motivating force in her/his life? In other words‚ consider the story the character tells‚ and then consider what is so important about this story that the character chose to tell it from the grave. Explore this in at least two sentences. Albert Schirding expresses shame of his failure contrary to his children’s success. He believes that his own success is more important than that of his children’s. He compares his failure which is losing in a County Superintendent of School election to his
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Have you ever regretted a decision that you’ve made earlier in life? In the “Spoon River Anthology "written by Edgar Lee Masters‚ there are many themes. They include guilt‚ peace through death‚ life‚ equality‚ and regret. My favorite theme for the “Spoon River Anthology” was regret. There are many epitaph that would be classified under the theme regret. My favorite three include; Chase Henry‚ Hod Putt‚ and Julia Miller. The first of these three‚ Chase Henry‚ explained the theme regret very
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Spoon River Analysis Zilpha Marsh Of all the characters in Spoon River‚ only one has the key ingredient that makes the book complete; that person is Zilpha Marsh. Even though Zilpha is mentioned only once within the book‚ she represents a controversial issue debated everywhere and can be related to people in real life. Zilpha represents mystery‚ supernatural‚ and spiritual beings‚ every word that is written about her suggest a deeper and more complex meaning; her entire character permeates an
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Ty Warkenthien 12/4/12 Per. 3-4 Mrs. Nelson & Mrs. Gill Connections within Spoon River Anthology Death is all around us. Nobody can avoid it‚ nor escape it. It comes in all shapes and forms and affects everyone. In Spoon River Anthology‚ Yee Bow‚ Chase Henry‚ and Judge Somers all suffered the effects of death. The common denominator for these three people is that‚ death. Death comes to everyone in society such as the disliked‚ low classed people and also to the people with power‚ fame
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Crazy Happiness “A Series of Poems Based on Life Pulled from Spoon River Anthology” Happiness is hard to find‚ but once found it is not easily forgotten. Many people search their entire lives trying to find it and never do. In Spoon River‚ three individuals tell of their lives and how they found happiness. As a young girl‚ Lucinda Matlock‚ would go to the town dances. She would dance with various types of boys during the dance‚ at one of these dances she meet Davis‚ who she connected with spontaneously
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Attending Spoon River College I’m attending Spoon River College for many reasons. I have chosen three reasons why and they are as follows. First reason is it is a smaller college than most colleges and universities in the area. The second reason is that they offer the same classes at Spoon that they offer at the other schools. My third and final reason is I don’t have to travel out of town for my classes yet. These are the reasons i will be describing in the following paragraphs. Spoon River
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book Spoon River Anthology portrays the typical small town at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Show the different social‚ economical‚ and political trend and influences throughout the United States. The city of Spoon River went through many of the same social trends that the United States experienced like social Darwinism and the change in woman roles in society. The idea of social Darwinism had its part in the country as well as in Spoon River. In Spoon River
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Spoon River Anthropology “Life Is Not Always Easy” Spoon River‚ Illinois‚ a small town where everyone is almost connected in one way or another. It’s a town where everyone sort of knows everyone and in this case when something happens or a secret is unfolded the news spreads throughout the town like wildfire. Spoon River Anthropology written by Edgar Lee Masters is a book full of epitaphs that explain a sort of storyline fashion of what goes on in the small town of Spoon River. Many of
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In Spoon River Anthology‚ readers listen to the many‚ many voices of Spoon River’s citizens‚ speaking to us from beyond the grave. Each of them has something to offer about the nature of life‚ with renewed appreciation found in death. Unsurprisingly‚ these characters would have many‚ many different perspectives‚ with each having different insights and themes‚ some conflicting‚ some agreeing. One of these such themes‚ found in myriad characters—interestingly told through mostly female characters—is
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Life Ain’t Always Easy: An Analysis of the Themes in Spoon River Anthology Spoon River Anthology gives us a clear and detailed reminder that life isn’t always easy. There aren’t many people in here that didn’t have it rough in some way. However‚ while struggling to maintain focus in the process of reading such a depressing book‚ I tried to find the “bright spots” in it. To me‚ these were the people that did have it rough or were forced into a difficult situation but in the midst of it they managed
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