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    sexism existed strongly. The scene for the novel sets in a small town called Soledad. The definition of Soledad is loneliness which represents the town’s symbol. Most characters feel lonely and would do anything not to feel it. Most of the time men are seen traveling alone‚ so when the owner of the ranch seen that George and Lennie travel together. He didn’t trust George because most of the time people aren’t seen traveling together unless the other person owes money. “ Well‚ I never seen one

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    characterization‚ and character relationships‚ Steinbeck reveals the cyclicality of life and the reality of the unachievable nature of the American Dream in Of Mice and Men. In the time period of this novella‚ thousands of migrant works were roaming the western states in search of work due to their roles being taken by machines. Apparent in these men where frustration and loneliness‚ all aspects found in the characters of the book. Also associated with migrations towards the West is the American Dream

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    The example of this novel being an example of naturalism lies in its title‚ Of Mice and Men coming from the quote “The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.” Someone with a positive view of naturalism would likely be able to connect with the idea of predestination‚ where it doesn’t matter what you do during your life‚ whether you end up in heaven or hell

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    preference for the leisure of the past‚ conveying the message that the rushed leisure of her time is hardly leisure at all. She accomplishes this by using several stylistic devices‚ including personification‚ imagery‚ and diction. <br> <br>The most obvious stylistic device used by Eliot is that of personification. She uses this device to create two people from her thoughts on old and new leisure. The fist person is New Leisure‚ who we can infer to be part of the growth of industry in the 19th century

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    He is lonely because he is a black man that nobody really wants to be around‚he doesn’t really talk to anybody until Lennie walks into his bunkhouse. He tells Lennie that the other men that are white don’t let him into their bunks and he doesn’t ever let anybody in his. He actually does talk to Lennie about things so they actually became friends. He says‚”Well buddy I guess this just isn’t a place for a black

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    Declaration‚ based in logos‚ Jefferson intensify the creation of the new government that has the duty of protect all men’s unalienable right. The use of anaphora is notable during this paragraph like the word “that”‚ to summarize the “truths” of “that all men are created equal” (p. 1 para. 2) giving as a result the use of allusion in words like “human rights‚ God laws of nature and founding fathers”. In this‚ logos is used as cause and effect‚ so it indicates what people should do if their government doesn’t

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    Some the literary elements that Poe uses in the bells are onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ repetition‚ and rhythm. Onomatopoeia which is the formation of word by imitation of a sound made or associated with its referent‚ it is used in line 3 with the phrase tinkle tinkle‚ tinkle. Alliteration is the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group‚ used in verse 2 lines 10 and 12 “frantic fire” and “desperate desire.” Assonance

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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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    for the two men in this novel. John Steinbeck portrays Lennie and George as having the greatest friendship in the world and while George claims to not need Lennie‚ he knows that he needs Lennie as much as Lennie needs him. The mutual relationship between George and Lennie is a genuine friendship between two very different men. Lennie‚ a mentally handicapped‚ big man with stand out features and George‚ the small little tough guy‚ with the brains and great leadership skills. As the two men are trying

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    Literary Devices Used In The Things They Carried By: Tom Vennemann The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien expresses the importance of a story-truth‚ as opposed to a happening-truth by use of literary elements in his writing. The novel is about war and the guilt it leaves on everyone involved in the war. Story-truth is not exactly what happened‚ but uses part of the truth and part made up in order to express the truth of what emotion was felt‚ which an important thematic element in the novel is

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