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    human rights through the literary devices of imagery‚ conflict‚ symbolism along with understatement. Wiesel uses these literary devices to emphasize the theme that a prisoner must remain optimistic to overcome oppression in his book‚ “Night”. To start‚ Wiesel describes the violation of the right to live in freedom and safety. Wiesel reveals the horrible conditions the Jews lived in at Buna and the horrible way the Nazis treated them. Wiesel reveals this using the literary device of imagery to describe

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    Foreshadowing “When he was nearly thirteen‚ my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.”(3) Parallelism Simile “…his head was like a skull lookin’ at her.”(13) “By the time Mrs. Cat called the drugstore for an order of chocolate malted mice the class was wriggling like a bucketful of Catawba worms.” (18) "...Popped me like a cork onto pavement." (50) Metaphor “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand”. (149)

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    4 sentences: There was once a mischievous green frog who lived with his mother. He would always do the opposite of what his mom said. She got sick and was going to die‚ so she told him to bury her in the opposite place that she actually wanted to get buried. Her death inspired her son to do right by his mom so he ended up burying her at the river and she floated away‚ leaving him in misery and regret. 3 sentences: I think the theme is to be good to your elders. Now a days kids don’t care about being

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    An Analysis of a Modest Proposal In A Modest Proposal‚ Swift vents his frustration at the laziness of Ireland’s politicians‚ the hypocrisy of the wealthy‚ the tyranny of the English kings and queens‚ and the poor quality in which the Irish people are living. While A Modest Proposal takes place during a period of time in which Ireland is almost totally under the rule of England‚ it also expresses Swift’s utter disgust at the Irish people’s seeming inability to mobilize on their own behalf. He is

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    After reading the short story called “The story of an hour” by Kate Chopin‚ I feel the setting in this story is very interesting and designed because there are different objects symbolise to other abstracts which author wants to tell readers. The main character‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ who experiences an hour that she learns her husband died from a railroad accident‚ deserves to freedom in this society. During this hour‚ her emotions alerts from grief to delighted‚ from nervous to comfortable‚ and from untrammeled

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    around death. Why does he do that? One reason for this is probably because his life had many sorrows and difficulties. It was filled with deaths of close family members and many friendships. In his poems and other pieces of work he uses many literary devices to convey this. Edgar Allen Poe uses rhyme‚ repetition‚ and symbolism to show his different emotions and produce poems with themes of sorrow and regret. Poe’s use of structure emphasizes the way he uses repetition and rhyme in his poems and

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    Gatsby’s Dream though literary Devices The American Dream is something everyone wants to conquer in life. Something that is so hard‚ that not much people can say they successfully did. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald took place in the1920’s. He himself is a character in the book named Nick. The book revolves around a man named Jay Gatsby and his struggles to be with the love of his life to make it perfect. It is not complete without her and he tries to win her heart back. It’s a tragic

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    Literary Devices of Tell-Tale Heart The first literary device Poe uses in Tell-Tale Heart is time of day. Although not specific‚ “Tell-Tale Heart” seems to be set within a house shared by the old man and his killer. In (538:1) he uses the literary device of time of day; “And every night‚ about midnight‚ I turned the latch of his door and open it-oh so gently!”. Another time of day is in (538:1); “And this I did for seven long nights- every night just at midnight”. The night time observance of

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    write short stories is character development. One such author that creates two contrasting yet comparable characters in his stories is Robert Carver. In the short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver‚ we see three main characters. The characters include the blind man‚ Robert‚ the blind man’s friend‚ the wife‚ and her husband. Throughout the story Carver sets up Robert‚ the blind man‚ and her friend’s husband to be contrasted in a variety of ways‚ but he manages to bring them together at the end

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    female characters and why they are just as important as their male counterparts‚ explaining the need for equality in the world. He strongly voices his opinion on equality and our need for it. In Joss Whedon’s Equality Now speech‚ he uses multiple literary devices and styles to pull his words together and make his point. Joss Whedon has firm beliefs and feels there is a need for equality. He discusses the multiple times he has been asked why he creates strong‚ independent female characters in his

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