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    minor characters. While these characters‚ by definition‚ are not the focus of the story‚ they do have a purpose in the story and serve what turns out to be a vital role. What is a Minor Character? A minor character is one who is not entirely important to the plot. That is‚ the story would still hold together without that character‚ but might be a little choppy. In a story such as "Jane Eyre‚" Bertha Mason‚ Edward Rochester’s first wife‚ is a minor character. In a totally different story like

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    John D’Augustine-Mudd Mr. Williams English 12 17 March 2017 The Archetypal Struggling Writer: A Biographical Analysis Of Philip K Dick and The Man In The High Castle Philip K Dick was one of the most brilliant science fiction writers of the past 50 years‚ even if he only received widespread renown after his early death. He is the archetype of a struggling writer‚ his best work‚ The Man In The High Castle‚ came relatively early in his long and financially poor career. It is a gripping‚ alternative

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    Is the Martian’s story concept believable or not? Could I survive like Matt Damon did? The story concept in the movie the Martian is believable in my opinion because there could be so many things or planets that we aren’t seeing because it hasn’t been discovered yet. Another reason I think the Martian’s story concept is believable simply because it showed that they were going inside of Mars‚ which is known as the Red planet‚ however in the process one was left behind. Typically‚ from what I know

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    Lucas Culliton Character Development Through The Use of Symbols and Images John Steinbeck’s The Chrysanthemums and James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues are two stories that contain many symbols and images and it is through these symbols and images that we learn about Elisa and Sonny and how they change over the course of the story. Both characters undergo significant changes that leave the reader question ing what they have read at some points. Symbols and images employed in Steinbeck’s The Chrysanthemums

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    The Three Elements In the story‚ “The Story of an Hour”‚ was about a lady‚ Louise Mallard‚ who finds out that her husband passed away from a train accident. The poor lady already had heart problems so her friends try to break the news easy so the news won’t kill her. The theme of “The Story of an Hour” is that not all relationships are the best. Being in the 1800’s‚ women didn’t have the freedom like we have now. Most females back then were your typical housewife. Stayed home and cleaned‚ cooked

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    There are many themes in the story – Selfishness is the main theme with a variety of sub themes. People who are selfish do not want to share their things with others. They want to keep everything for themselves. But when they do that‚ they quickly find themselves all alone. The giant was selfish and he didn’t want to share his garden with the children. When he sent the children away‚ he was left with nothing but a cold ugly garden that he could not enjoy. Wilde uses this theme‚ not only for the purpose

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    Tammie Peterson WRIT 101. LC 29 14 December 2012 Symbol of Nature in Kate Chopin’s Stories Kate Chopin is known globally for strong and independent female characters in the majority of her stories. Although most of her stories usually end in some form of tragedy‚ Chopin still gives her female protagonists moments of enlightenment and a will to preserver. In her three stories “Lilacs”‚ “The Unexpected”‚ and “The Story of an Hour”‚ the characters all long for freedom‚ and it is their experience

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    Rooney 1 Samuel Rooney Danielle Cornum English 9 30 January 2012 Similarities and Differences of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story No one goes through all of life without the knowledge of these two timeless classics: West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. These films are each a great literary work that defines the true meaning of life‚ sorrows and love. We all have knowledge of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet. In 1957 Leonard Bernstein created a Broadway Musical with a plot similar

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    The comparable themes in this story. The story Refrains are similar by its OK to take a chance. By taking a chance‚ you can get a high reword. Likewise get a risk. Both story’s the main charter took a gamble. The gamble is that in the stories are that the animal will find freedom‚ or get recaptured. The other gamble in the other story is that he will win the contest‚ or he will lose. From " boy’s life" the boy wanted to leave school because it was the last day of school. Before he leaves his teacher

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    In the Lake Side School of history‚ dark and gloomy stories ruled the school. These dark stories gave the students the fear and discipline that would never have come came to normal students. why? But in the midst of all the students‚ there was one student named Billy Longnose who wasn’t the average Lake Side student. For one‚ he often roamed the school’s underground passages that had long been abandoned by students and staff.how does this compare to normal students there? The tunnel floors were mostly

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