The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich In the story The Red Convertible‚ Louise Erdrich introduces us to two brothers‚ Lyman and Henry Junior. They are of Chippewa descent and live on a reservation in North Dakota. One summer they decide to buy a red convertible car‚ and travel cross country. They have plenty of adventures meeting up with a girl from a small village in Alaska who needs a ride home. They happily oblige and drive her all the way to Alaska. After a time‚ Henry is sent off to Vietnam
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Summer‚ a time for the beach‚ partying‚ and having fun. But for some teenagers‚ it means getting a job. In the books Nantucket Blue and Nantucket Red‚ Cricket Thompson‚ a teenager from Providence entering her senior year‚ went all the way to Nantucket for a summer job with hopes to make some fun memories and leave her problems back at home. Hope is a goal or dream for Cricket in her future that is going to sometimes not be in reach‚ be within reach‚ or what is not ultimately right for her in the
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205/305‚ 30th‚ Sept. 2015 Red Sorghum‚ a tale of feminism‚ sexual liberation. Red Sorghum‚ which is Zhang Yimou’s first movies‚ tells a tragic story take place in rural China during 1900s. Red Sorghum‚ as the awards winner movies for the 38th Berlin international film festival‚ indeed have several significances. In example‚ the great portion of color red that is used in the movie has successfully created a visual impact to the audience. Apparently‚ the color red carries significant information
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The novel Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard is excellent for analyzing moral lessons. It is about a kingdom that is divided by people with different blood. There are silver bloods‚ those with godlike powers‚ and there are reds‚ powerless normal civilians. When the main character‚ Mare Barrow‚ a red‚ is summoned to work in the royal palace by chance‚ she accidently discovers that she has powers. She can control lightening. The only confusion is that her blood is red not silver. To hide this abnormality
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The river runs red by midnight oil has very strong messages about Australia and its environmental issues. This poem is describing to us how humans are destroying nature (the river). When the river is running red it is portraying blood‚ natures blood. Midnight oil have used blood because when we think of blood we think of death. And in this case it would be the death of nature. In the first stanza the poet tells us what is happening to nature for example “you cut all the tall trees down”. This gives
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September 7th‚ 2012 Rhetorical Analysis of The Grapes of Wrath The dust bowl was a tragic time in America for so many families and John Steinbeck does a great job at getting up-close and personal with one family to show these tragedies. In the novel‚ “The Grapes of Wrath”‚ John Steinbeck employed a variety of rhetorical devices‚ such as asyndeton‚ personification and simile‚ in order to persuade his readers to enact positive change from the turmoil of the Great Depression. Throughout the novel
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of Indifference Rhetorical Analysis Elie Wiesel‚ a holocaust survivor‚ gave a speech called The Perils of Indifference‚ to elected officials including the president and the first lady on April 12th‚ 1999. He claims that being a victim of indifference hurts‚ but it hurts even more when others don’t help. The author writes in a personable tone to connect with the audience during his speech. Wiesel supports his claim by utilizing many rhetorical devices‚ including tone‚ rhetorical questions‚ and repetition
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The first symbol in this story is the old red balloon. A red balloon typically means love and baby. In the first part last Nia (Bobby’s girlfriend) has become pregnant and she meets with Bobby and hands him the red balloon. Bobby is shocked and can’t believe that he got Nia pregnant and that she has a baby in her stomach. Bobby eventually has to explain it to their parents and he goes to his first. Bobby’s mom is just sitting there and his dad is baling his eyes out. Then he goes to Nia’s parents
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Historic are not always very accurate however the five movies Pearl Harbor‚ Red Tails‚ Hacksaw Ridge‚ Saving Private Ryan‚ and Alone in Berlin do a good job in portraying important events of World War 2. First of all‚ Pearl Harbor clearly shows Japan’s attack on U.S naval base‚ Pearl Harbor. It clearly shows how surprised the U.S was and how they were not prepared for an attack like that. But it also show how good the U.S men were at working under pressure they did everything possible once they
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western Illionis. After constructing a plan: Steal the son of the mayor‚ send a ransom of $2000‚ secretly exchange the son for the money‚ and be on their way‚ the two men find that their plan backfires. Red Chief actually enjoys his stay with his kidnappers‚ and thinks he’s on a camping trip. Red Chief’s favorite game
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