Theme Analysis of Salt to the Sea In Ruta Sepetys historical fiction novel Salt to the Sea the four protagonists‚ Joana‚ Florian‚ Emilia‚ and Alfred‚ make the perilous journey to the Wilhelm Gustloff where they hope to travel to a different part of Germany to escape The Soviet Union. Once they get on the ship‚ they think they are safe from death‚ but the ship sinks and takes many under with it. Each of the protagonists sacrifices greatly throughout the novel. One lesson this novel teaches is that
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Some of the themes in the book involve the the coming of age‚ acquiring responsibility as you grow older‚ and how you should always speculate before you do‚ because it could severely change your life for the worse. The author also uses numerous literary elements‚ techniques‚ and stylistic choices to convey the central idea he has intended for his work. After reading “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles‚ I have come to believe the central idea would be to speculate before you do‚ and the coming of
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Nouns in Text to Speech systems E.Veera Raghavendra‚ Lavanya Prahallad IIIT Hyderabad‚ India raghavendra@iiit.net‚ lavanyap@cmu.edu At present most speech synthesis systems use raw text as their input which is understandable from a human point of view but problematic for the machines since the process of converting text to speech is very complex; in this paper we discuss the need for having a specific SSML tag for each “mention” (1st occurrence‚ 2nd occurrence) of a proper noun in the text or paragraph
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Literary Analysis: Son by Lois Lowry Where you are can definitely affect who you are. It can determine what you learn‚ your personality‚ and even influence some thoughts and actions. In the book Son‚ by Lois Lowry‚ this is very obvious. The main character; Claire‚ is given a second chance at life when she gets amnesia and washes up on the shore of a village in the middle of nowhere. She learns about different things while here‚ and acts differently as well. When she finally gets back her memories
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Literary Analysis There is certainly a challenging‚ subliminal meaning to "A Family Supper" written by Kazuo Ishiguro. The story takes place in Tokyo‚ Japan‚ a couple of decades ago‚ "nearing the end of a sunny autumn day." (856) The setting has a great impact on the events that occur throughout the story‚ heavily relying on Japanese traditions and culture like tea drinking‚ views of death‚ and preference of food. The main characters are the son (narrator)‚ his father‚ and his sister Kikuko.
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Moby Dick Literary Analysis Moby Dick‚ the classic tale of a young man who seeks purpose in life through a whaling expedition‚ but becomes wrapped up in a web of revenge‚ obsession‚ and eventually death. From the start of the book‚ a sense of predestined doom becomes apparent to the reader. This foreshadowing of the Pequod’s fate is presented through recurring mortality themes‚ biblical allusions‚ and omens. Of the many symbols that foretell what will befall the ship and crew‚ the most telling
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Winter Dreams Literary Analysis The short story‚ “Winter Dreams”‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald holds lasting impact today‚ mainly for the author’s ability to weave love‚ desire‚ emotion‚ and the moral fiber of an individual into a story. The underlying theme is centered on how charisma can drives a person to lose sight of their true goal in life‚ thereby finding pleasure in selfish gain which results in eventual loss. I will develop an analysis of characterization and theme in this famed short story
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Alexeeva Alina‚ Fl-312 Analysis of text “Art for heart’s sake”. This extract is taken from the novel “Art for Heart’s sake” by Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970). Famed American cartoonist‚ sculptor‚ engineer‚ inventor‚ author and composer‚ educated at the University of California with a BS degree. He was born in San Francisco. Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created depicting complex devices
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Neha Gundavarapu 1st Period 11/18/16 Turn of the Screw Literary Analysis (8) In his novella Turn of the Screw‚ Henry James portrays the governess as a delusional woman who conceives the ghost of Peter Quint as a direct manifestation of her own fears and desires about sex. James utilizes the ghost of Quint to represent adulthood and sexual maturity‚ thus epitomizing an older version of the “innocent” child‚ Miles. The governess’ beginning of insanity was prompted by Mrs. Grose describing the previous
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Literary analysis – Huckleberry Finn The south has been labeled as a prejudice‚ conservative‚ ignorant and fundamentally religious‚ and with good reason. Such a narrow-minded society has created an environment where people are brought up to conform to these strict norms. Huckleberry Finn challenges such conformity to society’s norms‚ in Mark Twain’s novel depicting a pre-civil war south. Un-educated and lower class Huck comes to an understanding of this through an adventure with the intellectual
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