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    as well. Huck and Jim run across each other on the Mississippi River and grow together morally day by day as they trek across the Mississippi River to the free states. Huck and Jim’s encounters with people ranked all over in society and Twain’s use of satire exaggerates the faults in these people‚ who are representative of society.

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    The author uses literary elements such as symbolism‚ allegory‚ and irony to help the reader understand the theme. However the story does lack depth of characterization‚ a compelling story‚ and a point of view that allows the reader to know more of what is going on. The author still gets his point across while using the elements that are shown throughout the story. This short story deserves literary merit because it achieves its central purpose. Which is to inform the reader further on the theme.

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    groups move from the original ideals of the revolution to a situation where there is domination by one group and submission by all the others. The major idea in this story is the political corruption of what was once a pure political ideal. Orwell uses satire to ridicule human traits in his characters such as Napoleon and Squealer. There are several different characters in the novel utilizing animals as symbols of people in real life during the Russian

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    with in the beginning. Taylor Swift‚ born on December 13th‚ 1989‚ began writing songs at the early age of five. It was evident that she was born with the natural talent of songwriting‚ but it wasn ’t until she was thirteen that she got signed onto a record deal. Unfortunately for her‚ though‚ she got out of it because they wanted her to sing other writer ’s songs. She felt like it inhibited her of creativity and originality. It wasn ’t long after that before Swift became the youngest songwriter

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    Satire

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    | Problem:|Solution:|Benefits of Solution:| People always talk about the innocent lives of human beings and animals being killed/diseased/injured while everybody seems blinded towards fruits‚ vegetables‚ and plants when the same things happen to them! The lives of these harmless organisms are never considered while we chow down on salads and apples! The lives of the innocent must be protected!|The solution is simple‚ banning the consumption and destruction of all vegetables‚ fruits‚ and plants

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    To expound on A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift begins with his use of sarcasm in the first sentence. “It is melancholy object to those‚ who walk through this great town‚ or travel in the country‚ when they see the streets‚ the road and cabin doors crowded with beggars of the female sex‚ followed by three‚ four‚ or six children‚ all in rags‚ and importuning every passenger for an alms” (Swift 431). Swift asserts it is a “great town” but then he continues on to imply it is not by saying “the road

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    information of factual discourse and produced works of topical fiction. Swifts use of prose makes every scene‚ no matter how surreal seem convincingly natural. A second feature indicating the passage as an eighteenth century text‚ is the questioning of Gulliver’s political stance‚ if he is a Whig or a Tory “…asked me whether I were a Whig or a Tory”(p.96). As mentioned above the eighteenth century was a period where politics were rife. Swift was a member of the Tory party and loyal to the Stuart family the

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    Ask any pre-pubescent child who Taylor Swift is and undoubtedly they will give you a lengthy explanation of the country sweetheart and her list of infamous exes. It’s no question to anyone who’s heard her aw-shucks-country kind of sound on the radio what the twenty year-old likes to sing about: Boys‚ boys‚ and boys. Your best friend doesn’t love you? You’re just a plain old Jane? There’s probably a Taylor Swift song for that. “Speak Now” the country singer tells her fans‚ a mob of young girls who’d

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    We’re blowin’ the doors wide open! Today we’re introducing the Yahoo! Open Strategy (or Y!OS for short)‚ the details behindYahoo!’s big bet to "deliver open‚ industry-leading platforms that attract the most publishers and developers." Y!OS platforms will harness Yahoo!’s unique strengths – our rich and relevant user experiences (we’re #1 in 7 verticals)‚ our massive audience (half a billion users/month)‚ and our deep data repositories (content‚ content‚ content) – and open them to the innovations

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    "The Irony of McCarthy ’s Use of Title" In the novel All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy‚ the author shows how important the roles of the horses are in the story and how they relate to John Grady‚ the protagonist of the novel. The horse has played an important role in the development of America. It has been a form of transportation‚ easy muscle‚ and companionship. In the Wild West‚ it was an essential resource for a cowboy to do his daily chores. McCarthy describes horses as spiritual

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