Haley Franks Womack English DC 28 January 2014 “I Wondered Lonely As a Cloud” by William Wordsworth “I Wondered Lonely As a Cloud” by William Wordsworth is a short simple poem that carries the reader in a seemingly out of body experience along the lakeshore under the canopy of the trees to feel and see a beautiful field of daffodils. William Wordsworth often loved to portray the beauty of nature in his poems. Walks he took with his sister‚ Dorothy‚ along the countryside‚ inspired many of
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What is author Yu Hua saying about the role of money and wealth in his novel To Live? In the novel To Live‚ money is a constant reminder of conflict but also happiness. Fugui is introduced as a wealthy man that inherited his ancestors 100 mu of land. His family was in a very good position‚ but Fugui knew he had a lot of money and he would jump at every chance he got to gamble some. Money plays a major rule in attaining happiness‚ but the happiness is only temporary. Fugui’s story proves that
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Plan of the literary analysis I. Introduction 1) story presentation (including some words about the author) I have read an extract from ... under the title ... by ... To start with I’d like to draw your attention to the author of this story. ... is an outstanding contemporary English (American) writer ... is one of the world’s greatest novelists ... is the greatest English (American) short-story writer ... is one of the most prominent English (American) novelists of the second half of the 19th century
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Elements of literary analysis Plot Summary Setting Character Analysis Theme Symbolism and Metaphor Conflict Moral Plot Summary The narrative structure of a story is divided into 5 parts. Organize‚ by list or diagram‚ the events of the story into the following points using as few words as possible. (Complicated stories may have multiple turning points.) #1 Exposition (introduction) Introduces the main characters‚ setting‚ and conflict. #2 Rising Action (conflict complicated) Secondary
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Adam Accola Mr. Brieske English 11 21 January 2010 Critical Analysis of The Man to Send Rain Clouds In the short story The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ the traditional Laguna Native American burial ritual is questioned by the meddling Catholic Church when an older man in the village‚ Teofilo‚ passes away. As part of the traditional ritual‚ the deceased have a feather tied in their hair‚ have their face painted with four colors‚ are wrapped in a red blanket‚ and are buried
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and seriousness. The most famous line from his speech is the ending line‚ “Give me liberty or give me death!” Henry is exaggerating in that sentence but he does that to get the point across and motivate others. Paine says‚ “…we must fight! I repeat it‚ sir‚ we must fight!” because he realizes there is no other way. Britain has ignored all of the colonists’ other attempts to get freedom so they resort to war. Thomas Paine wrote 16 essays called Common Sense‚ and one of the most important ones was
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Literary Analysis “Revelation” Flannery O’Connor short story entitled “Revelation” was swayed by her personal upbringing in the South. She lived in the time where people from the South were very intolerant and narrow-minded towards people who had a different lifestyle and who were of a different race. Because Southerners believed people who did not live up to their wealth or status were inferior‚ it offered O’Connor the exact descriptions she wanted for the characters in this story. The main
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A CHANGE OF HEART The Walk written by Joy T. Dayrit has an unpredictable ending. Unpredictable because it started off weak yet ended strong. We could see the distinction of the characters all throughout the selection—namely Alma‚ Ted and the unano. Alma in the story started frail. “Twenty years of tears splashed into her morning cup of coffee. She did not understand the phenomenon‚ but only cried like a child‚ like a fool.” She showed her love towards his husband‚ Ted. “Alma reset the breakfast
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Nick Paine 3/11/13 Beowulf Literary Analysis In the poem Beowulf‚ the issue of whether or not this particular period is more barbaric or is more civilized. The author of Beowulf is trying to present a certain message in the poem. The message that can be pulled from Beowulf is that even within a society of thought to be malicious and barbaric‚ there is still room for it to be civilized
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In this passage of Amy Tan’s story‚ Rules of the Game‚ the author uses many literary features to develop the climax of Waverly’s career as a young chess champion. As Waverly faces her first opponent of the chess tournament‚ she continusouly reminds herself of the art of invisble strength. She reptitively gets advised by the "wind"‚ as she carefully makes her moves towards victory‚ where her talent is recognized once again. However‚ a friction between Waverly and her mother arises as more trophies
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