questions‚ “Why does she come here at all-who wants her? Why doesn’t she keep her silly old mug at home?” Miss Brill begins to feel self-deception and is forced to realize that she wasn’t the center of attention or an important part of the crowd full of strangers. She no longer feels as if she’s making a difference to those around her. Miss Brill returned to her little dark room. She does not even feel worthy enough to get herself a small treat at the baker’s like she usually did. Also‚ she takes off her
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Nostalgia and the yearning to go back to “better times” in a way motivates the idea of covering the wounded present. Speaking on the Great War‚ Katherine Feo’s article; “Invisibility: Memory‚ Masks‚ and Masculinities in the Great War” asserts that looking at the past played a big role in creating a mask for the soldiers who came back with wounds on their faces. Feo writes “As fundamental uncanny objects‚ the mask were invented to cover the shocking reminder of violence apparent in disfigurement
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The Lone Stranger To some a life has a purpose‚ but to others a life is only a life. In The Stranger by Albert Camus is not a typical romance novel. It is about a man named Meursault‚ who endures the sudden loss of his mother but feels no pain or remorse in her passing because he lives for the sensual pleasures of the present moment‚ free of any system of values. The next day he reunites with a long lost love and they reconnect with each other. Meursault later kills an Arab and is convicted of premeditated
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The Help The richness and variety of language is part of what makes the book so appealing and intriguing. The main protagonists are presented with the southern accent ’Law have mercy’. Each character has been presented with their own stereotypical dialect which as a reader contributes to the realistic feel of the novel. The Novel is written mainly in first person from each of the 3 protagonists perspective. The story is told by 3 different people as Aibileen‚ Minnie and Skeeter take turns
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Bridge to Terabithia is a book written by Katherine Paterson. The book is a children’s novel written in 1977 about a boy named Jesse Aarons‚ who comes from a poor family‚ has four sisters‚ and therefore takes the burden of working on the farm. Jesse wants to be an artist‚ to the dismay of his father‚ and is determined to win a race that the other 5th grade boys along with the 4th grade boys‚ run everyday on the playground. He has been preparing for this race all summer but his new neighbor‚ however
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situations. Parents want to protect their kids from these dangerous situations or threats‚ but they should not. By shielding and protecting their children‚ parents are hindering their children’s mental process. During an NPR segment titled “Child Safety: Stranger Danger Warning Needs Updating”‚ Headlee‚ the host‚ interviewed Phil Lerman‚ producer of “America’s Most Wanted”‚ Michelle Boykins‚ communications director at the
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Dinner With A Perfect Stranger Observations for Basic Understanding Option 2 Nick Cominsky receives a invitation to have dinner with Jesus Christ. The story‚ for the most part‚ takes place in a restaurant called Milano’s Restaurant. The book mostly focuses on the religious debate between Nick and Jesus and the main focus is on Nick and his reactions to Jesus’ comments The two characters have little in common except for the fact that Jesus saved Nick from eternal damnation‚ as he did with
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Throughout The Stranger‚ Meursault’s attention focuses on his physical needs and his physical relationship with Marie. Like Meursault‚ Marie enjoys his physical contact; she kisses him and has sex with him frequently. However‚ unlike Meursault’s physical affection towards her‚ Marie’s attraction for Meursault signifies a deeper emotional meaning‚ such as the time she asked Meursault if he loved her‚ “it didn’t mean anything but that I didn’t think so” (pg 35). This is an indication that he didn’t
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Personal history as well as the backdrop of events surrounding that personal history are both significant to many works of prose other than fiction. In at least two works you have studied‚ discuss the use made of the interplay between personal history and the background within which that personal history occurred. In the texts The Great Gatsby by F. S. Fitzgerald and The Outsider by Albert Camus‚ the backdrop of events during the writing of the novels as well as the personal histories of the authors
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In Albert Camus’s novel The Stranger‚ Camus shows his inherent absurdist perspective of life through commentary and actions Meursault displays as a result of symbolic use through the heat‚ sun‚ and dreams. These symbols dominate Meursaults consciousness controlling him through torment from the inescapable presence the sun and heat governs‚ causing him to act in ways deemed iniquitous to society. Each symbol opposes its usual description of warmth‚ comfort‚ or beauty and instead reflects upon Meursaults
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