In “Where is Here?” by Joyce Carol Oats‚ she uses a few different methods of indirect characterization to describe the character who is only known as “the visitor”. The five methods are appearance‚ speech‚ actions‚ reactions of others‚ and private thoughts. To begin‚ we will analyze the physical appearance of the visitor. In the beginning of the short story‚ Oats describes the character as a man in his late forties who was wearing a dark‚ conservatively cut suit. His hair was described as “thin”
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As a child growing up‚ Joyce watches her mother suffer as a single parent‚ resulting from her lack of education‚ abuse‚ and mistreatment. It brought tears to Joyce’s eyes when she asked questions about school‚ that her mother had no idea how to answer. Whenever the two would go to the store‚ someone would have to assist them with choosing items‚ and counting money. She would hear people whispering terrible things about her mother such as‚ “That lady does not know how to count‚ or “She is stupid
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John Updike’s story “A & P” and James Joyce’s “Araby” share many of the same literary traits. The theme of the two stories revolves around a young man who wants to decipher the difference between reality and the false fantasies of romance he dreams about. Both characters have focused upon one girl in particular that they cast all their affection on. The young man in both stories does discover the difference‚ which sets him off into emotional collapse. One of the main similarities between the
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Martel’s "The Life of Pi" is a coming of age story about a young man’s reaching maturity through tragic but uplifting story of loss and miraculous survival. The story is based on a journey which contains adventure‚ tradgedy‚ humour‚ and also the survival of the fittest mentality. Yann Martel depicts a story of a youth who seeks knowledge‚ wisdom‚ connectivity‚ and spirituality through religeon and zoology. Applying the craft’s he has practiced and is taught‚ protagonist Pi Patel seeks survival
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Epiphany “A teacher’s day is half bureaucracy‚ half crisis‚ half monotony and one-eighth epiphany. Never mind the arithmetic.” -Susan Ohanian. According to Webster’s dictionary‚ epiphany is a Christian holiday. It’s also recognized as a manifestation of a divine superhuman being. An epiphany is multiple things actually; it’s the sudden knowledge or insight of something‚ it is a moment of revelation. An epiphany is when a light bulb suddenly lights above your head. You suddenly ’get it’‚ everything
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In a male-dominated world‚ women have to struggle against society-imposed identities. Within A Doll’s House‚ by Henrik Ibsen‚ Nora undergoes a journey of realization‚ leading her to believe that she must discover who she really is‚ not who society wants her to be. Nora begins the play portraying the image of a “trophy wife”‚ but as the play continues‚ she transforms into her own individual. Through Nora’s cognizance that she has been pretending to be someone she wasn’t‚ Ibsen displays that women
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Nora’s Story: The Prolonged Harboring of a Youth Amidst The Emergence of an Elder Nora Helmer‚ the main protagonist of Scandinavian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (1879)‚ has always been depicted‚ as an exuberant novelty item‚ whose only purpose is to serve the important male figures in her life. This especially pertains to her father and her husband. These male figures move around Nora’s realm with indirect disregard to Nora’s true nature‚ desires‚ and abilities. Although this facade
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Throughout books‚ short stories‚ and plays we witness as characters evolve and grow into their roles. These changes sometimes occur as a result of an event or possibly through the influence of another character. Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll House” is a character that finds her true self through her interactions with several minor characters. As the play opens‚ the reader sees Nora‚ the protagonist of the story‚ as what appears to be a prancing doll-like wife happy living under her husband’s
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Have you ever been put in a situation where no matter what you choose‚ you’ll end up sacrificing something? In A Doll’s House‚ by Henrik Ibsen‚that is exactly the type of situation the main character‚ Nora was put in. She was a normal housewife living out the ideal of the 19th-century wife and a mother of three who wanted to be independent. She felt as if her husband wouldn’t let her have and freedom nor room to grow and be the woman she wanted to be. When she finally starts to realize the feeling
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The Dubliners – Focusing on ‘ The Dead ‘ Good morning‚ today I will be talking about the story ‘ The Dead’ found in the book ‘ The Dubliners’ . In ‘ The Dead’ ‚ there are recurring reference of snow ‚ and I will be focusing on the significance and symbolism of the snow in the story. First off‚ we can already see the importance of snow even right at the beginning‚ at the title of the story.As we all know‚ snow only appears during winter‚ and winter‚ in the literature world‚ is the season of
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