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    Practice Essay 1 Jan 2011 How can someone pursue a personal desire if they spent their life trying to conform? Alden Nowlan’s short story‚ “The Glass Roses” explores this through the protagonist‚ Stephen. Stephen’s personal desire to feel accepted conflicts with his feeling of having to become like the pulp cutters because he is not mentally or physically ready to fit in with grown men. This results in Chris finding a way to become his own person. Stephen’s journey to pursue his personal desire

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    early 20th Century‚ the setting of “A Rose for Emily‚” took place during the Civil War and the main character Emily‚ thought love was never being by herself. According to the book Literature for life‚ “Historical criticism seeks to understand a literary work by investigating the social‚ cultural‚ and intellectual context that produced it-- a context that necessarily includes the artist’s biography and milieu” (Kennedy‚ Gioia‚ Revoyr 1401). In Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily‚” the author ties the historical

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    Lionel Rose The boxer Lionel Rose‚ who has passed at the age of 62 after a long ailment‚ was the primary Aboriginal Australian to win a world title. He always remembered the appreciation he got when he came back to Melbourne in the wake of overcoming the Japanese champion Fighting Harada in Tokyo to win the undisputed world bantamweight title in February 1968. An unexpected 250‚000 individuals covered the entry lanes to respect their new 19-year-old champion. Raised in Jacksons track‚ Lionel experienced

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    Briar Rose Wombat 1. He uses Similes - "Plunging like red flood water" This gives the effect of the wombat plunging down at a very fast speed. 2. He uses Metaphors - "Ha there! Old pig‚ old bear‚ old bristly and gingery" This gives the effect that he thinks he is a good old friend with the wombat. 3. Onomatopoeia - Thumps‚ Trembling‚ Thud This is used to make more of your senses being used when reading the poem 4. Repetition - "Old pig‚ old bear‚ old bristly

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    The writer‚ Reginald Rose wants to show to me from thus play is that the truth matters more. He wants to show that the truth what matter more because throughout the play the Jurors keep arguing that boy isn’t innocent. Later on in the play the Jurors started to find reasonable doubt on the evidence they had on the boy. Like when one of the witnesses said that they say the killing accruing through the window when the train was passing by. It wasn’t possible for her to the killing accruing because

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    A Rose for Emily: Review 7

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    Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily‚” contains a wealth of meaning‚ communicated through various interconnected and somewhat complex themes. At the centre of the story supposedly stands Miss Emily but beyond that the Old South. Indeed‚ in this story about the interaction between the past and the present‚ human loneliness and isolation‚ the search for love and companionship‚ the escape from the present and the truth‚ and death versus life‚ the true protagonist is the Old South‚ personified in Miss Emily

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    Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is a surprising short story that begins with the funeral of the main character‚ Emily Grierson. Faulkner uses an anonymous narrator that is considered to be the voice of “the town” and tells the story out of chronological order. The story basically uses the life of Emily Grierson as a symbol for the changes in the South after the Civil War. Faulkner illustrates the South through the use of a series of symbols‚ such as Emily’s house‚ hair‚ and even Emily’s “rose”. The characteristics

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    “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner are two short stories that share very similar characteristics. The two stories are simply comparable due to the exquisite details each author provides. These characteristics are especially shown in the protagonists‚ the settings‚ and the mood of “repression” that is revealed throughout both works. To begin with‚ both authors characterize marriage and womanhood. The two women are both presented in a male dominated society

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    Introduction Rose quartz is a pale pink to rose-red variety of quartz. Quartz is the second most plentiful mineral found in the Earth’s crust. Rose Quartz occurs only in massive formations‚ with no crystal faces‚ edges or points. It is often hazy or turbid; therefore it lacks good transparency. It also contains microscopic fibers‚ which can on occasion produce a cat’s eye or star effect within the stone. Rose quartz crystals are formed when the pressure within the earth pushes molten lava into

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    A Rose for Emily Summary 8

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    “ A Rose for Emily” In “A Rose for Emily‚” we truly found out how strange Emily became as story went on‚ and how she lived a life that was secretive and hideous until the day she died. William Faulkner’s skillful use of words and time allows much insight into the life of Miss Emily without ever hinting at her struggle with death. Faulkner’s reference to the Old South and his unconventional plot lures his readers to places he wants them to be‚ giving them just enough to keep them in suspense

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