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    In the novel “The Emperor’s New Clothes” the author chose to make the novel in the perspective of a child because he wanted to show that the children often point out things that adults do not want to recognize and that people lie to each other because they want to look good in front of each other. What this shows us about the author is that he understands how some children can point out important aspects of life. In the novel there is a emperor that loves clothing and is easily fooled by some waivers

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    2014 Clothes Analysis In Clothes‚ Divakaruni uses symbolism to enhance her writing. Throughout the story Sumita is judged and represented by the attire she wears. In the beginning of the story Sumita is wearing a yellow sari‚ later on she wears a light pink sari‚ and then when she is on the plane to America she wears blue with a hint of red. After she arrives in America her husband Somesh bought her a silk skirt and and a cream blouse‚ a pair of jeans‚ a t-shirt‚ and a night gown. Clothes represent

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    figurative language‚ metaphors‚ and so forth. In addition to songs having poet merit‚ “Chaos and Clothes” is no different. “Chaos and Clothes” is a song written by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit‚ and explores the idea of letting go. In this song‚ it’s poetic merit is obvious‚ since it uses symbolism‚ irony‚ and the mental chaos lover’s leave. Firstly‚ the example of poetic merit in “Chaos and Clothes” is its profound use of symbolism.

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    In the “Hunter” by Julia Leigh a man goes into the wilderness to hunt the mysterious Tasmanian tiger. The story is about the inexplicable thylacine and it is set in the wilderness of Tasmania. The story is told in third person‚ and it is in present tense it is a simple story. Leigh’s central character‚ Martin Davis is sent to Tasmania to harvest a rare and elusive species he is hired by a pharmaceutical company to hunt the last thylacine cat‚ an animal many believe to be extinct. His journey brings

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    Company Background Topshop is a British clothes retailer with stores in over 20 countries and online operations in some of its markets. Topshop’s sales primarily come from women’s clothing and fashion accessories. It is part of the Arcadia Group‚ which owns a number of other retail outlets including Burton‚ Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge. The chain was founded in 1964 as Peter Robinson’s Top Shop‚ a young-persons’ fashion brand within the Sheffield branch of the Peter Robinson Ltd ladies fashion

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    Fiction Reading Log A Mother’s Struggle: Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” examines a mother’s internal struggle about the way she raised her eldest daughter Emily. By opening with “I stand here ironing” the author depicts the oppressive world of domestic tasks that engulfed and forms the mother’s life.” The repetitive motion of the iron moving “back and forth” across the surface of the ironing board mimics the mother’s thought process as she moves back and forth

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    Julia Kristeva’s quotation from Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia provides an interesting piece of observation in regards to the rampant depression apparent throughout literature. Kristeva points out that melancholy and depression can send writers into an “abyss of sorrow‚” (Kristeva). However‚ she believes that so long as a writer avoids collapsing into the “noncomunicable grief‚” (Kristeva)‚ extraordinarily powerful pieces of literature can rise from ashes of depression. The melancholy experienced

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    Short Story Elements Checklist Title: I Stand Here Ironing Author: Tillie Olsen (Identify sentences/words/phrases in the story to support your information.) Title (Significance?): The title prepares us for the narrator before we learn anything about her. Just like the title says “I stand here ironing”‚ is exactly what she is doing. The title gives us details about the narrator life such as; does not have a lot of money and probably has a large family. Setting (Time‚ Place‚ Social Context-(Significance

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    to Parenting in “I stand here ironing” by Tillie Olsen and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker The short stories “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker contain many similarities‚ both authors stress the importance of family and the struggles involved in family dynamics. In each story a mother is showing concern in regards to their relationship with their children due to past and present life obstacles. In the story‚ “I stand here ironing” the mother and narrator of the

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    Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies is a work of historical fiction set in the Dominican Republic during the oppressive regime of Rafael Trujillo. The four Mirabal sisters‚ Patria‚ Dede‚ Minerva and Maria Teresa pass through different versions of themselves to stop the reign of this tyrannical dictator. The theme of the courage to stand up to tyranny is most exemplified through Minerva because she discovers herself and becomes consistent with her beliefs throughout the resistence of the

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