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    chapter of great expectations is extremely important as it tells of each character from Pips perspective (also telling the readers just how naïve‚ young and innocent Pip is amidst this gloomy dwelling)‚ for example Pip says "…my first fancies regarding what they were like‚ were unreasonably derived from their tombstones" this tells us that Pip is a blank canvas ready to be painted on and every little thing will shape and effect his understanding and in a way perseverance of the world around him and those

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    Authors using detailed descriptions to create a vivid image in a reader’s mind‚ are able to produce a suspenseful mood to keep the reader engaged. In The Most Dangerous Game‚ Richard Connell’s use of imagery paints a picture in the readers’ minds. Suspenseful moods that are created by these pictures‚ are what keeps the readers wanting to know what happens next in the story‚ keeping them involved and continuing on with their reading. During the exposition‚ climax and falling action‚ suspense is created

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    and that we humans are our biggest enemies. The poem was written in the early eighteen hundreds in the Romantic Era‚ shining a light in the darkness by exposing mankind’s flaws. The poem is structured into seven sentences‚ each adding a part of the story branching out to the reader’s attention into their own interpretation. The number seven is very unique for many people around the world‚ many consider it to be their lucky number. In all ancient religions and philosophies alike the number seven

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    Mood of Despair In “In Another Country‚” Ernest Hemingway tells the story of wounded soldiers who are in the hospital to better their health. Hemingway uses different aspects of the story to create a despairing mood. The setting‚ elements of futility‚ and the isolation of the characters contribute to the mood of despair. The first device Hemingway uses to produce the mood of despair is the setting. The use of the setting helps create the despairing mood. Elements of futility in the plot also

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    Explain the importance of the setting and atmosphere in The Reluctant Fundamentalist Marilyn ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ is essentially a novel about one man’s tragic relationship with a country. The main character Changez is a Pakistani student who builds a very strong relationship with America. But as Changez says ‘…it is not always possible to restore one’s boundaries after they have been blurred and made permeable by a relationship…’ ; he starts to realize that his relationship with America

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    31‚ 2010 Period 6 The Devil and Tom Walker: Mood to Theme In Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ the imagery creates a dark and disturbing mood which shows the theme of how greed will make some people do whatever it takes to get what they desire. The language or words used to describe things such as settings‚ a character‚ or an event can help create a mood to help describe the theme. The setting shows a dark and mysterious mood when it says‚ “The swamp was thickly grown with

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    1999 in the country of Jordan 35 year old Sirhan tells the story of how he murdered his sister‚ he is relaxed‚ happy‚ and proud of the fact that he saved his family from suffering the shame of her rape. His sister Susan was only 16 years old. Sirhan says she made a mistake; and even though it was not her fault‚ it is better for her to die than the whole family to die of shame. How could a brother kill his sister and feel no remorse? What emotions and feelings are involved in such a crime? How does

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    In this very short story‚ Alice Walker tells of a young‚ African American girl who‚ while gathering flowers‚ stumbles quite literally upon the body of a dead man. The atmosphere‚ language and subject matter of the story suggest the southern United States as a setting-sometime in the mid- to late-20th century seems an appropriate time period‚ though this is far less clear. The contrast between the story’s beginning and end is striking. We begin with a light-hearted description of the life of Myop

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    The book Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers is a story about the obstacles that Bella‚ a human‚ and Edward‚ a vampire‚ must overcome to finally reach their “forever”. In the beginning of the story‚ Bella and Edward get married and have their honeymoon on a private island. After about two weeks there‚ Bella discovers that she is pregnant. The half vampire‚ half human baby weakens Bella greatly in just a mater of weeks. When the time comes for Bella to give it birth‚ it will have already left her close

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    includes many tone words that have an overall effect on the mood of his poem. This aids us in figuring out what he is trying to teach to the readers. There is a variety of positive and negative tone words‚ so the story would be putting out many feelings throughout it. While reading “The Raven” the author gives many moods like suspenseful‚ loneliness‚ and cheerfulness. In the beginning of the story‚ the author uses words to make the mood creepy. The bird starts tapping on his window‚ so he doesn’t

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