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    In Sold‚ I believe the author-Patricia McCormick-was trying to inform readers about the horrors of many young girls’ daily lives. The book explains the journeys of how the young girls enter human trafficking and how they rely on the other girls in the house. I believe the purpose of this book is to inform the readers of the horrors of what the world is like and it is not as innocent as many people may naively believe it is just because noting that horrible has happened to them. Along with just

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    The Man Who Was Never A Man Throughout the life of someone they can accomplish many tasks that aggrandize their reputation‚ but it only takes one discrepancy to leave harrowing effects that will degenerate their character within society. In “The Man Who Was Almost A Man” Dave and his family are a destitute bunch‚ and with some convoluted idea Dave’s life goes from bad to worse. He is a character in the story that is immature‚ which leads him further into his impetuous behavior that seeks power

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    The Definition of a Man When a boy is being raised from a baby to a man he is taught to be the strongest he can be. In most situations‚ every little boy wants to be the biggest and the best at what ever he does. One question for every child is “what is the child ready for?” and “when is the child ready for it?” In Richard Wright’s‚ “The Man who was Almost a Man”‚ a young boy yearns to be a man. The child has certain responsibilities‚ but the young boy is ready to take on more than he can handle

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    freedom. In the US through the colonial days until the 19 century it was a country where white males dominated‚ blacks were considered powerless at the hands of their white masters. Similar to a gazelle in a lion’s mouth. In the story “The Man Who Was Almost a man” the main character Dave a young black boy is living in a time period where power is disproportionate‚ with the disproportion not favoring him. In the story Dave has an infatuation with buying a gun that he so thinks

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    The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World By Gabriel García Márquez Gregory Rabassa‚ Translator   THE FIRST CHILDREN who saw the dark and slinky bulge approaching through the sea let themselves think it was an enemy ship. Then they saw it had no flags or masts and they thought it was a whale. But when it washed up on the beach‚ they removed the clumps of seaweed‚ the jellyfish tentacles‚ and the remains of fish and flotsam‚ and only then did they see that it was a drowned man. They had been playing

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    A Man Who Had No Eyes In the short story “A Man Who Had No Eyes” written by Mackinlay Kantor tells the journey of two men‚ both blind‚ over coming their obstacles. As Mr. Parson was leaving his hotel‚ he was approached in spite a beggar. Mr. Parsons took a step forward just passing the beggar but the beggar quickly turned around and said “listen gov’nor‚ just a minute of your time” (Kantor 329). Markwardt‚ the beggar sold lighters to make money off of. Mr. Parsons being an admirred and respected

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    Sea Imagery "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" is full of sea imagery‚ from the title on forward. When the dead body first approaches the shore‚ the kids playing think he is a whale; then‚ a ship. He even looks like some sort of funky sea monster: "when [his body] washed up on the beach‚ they removed the clumps of seaweed‚ the jellyfish tentacles‚ and the remains of fish and flotsam‚ and only then did they see that it was a drowned man" (1). And shortly after‚ we’re told that "he had the

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    “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” is a representative of the genre of magical realism‚ written by Gabriel Marquez. Magical Realism is a narrative strategy that applies fantasy elements to portray ordinary events. However‚ there is a lot of imagination‚ mythical and magical elements in this story. It blurs the difference between reality and myth. As the story starts‚ everything is ordinary and as usual‚ until a drowned man washes up from the sea and arrives to a small‚ boring village with

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    The Transformation of a Fishing Village A drowned man is anything but handsome. In the film “Castaway” made in the year 2000‚ the main character played by Tom Hanks pulls a drowned man who was his pilot from the sea. He is bloated and his skin is green. He is definitely not a handsome man. Why then would Gabriel Garcia Marquez write a story about a handsome drowned man? Marquez writes a magical story of a man from a faraway land washing up on the shore of a remote village. Though he is dead‚ the

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    Sutton Period 7 10/23/12 PART I – Summary of Short Story "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez opens with a group of children playing on the beach of a small fishing village. In the waves‚ a shadowy‚ mysterious bulge approaches on the shore. It turns out to be a drowned man‚ covered in seaweed‚ stones‚ and dead Sea creatures. The men head to neighboring villages to see if the dead man belongs to one of them. Then‚ the women clean off the body and prepare him for his

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