The Five Elements and Insight Elements are the structures that build a strong story. The five elements of a story are character‚ figure of speech‚ form‚ theme‚ and symbolism. Insight is ability to see clearly or intuitively in the elements of a story and the story itself. Both “The Tiger‚” by Erick Gentry‚ and “A Lesson in Discipline‚” by Teresa Foley‚ are short stories which contain these elements which each influence the insight that the reader develops. The insights I have gained insights I
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MY FIRST SCHOOL: United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) I went to school as early as 3 yrs old. Ever since‚ I wanted to be in school. My mother mentioned that I sleep with a notebook and a pencil beside me. NURSERY. I attended the Christmas Party and I gave an intermission number. I sang the song entitled ‘give love on Christmas day’. NURSERY. On March 20‚ 1998 on the day of our graduation‚ I got an award of best in memory and I was the first honor in our class. The whole class
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In Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Billy Pilgrim is unable to cope with the realities of life. He tries to cope through multiple means‚ but ultimately the fact is that he does not cope well with the horrors and tragedies of life. Sometimes Billy will time travel and other times Billy will be completely despondent to death – either way Billy is not the model for a person who copes with the world because he is often still haunted by certain memories. Undoubtedly‚ Billy Pilgrim would not be
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In the passage “How to Tell a True War Story‚” Tim O’Brien explores the idea that the truth in a war story does not matter; only the emotions that the story is trying to relay matters. In the beginning of the passage O’Brien starts with a story about the death of a soldier‚ Curt Lemon. Lemon was playing around with his best friend‚ Rat Kiley‚ when he stepped on a hidden mine and was blown away. After the death of Lemon O’Brien brings up the idea that in a war story it is nearly impossible to separate
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fact‚ yet it’s true‚ that people get used to others dying. When two individuals suffer‚ others can mourn and sympathize with their family. Once the death toll increases to the hundreds‚ each increasing death becomes a mathematical representation rather than another human being with dreams. The reality is This tangent highlights as well as complicates a central theme about war in the novel. Vonnegut uses Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time to discover the true meaning of war. The phrase “so
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The irony in “How to Tell a True War Story” by Tim O’Brien is that in the first line O’Brien says that “This is true” (340). And goes into the story of his friend Rat writing a letter to the sister of his friend who recently died. Then goes into how to tell a good war story and proceeds to tell his own experience with Rat Kiley and his friend Lemon. But in the end he says “All you can do is tell it one more time‚ patiently‚ adding and subtracting‚ making up a few things to get the real truth” (349)
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spectrum of emotions ranging from sadness to exultation through the poet’s manipulation of the 5 primal senses; sight‚ sound‚ taste‚ smell and touch. This essay shall explore the emotive language used by Great War poets in order to evoke the senses in the reader‚ so that the more abstract issues in war can become tangible in those who are lucky enough to have never experienced battle. "All forms of imaginative literature‚ including drama and film‚ follow the same principle‚ which can be summed up in the
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Is morality‚ even a question in times of war? The True Story of Hansel and Gretel is based in the 1940s in Poland during the Nazi regime. The author‚ Louise Murphy‚ turns the childhood classic fairy tale into a chilling survival story. Murphy shows the controversial decision making a young boy and girl must make in order to survive to the next day. The hardships of war validate compromising one’s morals in order to survive. This is validated because the enemy must be defeated‚ keep the country in
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Our war stories By SHEELA CHANDRAN entertainment@thestar.com.my http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/2/15/tvnradio/10698441&sec=tvnradio An intriguing new documentary tells the personal stories of Malayans who endured turbulent times under Japanese rule during World War II. IT was exactly 70 years ago today – Feb 15‚ 1942 – when Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival‚ the British General Officer Commanding Malaya during World War II‚ took the drastic step of signing the surrender document
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today 150 years after the civil war scholars that study the era of American history often disagree about the specific causes that led to the beginning of the civil war. However‚ there are generally five causes that resulted in the southern states seceding from the Union and triggering the American Civil War. Those five causes are the following slavery‚ states’ rights‚ sectionalism‚ territorial crisis‚ and national elections. I am going to focus on two of the five causes‚ slavery and sectionalism
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