War is Kind In Stephen Cranes poem “War is Kind‚” He uses repetition‚ tone and imagery‚ to communicate his theme: war is not kind‚ it is horrible. Repetition is the most prominent literary element used by the author. One of the most repeated phrases is "war is kind." Not only does it appear in the title‚ but it is repeated in lines 15‚ 12‚ 16‚ and 26. Crane illustrates that he is being verbally ironic. He does not mean that war is kind‚ but that war creates Misery. The phrase "do not weep" is
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Professor Janet Ward English 110 November 3‚ 2011 Summary of the Novel‚ “The Green Mile” A summary of any novel by Stephen King has to include a small biography of the horror novelist‚ himself. Publishing this novel in 1996 as a serial novel‚ with the first edition actually coming out as one of six small paperbacks that were eventually made into one novel. Stephen King is well known for his horror novels‚ therefore‚ this summary of the novel “The Green Mile” shows this book set in the 1930’s
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Darnell M. Campbell 1st day of October 2012 Professor Enright English 205 Augmentative Analysis Against the Toulmin Model The late Stephen Toulmin the creator of the Toulmin Model has constructed and contributed immensely to the analytical study of arguments. The Toulmin Model‚ a dynamic foundation of structured analysis commonly used to analyze any text in which an argumentative statement develops through the essential elements which goes to
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“Oklahoma! Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.” These iconic song lyrics are from the chart-topping musical Oklahoma!. This musical introduced‚ the now idolized‚ Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein (Brockett pg. 462). Rogers and Hammerstein wrote the musical‚ in hopes of making it on Broadway. Instead‚ they wrote a musical that started the next great era to sweep through Broadway. The Golden Age of Broadway was the beginning of a transformation that would later lead to one of the most
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Opinion Page Stephen Crane’s novel‚ The Red Badge of Courage‚ introduces the obstacles a young man faces throughout his days in the Civil War. The novel takes you through the different range of emotions that Henry Fleming the main character experiences during the war. Henry facing an internal conflict experiences excitement‚ fear‚ guilt‚ and pride. Henry‚ also known as the youth‚ was excited to go to war. However while on the battle field fear surpasses Henry and he run off to go hide. Henry
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EH 200 11/19/2012 Naturalism in “Maggie: A girl of the street” Naturalism is evident not only in the content of Stephen Crane’s “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets‚” but this naturalistic idea is also expressly stated by the author. Crane’s purpose in writing Maggie is “…to show that environment is a tremendous thing in this world‚ and often shapes lives regardless” (Westbrook 587). Maggie lives with a poor and abusing family and a hopeless future with only the small possibility of change. The environment
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References: 1. Stephen Covey‚ A. Roger Merrill‚ Rebecca R. Merrill‚ First Things First: To live‚ to Love‚ to Learn‚ to Leave a Legacy. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ New York: Simon and Schuster‚ 1994 2. time management- Urgent v Important ‚www.google.com 3. Greg‚ community review‚ First thing first‚ www.Goodreads.com. 4. Stephen R Covey‚ First thing first‚ 1996‚ Free press
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Page 5 of 5 Work Cited http://www.beereads.com/misery-stephen-king http://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/misery.html Page 4 of 5 Summary Misery Formats: Hardcover / Paperback / Movie / DVD First Edition Release Date: June‚ 1987 Synopsis: Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing literary fiction. Annie Wilkes‚ Sheldon ’s number
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Stephen King sets up the perfect horror scene in room 217 by buliding off of Hitchcock and hos own previous work‚ Salem’s Lot. King uses Hitchcock’s definition of great horror to set for the scene in romm 217. He also uses background from his old work‚ Salems Lot. Alfred Hitchcock’s idea of horror involves human suspense and the realistic aspect of scary situations. Hitchcocks masterful directing leads the audience to be the frist to understand what is going on. The characters are left in
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This week I chose to read and evaluate Stephen Crane’s The Open Boat and Jack London’s South of the Slot. Both of these short stories benefit from the versatility of the third person point-of-view but differ from each other in a few striking ways. Jack London writes in third person limited‚ restricting himself only to the thoughts and feelings of Freddie Drummond. It is advantageous because the unique nature of Drummond’s research allows London to explore and describe life on both sides of the
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