a. One narrative device that has occurred is symbolism. Symbolism occurs in part two of the novel through the snow. Snow is a symbol that occurs when Yolanda sees snow falling outside the window of her classroom for the first time. When Yolanda sees snow for the first time‚ it reminds her of the “flurry of chalk marks” (163) her teacher drew on the chalkboard when describing a nuclear war. When Yolanda looks back on this event as an adult‚ she says: “One morning as I sat in my desk daydreaming out
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" is a short story by science fiction author Ray Bradbury. The story is about a high-technology smart house in a post-human world. Due to a nuclear war‚ the inhabitants of the home have perished; only their silhouettes are left‚ etched into the burned outer walls. The intelligent house‚ unaware of their deaths‚ continues to serve the absent people. Throughout the story‚ which spans a day‚ the house makes breakfast‚ disposes of it uneaten‚ and continues with other domestic
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The Rain Came Grace Ogot The chief was still far from the gate when his daughter Oganda saw him. She ran to meet him. Breathlessly she asked her father‚ “What is the news‚ great chief? Everyone in the village is anxiously waiting to hear when it will rain.” Labong’o held out his hands for his daughter but he did not say a word. Puzzled by her father’s cold attitude Oganda ran back to the village to warn the others that the chief was back. The atmosphere in the village was tense and confused. Everyone
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Symbols are given power by people. Alone‚ a symbol is meaningless‚ but with enough people‚ blowing up a building can change the world. - Evey Hammond: No one will ever forget that night and what it meant for this country. But I will never forget the man and what he meant to me. - Evey Hammond: He was Edmond Dantés... and he was my father. And my mother... my brother... my friend. He was you... and me. He was all of us. Avater 2009 -Jake Sully: Everything is backwards now‚ like out there is the
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When Rain Clouds Gather (African Writers) by Bessie Head Synopses & Reviews Publisher Comments: The poverty-stricken village of Golema Mmidi‚ in the heart of rural Botswana‚ offers a haven to the exiles gathered there. Makhaya‚ a political refugee from South Africa‚ becomes involved with an English agricultural expert and the villagers as they struggle to upgrade their traditional farming methods with modern techniques. The pressures of tradition‚ the opposition of the local chief‚ and‚ above all
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ENGLISH 1ST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LITERATURE - WHEN RAIN CLOUDS GATHER NOTE: This lesson focuses on the historical background to the story and a synopsis of all the chapters. Summary of chapters gives the story line i.e. main issues in each chapter. Do not disregard the book and depend on this summary‚ they could be some omissions. Furthermore you are expected to interrogate the text and draw your own personal conclusions about what the writer has presented. Lastly apply the different literary
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Rain From inside the house‚ the wind outside could be heard howling. The strong gust of wind shook the trees as the leaves rustle against each other. The sight and sound of raindrops hitting the window panes brought back fond memories as I sat by the window watching the dark mysterious sky open up. Ever since we were young‚ my mother had always warned me and my siblings not to play in the rain and about the ground swallowing children playing in the rain. Young and cheeky as we were
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Samantha Hunt 5/14/2010 Mrs. Arcement 4th Period “There Will Come Soft Rains” In both the story and the poem “There Will Come Soft Rains” they share a common ground. Both focus on world destruction‚ and human extinction. Each author discusses life after humans are gone. Even though humans have vanished‚ life as it is still continues to go on through wildlife and virtual world. In the story‚ Bradbury discusses a very high tech‚ virtual house that continues to do it’s
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Technology‚ Man’s Emotionless Invention In the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” Bradbury demonstrates that the technologies created by humans are incapable of obtaining emotions. The house is so advanced that it can survive the explosion of an atomic bomb‚ but is still unable to express emotions similar to that of humans. After the explosion‚ the house now stands alone in the city of Allendale‚ California during 2026. It seems as if the owners of the house were anticipating a disaster so
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Анализ текста "Кошка под дождем" The sample of emotive prose which has been chosen for stylistic analysis is a short story "Cat in the rain" by Ernest Hemingway. It has been chosen because it is suggestive and contains a definite psychological implication. The story is interesting from the point of view of the author’s approach to conveying the main idea to the mind of the reader. It is always implicit and remains unspoken. It is the reader himself who should find it behind the simple‚ at first
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