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    Secret River

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    Shaira Sanchez 05/09/12 Shaira Sanchez 05/09/12 The Secret River by Kate Grenville Essay Explain the way that narrative devices have been employed by an author to construct a representation of people or places in at least one text that you have studied. You must make specific reference to “The Secret River.” One of Australia’s finest writers Kate Grenville wrote The Secret River which challenges traditional gender roles of women in the early nineteenth century London and Australia.

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    On A Rainy River

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    to tell the story in their own words and in another way ot strategie thereby changing the main idea of the real story. Dealing with characters‚ non-fiction involves real people who were present but fiction only creates characters. In ‘On a Rainy River’‚ the author seems to be physically calm especially while talking to the old man. But he has a lot of negative thoughts about going to the war as well. He is more of a coward because he was scared to go fight and did not have the courage to stand up

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    The River of Earth

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    The River of Earth The novel River Of Earth by James Still is a story about life in e Appalachia just before The Great Depression.   The story provides a very clear description of the problems and challenges the mountain people faced after the settlement of their land. Even though the novel is shadowed by other writings of the time period dealing with poor southern life‚ it is still considered a great neglected masterpiece. The story is about a family that considers awkward. They struggle to

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    Saints at the River

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    Throughout Saints at the River there are many uses of symbolism in the novel. One of the main uses of symbolism is the Ghost that is brought up several times throughout the novel. Ghost in Saints at the River don’t actually mean real ghost that we think of but they are memories from the past that come back to haunt Maggie. Rash uses the ghost very effectively throughout the novel to make them symbolizes haunting memories from the past. The reason why Rash uses ghost as s symbol for the past is because

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    Saints at the River

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    these supports. Divers were sent into the river to see if they could discover exactly where the body was lodged and how to get the girl out of the river. Political pressure and clout also played an important role in both accounts. Governors‚ senators‚ government agencies‚ and people that lived in the area where the accident occurred were pitted against each other in the attempt to determine how to retrieve the drowning victim. In the book Saints at the River‚ dynamite was used in order to recover

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    On The Rainy River

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    Diana Nguyen English 2 Pre-AP 2 5 November 2013 On The Rainy River prompt In Tim O’Brien’s “On the Rainy River”‚ Tim is presented with a conflict that would change his life depending on which choice he makes. Tim narrates the story in a mix of present day and flashbacks‚ being that the voice of the younger Tim O’Brien is less mature and less morally complex than present day Tim. In the summer of 1968‚ Tim‚ a recent college graduate‚ receives a draft notice to fight in The Vietnam War. This

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    River In Siddhartha

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    Siddhartha The River The river plays an essential role in the novel‚ Siddhartha‚ by Hermann Hesse. The river fundamentally represents life and the path to enlightenment. At the beginning of the novel‚ the river is portrayed as a cleansing agent where Siddhartha and his father perform ablutions to cleanse themselves of guilt and spiritual impurity. By performing these ablutions‚ Siddhartha’s father attempts to reach spiritual enlightenment. Moreover‚ the Brahmin’s continuous acts of ablution

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    river blindness

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    The case of Blindness of Merck is one of the good examples‚ which can be used to analyse the four theories of ethic such as Utilitarianism‚ Kantianism‚ Rights and Justice as well as CRS. This essay will be focus on Utilitarianism theory. River blindness is a disease that afflicts around 18 million peoples in Africa and Asia. It is the result of black fly’s bite. Merck is a pharmaceutical company located in New Jersey which is known for productivity of research and development effort. In the

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    Medicine River

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    Medicine River I enjoyed the book Medicine River‚ by Thomas King as well as the movie‚ which was based on the book. Although there were profound differences between the two‚ they were both pleasantly constructed. Having been instructed to read the book first‚ I was able to experience the full effect of the story and the message that the author intended for his readers. Although the book and the movie clearly relayed the same story‚ I would’ve better enjoyed the movie if it had included more

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    On the Rainy River

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    The relationship you have with others often has a direct effect on the basis of your very own personal identity. In the essay "On The Rainy River‚" the author Tim O’Brien tells about his experiences and how his relationship with a single person had effected his life so dramatically. It is hard for anyone to rely fully on their own personal experiences when there are so many other people out there with different experiences of their own. Sometimes it take the experiences and knowledge of others to

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