Ryan Miller Mr. Sullivan AP English Literature 1 September 2015 Honor: How far can it go? In today’s modern world‚ the idea of “honor” is very different than it once was many years ago. In the time of the Napoleonic wars‚ one soldier’s honor was everything. A man in arms did everything he could possibly do to preserve his honor‚ even if it meant death. Even into the time of the early 1900’s‚ honor was still prevalent‚ as seen in the Titanic‚ as the captain held his honor and went down with the
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The Columbine High School massacre struck me the hardest. It was horrifying to see the whole school in turmoil. Students and teachers were running wild and everyone screamed and panicked as the vitriolic killers aimed for their next target. Even more repulsive‚ the killers were only teenagers who study at that exact school in Columbine and were killing their own classmates. They were also seen going to bowling class that morning of the calamity. How could they do such a leisure activity when they
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other good candidates are also by Manto. This story was one of his last ones; it was published in "Phundne" (Lahore: Maktabah-e Jadid) in 1955‚ the year of his death. The story is told by a reliable but not omniscient narrator who speaks as a Pakistani‚ and seems to be a Lahori. The narration is for the most part so straightforward that the narrator’s voice seems even naive (or faux-naif‚ depending on how we want to read it). The narrator reports to us with apparent matter-of-factness a series of
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brings him to become distant to his wife and to start over with a different life. The narrator of this story presents a solid understanding of Kugelmass ’ thoughts in "The Kugelmass Episode." Being third person omniscient‚ Woody Allen‚ the author‚ also incorporates Kugelmass ’ narration throughout sections in the story. Therefore‚ the audience is not able to be aware of what the other characters are thinking‚ because the narrator ’s point of view interprets only his and Kugelmass ’s thoughts. The
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A Rose for Emily: Antebellum South vs. Modern South William Faulkner wrote‚ "A Rose for Emily." In the gothic‚ short story he contrasted the lives of the people of a small Southern town during the late 1800’s‚ and he compared their ability and inability to change with the time. The old or "Antebellum South" was represented by the characters Miss Emily‚ Colonel Sartoris‚ the Board of Aldermen‚ and the Negro servant. The new or "Modern South" was expressed through the words of the unnamed narrator
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TOOLS FOR EVALUATING A STORY Introduction Start your analysis with an introductory sentence: USEFUL PHRASES: I’m going to analyze a story “___”‚ which is written by _____. The story under discussion is entitled “___” and is written by _____. The story I’m going to introduce you is called “___” and is written by _____. I’ll make an effort to analyze / I want to analyze / I’ll speak about the text I’ve just read. It’s favorable to begin the analysis with giving information about the author. Just give
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especially when you are young. The central idea of this story is that without the recognition of fantasy over reality‚ you will undergo extreme consequences. This story is from the third-person limited omniscient point of view. We learn things just as Connie is learning them. However‚ much of the story is restricted to her perspective on things. Observing the story’s
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Shakespeare’s Sonnets William Shakespeare The Sonnet Form A sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem‚ traditionally written in iambic pentameter—that is‚ in lines ten syllables long‚ with accents falling on every second syllable‚ as in: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” The sonnet form first became popular during the Italian Renaissance‚ when the poet Petrarch published a sequence of love sonnets addressed to an idealized woman named Laura. Taking firm hold among Italian poets‚ the sonnet
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them in shots which increases a range of them being dwarfed or limited y the architecture or landscape. There are also restricted interactions with the nature and the nature seems very hostile‚ for example the sea. Also‚ in some scenes is a lack f resolution which increases the viewer empathy‚ especially when scenes are cut abruptly between place and time. The voice over narration of Vincent keeps alienating the viewers as
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Realism: Citizen Kane & Double Indemnity Movies have long been known to create a portal through which its viewers can transcend through their own realities and experience the unimaginable. The visual‚ sounds‚ and narrative of great movies immediately attract the focus of its audience as they move into a trance for those 1-2 hours of screen time. While many great movies introduce their audiences to varying experiences that heighten their senses and grasp their focus‚ some measure of relatability
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