Where are you going‚ Where have you been? by Joyce Carol Oates is an interesting piece of literature. Due to the intense nature of the story‚ many criticisms have come up. Many theories have been developed about hidden meanings within the work. One that is very controversial is the allusion to the bible. Many people say that there are clear references to the bible through a hidden code but this is not the case. Oates’s inspiration for the short story came from a magazine article about a series of
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Esperanza describes how her family came to live at the house on Mango Street. She‚ her parents‚ her brothers‚ Carlos and Kiki‚ and her sister‚ Nenny‚ moved to Mango Street when the pipes broke in their previous apartment and the landlord refused to fix them. Before they moved into the house on Mango Street‚ the family moved around a lot. The family had dreamed of a white house with lots of space and bathrooms‚ but the house on Mango Street has only one bedroom and one bathroom. Esperanza notes that
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An Analysis of James Baldwin ’s "Sonny ’s Blues" In James Baldwin ’s short story "Sonny ’s Blues" a young man questions his brotherly obligations after finding that his younger brother has been arrested for using drugs. In the attempt to rectify his younger brother ’s behavior and life‚ the young man faces his own feelings for his brother and comes to terms with the life his brother Sonny lives. The developments of certain elements-plot‚ character‚ point of view‚ setting‚ symbolism-in the story
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Throughout this journal‚ one can question why the author wrote the book from the perspective of death and what will happen to Max Vandenburg. Initially‚ there is the question of why the narrator of the novel is the entity of death. One answer to this question is that writing the book through death’s perspective is both creative and different. Having death speaking personally to you on the first page is a unique draw-in. There are no other books popularly known that can claim to have such a narrator
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The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontanillo was particular hard for me to understand. Even though I reread it a couple of times‚ Poe’s writing got confusing to me. Narration and Point of View starting on page 161‚ helped me understand that the narrator was very aware of the voice in the story‚ but still‚ at the end of the reading‚ I was not as clear about the story. However‚ as far as I understood‚ Montresor holds a high social position but not as a nice positive one. I don’t believe Montresor
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Nick Thant En101 Hoffman 17.10.2014 The Theme of Guilt and Abandonment on Adam Haslett’s “Notes to My Biographer” From the beginning of the story Haslett displayed immense scorn of Franklin’s views on a variety of things‚ such as his mental illness treatment‚ his nephew’s family‚ and so on. I find the main theme of the story as Graham’s pain of paternal abandonment as well as Franklin’s guilt intertwined and hidden within these misleading sarcastic thoughts. Haslett’s “Notes to My Biographer”
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This passage from Cats Eye by Margaret Atwood‚ illustrates the alikeness between Elaine and Cordelia by comparing the girls and the old ladies in the streetcar. Detailed descriptions of the characters contribute to highlighting different themes like friendship‚ disguising ones true identity and the notion of time. These are highlighted through various literary features such as metaphor and imagery. The passage shows a relationship between two girls‚ Cordelia and the narrator. They seem to be friends
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By: Eugenia Collier Sweet Potato Pie Eugenia W. Collier is an AfricanAmerican writer and critic best known for her 1969 short story "Marigolds"‚ which won the Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Fiction Award. Born: 1928‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ United States. Books: Breeder and Other Stories. Education: University of College Park‚ Columbia Howard University. Maryland‚ University‚ Building Backgrou Sharecropping nd This was a farming system practiced in the South in years between the Civil War and
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FACULTY OF LANGUAGE STUDIES TMA COVER FORM EL121 The Short story and Essay Writing Part (I) STUDENT INFORMATION (to be completed by student)1. Name 2. Registration No3. Section No4. Tel. 5. E- I confirm that the work presented here is my own and is not copied from any source. Students signaturePart (II) TUTORS REMARKS (to be completed by tutor)Tutor nameSignatureDate TMA receivedDate returnedTUTORS REMARKS Mark Allocated to TMASTUDENT MARK 30For content a maximum of 30 marks Marks deducted
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Jackson Crain Professor Coney English 1123-B Period 28 April 2013 “Luck” Mark Twain’s short story "Luck" is written in third person point of view making it seem like your there at graduation day with Scoresby‚ and the Reverend. This story is very entertaining because it tells the story about a Reverend a former instructor and soldiers in the military who describe a man that he used to be friends‚ with as an absolute fool. According to the Reverend‚ his old friend‚ Scoresby‚ is only successful
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