shoved the red sweater to the tippy-tip corner of my desk…all over the edge like a waterfall…” (Cisneros 20) Not many adults would say “tippy-tip”‚ so the use of the phrase helps get Rachel’s point across. Rachel’s youthful tone is shown through this choice of words. “…The sweater is still sitting there like a big red mountain…not mine‚ not mine‚ not mine.” Cisneros’s use of repetition here helps show how upset Rachel actually is. This helps show the youthful tone in her sadness. The use of diction throughout
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created by Sigmund Freud stems from this play. Sophocles uses a variety of themes to help teach the people of ancient Greece‚ some may be intended while others may be unintended. The setting of the play affects the ending of the story‚ and affects the characters changes throughout the play. One that could be construed as unintended is to enjoy the journey of life and do not fear its outcome which is ultimately death. However‚ the main themes that can be taken away from this play is the notions of
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moves. Every action has a consequence comes through the story impacting the characters. For example‚ when the Republican sniper struck his match to light up his cigarette he gives away his position. O’Flaherty writes‚ “Placing a cigarette between his lips‚ he struck a match‚ inhaled the smoke hurriedly and put out the light. Almost immediately a bullet flattened
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her love one‚ Odysseus‚ to return from the exodus from Troy. With the genuine emotions coming from both of the character‚ though with the different perspective from the speaker. Millay conveys the message that women are often unrecognized for their accomplishments
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as well as his life‚ Douglass advocated equal justice and rights‚ as well as citizenship‚ for blacks. He begins his speech by modestly apologizing for being nervous in front of the crowd and recognizes that he has come a long way since his escape from slavery. He tells the audience that they have gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July‚ but he reminds them that the nation is young‚ and‚ like a young child‚ it is still impressionable and capable of positive change. He touches on the history of
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The gym is a setting the author uses to show us the theme “A person must take action in order to persevere goals”. The gym is where Junior could just kinda get away from life and don’t worry about anything except basketball. I chose to do the gym with my theme because Junior had a goal to get onto the team and he did‚ he didn’t get on any special team he got on varsity. Junior could do anything if he put his mind to it in the gym. Another setting is school‚ Junior tried to fit in at school and bring
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relationship between fiction and reality itself. Through writing about his experiences in Vietnam‚ O ’Brien ’s character is able to find a medium in which he can sort through his emotions‚ since "by telling stories‚ you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths" (158). He does not look upon his stories as therapy--he recounts his stories since they are a part of his past‚ and who he is now is the direct result of them: Forty-three years old‚ and
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L.C M.K English II Pre-AP 4 May 2014 Beowulf: Looking Glass into The Past Anonymously written some time between the 7th and 8th century‚ Beowulf captures cultural‚ historical and literary worth of ancient life expressed through the original author’s viewpoint on what happened around him and his society. Although Beowulf was a highly embellished epic that gave the people of the time period something to clutch onto when “terror was everywhere and myths were few” (A Quick Guide to Beowulf)‚
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love of the narrator‚ and he is left with a hole within him from her death. This hole is only deepened when a raven‚ that reminds the narrator of his lost Lenore‚ perches itself outside of his home. Dhahir explains the narrator’s feelings in her statement‚ “With frazzled nerves and agitated state he lets into his room a creature which not only echoes his sordid mood but takes it to frenzied heights of self-torture” (Dhahir). Written from the first person perspective‚ the pain of the narrator is vividly
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make comparisons of specific quotes from the novel to compare and contrast them against the theological definition of hope. Therefore‚ through the thorough analyzation of “The Illegal” and the theological definition of hope‚ I can establish
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