Alex Pearce AP Language Mrs. Borisoff November 11‚ 2014 “The Ugly Tourist” by Jamaica Kincaid Academic Summary In the essay “The Ugly Tourist”‚ Jamaica Kincaid argues through rant that when in the state of being a tourist‚ one is shallow and only appreciates the beautiful skin of a culture and does not really know the depth‚ therefor cannot truly say that it is beautiful. Right off the bat in the first sentence Jamaica describes tourists as “ugly human beings”. These words give out a very strong
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Passage Analysis: A Complicated Kindness “This town is so severe. And silent. It makes me crazy‚ the silence. I wonder if a person can die from it. The town office building has a giant filing cabinet full of death certificates that say choked to death on his own anger or suffocated from unexpressed feelings of unhappiness. Silentium. People here just can’t wait to die‚ it seems. It’s the main event. The only reason we’re not all snuffed at birth is because that would reduce our suffering by a lifetime
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Analysis of three quotes in chapter four in Lord of the flies Chapter four of Lord of the Flies is an important chapter of the book. It contains some key turning points of the plot and shows various major developments of the characters. It this essay‚ three quotes concerning theme‚ symbolism and irony in chapter four will be analysed. In chapter four Golding visualises the theme of savagery in pages 79 and 80 by describing Jack’s ‘new face’. “He made one cheek and one eye-socket white‚ then
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"The Wall": Situational Irony Conan Tsui English 12 December 6 2012 In the short story "The Wall" written by Jean-Paul Satre‚ the situational irony reveals that loyalty and bravery are difficult to comprehend‚ especially during wartime. Though Pablo’s loyalty towards his cause and to Ramon were pure. Pablo decides not to give up Ramon‚ even though the information might save himself from being executed. After days of psychological torture‚ Pablo is broken down and accepts that he will
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Lermentov’s most iconic novel‚ A Hero of Our Time tells the tale of a wandering soldier‚ Pechorin. Pechorin encounters many transformative women throughout his journey. A fateful prophecy about his death shapes all his interaction with these women. "When I was still a child‚ an old woman told my fortune to my mother. She predicted of me "death from a wicked wife"" (137). In A Hero of Our Time‚ Lermentov’s hero tries to escape his fate through women when‚ ironically‚ they are his fate. Pechorin
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Surname 5 Name Tutor Class Date Irony “The Story of an Hour” is a short story by Kate Chopin’s. It is a story about marriage‚ one filled with rather many instances of irony. It is about a lady‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ and how she reacts to the news she receives about the apparent death of her husband. She suffers a heart condition and thus when her sister and friend‚ Robert come over to give her the unfortunate news‚ they do it carefully to prevent a possible heart failure due to the shock of the news. Mrs
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even when a friend is being unintelligent‚ one can be easily agitated with such annoyances. Although violence may seem like a good idea at the time‚ sarcasm is a better approach and it’s easier on the knuckles. Sarcasm is less simple‚ however‚ so here are some quick tips to make those witty retorts we all love so much. When it comes to sarcasm‚ all remarks should be lighthearted--after all no one likes a jerk. Pick a phrase that isn’t too degrading‚ but one that gets the point across so the
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1 English 102 11 May 2009 Irony and Racism in Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby” In Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby‚” Desiree is the adopted daughter of Monsieur and Madame Valmonde’‚ a wealthy Louisiana family. As a baby‚ she was discovered lying in the shadow of a stone pillar near the Valmonde’ gateway which made it unknown who she was or where she came from. She grows up and marries a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner‚ Armand who makes it clear that Desiree’s unknown heritage did not matter
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Irony in Tobias Wolff’s “Hunters in the Snow” and Alice Munro’s “How I Met My Husband” Irony expresses and often underlines the contrast between two opposite concepts creating an indirect‚ more sophisticated method of communication. Irony is as efficient in a literary work‚ as the reader can perceive it. Therefore‚ often times the reader must carefully analyze the material‚ reading it repeatedly if necessary‚ in order to fully understand the author’s message and intent. Tobias Wolff and Alice
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When I first read this poem‚ I thought the speaker was showing sympathy by saying “war is kind” to people who had lost loved ones in the war‚ or that “war is kind” because it eventually makes peace. But then I realized‚ the more that I think about war and how it is not at all kind makes me believe the speaker in this poem is being sarcastic when he says that “war is kind”. I still believe that he was showing sympathy in a paradoxical way. Society tends to overlook how bad war really is and how gruesome
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