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    Crane uses ironic emotions to show the irony in supporting the war in both of his works. He tells the maiden “Don’t weep” which is the opposite of what she should be doing if her lover died. In “War

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    place that most people call a ‘godforsaken hellhole’ or where the KKK started. That’s the place I call home. Waking up every morning to the revving of diesel trucks and fourwheelers. Staying up late hours of the night sippin’ sweet tea on the front porch waiting to hear the hogs to get us some bacon for the morning. A town where everyone knows everyone is an understatement. If you get in trouble and think your going to hide it from your mama well you’re plum out of luck. Chances are she knew 5 minutes

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    night I slept over at a friend’s house and found a ride home the next morning. When the car pulled into the driveway the morning after‚ I thanked the driver and walked up to my front porch with a sly smile to greet my obviously frustrated parents. As my mom ushered me to sit down on one of the chairs on our front porch‚ I know that nothing good is going to

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    theorizes how his and Annabel’s love was so intense that the angels were jealous and sent a wind that killed Annabel. Poe gives the audience a glimpse of the mind of a maniacal stalker who is so obsessed that he resorts to lying down beside his dead maiden as he himself wishes to die so he can one day rejoin her in the afterlife. The purpose of the first stanza is to paint a picture of scene where the poem is taking place. It starts off like a fairy tale‚ telling the audience that the story we are

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    The stylistic elements that an author chooses are instrumental in ensuring that the theme or tone that he or she wishes to convey is in fact conveyed to the reader. Harper Lee obviously realizes this‚ for in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ [New York: Warner‚ 1982] 278) she wisely selects a distinctive style to relate the moving story of a young child discovering harsh truths regarding human nature <br> <br>The predominant stylistic element Miss Lee uses is her

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    The Secret Life of Bees Approach Paper II. Summary Paragraph The Secret Life of Bees is a coming of age story set in the 1960s about Lily Owens‚ who went through life believing that she had accidentally killed her mother one fateful day in her early childhood‚ and Lily’s abusive father‚ T-Ray‚ tries as hard as he can to fill Lily with guilt about what happened. The only person Lily turns to for comfort is her black “stand-in mother‚” Rosaleen‚ who gets herself into trouble when she stands up to

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    Jeannette Walls uses her senses to help us visualize the poor living conditions at 93 Little Hobart Street. One example that demonstrates the use of imagery is “Inside there were three rooms‚ each about ten feet by ten feet‚ facing onto the front porch. The house had no bathroom‚ but underneath it‚ behind one of the cinder-block pillars‚ was a closet sized room with a toilet on a cement floor. The toilet wasn’t hooked up to any sewer or septic system” (Walls 151). In this part of the book‚ Jeannette

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    Grace’s incident she meets a boy named Sam after he shows up on her back porch naked‚ with a gun shot in his neck. She realizes this is her wolf when she sees his yellow eyes. This is the start of a sad‚ action

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    The cultural life is Sparta is composed of many elements including architecture‚ art and writing and literature (mainly the works of Alcman and Tyrtaeus). The study of these elements allows for insight into the cultural life of Sparta. The views of different Greek writers such as Herodotus‚ Xenophon and Aristotle also reveal different aspects of Spartan culture. Through the study of architecture it can be seen that Sparta was a very religious society. Structures such as the Amyklaion‚ the Menelaion

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    What are the unique features of the Pantheon in terms of design and construction? The French writer Stendhal described the Pantheon as the ‘first great monument of non-useful architecture’. This statement nullifies the usefulness of religion‚ as the Pantheon was a place of worship but this is not what separated it from other Ancient Roman architecture. Its uniqueness can be discerned not only in its immense and unprecedented size but also in the originality of design and from a purely aesthetic

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