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    Monkey: Journey to the West is a story of an adventure for enlightenment to India in order to find ancient Buddhist scriptures. The story consists of Chinese legends‚ tales‚ and superstitions. Daoism‚ Confucianism‚ and Buddhism play a huge role throughout this story. Monkey: Journey to the West is a story that discusses religion‚ and moral issues. The monkey acts the way he does due to underlying religious themes played throughout the story. At first understanding why the Monkey acts the way he does

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    The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs is a story of misfortune. The author uses foreshadowing in the story to build tension‚ and suspense to keep the reader entertained. W.W. Jacob does this by creating certain plot twists‚ and pacing the story rapidly but still having lots of detail. This book reminds me of being careful for what I wish for and lessons learned. The story begins with the main character‚ Mr. White‚ receiving a monkey’s paw from a friend. The monkey’s paw is believed to be able to grant

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    Nick Paine 3/11/13 Beowulf Literary Analysis In the poem Beowulf‚ the issue of whether or not this particular period is more barbaric or is more civilized. The author of Beowulf is trying to present a certain message in the poem. The message that can be pulled from Beowulf is that even within a society of thought to be malicious and barbaric‚ there is still room for it to be civilized

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    Geoffroy’s spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)‚ is a species of spider monkeys. Also known as the Black-handed spider monkey‚ its black hands are what makes it distinguished from the other spider monkey species. The Geoffroy’s spider monkey is a New world monkey‚ found all over Central America‚ parts of Mexico‚ and a small portion of Colombia. The Black-Handed spider monkey is one of the largest New World monkeys‚ weighing up to 20 pounds. Their arms are longer than their legs and both limbs are

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    The Panamanian Spider Monkey I have always been extremely interested in and moved by the scores of endangered species out there. Whether they are plants or animals‚ I have always been an advocate for the wild life in need. It took hours to pick which specific species I wanted to focus on for this particular project‚ but after much research and a personal connection‚ I chose the Panamanian Spider Monkey. Ever since I was a little girl I have had a special spot for monkeys. Before I understood that

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    page-turners is because of the author’s excellent use of literary devices. Writers often use literary devices in their work in order to make a story more alluring and thought-provoking rather than languid and mundane. In W.W Jacob’s short story “The Monkey’s Paw‚” there are many instances of foreshadowing in order to keep readers engaged and on the edge of their seats. In part one of “The Monkey’s Paw” the White family is introduced to the monkey’s paw by‚ family friend‚ Sergeant Major Morris. Major Morris

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    Literary Analysis Essay: In the fairy tales‚ the protagonists always gain their Snow Whites in the end and they all live happily ever after. In fact‚ all protagonists’ fate is decided by the narrator’s hand. Just like the literary works we have recently read‚ including the poems “Sunday Greens” by Rita Dove‚ “Sinful City” by Jaroslav Seifert and the excerpt from Like Water for Chocolate from Laura Esquivel‚ the characters’ fate was sealed from that moment. Therefore‚ the most relevant theme

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    Literary Analysis of “Gravity” by David Leavitt The following pages will consist of a literary analysis of the short story presented by the author David Leavitt‚ which is taken from his book “A Place I’ve Never Been” (Nguyen‚ 2006). “Gravity” narrates the story of a boy with AIDS‚ whose life is slowly consuming like the wax of a lit candle. The author presents the reader with the crudity of enduring such disease mainly from the patient’s and his mother’s perspective. The underlying intention

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    presented themselves such as science and politics‚ but the clearest is the theme of life and death. There is not one person who hasn’t questioned life and death at least once in their life‚ and Mary Godwin Shelley embodied this curiosity in magnificent literary form. Each character represents important qualities about life and mankind‚ and lessons can be learned within them. Mary Shelley’s novel impacted modern culture greatly‚ with many movies and other merchandise created‚ but they can never capture the

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    In the horror fiction story “The Monkey’s Paw” The White family relieves a charmed monkey’s paw from a friend‚ who warns them to be careful and destroy it. The Whites choose not to heed the warning and Mr. White wishes for 200 pounds in order to help pay off any bills he has. The next day‚ Mr. and Mrs. White have found out that their only son has died in a machinery accident at work and they are given 200 pounds as collateral. I strongly believe that Herbert’s death resulting in the collateral

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