Synopses One: Character – Old man from the ‘Bush Undertaker’ For the first entry in this reading journal‚ I chose to talk about the Old Man from Henry Lawson’s Bush Undertaker. Initially‚ the Old Man piqued my interest because he seems like the typical representation of a historical Aussie battler and consists of many of the cultural attitudes most commonly attributed to Australians. After all‚ he is an aging shepherd making a living on his own except for his loyal canine companion‚ Five Bob. However
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How treating other how you would like to be treated is depicted through Scout’s point of view in To Kill a Mockingbird In the historical fiction novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ Scout (Jean Louise) Finch is one of the main characters in the novel who help to propell the story forwards. Throughout the novel Scout learns a lot of things as she grows up one of the main things she learns is sympathy and to treat others how you want to be treated. In the novel Scout’s younger perspective
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abandoned him when he was 2 years old. He is a great writer and famous about his short stories. At this paper "The Tell Tale Heart" & will be discussed under the elements of Gothic Fiction. "The Till Tale Heart"‚ one of his great writing‚ was written 1840. It discusses a mental state. Concerning "The Black Cat" it was written 1843. "The Tell Tale Heart" is one of the greatest examples of the Gothic Fiction. It is talking about a young man who lives with an old one he is responsible of taking
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ideal to the effect it has on readers. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless classic The Great Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway tells the entire story as a first-person‚ peripheral narrator. Fitzgerald purposefully chooses Nick as a partially removed character‚ with very few emotions and personal opinions. By doing so‚ readers experience the same ambiguity of other character’s thoughts‚ are carried smoothly throughout the plot‚ and Nick’s nonjudgmental character lets readers form opinions of their own. To begin with
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Calpurnia That day was like any other day in my life. Except that miss Jean Louise and mister Jim‚ were really astonished about trial. At the court about Tom Robinson and of course that is very gloomy‚ but if they would spend more time with Atticus‚ maybe they wouldn’t be that depressing and.... I think from the beginning‚ Atticus always had a sentiment that Tom will be find guilty. Remember I asked why‚ but he said that just people think that if they were born white that is giving them some privileges
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In the story the “Cathedral”‚ by Raymond Carver‚ the narrator‚ Bub is a man of unknowing stuff‚ and usually assumes things without knowing the knowledge of certain things. For example‚ Robert a blind man‚ who visited bub‚ and his wife‚ and bub didn’t like the feeling a blind man coming to his home. Robert knew bubs wife from the past from a place where they read stories to blind people. Later in the story bub notices his wife and Robert were talking‚ and laughing‚ and just having a good time‚ which
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The Old Man and the Sea was written by Ernest Hemingway. Some people may think it is a very basic book or easy reading. The book had deeper meaning and a lot depth. Hemingway used lots of symbolism‚ the theme of loneness‚ and the imagery of the lions on the beach to write his book. There are certain symbols we can detect and are foreshadowed throughout the book. The bird symbolized the little boy‚ Manolin‚ visiting the old man and gave him comfort. The narrator says “The bird made the stern of the
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The old man has never done anything positive for the family‚ when they were in the village he never worked in the field‚ instead all day he must sit there on his bed doing nothing. But now that they are poor he should at least contribute in doing something‚ at least try to contribute in begging. The old man is old‚ sad‚ and sick‚ so the rich people would give him a lot of money however he does not want to try and that it could also be a reason that the Wang Lung and his family have to put in twice
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Analysis of the Old Man and the Sea Under close inspection‚ people have had a hard time agreeing what to make of Santiago ’s adventure in Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. Is it just a good fish tale? One brave man‚ one big fish‚ - sounds Biblical‚ but is it? Are we dealing with parable or fable? If so‚ what is the parallel narrative‚ or message‚ or moral? Different people have arrived at different answers‚ but I believe that Hemmingway is trying to show us the strength of one man‚ and how one
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Poverty from a conservative point of view There seems to be an increase in poverty in the United States and there are so many theories behind why this might be a problem. It seems as if Society as a whole wants to blame this social "condition" on Society itself. I believe that the problem of poverty lies within the actual individuals that are experiencing poverty. There are a few reasons why people experience poverty. They are as follows: One‚ the liberal welfare programs that were started
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