a plot device that distracts the reader’s attention from the plot twists that are important for the story. It is used to maintain tension and uncertainty. A Deathtrap is a plot device that the villain uses to try to kill the protagonist and satisfy his own sadistic desires. A Comic Book Death is a technique makes a major character die or disappears ’for forever’‚ but character re-appears later in the story. A Dark and Stormy Night is a cliché-like opening that usually includes darkness‚ violent lightning
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Republic of the Philippines Bulacan State University Office of the Student Government City of Malolos‚ Bulacan Supreme Student CouncilS.Y. 2012-2013Ron Elli Q‚ SantosSenator‚ Supreme Student CouncilChair‚ Finance CommitteeKrissia Bianca R. De JesusVice President‚ Supreme Student CouncilHead‚ Legislative BodyJulius S. DadoPresident‚ Supreme Student CouncilStudent RegentNoted:Ricardo B. Capule‚ Jr.Adviser‚ Student GovernmentRecommending Approval:Dr.Evangeline G. CustodioVice President‚ Administration
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Transcript of How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife by : Manuel Estabillo Arguilla (1911-1944) Reported by: Ian Juario "How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife" How my brother Leon brought home a wife The Author --> is a story about a man who comes home to his province to introduce his wife from the city to his family. Characters: * Leon/Noel - husband of Maria. The protagonist because he is the leading and the main character of the story. * Maria - the wife of Leon from the city. Protagonist
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assignments? Noteworthy characters: Archie Costello: The main antagonist/mastermind behind the assignments. Drives Jerry to the end‚ and has a knack for psychological games Brother leon: A power hungry narcissist who’s slowly corrupting the system‚ and competing in a battle with Jerry over selling the chocolates Both brother leon and Archie seem to reflect each other in the same way and are a lot alike‚ but are still competing against each other for
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to bring my non verbal autistic brother to his new home. I was at camp the day that the appointment was. The night before I was having nightmares on how the day may go. I left the camp at 10:00 in the morning and made my way home. It was a 5 minute drive‚ but it felt like millennium. I got home and switched from my Trailblazer to my dad’s truck where everyone else was. I sat in the back in my brother. There was nothing but pain going through my head. The pain of having to bring my brother to a different
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In my version of the story‚ I had the older brother plan to kill his younger brother. The older brother was planning to kill his younger brother because he was a burden to him. The youngest brother never intervened with his older brother’s life or popularity‚ but it bothered the older brother. This led to the older brother to plan a murder for his brother. He hid a shovel in the forest and went out early every morning to dig a deep hole to put his brother in. In the town‚ there was property damage
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Exoticism‚ Extirpation‚ Ambivalence‚ and Identity: Flora in Kincaid’s “My Brother” Jamaica Kincaid’s “My Brother” is a mini-epic about disjointed family‚ loss of identity and absolution‚ all of which are represented quite distinctly in the story through setting—more specifically‚ by the plant life in the story. Symbolism‚ I feel‚ should not be part of a universal lexicon; artistically superior symbols are only tied to specific works (while less talented authors use symbols from the extensive canon
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and jealous. His wife is a flirt and definitely lacks the attention (the right kind of attention) she should receive from her husband. She’s a trophy‚ and he treats her as such. They had a short engagement (they married the night they met)‚ and Curly’s wife‚ from the little we really know about her married Curly for little more than to get away from her mother. Curly and his wife have a very unstable marriage‚ lacking in communication‚ love and respect. Curly believes that his wife is a possession
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World Literature 2721 Section 1 The Fisherman’s Return I paced about anxiously as I waited for his return. How am I going to tell him the news? How would he react? What would he have to say? These thoughts ran through my mind as I tried to figure out a way to break the news gently to him. My husband was not known for being the most complacent person in our village. His terrible fits of anger had the tendency to bring a few of our neighbors to our doorstep a few times too many. Yet
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Pat Murphy: His Vegetable wife The power of the harasser‚ the abuser‚ the rapist depends above all on the silence of women. Ursula K. Le Guin His Vegetable Wife is a short science fiction story‚ written in late eighties by Pat Murphy. It describes a relationship between male human and female plant‚ which is sort of a human too‚ or some of us would say‚ she is some kind of alien creature. At the beginning the story is relatively realistic; the man has planted the seed and is waiting for the results
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