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    Ernest Hemingway had a way of shocking the readers. How he portraide his character in the short story “The Solider’s Home” was eye opening‚ even though it was fictional work. When he showed how Krebs emotions or the lack of with every encounter made the

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    The Red Wheelbarrow was an interesting poem‚ one because it’s short and was able to keep my attention for the 4 lines of text‚ two because it seemed to combine the two popular prose styles of romanticism and realism. William Carlos Williams utilizes a sense of realism by depicting a scene of an everyday red wheelbarrow on farm‚ but also romanticizes the wheel barrow in strange yet cool way. He puts the wheelbarrow‚ a simple yard tool‚ on pedestal by saying that "So much depends upon the red wheel

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    around the “Fair Grounds‚” and they move their bottoms too‚ those lower parts must be full of energy to hold up so much enthusiastic dancing‚ so move as the dancers move in Brueghel’s notable painting called The Kermess. General Explication William Carlos Williams’s “The Dance” (1944) illustrates the joyous‚ lively atmosphere of a fair. It also uses textual patterns to represent the dance depicted in Brueghel’s great painting‚ The Kermess. The speaker‚ who is describing the painting‚ uses the

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    What makes Ernest Hemingway memorable? Ernest Hemingway‚ a fellow member of the Lost Generation Americans in Paris‚ was born in Oak Park‚ Illinois. He started writing at age 17 when he became a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City. Then after getting injured in World War I he became a reporter for Canadian and American newspaper. The job acquired him to relocate back to Europe to cover events‚ such as the Greek Revolution. Throughout his life he wrote many great novels‚ however like every

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    The famous American author Ernest Hemingway famously used a specific style of writing to develop his stories and demonstrate deeper points through them (Frenz). An example of this writing style can be found in his 1933 short story “A Clean Well Lighted Place”. “A Clean Well Lighted Place” tells the reader a story of how the young and the old interact and what the young lose as they become the old. This short story uses symbolic characters and themes to convey the loneliness many find in old age and

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    Justin Thomas Mrs. J Clark English 1 honors 2nd block 10 April 2013 Analysis of “The Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams In the book there is a doctor who wants to do well for others. He understands what the family is going through because in the story it says‚ “But I’ve seen two children lying dead the week of diphtheria because of neglect‚ I was not about to let that happen so it was diagnosed now or never.” There is also a girl who is sick. She has a sore throat and she won’t talk

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    In the book "The Sun Also Rises"‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ the main characters live a very hedonistic life. A hedonist pursues pleasure in everything that they do. This can mean lounging on the beach instead of doing something productive‚ or having sex just because it feels good. Now a Christian lifestyle is a little bit different‚ they believe that in order to please their God‚ they must go through troubles and trials that are anything but pleasurable‚ but in the end‚ they get to spend eternity in paradise

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    The short story titled The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams‚ a doctor tries to treat a young girl who refuses the treatment he offers. Despite the fact that her parents and the doctor make and attempt to reason with the girl‚ she continues to defy them in their efforts to help her. The reason this short story has become a classic‚ is because it illustrates what makes a hero. The fact that the doctor is determined to help the young girl who makes every attempt to refuse help‚ may seem like

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    settlement of that remote British Colony‚ could admit him to its‚ already 20-year-old‚ university. Ernest Rutherford was born at Spring Grove in rural Nelson on August 30th 1871‚ the second son and fourth child of twelve born to James and Martha Rutherford. Scottish James had arrived in New Zealand in 1843 as a four-year old. James became a wheelwright and engineer‚ and later a flax-miller. As a boy Ernest was surrounded by hard-working people with technical skills. Martha Rutherford (née Thompson)

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    Furthermore‚ Jordan clearly grows in his dying moments. At the beginning‚ his only fear is “of not doing my duty as I should” (FWTBT‚ 91). Hemingway demonstrates Jordan’s knowledge of his fate when Pilar reads his palm (FWTBT‚ 33) and her discussion about the smell of death (FWTBT‚ 254-256). Surrounded by his fate‚ Jordan faces his futile duty without hope. He is alone and an island‚ yet at death he tells Maria‚ “But I go with thee. As long as there is one of us there is both of us” (FWTBT‚ 463)

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