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    23075483 MLA Format Debernardi 2 Romain DEBERNARDI Doctor Yaw ENGL 102 10 September 2011 In this paper‚ we are going to carry out a reflexion about the characters in two stories : “The Destructors‚“ by Graham Greene and “The Lottery‚“ by Shirley Jackson. We are going to identify the main characters and point out their qualities‚ emotions‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors. In this way‚ we will compare the two stories based upon their characters. Leading or Following the Group Paper

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    If I Won the Lottery

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    What I Would Do If I Won the Lottery WoooHoooo! I won! I won! Just hearing about winning the lottery sounds great‚ even better if it actually happened! I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I would think I would have to share at least some of it. I also wouldn’t spend all of it. I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I would definitely go on a shopping spree. Just the thought of buying anything I want sounds great! A whole new wardrobe. Also I would travel during vacations from school. Mexico

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    Pardoner’s Tale". A greedy Pardoner who preaches to feed his own desires tells "The Pardoner’s Tale". This story contains excellent examples of verbal‚ situational‚ and dramatic irony. Verbal irony occurs when a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something quite different. One example of this type of irony is found in lines 216-217: " ‘Trust me‚’ the other said‚ ‘you needn’t doubt my word. I wont betray you. I’ll be true.’" The rioter is telling the second that he would never betray

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    In Kate Chopin’s short story "The Story of an Hour‚" there is much irony. The first irony detected is in the way that Louise reacts to the news of the death of her husband‚ Brently Mallard. Before Louise’s reaction is revealed‚ Chopin alludes to how the widow feels by describing the world according to her perception of it after the "horrible" news. Louise is said to "not hear the story as many women have heard the same." Rather‚ she accepts it and goes to her room to be alone. Now the reader

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    One way the reader can interpret this story is having the theme be about learning to let go‚ being independent and to follow one’s dream or passion in life. The irony plays a role in the theme of this short story‚ with one learning of how to follow their dreams. The irony in this story comes into play at a few points in this story. The irony can be argued that it was simple and plain to see and others could argue that it was underlying. The theme of the story is an underlying message that could

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    Irony in the storyteller the main type of irony that we can find in this story is situational irony. The bachelor being good at story telling is ironic because we wouldn’t expect a bachelor to be good at entertaining children. The bachelors description of the little girl being “horribly good” is ironic The little girl in the story that the bachelor told was well behaved‚ and usually the characters that show a positive behaviour in childrens’ stories don’t end up being eaten by wolves. The way that

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    3 Types of Irony

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    Irony Situational Irony The exact opposite of what you expect to happen examples: Cat chases dog Olympic swimmer drowns Fire at the firefighters station Verbal Irony When the speaker says the opposite of what he or she means (aka sarcasm) examples: when its raining outside your friends says what lovely weather is occuring when you make a mistake and your friend says nice job Dramatic Irony You are in a secret that the rest of the characters dont know examples: In t.v. shows when

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    The Lottery Ticket

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    Country Code List Country | ISO Country Codes | Country Code | Population (Rank of 1) | Area Sq. Km (Rank of 1) | GDP $USD (Rank of 1) | Afghanistan | AF / AFG  | 93  | 28‚396‚000 (43)  | 652‚230 (42)  | 22.27 Billion (114)  | Albania | AL / ALB  | 355  | 3‚639‚453 (129)  | 28‚748 (145)  | 21.81 Billion (116)  | Algeria | DZ / DZA  | 213  | 34‚178‚188 (36)  | 2‚381‚741 (12)  | 232.9 Billion (48)  | American Samoa | AS / ASM  | 1 684  | 65‚628 (204)  | 199 (215)  | 575.3 Million (210) 

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    Irony In King Lear

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    provide a brief overview of the relationship between the practice of irony and religious ritual. In particular‚ I will argue that we can understand irony as a technique for fostering human flourishing. In this respect‚ I take that human flourishing is inescapably connected to a context of institutions and social practices within which human beings live. Accordingly‚ in a way that I will spell out in this presentation‚ the practice of irony has consequences for the context of practice which define our pursuit

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    Irony In A Good Story

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    news interesting. To me‚ a story has three parts and these parts are Irony‚ Characters‚ and Setting. If we didn’t have irony‚ we wouldn’t have the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite‚ typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Irony remains today one of the most abused terms in the real world to this day. Verbal irony is one of the most common irony you will see in books. Verbal irony is when one character says or does the opposite of what he/she thinks

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