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    characteristics that need to be included to make a successful and satisfying story. One of the required characteristics is the intensive use of details that help with the readers’ visualization. Characterization is another important aspect of creating a satisfying story as it makes a character seem real and come to life. In order for a reader to learn something from a story‚ it should contain a moral of some sort. The intensive use of detail‚ characterization and inclusion of a moral are all aspects required

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    Gulliver ’s Travels‚ Jonathan Swift satirizes this English society in many ways. In the novel‚ Swift uses metaphors to reveal his disapproval of English society. Through graphic representations of the body and it ’s functions‚ Swift reveals to the reader that grandeur is merely an illusion‚ a facade behind which English society of his time attempted to hide from reality. On his first voyage‚ Swift places Gulliver in a land of miniature people where his giant size is meant as a metaphor for his

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    |imagery‚ details‚ language‚ syntax) | |and manipulate others. (4) The art of analyzing all the choices | | |involving language that a writer‚ speaker‚ reader‚ or listener |Details (selection and presentation) | |might make in a situation so that the text becomes meaningful‚ | | |purposeful‚ and effective.

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    many similarities and differences come to mind. In both O’Connor and Baldwin’s short story’s they urge the reader to consider what the lack of fulfillment can do to people’s everyday lives. However‚ Baldwin addresses the theme of growing up in neglected households while O’Connor relates to the feeling of overall loneliness when it comes to home life. One of the first things we realized as readers in these two literary works is that in both of the stories the major characters have a real sense for lacking

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    both the creature and Victor. Initially‚ the reader experiences the ugliness and horror of the creature through its physical characteristics but eventually becomes conscious of the true beast‚ Victor Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein‚ a privileged and happy child‚ describes that “no human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence” (Shelley 33). However‚ the reader sees flaws in this perfect childhood when Victor

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    The Classic of Poetry is a collection of old Chinese literature that has been rewritten and renamed into the Book of Songs/Odes. (“Norton Anthology of World Literature” 812) This collection of poems seemed to become popular around the beginning of Confucianism. Confucianism is the concept of centering one’s life or work on authority figures‚ family‚ and friends. The expression of Confucianism is best seen in the work of Tu Fu. Confucianism is wide spread throughout the Classic of Poetry.

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    novel describes himself as “I am a sick man….I am a spiteful man” (Dostoyevsky) in the very first sentence which gives the reader an immediate sense that this person is evil and out to do horrible or harmful things to others. By describing oneself in this manner gives the reader an immediate since that this person doesn’t exhibit any traits of a hero but it does draw the reader in and produces a sense of wanting to indulge into the story to see exactly why the person would describe themselves this

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    Question 1 The novel’s portrayal of the theme of the size is that the little people had very hard life due to their size. They were too small and up normal to the outside world. They appeared very different to the human being and were unacceptable. Their size also caused them to live a different and complicated life than the life of humans. It was a very long and a risky adventure when going out of the hole to get some food or anything need for their house. And we can imagen how hard it would be

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    Olivia Hester Dr. Julia Griffin British Literature I March 12‚ 2015 Whoso list to hunt: Stalking vs. Admiring “Whoso list to hunt” is a Petrarch sonnet with fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter. It follows an abbaabba cddc ee rhyme scheme (Wyatt 649) instead of traditional Petrarch rhyme scheme of abbaabba cde cde (Petrarch 337). Wyatt’s poem is loosely based off of Petrarch’s original sonnet “Una candida cerva”. Both sonnets are about unattainable women and use the allusion of a doe to

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    as public to the audiences of her poetry. Contrastable to Dickinson is Henry James‚ a writer of fictional prose. The short story‚ Daisy Miller: A Study‚ is a key example of the views James chooses to share and conceal through his writing. As a reader‚ the thoughts and opinions of James’ main character‚ Winterbourne‚ are the private portions of the story. However‚ the actions of Daisy Miller and the reactions to her behaviors are public images portrayed throughout the short story. Also‚ any and

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