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    hurt us. However‚ a few rare exceptions may occur where our sanctuary‚ the place where we may find sacred‚ ends up causing us the greatest amount of misery. Tita in Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel and Clara in House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende are the epitome of how their means of refuge has caused them hurt. I am going to demonstrate the irony of Tita’s submission in food‚ as well as the irony of Clara’s isolation with the spirits. Neither a stab in the heart or death can be as harmful

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    are very much alike‚ besides the fact that one of them is a fictional fairytale character. Just like Belisa‚ my godmother’s words and stories have the ability to enchant and fascinate anybody‚ no matter what age. Therefor I strongly suspect that Isabel Allende was truly inspired by my godmother whilst writing this story or that some people just have the enchanting gift of storytelling‚ something I greatly envy. As stated in the beginning of the story‚ Belisa would trade two vigorous secret words for

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    This story is about a man named Nicholas Vidal would lose his life for a woman. Soon‚ his reputation for cunning bandit ran the ends of the village. He was the son of Juana sad‚ a prostitute. But Nicholas did not want it because he had abandoned. Casilda was an inconspicuous woman was the wife of Judge Hidalgo. One day the judge Hidalgo arrived with his wife and the people were getting married. Judge Juana Hidalgo Sad locked in a cage in the square. This cage had a vase of water so that when the

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    outlook to fiction. While talking about contemporary writers we cannot forget the name J.K Rowling a writer of harry potter‚ Enid Blyton whom children adores and Selman Rushdie whose Midnights children won booker prize. There are others like Isabel Allende who wrote house of spirits and created a writing style of magical realism. Jonathan franzen writer of the corrections that won the national book award 2001. Zadie Smith introduced hysterical realism in the novels. Thomas Hardy

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    with others. In the Informational text ¨With Friends Like These¨‚ Dorothy Rowe explains the social dynamics regarding validation‚ and how friends are necessary for a healthy mind. In the Latin American short story ¨And of Clay Are We Created¨‚ Isabel Allende tells a tragic story which unfolds in a heart-wrenching revelation for the emotionally isolated characters.

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    The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Archidamian War by Donald Kagan The Art of Fiction by Henry James The Art of War by Sun Tzu As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Atonement by Ian McEwan Autobiography

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    to deal with suffering‚ loss‚ or death. In the short story Bluffing by Gail Helgason‚ Liam has an unfortunate accident and experiences physical pain as well as the emotional pain of his deteriorating relationship with Gabriella. In Two Words by Isabel Allende‚ Belisa Crepusculario is devastated by the death of her entire family due to their impoverished lifestyle and the love between her and the Colonel causes them to miss each other. In The Indisputable Weight of the Ocean by Darryl Berger‚ Edmund

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    In Isabel Allende’s Inés of My Soul‚ one woman‚ Inés Suarez‚ challenges the traditional role of women and society by embarking upon a journey alongside her companion to conquer a part of the New World. Throughout the expedition‚ Inés faces challenges because of her gender‚ yet she also manages to use her gender and the traditional gender role to her advantage. In Spain‚ machismo was prevalent in society‚ allowing for men to feel and act as if inherently superior to women. Although she was not

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    guilty intertwined him...‚ a redemption began again. The end of the story‚ Amir saved Soharb‚ but the mental pain had completely lost his feelings‚ only about kite - that Hassan and Amir childhood favorite plaything‚ would made Sohrab to laugh. Isabel Allende estimated this novel unforgettable‚ extraordinary and powerful. Compared with other

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    but the priest in the novel was able to judge his community easily. 2. "At birth Rosa...with green hair" "I would never find another woman with her green hair and underwater beauty." Pg 4 /¶1 Pg 35 /¶1 (E) Throughout the novel‚ the author Isabel Allende

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