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    Compare the ways in which James Joyce and Sylvia Plath portray intense experience and emotional states in their writing Both writers portray intense experience and emotional state in their writing; this creates engaging emotive texts which creates imagery in the reader’s minds. James Joyce uses more subtle ways than Plath of creating intricate imagery and emotions for the reader through long descriptive writing in ‘Eveline’‚ a short story where a young woman is planning to run away from her violent

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    snigger mcgee drinks weet famepfrbkpmaefobaekfmngleOJValewfgjnwoKNwldknlkgnwldkjfnwljk- fnwuHNJWPOJNwoifjpwiofjoiwefjnoierjgnoiaerjgoiaerjgoiaerjgoi- aerjgiaerjgoiaerjngoierjngoiaerjgnoiaerngoiaerngoiaengolaier- ngoiawerngioaerngoiaerngopiaerngoiaengoiaengoiaerngoiaernfoa- wngpoiawrgjpoiaerngaopergnpoaegjnopaiergj[0aergnpaoerf[lgkakjfiogkikrofkneifuop ;lczhtop;’ef; 90ow`WEBVIOKs.;vhaowec ASoc/ Both Plath’s The Bell Jar and Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye tell a coming-of-age story with two protagonists

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    As I have gotten older I have learned many lessons about life‚ but there is one in particular that I’ll never forget‚ that is to appreciate your loved ones as much as possible because you never know when you might loose them. My aunt Sylvia was the nicest lady who ever lived. She was a widow and never had children‚ but she had this French poodle that she loved as though it were her own daughter. She wasn’t my real aunt but I loved her so much that I called her that. Ever since I can remember‚ she

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    named Sylvia. She lives in Harlem‚ New York and it seems to be around the 1960’s to the 1970’s. Sylvia is a spunky outspoken kid‚ and as time passes by throughout the story she becomes a more reserved child. Sylvia learns a lesson and by her leaning this lesson it changes her attitude and outlook on life. We learn from Sylvia’s speech the type of environment that she lives in and what her outlook on life is. The story seems to take place around summer time. Therefore‚ we know that Sylvia is on summer

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    large family in the city to live on a farm in the woods alone with her grandmother. Sylvia is very isolated on the farm‚ but has daily routines and responsibilities. She seems to be happy and content with her simple‚ quiet life and the natural world around her. Through her relationships with a cow‚ a hunter and a tree‚ things begin to change for Sylvia and her passage from innocence to experience begins. Sylvia does not have any playmates living on the farm but does have her cow‚ Mistress Moolly

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    The point of view shows how the narrator thinks‚ speaks‚ and feels about any particular situation. In Toni Cade Bambara’s "The Lesson‚" the events are told through the eyes of a young uptown girl named Sylvia. The reader gets a limited point of view because the events are told strictly by Sylvia. This fact can influence the reader to see things just as she does. The strong language gives a unfamiliar reader an illustration of how people in the city speak. Bambara does this to show a different kind

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    "The most insistent and vigorous historicism through most of the twentieth century has been Marxism‚ based on the work of Karl Marx (1818-1883)" (Marxist Criticism"). Even though this critical theory has been proved to be flawed‚ this theory is quite helpful when used to "interpret the failure of Marxist regimes" (Tyson 49). Some of the fundamental premises include the idea that how an economy functions is the base of every society‚ that all human events and productions have specific material/historical

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    between saving the white heron and helping her family. Sylvia does both of these things because she is close to nature. Sylvia’s great understanding of the animals comes from her love for nature and wild creatures. Sylvia knows a lot about many different types of birds. ’So Sylvy knows all about birds‚ does she?’ The hunter exclaimed‚ as he looked at the little girl who sat‚ timid but extremely sleepy in the moonlight. The hunter finds out that Sylvia knows a lot about birds and that she may be able

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    Sarah Orne Jewett’s short story‚ ‘A White Heron’ thorough the battle between Sylvia and the boy. ‘A White Heron’ is characterized with both masculine and feminine world views. Jewett shows this diversity via the use of symbols‚ the use of values‚ and by describing nature through the eyes of both a female and male character. Nature is shown as a feminine symbol in the story. It is shown as accepting‚ nurturing‚ and loving. Sylvia nurtures this relationship‚ “There ain’t a foot o’ ground she don’t know

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    lesson become the lesson that is necessary and valuable for them to change their life in the future. Bambara’s short story "The Lesson‚ starts out with seven children: Sylvia‚ Sugar‚ Junebug‚ Fat Butt‚ Mercedes‚ Rosie Girrafe‚ Flyboy‚ who

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