Three children sit in a circle playing with wooden toy soldiers. The world these children play in is not Earth‚ but worlds of their own creating. The children in this circle will grow up to be some of the best eighteenth century writers. It is no surprise that as a child Emily Bronte and her siblings had active imaginations. They created the worlds of Gondal‚ Emily and Anne’s creation; and Angria‚ Charlotte’s creation (White 12). The world does not know much about Emily Bronte except what can be
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James Wright Professor Duke English 1301 April 14‚ 2014 Sister Flowers “Sister Flowers” is a short story about a young girl named Marguerite. Due to being raped as a child she explains her life as “sopping around everywhere”. Until the day Marguerite received a “lifeline”‚ Mrs. Flowers‚ a friend of her grandmother. Throughout the short story‚ Marguerite gives a thorough explanation on her opinion of Mrs. Flowers. She puts her on a verbal pedestal‚ describing her as “someone who made me proud
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The world’s wife is a compilation of poems published in 1999 and written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ a modern feminist poet. It covers various myths in order to give women a voice. This includes the short monologue like poem: “Medusa”. How do metaphors‚ symbols and allegories contribute in clarifying the meanings of the poem? Primarily‚ they emphasise Duffy’s feminist ideals‚ Medusa’s emotions and aging difficulties. Medusa‚ the protagonist‚ uses the myth metaphorically in order to create a modern and
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Anna was genetically designed and born to be the perfect genetic match for her sister‚ Kate. Kate suffers leukemia and will die without blood and bone marrow transfusions from Anna. From Anna birth onward into her early teens‚ she have to undergo increasingly invasive and dangerous procedures to provide blood‚ bone marrow‚ and other tissues to sustain Kate’s life. At 13‚ when Kate needs a kidney‚ Anna has had enough. She sues her parents for the rights to her own body. But actually the truth is
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it? JORDAN Bella I’d like to go with you. Even if you’re going out with someone I’ll hold you to it. I’ll force you to go with me. It’s a date and I’m it. Okay? BELLA Deal. BACKGROUND There are main five characters in the script of Little Sister: Tracey‚ Katie‚ Bella‚ Jay and Jordan. The author of this script is Joan Macleod. It happened in a Vancouver school. Katie just moves to here from Toronto. She hasn’t adapted here yet. Tracey and Bella are friends and study in this school. Other two
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The poem ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy portrays a realistic and honest view on love. Duffy has a unique perspective of love contrasting to the stereotypical way love is often thought about. She compares love to an onion‚ which is odd because an onion is neither visually appealing nor valued but Duffy’s insight on love and unconventional way of perceiving love is what makes the poem Valentine interesting. She presents her ideas by using a range of different poetic devices such as‚ choosing a distinct
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o Within The Sisters‚ the narrator does not talk very much. The narrator is never named and rarely engages on conversation. In the beginning of the story‚ the narrator mentions the word paralysis and how the word sounds interesting to him. From this point on‚ we see how paralysis becomes part of the boy’s behavior and a major thematic idea throughout the story. The narrator constantly recalls random memories and odd quirks about the priest that suggest that Father Flynn is a bad person. The event
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The Elder Sister When people are the youngest child‚ they may hold disdain for their eldest siblings because they experience life first and are noticed more for what occurs in their life. Because the eldest child goes head-first into life‚ they are the ones who receive the most reactions and effects. Sharon Olds communicates this theme in the poem “The Elder Sister.” The speaker of the poem is the younger sibling sharing her feelings and thoughts toward her elder sister. She feels jealousy toward
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My sister My sister is above average in everything and she is still baby. She is 9 month old and can already take some steps without holding anything. She took her first steps at 6 month. There is only one thing that disappoints. She still can’t crawl. Her arms are just not strong enough. But once again on the bright side she can walk. She is weak on her arms but still very fast. She pull cloth out of a drawer in less then five seconds. She is like the sonic of babies. My baby sister has talent
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of her own body. She later files a lawsuit suing her parent for the rights to her own body. This novel shows that nothing is stronger than the bond of sisters through the characters‚ conflicts and symbols. The characters show the bond that all sisters share. When Kate was diagnosed with cancer‚ Sara Fitzgerald immediately contacted her sister‚ Zanne‚ for help‚ proving that family and siblings are the ones that will always be there when in need. When Sara was little‚ she described Zanne as the
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