The Lumber Room The text under analysis is entitled “The Lumber Room” and it is written by an outstanding British novelist and short story writer Hector Munro. Hector Hugh Munro‚ better known by the pen name Saki‚ was a British writer. In her Biography of Saki Munro’s sister writes: “One of Munro’s aunts‚ Augusta‚ was a woman of ungovernable temper‚ of fierce likes and dislikes‚ imperious‚ a moral coward‚ possessing no brains worth speaking of‚ and a primitive disposition.” Naturally the last
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Where The Red Fern Grows is an amazing book by an amazing author. The book takes place in the Ozarks‚ around when the main character‚ Billy‚ was ten years old at the beginning‚ and twelve- almost thirteen- years old for most of the book. The story is about a boy and his relationship about two very lovely Redbone coonhounds‚ Old Dan and Little Ann. Along the way to the end of the road‚ there are little entertaining adventures that slowly reveal the traits about the characters. You’ll get so sucked
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Heat and Dust (Characters and Summary) Heat and Dust Characters: 1923Olivia‚ Douglas‚ The Nawab‚ Mr./Mrs. Crawford‚ Mr./Mrs. Minnies‚ Harry‚ The Begum‚ Dr. Saunders Present timeThe Narrator‚ Inder Lal‚ Chid‚ Maji‚ Dr. Gopal‚ Karim and Kitty‚ Ritu‚ Inder Lal’s mother Summary The narrator of the present went to India in order to find out her grandfather’s first wife– Olivia’s story. She gets to know the Indian officer Inder Lal‚ who sublets her a small room in Satipur and becomes
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The Lumber Room The text under analysis is written by an outstanding British novelist and short story writer Hector Munro. Hector Hugh Munro was a British writer‚ whose witty stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. The author’s style of writing is satirical in a humorous way. He uses a witty tone to mimic characters in order to subtly criticize them. The criticism is done in a subtle way that is humorous. The excerpt is homogeneous. The story is narrated in the 3rd person
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Red Butterfly by A.L. Sonnichsen‚ told in a lyrical‚ moving verse‚ spins the tale of a young orphaned girl with a deformed hand living in China. Kara was abandoned as an infant and taken in by and elderly American woman illegally taking up residence in the city of Tianjin. For eleven years‚ she lives with the woman‚ her ‘mother‚’ who hides her face in public to avoid imprisonment. willing to be released from insolation. All of a sudden‚ Kara finds the authorities sending her to an orphanage after
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Involved hundreds of thousands of men‚ the Civil War‚ obliviously‚ is not a table game or something interesting. Stephen Crane‚ in the Red Badge of Courage‚ portrays experience of a young boy who joins army during the Civil War. The main character‚ Henry Fleming‚ who begins with romantic visions about battles‚ is later plagued with doubts and fears. At the beginning‚ Henry feels good about either the war or himself. The romantic books he read make him review himself like a Greek-like hero‚ and he
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In the novel‚ The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane‚ a young boy named Henry Fleming is forced to adapt to the hard reality of war. Throughout the book Henry‚ also called “The Youth‚” readjusts his fairy-tail beliefs about battle. As Henry experiences the hardships of war‚ he begins to realize that his unrealistic views are quickly proven to be wrong. Although many people argue that throughout the novel‚ Henry turns into a hero by the end of the novel‚ scenes from the book show just the opposite
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Throughout the novel Room the protagonist Jack experiences difficulties understanding the world around him. This creates many conflicts between him and his mother. Many of these conflicts begin with a disagreement in opinion between the two characters. Now that Jack is becoming older he is beginning to want more than just what lies within the Room in which he lives in. In the beginning of the novel Jack asks his mother for candles for his fifth birthday cake‚ but his mother tells him he cannot have
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“The Red Convertible” The Red Convertible is narrated by Lyman Lamartine. He tells a story from his recent past about his older half-brother‚ Henry. As Lyman tells the story‚ the year is 1974. The story about the relationship between the two main characters who are brothers living on a reservation in North Dakota. In this story lyman is a hard worker and always carry a good luck‚ at a very young he became the owner of a restaurant but unfortunatley disaster happens and it is blown over in a tornado
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there are multiple theories that attempt to explain this connection‚ the prevailing theory is the fresco art in the Room of the Mysteries depicts the initiation ceremony for a woman in a Dionysiac mystery cult who is preparing for a mystical marriage to the god himself. This reading of the fresco is compelling because in the center of the fresco‚ which would be the back wall of the room‚ there is a man reclining on the lap of a woman. He is drunk‚ carries a thyrsus‚ and wears an ivy wreath on his head
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