As they are fearful that she would hurt him. Another strong piece of evidence is as follows. Right before this quote Anita tells Doc that Maria was killed. Afterwards‚ Doc reported it to Tony. Tony tremendously fears not being with Maria. He desperately shouts to Chino who wants to kill Tony. “Chino? Chino? Come and get me‚ too‚ Chino” (2‚5‚20). This definitely states
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Anita Desai’s novel of intricate family relations plays out in two countries‚ India and the United States. The core characters comprise a family living in a small town in India‚ where provincial customs and attitudes dictate the future of all children: girls are to be married off and boys are to become as educated as possible. The story contrasts the life of the main character‚ Uma‚ the family’s older daughter‚ with Arun‚ the boy and baby of the family. Uma spends her life in subservience to her
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Fasting‚ Feasting is a wonderful novel of two parts‚ running from the heart of a close-knit Indian household‚ with its restrictions and prejudices‚ its noisy warmth and sensual appreciation of food‚ to the cool centre of an American family. Uma‚ the plain spinster daughter of the Indian family‚ is trapped at home‚ smothered by her overbearing parents and their traditions‚ unlike her ambitious younger sister Aruna‚ who brings off a good marriage‚ and brother Arun‚ the disappointing son and heir who
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day. The characters were thin and frail‚ showing signs of being beyond malnourished. Many prisoners died in the camp from being beaten as well as starved to death. Both camps surrounded by electrified fence. The demise of Magda at the end of “The Shawl”‚ was heart wrenching to read as was the death of many prisoners at Sobibor‚ from the barbaric
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flat characters in “The War Generation.” Which characters are flat‚ and how do they function to advance the story or accentuate the round characters? 7. What does the shawl in “The Shawl” symbolize? You may have more than one answer—that’s okay. 8. Look at the very unusual and surreal use of language and imagery in “The Shawl.” What does the author accomplish by presenting the story in such a way? How does this style relate to the subject matter? What are some specific examples from the story
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story line of the classic children’s fairytale “Little Red Riding Hood” which is known universally in the western world. Despite the relationship between the two stories‚ “The Company of Wolves” has cunningly been written with an eerie atmosphere and plot twists to engage the reader. Reinvented into a gothic fantasy‚ the story highlights Red Riding Hood’s innocence and uses the Wolf as a metaphor for men to position the reader to react differently than the classic fairytale. It becomes obvious to
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COMPARING AND CONTRTASTING ROMEO AND JULIET WITH WESTSIDE STORY COMPARISONS: First of all (obviously) they have the same overall idea over the story. I guess that would be the plot… in Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo and Juliet fall in love in Westside story tony and Maria fall in love. One thing that is alike in that is in Romeo and Juliet they meet at a party and in Westside story they meet at a ball. In Romeo and Juliet‚ Benvolio gets Romeo to go to the masquerade; in Westside story Riff (Mercutio)
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derived. A review of the literature identifies Anita‚ a 12 year old‚ as the main character. The major themes of the book‚ freedom and social relationships‚ are also developed through her as other characters are defined in relation to Anita. Her sister‚ Lucinda‚ is for instance described from Anita’s point of reference. The author illustrates Lucinda’s emotional instability relative to that of Anita. While the two characters were both sad‚ in one instance‚ Anita was able to hold her composure much better
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Beth Cooper Professor Barrett Introduction to Drama West Side Story is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents‚ music by Leonard Bernstein‚ and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical’s plot is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Set in New York in the mid-1950s‚ the musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks‚ two teenage street gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The members of the Sharks are first-generation
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Synopsis: Maria is a newly-arrived Puerto Rican girl whose brother heads a gang called The Sharks against the Caucasian gang called The Jets. The rivalry between the gangs is in place from the beginning‚ but it reaches a fever pitch when Maria falls for Tony‚ the founder of the Jets‚ at a local dance. West Side Story is the classic tragedy of Romeo & Juliet set in a modern setting. The setting is the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s with conflict between rival street gangs rather
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