.Foxfire Foxfire is a page turning novel about a newly formed girl’s gang in the 1950’s. This story is written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ published by Penguin Group‚ and has 316 pages. This is a vivid novel and is a great read. On a rating scale of one to five‚ I would defiantly say this is a five! It gives amazing details that makes you believe you are in the 50’s watching these rebellious girls making their own rules and doing as they please. Margaret Ann Sadovsky‚ called ‘Legs’ by her
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Bill Bryson the author of the short story A Walk in the Woods’ constructs the story in a certain way to try to get the reader to accept his attitudes and values about how dangerous and death defying Earl V. Shaffer and other’s are in attempting to travel the trail. He uses the techniques of emotive language‚ unusual language and use of first hand accounts in the short story A Walk in the Woods . The use of descriptive and humorous language‚ combined with conversational text has allowed Bryson
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Violet- Violet in one of the two main character in this novel. She was one of the most popular students and cheerleaders at her school. Unlike herself absorbed friends‚ she was thoughtful creative and well read. She offers like to quote Virgina Woods‚ an author. She created and managed a successful website alongside her older sister. She even had ambitions to go to NYU to peruse her love for writing. This all went down the drain after a car accident which she lost her sister Eleanor. When she
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NOVEL CHAPTER Lost in Lies It was the middle of July‚ yet her hands were shaking violently in a cold sweat; her whole body was shivering in fear. A single‚ icy teardrop dripped down her pale cheek and rolled off her long eyelashes as she blinked. Why did he have to go? Blake’s eyes darted back and forth across the empty streets‚ looking for a sign of hope‚ but all she saw were dirty‚ old men smoking in an alleyway by the trash cans. She carefully looked away‚ being sure not to make eye contact
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In the novel a walk in the woods by Bill Bryson shows the difference between two separate worlds. the civilize world of home and the wild world of the untamed wilderness. The authors meaning was to express the story of his hike and educate the reader with historical facts and his observations along the Appalachian trail. Bryson’s overall achievement is positive as he challenges himself and embraces nature. As tough as this journey was Bryson couldn’t go alone so along with him accompanied his childhood
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(which is approximately 2‚150 miles) after moving to New Hampshire and stumbling upon a sign celebrating the Appalachian Trail. “The AT is along the eastern seaboard; from Georgia to Maine it wanders across fourteen states.” Pg.3 O: Occasion: This novel is a memory‚ description‚ and summary all in one‚ which incorporates the Rhetoric device of description and narration. The larger‚ broader occasion‚ is that Bill feels a need to have purpose and possibly fill a void of self-satisfaction. It isn’t because
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throughout the novel In the Lake of the Woods. "Painful realities‚ thoughts‚ or feelings"‚ "refusal to acknowledge"‚ and "defense mechanism" all pertain directly to the main character of the novel‚ as well as the way the book is written. For this reason‚ I feel that this definition of denial and the word denial itself perfectly illustrate the theme of Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ "In the Lake of the Woods". The main action takes place near the town of Angle Inlet on the shores of The Lake of the Woods in northern
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1. Saki Saki (1870-1916): Scottish novelist‚ short story writer‚ and journalist whose real name was Hector Hugh Munro. Saki wrote humorous essays and stories that are frequently described as flippant (lacking proper respect or seriousness)‚ witty‚ ironic‚ and cynical. The Open Window “My aunt will be down presently‚ Mr. Nuttel‚” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in the meantime you must try and put up with me.” Framton Nuttel endeavored to say the correct something which
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tend to destroy all things around them. Scandals and cheating usually does not turn out well; Tom from The Great Gatsby and Tiger Woods both experienced this. Although Tom was a fictional character and Tiger Woods lived this first hand‚ Tom would be able to relate to the regret that Tiger now feels if Tom was not just a character playing a role in a novel. Tom and Tiger Woods are a lot alike and it goes deeper than what meets the eye. Everybody might see the relation between Tom and Tiger both cheating
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In the Woods is obsessed with searching – It focuses on the loss that causes the search‚ and in particular what that loss is. Many different things are lost in‚ In the Woods‚ but no loss is more surprising than when Rob loses Cassie at the end of the novel. Tana French demonstrates the role of what the loss is through Rob’s thoughts‚ “I never knew‚ not then‚ not now‚ whether Cassie thought she hung up or whether she wanted to hurt me‚ or whether she wanted to give me one last gift‚ one last night
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