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    The Sniper Response

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    assumed maybe the sniper himself would ended up dead and every line I waited for that shot for the other side to kill him. I think this story was very well written since it didn’t give away what would happen while still including some foreshadowing that you wouldn’t really see until you reread it. What I noticed for example was when his brother died there was so much detail put into the description on his death talking about how he toppled of the roof and how it affected the sniper which was not the

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    Characterization

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    Characters are the people who inhabit a story. They must be motivated‚ consistent‚ and plausible to be classified as true characters. In "Everyday Use" and "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall‚" the authors explore of characterization. Both of the short stories have stock characters such as Grandma Dee from "Everyday Use and John from "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall‚" but the characters that spark the most interest are the round characters such as Dee and Mrs. Weatherall. In "Everyday Use" Grandma

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    American Sniper

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    Instructor Ashley Allen Composition 101 February 10‚ 2015 American Sniper Once the lights dim‚ the screen expands‚ and the audience becomes silent‚ the greatest true story to be told is about to begin. Chris Kyle‚ “Legend‚” grew up in a small town in Texas with an aspiration to be a cowboy. He then realized he needed something different‚ more rewarding‚ which is when he decided to utilize his special talent by becoming a sniper in the navy SEALs. While in Iraq‚ Chris ventures out to protect his

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    D.C. Sniper

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    Summer Oglesby 9 November 2012 British Literature Antonetti-2nd Murder‚ some may defined it to be the intentional and uncoerced killing of the innocent; and it is true by definition that murder is wrong. For three weeks in October of 2002‚ John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo terrorized the areas of D.C.‚Virginia‚ and Maryland. The two men shot innocent citizens‚ often from a distance with rifles of high-power‚ out of the back of their vehicle. The two killed 10 of the 13 people that they

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    orphanage where they meet. Toni Morrison the author of this short story “Recitatif” never directly tells the readers which character is black and which one is white. Morrison encourages people to look deeper into the characters by using indirect characterization. First‚ Morrison doesn’t directly tell us the race of Twyla and Roberta. She hints at the fact that one is black and the other is white with the quote in the first paragraph of this essay. Morrison does this because she thinks people shouldn’t

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    her‚ Jane has a violent outbreak‚ which Mrs. Reed determines to be her sole responsibility and sends her to the red room to be punished. Brontë establishes these characters early on in the novel with parallelism and imagery; this preliminary characterization is seen later in the character’s actions and their growth. By utilizing imagery‚ Brontë depicts Jane and her cousins through both physical descriptions and their actions. Georgiana is the spoiled child‚ but because of “her beauty‚ her pink cheeks

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    The Dc Sniper

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    The Beltway Sniper During October 2‚ 2002 a series of murders started to happen around Washington D.C area‚ as well as in the Baltimore area. Five shootings attacks occurred in a fifteen hours period‚ which continued on for another three weeks. People were surrounded by fear and authorities did not have any clues of what or why these shootings were happening. Different messages and signs were left at the scene of the crime by the killer‚ but still nothing solid enough to have any suspects. The

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    follow the Wolf at the beginning of his narrative. Rather than the wolf be the ominous threat that the reader is waiting for‚ Dahl’s version has readers actively waiting for the arrival of Little Red Riding Hood‚ the first sign of his divergent characterization. Order of character appearances is not the most memorable or telling aspect of Dahl’s piece. The words and phrases he uses while writing about these characters is more revealing. For example‚ Dahl simply refers to the known villain as “Wolf

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    Sniper Monologue

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    don’t know what he thinks he is going to accomplish. If my mother were here‚ she’d call him a fool. If my father were here‚ he’d turn up his nose is disgust. I’m not proud to say that my family comes from the men on the hills. I am the daughter of a sniper‚ a man with no compassion and a mother who never truly loved me. Every day since I was three years old they told me how bad the people of this fine city were. How horrible and heinous they had become. As long as I can remember they taught me to hate

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    The House on Mango Street shows the reader the life of a Mexican-American girl through the character’s eyes. Only‚ the story isn’t just about her ethnicity and poor environment‚ it’s about finding a home and growing up. Everybody could learn a lot from her. She teaches people of determination‚ inner strength‚ and connections that can’t always be explained. Cisneros’ vignettes read like individual stories with one big purpose and that in itself is beautiful. In The House on Mango Street she

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