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    [1] In this research paper I would like to prove that morality can be seen differently for a different person under the same circumstances. I have based my research on a story "A&P" written by John Updike. Though “A&P” is a short story‚ it definitely has a very deep message. Personally‚ I believe that John Updike’s writing speaks about moral concepts and decency. Christian writer C.S. Lewis has said‚ “If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other‚ there would be no sense in preferring

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    The El Paso Pigeon

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    The El Paso Pigeon The first time I saw one of those “El Paso Pigeons” was the summer of 2012. My brother-in-law and I were standing in the backyard when he pointed up in the air and said‚ “Look‚ there is an El Paso pigeon.” In the beginning‚ I did not know what he meant by that because I was looking at the sky‚ searching for any kind of bird‚ but I could not see anything. “Right there in the tree‚” he said‚ and pointed at a plastic bag that was stuck in a tree. At that moment‚ I did not spend

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    The city of Pigeon Forge is located in the southeastern United States of Sevier County‚ Tennessee. It has been intriguing tourists around the world because of its plenty of attractions and events. The city is globally known for its sightseeing attractions including Dollywood theme park‚ outlet malls‚ Black Bear Jamboree Dinner Show‚ the Miracle Theater‚ Dixie Stampede‚ Zorb‚ Flyaway Indoor Skydiving and much more. Further‚ Winterfest seasonal event also gives remarkable introduction of this city

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    sense of fulfillment due to a confident yearning. The second definition of the word points to a trusting anticipation. In Emily Dickinson’s famous poem‚ “Hope is the thing with feathers‚” she interprets these definitions and adds her own meaning. The first two lines in the first stanza state‚ “Hope is the thing with feathers- / That perches in the soul-”. Dickinson is metaphorically suggesting that “hope” is a bird‚ which lives within all people. The next two lines “And sings the tune without words-

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    A & P by Updike

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    for the store. Queenie is the one in this story who is being oppressed because she isn’t being allowed to do what she wants‚ Sammy is not only standing up for the girl‚ he is also standing up for how he feels about the stores rules. In this story Updike is referring to the phenomena of sexual attraction between men and women. Sammy is sexually attracted to Queenie and attempts to show that he is a rebel and is standing up for her be quitting his job. The connection between sexual attraction‚ a chain

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    “Hope” is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson “Hope” is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul….. And sings the tune without the words….. And never stops….at all…. And sweetest… in the Gale….is heard… And sore must be the storm That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm I’ve heard it in the chillest land… And on the strangest Sea Yet‚ never‚ in Extremity It asked a crumb …. of Me Dickinson defines hope by comparing it to a bird (a metaphor) .

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    The poems‚ "The Wild Swans at Coole" and "The Great Scarf of Birds‚" unconsciously play off one another. Yeats and Updike paint similar pictures about similar topics. Although these poems consist of similar subjects‚ the authors’ diction and details are at completely different ends of the poetry spectrum. William Butler Yeats’ poem "The Wild Swans at Coole" tells of a man who‚ in the autumn‚ would visit this pool of water that was a resting place for a flock of swans. He visits them one

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    Updike Clean Exit

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    In the short story “A&P” by John Updike‚ portrays the main character -Sammy- as an antihero‚ rather than a traditional hero. Sammy wanted the girls to acknowledge him. He decides to quit “hoping they’ll stop and watch [him]” like in movies where the main protagonist always gets his love interest. He was expecting that they would notice him‚ but in the end‚ they didn’t even glance his way and scurried off as quickly as they could. Sammy left with “a clean exit” and he went looking for his “girls‚

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    "Hope is the Thing With Feathers‚" is the VI part of a much larger poem called "Life." The poem examines the abstract idea of hope in the free spirit of a bird. Dickinson uses imagery‚ metaphor‚ to help describe why "Hope is the Thing With Feathers." In the first stanza‚ "Hope is the Thing With Feathers‚" Dickinson uses the metaphorical image of a bird to describe the abstract idea of hope. Hope‚ of course‚ is not an animate thing‚ it is inanimate‚ but by giving hope feathers‚ she begins to create

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    Dodos and Passenger Pigeons are both extinct birds that died by human hands. They are both birds that look similar‚ but they were two different type of birds. They lived in two different areas of the world and their habits were different. The reason why they became extinct are two different stories. There are differences between the Dodos and Passenger Pigeons such as are how they became extinct‚ in their body size‚ and where they lived. Their extinction was caused by humans who were hunting them

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