a reminder to Lily of her place‚ of her inferior status and position as hired help‚ since the coin seems to act as payment for Lily’s services. After giving Lily this coin‚ it would then seem that Gabriel recaptures his sense of authority over the girl. But this notion is complicated by the appearance of the staircase in the scene. By “gain[ing]” the stairs after giving Lily the coin and “waving his hand to her in deprecation” (2174)‚ it would seem then that Gabriel recaptures his perceived authority
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Creative Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father
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Valentine Valentine By Carol Ann Duffy By Carol Ann Duffy Valentine is a love poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Throughout the poem she compares love to an onion. She does this by using different techniques such as imagery ‚ word structure and of course by using poetic devices. All these techniques help her make this poem so special and unusual‚ and it helps her to describe her own points of view about love. ‘Not a red rose or a satin heart.’ Is the first line of the poem. The poet creates
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Yi Rou Zhang Zhang 1 Instructor: Scott Drake ENGL 101 W April 1‚ 2013 Search for Identity in “Boys and Girls” In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls”‚ she tells us a story about a young girl’s rebellion to the womanhood prescribed by a society which has stereotyped views toward both sexes’ roles and identity in society. The story takes place in the 1940s when women have not gained so much equal rights as today‚ and they are still
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The girl had begun to eat one of the child’s eyeballs‚ allowing her eyes to roll back as she savored the warm juices inside. I leapt at her‚ claws out and cut deeply into her cheek. The cut bled ferociously and she cupped it with one hand‚ the other on her mouth to muffle her cries of pain. She ran away as fast as she could‚ as I cried over the body. I ran to the house where I had seen the boy playing and scratched at the door. A kind looking woman answered it. I sadly saw the
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The artwork is by Roy Lichtenstein called Drowning Girl. The first image connects with the Lichtensteins’ image because when I see the word ‘think’ I think about my senior year of high school where the Drowning Girl was painted in my classroom wall of my computer class. That painting made me feel inspired to create so I started to learn how to use Illustrator. I started using photoshop and illustrator but whenever I looked at the Drowning Girl I felt the need to make my designs to my greatest potential
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“Mankind is my business!” said the ghost of Jacob Marley. Error and redemption was a main theme expressed by Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol. Through Scrooge‚ Charles Dickens portrayed the redemption of a miserly moneylender in an attempt to revive the Christmas Spirit. Through the Christmas Carol‚ Dickens clearly expressed the idea that humankind should be everyone’s business‚ and that those without the Christmas Spirit should recognize their errors and achieve redemption. In the Story‚ Ebenezer
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Everyone wants to be intelligent‚ and everyone wants to know the crucial technique to be intelligent. Carol Dweck‚ the psychologist in Stanford University suggests that intelligence depends on the different mindsets in her article “Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn.” Also‚ I believe that one of the mindset is the key to develop intelligence and being successful. In Carol Dweck’s article “Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn‚” the author emphasizes that different
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James Joyce reveals in “The Dead” a number of inner conflicts in the character of Gabriel. He makes it clear to the reader of Gabriel’s challenges of man v. self through techniques such as the motif of time and symbolism. The number uses the motif of time to describe Gabriel’s inner character. Joyce mentions how Gabriel has a feeling of not being as sympathetic as what he thinks he should be. “He wondered at his riot of emotions of an hour before‚” shows how Gabriel reflects on who he is and who
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union and their affiliation with God in the first section of the book. However‚ it could be confusing to new Christians. Not knowing when and where to draw the line when it comes to their ideas of sexual activity and what is appropriate before the eyes of God. It could leave them still questioning what is correct. This also could leave them feeling as if they are sinning. It appears they did not write enough about wives being submissive to their husbands. More examples would have clarified this
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