Taylor Myers English 10-1 Mr. Adelmann January 5‚ 2012 Lord of the Flies Essay If you were a child and just got stranded on an island‚ how would you act? In Lord of the Flies‚ a group of boys got stranded on an island and they try to build a society and struggle to survive. There are many main characters that had a big influence on this. In Lord of the Flies‚ Ralph could be described as a leader. He demonstrates this through his actions‚ such as the kids voting him as chief and him accepting
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diction‚ or the word choice that the author uses to help the readers define the feelings and emotions of the characters and the story itself. The short stories that Alice Walker wrote use a massive amount of diction to represent and further all the moods and tone that appears in her stories. Without diction‚ the mood and tone would not be as easily identified‚ or even created. Therefore‚ the mood and tone of the short stories "The Flowers" and "Everyday Use" are developed by the contribution of diction
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Kristin Coleman Comp II Dr. Davis Literary Analysis Characterization refers to the various literary means by which characters are presented. In Alice Walker’s Everyday Use‚ Maggie is directly presented to the reader by the narrator‚ Mama. The author describes poor Maggie as a meek‚ scarred‚ less intelligent version of the sister (Dee) who comes to claim the quilts Mama has already promised her. Initially‚ Maggie perhaps comes across as a flat character who thinks that the world has always catered
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Everyday Use – by Alice Walker Everyday Use brought the readers an insightful dimension in seeing African’s art - quilt. As Quilts are expensive handmade artwork‚ the public normally neglects the meanings they carry and sees them as something “beautifully crafted” and “classy”. Sadly‚ in Everyday Use‚ Walker hinted that some Africans were also ignorant about the significances of quilts. Walker’s ideas were depicted through Dee’s behaviours and the subtle use of dialogues. For instance‚ Dee
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southern short stories in particular exemplify how disloyal some people can be in today’s society: Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” and Flannery O’connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” Both stories feature strong‚ female characters that are unfaithful to either her family or her heritage. Both women let down their family/ancestors by failing to devote herself to them. In “Everyday Use‚” Alice Walker depicts the protagonist‚ Dee as a selfish‚ African girl who turned her back on her family and
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story‚ “Everyday Use” you will notice the use of fire throughout the story. In this story the older sister‚ who is educated and intelligent‚ comes to visit her mother and younger sister. The short story expresses lots of imagery of a fire throughout the story. A younger child might think a fire is scary; however‚ a prescribed fire is a good thing. Prescribed burning is a controlled fire that helps the ecosystem by improving habitats for animals and reducing the chances for wild fire. The first use of
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Calvin‚ You did an excellent job creating the rough draft threat analysis. When reading thorough your threat analysis paper‚ I found that it flowed together quite well and each section was well organized. However‚ I did fined a couple of formatting errors which you might want to fix for your final revision of your threat analysis paper. When writing any paper for Bellevue University it is important to note that they are required to be in APA format. According to APA format papers should have a running
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dress. In the dream‚ the mother is also quick-witted and able to hold her own with the TV show host‚ a white man. Before she even wakes up‚ the mother knows it’s a dream. The reality is that the mother is a big-boned‚ heavyset woman with rough hands and a rough dark face. The mother does the hard work of a man. She wears overalls and can kill and gut a pig or bull calf as good as any man can. Her fat is useful in keeping her warm on winter days when she works outside. She has a second-grade education
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born to stand out? Alice Walker’s poem Be Nobody’s Darling instills that in the head of her readers. The poem is saying to be yourself‚ to be happy with and within yourself. To love your flaws and embrace mistakes because that is what will shape you into who you truly meant to be. A line in the poem that really stood out to me was “Be pleased to walk alone (Uncool).” This line of the poem means be confident enough to stand out. Be happy to be different. In the poem Alice Walker uses the phrases “impetuous
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homemade cider can be very healthy and inexpensive. When making apple cider‚ it’s best to be careful of the apples that will be used. The best apples to use are Red Delicious‚ Gala‚ and Fuji‚ especially if a person is wanting to make a sweet cider. Some people like their cider sort of tart‚ in which case‚ Granny Smith apples are the best to use. It’s best to mix red‚ green‚ and gold apples so that there is some type of combination. Cider tastes a whole lot better when made form freshly picked apples
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