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    Throughout the book The Odyssey‚ Odysseus demonstrates he is a hero through his cunning actions.Odysseus has portrayed how cunning he is when he and his men were trapped inside the Cyclops’s cave. Trying to escape‚he comes up with a plan to get the cyclops drunk and blind him. The text states‚ “‘ Among all my schemes and machinations‚ the best plan I could think of was this.”(9). This reveals how Odysseus repeatedly used his crafty and sly personality to overcome challenging obstacles. When asked

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    "First day of school!!‚" I shouted with nervous excitement as I jumped out the car to attend my first day at an American school. My anxiety was building high – everyone said this would change my life. They say this is good for me; that my life will be better by starting school in America at such a young age. But all I felt was separation‚ and hunger – as I sat on the "redpainted benches in the fall chill of noon" and last night ’s caldereta hiding beneath me‚ securing away any small differences

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    The Odyssey Book Ten: The Grace of the Witch (916-925) 1. Who lives on the island of Aeolus? ___________________________________________ 2. What gifts does Aeolus give Odysseus? _______________________________________ 3. What do Odysseus’ men do that curses their voyage even more? ___________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 4. What happens in the land of the Laestrygones? _________________________________

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    Taylor Waldrip 9/30/13 Analysis of The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter Theme: The Jiliting of Granny Weatherall is a story of a woman who has truly weathered all. It is a journey‚ based on denial and confusion‚ of a once bride-to-be‚ abandoned at the altar and forced into a life she forced herself to believe was happy. She refuses to accept the truth about her life and its hardships‚ always counting on tomorrow to give her the time she needs to handle such affairs. Devices:

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    Literary Analysis of Into The Wild Imagine spending thirty days alone in a tent or a cabin in the wilderness with no technology‚ electricity‚ running water‚ and any form of communication. Every day you wake up to the sight of the beautiful‚ tall trees and the various wildlife living in the area. Most of the time‚ you can hear the many sounds of nature: the majestic songs of birds‚ the whistling in the wind‚ and trees rustling. But sometimes all you can hear is nothing but silence. Most of us

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    April 9‚ 2013 English 110 Critical Analysis Sense of Community versus Animal Instinct in Jackson’s “The Lottery” “The Lottery” is a short story that illustrates how society uses a sense of morality to justify its most base animal instinct‚ survival. In this story Jackson uses a small‚ seemingly civil community to show that‚ when portrayed as an ideal representative of the greater good‚ a crime like murder can be justified and even encouraged. Additionally‚ this story asks us to question how

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    A CHANGE OF HEART The Walk written by Joy T. Dayrit has an unpredictable ending. Unpredictable because it started off weak yet ended strong. We could see the distinction of the characters all throughout the selection—namely Alma‚ Ted and the unano. Alma in the story started frail. “Twenty years of tears splashed into her morning cup of coffee. She did not understand the phenomenon‚ but only cried like a child‚ like a fool.” She showed her love towards his husband‚ Ted. “Alma reset the breakfast

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    Haley Franks Womack English DC 28 January 2014 “I Wondered Lonely As a Cloud” by William Wordsworth “I Wondered Lonely As a Cloud” by William Wordsworth is a short simple poem that carries the reader in a seemingly out of body experience along the lakeshore under the canopy of the trees to feel and see a beautiful field of daffodils. William Wordsworth often loved to portray the beauty of nature in his poems. Walks he took with his sister‚ Dorothy‚ along the countryside‚ inspired many of

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    Adam Accola Mr. Brieske English 11 21 January 2010 Critical Analysis of The Man to Send Rain Clouds In the short story The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ the traditional Laguna Native American burial ritual is questioned by the meddling Catholic Church when an older man in the village‚ Teofilo‚ passes away. As part of the traditional ritual‚ the deceased have a feather tied in their hair‚ have their face painted with four colors‚ are wrapped in a red blanket‚ and are buried

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    Odyssey Entry #4 A poem as old as the Odyssey is still valuable in today’s day and age‚ because it is relatable. People may not have to fight cyclops in today’s world‚ but we can still relate to other things Odysseus had to accomplish. The Odyssey deals with the topics of being away from your significant other‚ having goals in life‚ and being able to resist temptations. Odysseus is away from his family for a very long time. This still happens in today’s time period. Weather it be for work‚ or for

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