minor characters in this story are Travis’s parents‚ Cooper’s mother who’s always drinking and Darla’s father whom abuses her and her mother. Travis loves his life; he’s a champion diver and one of the most popular kids at school as well. The first day of summer came‚ Travis‚ Darla‚ Cooper and Emily all decided to go to the lake. Since Travis loves diving he then decides to jump off a cliff. His leg has been hurting but he ignores it and jumps off anyways. When he does‚ he realizes something is not
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The Kiss In the story “The Kiss” by Julia Alvarez‚ we see a family with four daughters‚ a father and mother. The father‚ who is old-fashioned and strict‚ has his own ideas of what he wants from his daughters. The daughters except for Sofia‚ the youngest one‚ have always done what he has asked for. Sofia does not agree with her sisters and she does what she wants. She runs away with a man‚ a decision her father cannot forgive. Although Sofia tries to reconcile with her father with no luck‚ she lets
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The plot of the story "The Storm" by Kate Chopin is a conventional everyday plot. The story would not be so interesting if it weren’t for the last line of the story; "So the storm passed and everyone was happy." What did she mean by the closing line? My interpretation of the story is that she meant the rocky part of both Calixta and Alcee’s marriage had passed along with the storm. Both Alcee and Calixta cheated on their spouse‚ however‚ they both knew that when the stor was over they would
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The Necklace By Guy de Maupassant Mathilde and Loisel had no luxury at all‚ but Mathilde still wished for the good things in life. Her husband‚ whom would do anything for his wife‚ got an invitation for a party where all the “important people” (177) would be. Not everyone was given an invitation to the party‚ so Loisel thought his wife would be surprised and excited. Mathilde did not appreciate the invitation and offended her husband by saying she’d “look like a pauper” (178) and would “rather
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typically describe what the narrator is doing with his brother: “I have to look EVERYWHERE because he doesn’t come when I call” (Berger 14). This seems to promote empathy for the brother‚ not necessarily for Daniel. Yet‚ at the end of the story they do love one another‚ and the narrator states that: “But I also know that Didi [Daniel] is happy to see me and would miss us if we weren’t around. And I would miss him too” (Berger 28-29). The narrator accepts his brother for all of his eccentricities‚ and
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Laura Corchete Mrs. Cooke ENC1102 18 September 2013 Eveline’s Bitter-Sweet Escape In the story “Eveline”‚ the protagonist is to run away with her love to Buenos Aires. At first‚ she feels she must live a new life away from home. She understands that by moving away‚ she will truly find freedom. Although she lives a comfortable life in her current home‚ she realizes that living with her father is not healthy. It makes her remember many of the struggles her mother went through with him. Eveline’s
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short story as a naturalist visualization of the devastating effects that wars and battles had on the soldiers which fought in them. The short story “Chickamauga” is defined as naturalist literature because of the author’s employment of specific literary techniques which define naturalism‚ such as the way the author gradually darkens the mood of the storyline as it progresses‚ the amount of description and attention paid to grisly and macabre details that shed wars in a whole new light‚ as well as
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The Pharaoh falls in love with her‚ and she marries him. Another early version of the story‚ Ye Xian‚ appeared in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang by Tuan Ch’eng-Shih around A.D. 860. Here the hardworking and lovely girl befriends a fish‚ the reincarnation of her mother who was killed by her stepmother. Ye Xian saves the bones‚ which are magic‚ and they help her dress appropriately for a festival. When she loses her slipper after a fast exit‚ the king finds her and falls in love with her. Both variations
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“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe is a dark and mysterious tale describing the narrator as he attempts to contain his grief. Lenore is the love of the narrator‚ and he is left with a hole within him from her death. This hole is only deepened when a raven‚ that reminds the narrator of his lost Lenore‚ perches itself outside of his home. Dhahir explains the narrator’s feelings in her statement‚ “With frazzled nerves and agitated state he lets into his room a creature which not only echoes his sordid mood
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the life she wants is not a life for her. Elisa has conformed to her Chrysanthemums‚ and to her husband even living a life more fulfilling then her. Although Henry is nice to Elisa‚ their relationship lacks a lot of passion‚ affection‚ attention‚ and love. Elisa lives comfortably‚ but it is not her ideal life that she is living. Elisa faces this reality when she meets The Tinker. The Tinker is a man who comes on down the road‚ who lives off of repairing pots‚ pans‚ and other utensils. The Tinker in
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