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    structured in a different way. I’ve never seen any essay or passage be layed out like that. It’s new‚ but it was much easier for me to read. I think there are many reasons that it’s structured the way it is. I think the writters were trying to help the readers. The passage is split up into five sections. Each new section in the passage talks about something new in her life. It talks about important new events and journeys. In the passage‚ the sections also go in sequential order. The sections start

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    In this passage Shakespeare is talking about King Duncan and he uses imagery to create an image as to what will happen after his death. Shakespeare starts off this passage describing Duncan’s role as king. He talks about how Duncan was a humble ruler‚ “Hathe borne his faculties so meek”. He goes on to say that Duncan was no corrupt in his ruling; and as a result of his virtuous life as king will live on. Shakespeare continues with a simile‚ “his virtues will plead like angels‚ trumpet-tongued against

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    Fraser Island Passage Analysis The author’s hatred for the wilderness on the island is expressed through literary devices throughout the passage. Having been rained on and in damp and smelly jeans‚ the author and his friend‚ Craig‚ journey into the interior of Fraser Island‚ where he describes it as being a “wasteland” and the “badlands.”The author uses descriptive similes and metaphors‚ cacophonous vocabulary‚ vivid imagery‚ and Craig’s contrasting positive outlook of just how terrible the visit

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    Independent Reading- Fahrenheit 451 Passage Paper Neil Y A. The passage I chose comes from the beginning of the book Fahrenheit 451‚ in the section‚ “The Hearth and the Salamander”. This passage takes place in the early stages of the book when an alarm‚ Guy Montag‚ the protagonist‚ and the other firefighters to an old house owned by an old lady. The old woman refuses to abandon her home and insists that she wants to die among her books. She lights a match and burns herself along with all her books

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    In E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India‚ the reader experiences multiple layers within the novel beginning with the structure‚ the focus on relationships‚ and the characters. The author makes a concerted effort throughout the novel to build a bridge between Western and Eastern societies by using the characters to demonstrate the deep differences in the cultures. For the reader‚ unfamiliarity with Indian culture may pose some issues in interpreting and understanding behaviors and roles within the

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    A passage of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein: Or‚ the Modern Prometheus (1818)‚ in which Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation climbing the slopes of Mont Salêve‚ primarily functions as a spectacle of awe and terror‚ but is underscored by Shelly’s reflection on the complex nature of the division between good and evil. Two perspectives are presented to the reader‚ that of Frankenstein‚ who views his creation an unnatural monster of evil‚ and Shelly’s authorial voice‚ which invites the reader to question

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    forward‚ thirty three centimeters an hour. In the red darkness glinted innumerable rubies” (Huxley 242). At birth‚ the embryos in the World State are bottled. The World Controllers continue confining the embryos as they grow. When I read this passage‚ I thought about how sometimes I feel trapped by how my grandparents treat me. Similarly‚ “Siddhartha spent his youth in great luxury. He was sheltered from the pain and suffering that lay just outside of his father’s court” (Hesse 5). All his

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    these feelings. Such sensations are examined in depth in Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita. The provided passage poignantly addresses this issue. While on its surface it appears to be merely a mellifluously worded memoir‚ it is actually a cleverly disguised commentary on the desire for the childhood experience. Though this is not immediately obvious‚ close examination of the diction of the passage reveals the central message. Nabokov includes words that accomplish several things‚ including evoking the

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    the most minute details and descriptions. At it’s core The Things They carried is a work of fiction‚ however this passage is more‚ it’s a piece that teaches a class what makes fiction‚ rather than simply telling them a moralistic war story. While O’brien’s use of fictional techniques such as‚ jargon‚ second person voice‚ verisimilitude‚ metafiction‚ and repetition within the passage are what create the sense believability‚ being able to recognize the use of such techniques is ironically also what

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    saw their faith‚ he said to the paralytic‚ “Child‚ your sins are forgiven” (2:4-6). This passage from the gospel of Mark show how much faith they have in Jesus. Why else would these people go through this to get there friend to him‚ if they did not have faith in Jesus. Another example of faith from Mark’s Gospel

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