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    The relationship between a father and a daughter is something that has been cherished throughout the ages. Each plays a large role in the development and growth of in each others lives and personalities. The same is true for the relationship between Atticus and Scout in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird. The stereotypical father to a daughter is usually large‚ protective‚ and very kind. Atticus‚ however‚ does not fit the stereotype. He is kind‚ but unlike most fathers‚ he is tall and skinny‚ and

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    the graphic memoir Fun Home‚ Alison Bechdel records her unusual relationship with her late father Bruce Bechdel and reveals her family secrets. Throughout Chapter Three‚ she speculates about the cause of her father’s death after first knowing this catastrophe and makes a comparison between F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous character Jay Gatsby and her father. In this allusion‚ Bechdel highlights the deep influence of Fitzgerald on her father‚ in that Bruce was fascinated by Fitzgerald’s lifestyle and sentiment

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    Symbolism in the Road

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    In McCarthy’s book‚ The RoadMcCarthy is able to illustrate not only the setting of the book‚ but feelings‚ expressions‚ and actions‚ by various literary devices. Although he brought into play several devices such as: imagery‚ tone‚ metaphors‚ and a couple of similes‚ the most significant would have to be symbolism. Symbolism is when the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story. The author may constantly use the same object to express deeper meaning. Symbolism is also

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    extent. In the book The RoadMcCarthy is able to draw the readers in for them to experience the real emotions of living in a post-apocalyptic world. The readers are able to feel this fear and realness because McCarthy impersonalizes the two main characters and clearly depicts the differences of life before and after the traumatic experience. When speaking about the two main characters in the book‚ McCarthy uses no names. The small boy is referred to as “the boy” and the father of the small boy is

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    McCarthy’s The Road in a brief 287 pages fell from coldy revealing prose to an unforgivingly graceful monologue about fear. As the Man and the Boy closed their wildly ruthless fight on the Road‚ the characters of the two are revealed‚ stretched paley on thin skeletons that are more bone than body. They know that one must not fear the Road to survive‚ because that means you are living for something‚ but one cannot survive on that fear for long. The Man learned this before his end. He learned that

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    of her with her simultaneous struggle for independence. Caitlin mentions her dad is ‘too rich for his own good’ which implies that although there is no ill treatment in her household as there was in Billy’s case‚ there is definitely a gap in the relationship with her parents‚ as if money has been used to fill the void of any lack of affection. The role of the parent is also a factor in ‘open hearts for the youngest on the streets’. In comparison to Caitlin’s situation the youth of the streets experience

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    The Road: Analysis

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    The Road Cormac McCarthy 287 Pages 1) The Road falls under the category of Science Fiction or Fantasy. Set in a post-apocalyptic America‚ the novel is stylistically very fragmented and vague from the beginning. While this is a peculiar writing style with short‚ choppy sentences‚ and lacking in quotation marks and‚ often times‚ apostrophes‚ using this style adds to the bleakness and mood of the novel. “He lay listening. The boy sat by the fire wrapped in a blanket watching him. Drip of water

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    said to himself‚ thinking about his father. He pondered what his father must have been through‚ whether or not his father was scared‚ and overall what a great hero his father was. This routine was commonplace for Matthew. It had all Matthew had been able to think ever since he and his mother received the telegram from the military a little over a month ago. Every morning he woke up thinking about his father‚ all day he thought about his father‚ and his father was the last thing on his mind when his

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    “A father tell his son about the Statue of Liberty” In the whole world‚ people are searching for Liberty and no discrimination of who they are. Everyone have different cultures colors and religions. America is known for having many different races and cultures in their country. In the 60’ties racism and discrimination was a big problem‚ not to mention the time where white people had black people as slaves. Because of all this ignorance the KKK got created. KKK was a group of people‚ who hated

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    Dialectical Journal Entry #1 The Road by Cormac McCarthy Quotation: “Look at me‚ the man said. He turned and looked. He looked like he’d been crying. Just tell me. We wouldn’t ever eat anybody‚ would we? No. Of course not. Even if we were starving? We’re starving now. You said we weren’t. I said we weren’t dying. I didn’t say we weren’t starving. But we wouldn’t. No. We wouldn’t. No matter what. No. No matter what. Because we’re the good guys. Yes. And we’re carrying the fire.

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