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    Kate Chopin was able to amaze her readers‚ as well as paralyze their emotions. In Kate Chopin’s storyStory of An Hour” she was able to take you through sadness‚ relief‚ surprise. The main character Mrs.Mallard who was presumed to be a loving housewife was told her loving husband was kill in a tragic train accident. Through this news‚ Mrs.Mallard begins to feel abandoned‚ fearful. As she further digested the news of her husband death Mrs. Mallard also began to feel independent‚ free and happy. Her

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    stayed in inside. My teacher asked me what was wrong‚ but I didn’t want to talk to anyone. She asked me once more and I told her that nobody here at school or at my house had wished me a happy birthday. She laughed and said “you are up for a big surprise”. I didn’t know exactly what she meant but I helped

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    Abraham Sanchez Quintana Professor Armstrong English 113F October 26‚ 2013 Lack of Love Kate Chopin shows her great skills as a writer in her short story “The Story of an Hour”. She uses irony as her greatest tool to add great characteristic right at the end of her story. She has a great way to express the setting and scenery in great detail that reaches the readers mood. Kate Chopin’s husband’s death before her becoming a writer is somehow used by her to create a realistic character that is

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    The story is narrated in a first person point of view by a puppy who speaks about his mother. He only states his opinion on her at the very end. His mother is the center of his attention throughout the narration and he rarely says things such as " of course i said nothing " to address himself. We do not learn his name or if he believed his mother was in the wrong. He only defends her at the end of the passage showing a small spark of an opinion towards her. 2. The puppy who narrates the story is

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    Irony is a statement or action whose obvious meaning is hidden by a contrary meaning. In both endings of Story of an Hour and Bliss irony is used. In Story of an Hour‚ the characters and the doctor believe that Louise died “of joy that kills.” (p.97). However‚ the readers know that her death was from an unspoken and completely different cause. From the moment Mrs. Mallard had received news that her husband had died‚ she was overjoyed. She began to visualize a new‚ free life. With her husband dead

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    Party’s Ending In a piece of literature‚ the writing style is consistent throughout the entire paper. When a person is asked to write an ending to someone else’s work‚ it can prove to be a difficult task. He must take the writer’s style into consideration in order to write a proper ending. In the short story “Birthday Party‚” two paragraphs were provided for the reader. On a separate sheet‚ seven possible ending were given. Immediately‚ some of the choices can be ruled out. The first ending does

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    Love is a powerful thing‚ it is unseen‚ but felt very deeply. There is a common theme of love in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour‚” Raymond Carver’s “Popular Mechanics‚” and Stephen King’s “The Man Who Loved Flowers.” “The Story of An Hour” is about a woman who loves her freedom‚ until her husband comes home taking that away from her. “Popular Mechanics” follows a couple who has fallen out of love‚ but their love for their baby is dangerous. “The Man Who Loved Flowers” is about a man named love

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    defined as the difference between appearance and reality‚ or when a reader expects or assumes one thing and the opposite is true. It allows an author to engage and surprise the audience‚ which often also teaches an important lesson. Two classic examples of irony through literature are Oedipus the King by Sophocles and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. In the play Oedipus the King‚ Sophocles uses dramatic irony for the moral and political education of society. Dramatic irony depends on the audience’s

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    Write a story ending with this sentence‚ “ Nothing would ever be the same.” The sun blinded his eyes. The familiar medicinal 药的 adj. odour wafted 飘送 into his nostrils. The lumpy凹凸不平的 mattress was still beneath在。。。之下 him. Nelson shifted 移动slightly and the irritating 使人愤怒的adj. sound of creaking吱吱嘎嘎声 metal pierced his ears.The white-washed 涂白的 walls of the hospital ward was his prison. There was supposed to 可以,应该be no pain but yet the stinging激烈的,刺痛的 sensation still plagued (pleig) 使苦恼,折磨him

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    Today i will be writing a compare and contrast paper on two short stories‚ “Story of an hour” and “The interlopers”. The first paragraph will be on the story and the characters. The second paragraph will be about some similarities in the two. The third will be some differences in the two. I hope you can grab something from this. Let’s get started. So the first story is my least favorite story. The story is about this old lady where she discovers that her husband died. She goes to her room‚ could

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