‚ there was also fear of insane that was brought towards the end of the story. It says‚ “Yet the sound increased and they heard! They suspected! They knew! Villains! I shrieked dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear the planks! It is the beating of his hideous heart!” This shows how the killer let the fear get closer to his insanity

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    century AD overtime Literary works have been develop such as novel‚ poems‚ and short stories. Short Stories are described has miniature versions of books or novels‚ where an author takes a tale and crams it into a ten to twenty page story. John Steinbeck is not only a well-known novelist‚ but also writes short stories like “The Chrysanthemums” and “Flight”. In Steinbeck’s “The Chrysthemums” Elisa Allen is married to a negligent ranch owner. While her husband works on the ranch‚ Elisa tends to her

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    How does Alan Gibbons create dramatic tension in The Edge? Alan Gibbons creates dramatic tension in The Edge using a variety of different techniques such as; pathetic fallacy‚ animal imagery‚ dramatic tension etc. The book is based on a young boy called Danny Mangam who lives in north London. He and his mother are on the run for Chris Kane‚ Danny’s abusive step-father. They try to get away and manage to get to Cathy’s mother and fathers house on the Edge Cliff Estate. But even there‚ nothing is

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    Balancing the Good and the Bad Is it possible to create a balance between good and bad? When looking at someone’s journey through life in the Heart of Africa‚ it can greatly demonstrate the effects they have on others around them. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness looks into the views on the good and the bad in people through how Mr. Kurtz is viewed by his peers. Kurtz’s balance of good and bad helps to enhance the the novel by creating an impact on everyone he meets. As Kurtz gets older‚ he shows

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