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    An Effective Virus

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    strategy to make the reader feel like they can agree with the rest of what is being said‚ since they have already seen the evidence in their own experience. The article is written with an essentially informal quality‚ which helps readers feel like they can understand what is being said. It gives many examples and elaborations to ensure that no reader is left behind. Because the article often uses‚ "we" or addresses the reader directly‚ the article achieves the effect helping the reader feel included in

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    Compare/Contrast Maya Angelou’s “Champion of the World” and Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks” both capture the authors’ past experiences of oppression‚ and convey their struggles with identity. Both authors are from minority cultures‚ and both describe the same harsh pressures from the dominant culture. Both author’s share situations of being outcasts‚ coming from different racial backgrounds and trying to triumph over these obstacles. Tan and Angelou speak about the differences between their childhood

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    Carpe Diem Poetry

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    Cited: Herrick‚ Robert. “To The Virgins‚ To Make Much Of Time.” Abcarian‚ Richard‚ Marvin Klotz‚ and Samuel Cohen. Literature: The Human Experience. 10th. Boston: Bedford/st Martins‚ 2010. 916 Marvell‚ Andrew. “To His Coy Mistress.”Abcarian‚ Richard‚ Marvin Klotz‚ and Samuel Cohen. Literature: The Human Experience. 10th. Boston: Bedford/st Martins‚ 2010. 950-951

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    Mrs Mallard's Oppression

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    broke the news to her because of her heart condition. After the news was broken to her‚ it seemed she would act to her husband’s death in an ordinary way “she wept once with sudden‚ wild abandonment‚ in her sister’s arm” (Chopin 9). This tells the readers that she is truly is sad about her husbands death. Mrs. Mallard has been so used to the women duties role in the marriage‚ the news of her husband’s death gave her an awestruck moment of shock. The life she has known up to now will drastically change

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    River”. Twain is able to speak of how a young man begins a journey seeing things he never saw before and taking in the beauty of it such as a small child would take his mother or fathers hand with no hesitation. Then he is able to express to the reader how no matter how many times you see images in

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    The Plague

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    In “This is the End of the World’ The Black Death” by historian Barbara Tuchman‚ provides readers with detailed images of the plague that completely eliminated one third of the population in Europe. Tuchman illustrates the symptoms of the victims in a colorful dynamic manner. She also talks about the different aspects in which the poor and rich were affected by disease (555-557). The plague affected the whole population and the massive numbers of deaths changed the life of the citizens in Europe

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    Research Paper Marquez‚ "One of These Days" Gabriel Garica Marquez wrote "One of These Days" directly about the relationship between middle class and politicians. Marquez wrote this short story to try to tell his readers the reality of power and revenge among people. "One of These Days" would inspire those who are interested to learn more about politicians and how they handle their power‚ whether they take advantage of their power or not. The story relates to disadvantages and advantages between

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    Oates wrote the story “Three Girls” in 2002. The story actually takes place on “one snowy evening in 1956” (77). The initial characters in the story are “two NYU girl-poets” (77)‚ but later the reader is introduced to another character that changes the entire story. The two poets are the narrator and the reader who is spoken of using the word “you”. The point of view is first person‚ but can also been viewed as second person because of the use of the word “you”. The setting of the story is Strand

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    attempts to build a fire as his faculties begin to leave him. The setting in the story is paramount in the effect it has on the reader. London used his own personal experience from his time in the Klondike during the gold rush to enable the reader to fully appreciate the challenges the environment has presented to the man. London’s expert use of imagery causes the reader to feel like they are freezing right along with the man and the wolf dog. Jack London was born as John Griffith Chaney on January

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    Cited: Shakespeare‚ William. “Othello.” edited by Mowat‚ Barbara A. and Werstine‚ Paul. The Folger Shakespeare Library 1993. McDonald‚ Russ. “The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare: Second Edition.” Bedford/St. Martins 2001. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317705/quotes. The Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com. Last viewed Oct. 3‚ 2008

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