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    Salvador Avina AP English Lit. Mrs. Butterfield July 05‚ 2012 Review Chapter Four 1. Review the definition of “theme” in fiction. Theme is a perceptive statement on life based upon the literature piece encompassing of significant details without specifying‚ overgeneralizing‚ or restating a familiar cliché. 2. Describe the best way(s) in which the theme of a story may be stated. Theme of a story may be stated very briefly or at greater length (Arp and Johnson 189). If the story is encompassed

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    Envy is known as one of the seven deadly sins for its ability to corrupt those who experience it. Similarly‚ jealousy can have a similar effect on people‚ especially when they decide to act on it. Although both envy and jealousy seem extremely similar‚ there is a fine line separating the two. Darlene Lancer mentions in her article‚ “How Insecurity Leads to Envy‚ Jealousy‚ and Shame‚” that envy is a “feeling of discontent… with regard to someone’s advantages‚ possessions‚ or traits such as beauty

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    Cited: WolffTobias. "A Vintage Thunderbird." The Vintage book of contemporary American short stories. New York: Vintage Contemporaries‚ 1994. 29-47. Print.

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    Some books are to be tasted‚ others to be swallowed‚ and some few to be chewed and digested: that is‚ some books are to be read only in parts‚ others to be read‚ but not curiously‚ and some few to be read wholly‚ and with diligence and attention. ~ Sir Francis Bacon A LIST OF FAMOUS SHORT STORIES Famous short story writers are Edgar Allan Poe‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ Anton Chekov and O Henry. Some of these authors have gained much fame and recognition in the literary world entirely through

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    Cited: 1994‚ By. "U.S. Public: Repeal "Don ’t Ask‚ Don ’t Tell"" Palm Center. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. <http://www.palmcenter.org/blog/us_public_repeal_dont_ask_dont_tell>. Response to Professor Tobias Wolff." Palm Center. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. <http://www.palmcenter.org/press/dadt/releases/palm_center_response_professor_tobias_wolff>. * Belkin‚ Aaron (2008). " ’Don ’t Ask‚ Don ’t Tell ’: Does the Gay Ban Undermine the Military ’s Reputation?"

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    of three out of four characters studied here. These four characters are Macbeth‚ from the play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare; Eddie‚ from the play ‘A view from the Bridge’ by Arthur Miller’; Kenny‚ in the short-story ‘Hunters in the Snow’ by Tobias Wolff; and‚ Ben Sanderson in the film ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ directed by Mike Figgis. Macbeth and Kenny are characters who share a connection of becoming increasingly cold which leads them towards self-destruction. They lack empathy and compassion. Cold

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    Exploring the "dark side" I have raised many personal questions. These questions vary from the seriousness of an evil act or whether or not it should be considered evil. For example‚ during class we’ve discussed stupid evil. Personally I don’t believe stupid evil is true evil at all. Lars Svendsen’s four categories of evil consist of demonic‚ instrumental‚ idealistic‚ and stupid evil. My belief is Svenden’s four categories of evil should be just three‚ in thus so removing stupid evil from the list

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    Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin and The Rich Brother by Tobias Wolff‚ are two short stories that contain many parallels to one and other. Both stories revolve around two brothers‚ one more successful than the other. In “The Rich Brother”‚ two brothers‚ each living adverse lives‚ are reunited with one another after incident of homelessness. The older‚ more wealthy brother‚ Pete‚ doesn’t understand his younger‚ poor‚ brother’s life. Donald becomes homeless‚ and Pete offers to come pick him up‚ and let

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    Cited: Heller‚ Joseph‚ and Brice Matthieussent. Catch 22. Paris: B. Grasset‚ 1985. Print. Tan‚ Amy. The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings. New York: Putnam‚ 2003. Print. WolffTobias. Old School. New York: Knopf‚ 2003. Print.

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