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    this book report‚ I read The Maze Runner. This book was written by James Dashner and published on October 6‚ 2009. The genre of this story is Post-Apocalyptic Fiction‚ and takes place in a mysterious setting. This book report includes four main literary elements. The setting‚ characters‚ theme‚ and symbolism in the story gives it a very interesting tone. There are many different themes in this book including testing the characters memory‚ confusion‚ struggles‚ and fear. The main theme of this story however

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    Shooting An Elephant

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    NOTES ON SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT 1) colonialism in "Shooting an Elephant." * George Orwell wrote this essay when England ruled Burma as a colony---much like it had ruled America during the colonial period. Colonialism occurred when many European nations simply took over countries because they believed their culture was superior to the native culture. The ideas of social darwinism‚ or survival of the strongest nations and/or people‚ played a large role in the domination and subjection of countries

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    Often times people believe that there are no consequences in loving a person dearly‚ because being with the person you love will make life a happily ever after. In the book‚ “Like Water for Chocolate‚” Laura Esquivel takes on this misconception and states otherwise. She beautifully writes about the love story between a secretive couple‚ Pedro and Tita. Though their love for each other is real and grounded in truth‚ they face many challenges and hardships that separate them being together. Then once

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    Devil in the White City: Summer Assignment The Devil in the White City written by Eric Larson is divided into two different stories. One of the Stories tells us about Daniel Burnham and his serious of struggles while trying to conduct and build the greatest fair in the history of the world. The other concurrent story is about another man named H.H Holmes. Holmes is the opposite from Burnham. The author uses diction in order to show us the difference between the two. Not only by the character’s

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    Hills of Life

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    Mandy Lievre 1/28/13 The Hills of Life In Ernest Hemingway’s classic story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” we are taken to a train station in between Madrid and Barcelona with a couple that has to make a life altering decision. Besides each side of the train station lies the land that can either mean life or death to the child that the woman is bearing. Between the dividing tracks‚ we see two different sides. On one side of the track‚ there is a cold feeling‚ no trees‚ or shade. It

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    have studied “Like water for chocolate” by Laura esquivel and “The house of the spirits” by Isabel allende‚ magic realism has been used as a common literary device to give the book a fantasy-like twist‚ making it very interesting and engaging. Magic realism stretches the boundaries of realism in order to stretch or widen the definition of reality. In Like Water for Chocolate‚ magic becomes ordinary‚ admitted‚ accepted and integrated into the rationality and materiality of literary realism. The first

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    garden in the transition of seasons to set a tone of sadness. He illustrates a garden with rotting flowers‚ a graveyard’s last flowers blossoming and their smell being carried to where Brother is‚ reminding him of the dead. Hurst uses the natural elements in the setting to paint a gloomy and dismal setting‚ he could have expressed what he saw and smelled from his garden in many ways‚ yet he chose to depict this garden dying. Furthermore‚ this was done to indicate the tone in this memory‚ which is

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    Ayana Domingo ENG 112 Dr. Jen McDaneld October 28‚ 2014 The Girl and The Elephant Ernest Hemingway’s short story "Hills Like White Elephants" illustrates his expertise at combining dialogue‚ setting‚ and symbolism with conciseness. The intense plot portrays a point in a man (called the American) and a girl’s life where they are at crossroads with one another. They dispute and make much effort to converse and challenge their standpoints about whether or not they should keep their unborn child. The

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    Shooting an Elephant One of the biggest issues in governments is corruption. Corruption however‚ is an issue created by the individuals through how they choose to use their power‚ whether it is for the good of everyone or not. The struggle with doing what is right‚ and what people in power tell you to do‚ is one of the biggest elements in George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant.” The true story tells about George’s experiences policing during the British occupation of India with a rogue elephant and him

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    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: Evaluation of Literary Elements Swinging from a noose off a railroad trellis‚ many thoughts race through a condemned man’s mind. In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚” Ambrose Bierce effectively uses literary elements to allow the reader to look through the keyhole of the mind of a dying man in his last moments of life. Elements such as realism‚ flashback‚ metaphor/simile‚ setting‚ point of view‚ and character allow the reader to become

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