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    The Cop And The Anthem By O Henry 1) What are the signs of approaching winter in the story? The signs of approaching winter given by the author are: 1. The birds (geese) flying south 2. Women wanting to buy new warm coats (sealskin coats – coats made from sealskin keep people really warm) 3. The dead leaves falling from trees Three signs of approaching summer in India are: Dry river beds Barren

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    "The Cop and the Anthem" has only one character who is given a name‚ the protagonist "Soapy." Furthermore‚ no last name is given. It is made clear that Soapy is homeless‚ a member of the substantial army of underclass men and women who had flocked to New York City during the earliest years of the twentieth century. The short story’s narrative is set in an unstated day in late fall. Because the city trees’ deciduousleaves are falling and there is a hint of frost in the air‚ Soapy faces the urgent

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    The Cop and the Anthem.   O.Henry On his bench in Madison Square Soapy moved uneasily. When wild geese honk high of nights‚ and when women without sealskin coats grow kind to their husbands‚ and when Soapy moves uneasily on his bench in the park‚ you may know that winter is near at hand. Сопи заерзал на своей скамейке в Мэдисон-сквере. Когда стаи диких гусей тянутся по ночам высоко в небе‚ когда женщины‚ не имеющие котиковых манто‚ становятся ласковыми к своим мужьям‚ когда Сони начинает ерзать на

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    The Cop and the Anthem This short story written by O. Henry and published in 1904 follows a man‚ named Soapy‚ through a day in his life near the beginning of winter. The goal‚ find a place to live for the winter. The man is homeless‚ knowing that shelter for the winter is a must or the harsh cold will likely kill him. A plan starts formulating that involves getting arrested so that winter can be spent locked in an island prison on Blackwell Island‚ NY. Allowing him to have a nice warm bed‚ three

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    The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry While reading the following story‚ note its plot structure 1. All the events in the following story are arranged chronologically. Due to its humorous nature and big attention to details‚ they catch attention. As events change each other rather quickly the reader’s interest can be held easily. 2. The role of exposition is to introduce the main character of the story and describe the conditions of his life‚ surrounding. Also exposition creates the general

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    The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry shows the journey of how Soapy finally ends up in the comfort of the Blackwell jail. Underneath the storytelling‚ O. Henry portrays the unfortunate reality of the New York during this time period. From the onset of the story‚ there is a very formal and elaborate approach in which O. Henry describes Soapy’s preparation for the winter. We are introduced to the controversial idea that Soapy has of spending his winter in the comfort and safety of the jail rather than

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    Ashlyn Eisenga April 28‚ 2013 Anthem Essay: Literary Elements Anthem A genre is a category of expressing oneself in writing. According to Wikipedia’s list of genres‚ the genre of Anthem can be viewed as speculative fiction. Fiction is a writing about things‚ events and characters that are not true. Ayn Rands uses dystopia as her fictitious genre. The Wikipedia also goes on to say that Dystopia is a community that is in some important way‚ undesireable or frightening. Dystopian societies

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    ANTHEM ESSAY In many real and fictionalized totalitarian societies‚ children live apart from their families. In Ayn Rand’s novella‚ ‘Anthem’‚ dictatorial leaders enforce this living arrangement in order to control all the people‚ since they are born. Ayn Rand conceived this novel when she was a teenager living in the Soviet-Russia. At the time‚ the Soviet-Russia was‚ as the Anthem society‚ an equal collectivism society‚ in which the leaders and governments have the upmost control‚ and people are

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    of a hidden tunnel from the Unmentionable Times‚ he uncovers not only a forbidden past‚ but individuality and the word “I” as well. “To be free‚ a man must be free from his brothers” is significant because even though the leaders of the society in Anthem tried to keep everyone equal Equality is full of curiosity that leads him to unfathomable discoveries. Equality discovers his own individuality without the help from his brothers‚ he ventures on his own and feels better about himself because he realizes

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    Anthem paper As the novel opens Equality 7-2521 states that what he’s doing is a sin. In his society it is a sin to do things that do not involve others‚ and the words he thinks and writes are for no one eyes to see or hear‚ but his own. In his society everyone thinks the same‚ and if you were to be the different one you would be sent to the palace of correction and detention. Equality 7-2521 actually had a mind of his own. “But here‚ In our tunnel we feel it no longer’ when Equality states this

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