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    worse‚ hyperthermia? Similar to the child‚ the protagonist from “The Blue Bouquet” is given numerous opportunities to justify his decisions‚ however his naïve and foolish decision will expose him to great harm and dangerous threats. Paz uses a variety of literary elements such as word choice‚ symbolism and foreshadowing to justify that the transition from innocence to experience is impactful. In Octavio Paz’s story‚ “The Blue Bouquet” the reader should understand that the transition from innocence to

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    The Blue Bouquet Millions of people around the word have been in a situation that has transitioned them from innocence to experience. In this story a boy wakes up to go for a walk outside‚ after not listening to the boardinghouse owner‚ and ended up going through a horrible experience. He transitioned from feeling safe in his little town‚ to feeling a sense of horror. In “The Blue Bouquet” by Octavio Paz‚ readers must realize that people go through lots of experiences in their life time‚ good

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    The Blue Bouquet Have you even been in a situation when you have gone from total innocence to experience in a short period of time? In the short story “The Blue Bouquet” written by Octavio Paz‚ the main character starts off by waking up from a nap and going on a walk even after being warned not to by the owner of the boardinghouse. Whilst out the protagonist gets stopped in the middle of the night by another man with a knife who wanted something very unusual. It wasn’t money or jewelry; it was

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    The Blue Bouquet I woke covered with sweat. Hot steam rose from the newly sprayed‚ redbrick pavement.  A gray-winged butterfly‚ dazzled‚ circled the yellow light.  I jumped from my hammock and crossed the room barefoot‚ careful not to step on some scorpion leaving his hideout for a bit of fresh air.  I went to the little window and inhaled the country air.  One could hear the breathing of the night‚ feminine‚ enormous.  I returned to the center of the room‚ emptied water from a jar into a pewter

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    Keith Crispin Author Interview Report: Octavio Paz Octavio Paz was a Mexican poet who is considered to be one of the greatest‚ from South America of the twentieth century. His love for poetry and literature as a whole started at a young age. It was thanks to his grandfather that he was immerged in literature‚ for he owned an immense library of six to seven thousand books which Paz had complete access to. He continued expanding his knowledge of poetry at the National Preparatory School and

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    Introduction Writer Octavio Paz Of Mexico‚ visited India in 1951 as an employee of the Mexican embassy‚ as Mexico tried to develop their relations with India after it gained independence in 1947. On receiving his transfer letter in Paris‚ where he was formerly employed‚ Paz gives us an insight in his essay that he was devastated to leave Paris. After an elaborately modern and intellectual description of Paris as a city that appealed the dream of the west‚ Octavio Paz insists that the news of his

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    Position Paper Globalization is the process making the worlds citizens increasingly interdependent economically‚ politically‚ and socially‚ as well as environmentally and technologically. Although‚ to what extent should we embrace it? By the given definition‚ you would expect globalization to allow cultures‚ ideas‚ and beliefs to spread across the globe‚ which would lead to the development of our countries. However‚ this is not the case as said here by William K. Tabb‚ Economist: “Globalization

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    The Blue Bouquet Analysis 1. a) The setting of this story is in a small Mexican village. The sidewalks are cobblestone‚ the air is fresh and the sky is clear. From reading the story‚ I can tell that this village is very peaceful and desolate. Although the parish is bustling with secret eyes‚ the town itself is deserted and simple. b) The setting is appropriate for the story because it expresses the foreign nature of the town. In North America‚ this town is unheard of‚ and this makes the story

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    (“Con los Ojos Cerrados”) by Octavio Paz Is love really blind or just an obsession in the mind? In the sonnet written by Kim Addonizio; titled “First Poem for You” and “With Eyes Closed” (“Con Los Ojos Cerrados”) written by Octavio Paz are similar to one another‚ as they describe their intense love for someone or something both created in darkness. However‚ both poems may describe different kinds of love. Love described by Addonizio as “terrifying” in Line 13‚ unlike Paz whom described his experience

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    How do Octavio Paz and Albert Camus convey their respective views on death? World Literature 1 22/08/2010 Many aspects of death are pondered and questioned throughout Octavio Paz ’s poems‚ the two I have chosen to particularly focus on are Plain and Near Cape Comorin. Albert Camus has also considered the aspect of death within his novel‚ The Outsider. The title‚ The Outsider is vital to the text‚ as it reflects many aspects of the author ’s life. David Simpson explained that ‘Camus lived most

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