In his short story “Victory Lap”‚ George Saunders used characterization to draw attention to how some people find it easier to cover up reality instead of facing it. He first emphasizes on that covering things up habit near the beginning of the story when Alison Pope’s imagination bring her to recreate a situation where a hunter kills a deer. Alison then asks the hunter to‚ “lay her out in a field of clover‚ with roses strewn about her.” With that particular act of putting flowers around the body
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excellent example of a short story that does not necessarily use all five of the literary elements to their fullest potential‚ but still creates a sense of organic unity. In this analysis‚ the elements are organized in the order of theme‚ plot‚ characterization‚ setting‚ and then structure. Each element will be described and then "The Winner" and the events in it will be related to the elements. The purpose of the theme of a story is to provide insight to the reader about the author’s point-of-view on the
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It is constantly raining except for one hour every seven years. The main character Margot recently moved to Venus. She is the only one of her classmates who remembers the sun. Her classmates hate her because they were only two years old since the last time the sun came out. None of her classmates treat her fairly because she is the only one who has a memory of the sun. Additionally‚ the kids on Venus are jealous of Margot so they treat her with inequality because of her differences and experiences
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Identify two of your long-term education or career goals: One of my long-term education goals is to achieve my bachelors in Criminal Justice or registered nursing; also I would like to finish my 3 years of collegiate softball while obtaining these degrees. One of my long-term career goals is to finish the academy for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) or California Department of Corrections and to retire with one of these forces. Describe the specifics of each goal. Determine what you think
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A Family Supper "A Family Supper‚" by Kazuo Ishiguro‚ is a story of uncertainty‚ nervousness‚ emotions‚ and loss of love in the family. The narrator‚ Ishiguro‚ is a Protagonist‚ was born in the Tokyo‚ Japan. He is returning home from California some two years after the death of his mother. After the WWII‚ Watanabe’s despondency of the loss of the company leads him to take his life and his family members. The Protagonist’s mother‚ who is believed by her husband to have lost hope in her life‚ commits
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It was a difficult move for Daisy as she could hardly walk and was in a tremendous amount of pain. She was of course given vet care and pain killers. The staff at PDT were very concerned and it was discussed whether she would perhaps have been better off being put to sleep. She had not been eating‚ Luckily Tina and Mikka (staff and volunteer) realised that Miss Daisy had very few teeth and so she was given a special soft diet‚ which helped her begin to gain stregnth. However‚ after five days Miss
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One sunny day at school there was a girl named Adrianna. She had a best friend named Miracle. In class Miracle overheard a girl named Daniella and Aliya talking about her best friend Adrianna. Later that day‚ Miracle thought that the best thing to do was to tell Adrianna. When Adrianna heard what the girls said about her she immediately got hurt and started to cry. She was so filled with rage she had very cruel thoughts about the girls‚ but instead of acting on her thoughts she did what she thought
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1- what were the reasons for laura ashley intial success? The strategy they are employing was good one and credits two factors for its success in bucking the downward trend amongst retailers: a focus on furniture and a move towards e-commerce. he key success factors of Laura Ashley up to 1985 are identified as high quality production‚ innovative designs‚ good brand management (the ‘Laura Ashley’ name was and is strong)‚ well placing of stores‚ creation of good atmospheres in stores‚ general design
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Marianne‚ with her headstrong will‚ passionate sensibility‚ excessive spontaneity‚ and romantic idealism‚ serves as a foil to Elinor’s sense. She is described as like her mother Mrs. Dashwood‚ who “was sensible and clever: but eager in everything: her sorrows‚ her joys could have no moderation. She was generous‚ amiable‚ interesting‚ she was everything but prudent. The resemblance between she and her mother was strikingly great.” (p. 4 Volume 1 chpt 2). She weeps dramatically when her family are
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Mr.Nuttel and Vera into the story. Authors describe characters using various methods. These are direct characterization‚ indirect characterization‚ and motivation. Their style helps bring characters to life and into the story. These are some ways Saki describes the characters ‚ Mr.Nuttel and Vera. To begin with‚ Saki develops Vera using using direct characterization. Direct characterization is when an author states directly what a character is like. It is their personality. Vera is a 15 year
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