fumbling around with the car keys. My father waited on the opposite side of the vehicle looking both impatient and scared all at the same time. “If you can’t even open the door for God’s sake‚ how the hell are you going to man the machine on the open road?” he questioned in a jarring manner. His harsh comment caught me by surprise and stunned me‚ forcing me to ask myself if he really doubted my ability to drive or was just giving me a hard time to watch my squirm around uncomfortably. At last I found
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her driveway‚ and slowly turned south on to Flat Bottom Road. She maneuvered the rain soaked road with great care. Nevertheless‚ fifty yards from her dearest friend Estelle Louise’s long dirt driveway‚ her rusty Chevy pickup‚ that she has kept mobile for years with hairpins‚ bubble gum‚ and duct tape‚ skidded across a massive oil slick. As a result‚ the pickup spins in wide circles as it continued down the middle of the narrow country road‚ before it finally slithered
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Writers provide glimpses of other worlds‚ giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world To what extent do you agree with this view? The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic novel about a man and a boy travelling down across what seems to be a bleak and dull land. In this book‚ we see a world that seems to have a bleak and dark future without a lot of hope. Land is somehow destroyed‚ perhaps by a natural cause. The cycle of seasons has been completely altered and
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On the Road by Jack Kerouac has many themes. One theme that stood out was the rebellion against Corporate America. The main characters for this theme were Dean Moriarty‚ Sal Paradise‚ and Marylou. Each of them had behaviors that conflict with an ideal‚ working American. These characters also represent a longing for something they want‚ but can’t find or are incapable of getting. The first character that was the biggest cliché against the ideal‚ working American was Dean Moriarty. Dean was
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THEME AND NARRATIVE ELEMENTS IN THE SHORT STORY BY __________________________ COURSE NAME/# PROFESSOR NAME DATE DUE‚ 2012 This analysis is a response to my exploration of the short story Little Red Riding Hood as featured in Journey Into Literature by R.W. Clugston‚ (2010‚ Ch. 4.1). The story is actually an ancient fable told in the oral tradition (basically French folk lore) that was written nearly 315 years ago by a writer named Charles Perrault in Paris. The identity of the original
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The Step Not Taken by Paul D’Angelo Name: Institution: The Step Not Taken by Paul D’Angelo The Step Not Taken by Paul D’Angelo provides an indication of how people act in the modern era. Though Paul feels guilty‚ very few people generate the same sense of remorse when dealing with other individuals. The modern premise is to run away from problems‚ and people-having problems create a greater incentive to run away because it is not a personal problem. This is the case when dealing with
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Growing up I faced many obstacles in the road. My parents got divorced when I was in eighth grade. Along with many other hardships. I escaped my pain by eating‚ and becoming obese. By the time I was a sophomore in high school I weighed over 300 pounds. I was consistently getting bullied by my peers and even parents of my peers. That summer I knew it was time to make a change. I joined a race called The Spartan Race‚ I did one race that summer and it all clicked. I had never been more motivated to
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The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a novel based on a post-apocalyptic setting. The story focuses on a father and a son. No names are given to either. But‚ the son does address his father as Papa. The father and the son are trying to survive not only by undertaking the constant struggle of getting the necessary means to live (water‚ food‚ etc.) but by surviving from the cannibals. The father and the son are traveling throughout the entirety of the novel. Before the wife had abandoned her husband
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Ismael Gonzalez Professor Edwards February 24‚ 2013 William Stafford “Traveling Through the Dark” & Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” In Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken” we can see how many different aspects of life decision making comes in the form of symbolisms. “Two roads diverge in a yellow wood. And sorry I couldn’t not travel both” This showing use how unwilling the character is of not making a right decision‚ this is centered on how life can come with certain choices one must make
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Elements of Fiction Theme “The subject of discourse; the underlying action or movement; or the general topic‚ of which the particular story is an illustration.” Shipley “When literary critics use this term‚ they generally mean the idea or point of the work. Though many writers like to think of themselves primarily as storytellers‚ yarn spinners‚ and fabulists‚ themes and ideas are inevitable. Every work raises questions‚ examines possibilities‚ and imagines the consequences of actions. You
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