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    Ryan Zull Professor Rodgers English Comp 102: Tue-Thurs. September 16‚ 2012 A Character Analysis of the Round Characters in “Greasy Lake” T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” deals with three young and naive teenagers who think they are invincible and hardcore characters. I know we call all relate to this feeling of being bad when we were teenagers. Staying out late‚ driving down the highways with our radios blaring‚ thinking to ourselves this is what life is all about. Because of the

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    Tc Boyle Greasy Lake

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    Donna Slender Prof. Jon Frederick Writing I April 2‚ 2013 Greasy Lake by T.C. Boyle The short story Greasy Lake is written by T. C. Boyle the son of Irish immigrants. Boyle recalls growing up ‘as a sort of pampered punk’. We see this pampered punk attitude in the story’s main characters. I was completely captivated with the way events unfolded in Greasy Lake as they struck like bolts of lightning one after the other. Three teens’ summer vacation told in vivid detail by the narrator and buddy

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    the enormous radio

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    “The Enormous Radio” Classic literature contains a story or lesson that has the ability to relate to a reader of any generation and is also pertinent to present day life. The short story “The Enormous Radio” by John Cheever could easily be considered a classic work of literature. It illustrates the lives of the stereotypical American family and the way they go about entertainment in mid 1900’s. In our present day‚ many use television as their main form of entertainment to escape from the stress

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    The Lamp at Noon

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    In the short story” the lamp at noon” Sinclair Ross is trying to develop that idea that sometimes in life individuals are often driven mad by their geographical isolation. A young couples dreams of happiness after are torn apart by the horrendous elements of nature and by lack of communication to cope with the changing condition. First of all the author Sinclair Ross uses to convey the idea of isolation is through the horrendous setting. The setting was described in a very detail manner creating

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    A&P vs. Araby

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    A&P vs. Araby John Updike’s A&P and James Joyce’s Araby are very similar yet very different in many ways. Each short story has a normal kid with an obsession over a girl. The big difference between Sammy in A&P and Jimmy in Araby is just that they were raised differently and have different values. The way Jimmy talks about his fantasy girl is on a more religious level while Sammy in other words is kind of impolite about how he describes the three girls that walk into the market. From the narrator’s

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    In his book of short stories‚ Dubliners‚ James Joyce employs narrative ellipsis and epiphanies to create a story that teaches us about life in Dublin during the time. Two stories that seem to express these ideas are “A Painful Case” and “Clay.” “A Painful Case” tells the story of a lonesome‚ middle-aged man‚ Mr. Duffy. When it comes to describing Mr. Duffy’s life Joyce is anything but ambiguous‚ for there is not much to be ambiguous about. Mr. Duffy is very simple. His apartment is relatively

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    Topics for Further Study Research the idea of the mythic hero. How does Neddy Merrill resemble the mythic hero? In what ways does he not represent a hero? Discuss the social and political climate of America in the 1960s. Compare this to the picture of American life presented in "The Swimmer." Research Sigmund Freud’s theories concerning dream interpretation. Based on your findings‚ examine the importance of various events and items that appear in "The Swimmer." Analyze the importance of water

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    The rocking horse winner

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    Assigment 1. Reading Strategies & Formalist Theory Lesson 1 The purpose of reading “The Rocking-horse Winner” is to demonstrate my understanding of the comprehension strategies studied in this lesson. I never heard about the author before; because of this I will approach my reading word by word. This is going to allow me to make connections with my own experience‚ create mental images and have a better understanding. Even though I never read the story before‚ I know this is a short story because

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    Eveline

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    Eveline James Joyce’s "Short Story‚ Eveline‚" is about a young woman who tries to resist change against her own will. Most people will always resist change even when it becomes obvious that change is the only option for them. Eveline is a young woman who has lived with her family for all her entire life. At a point in time‚ she has to live her home and followed her boyfriend‚ "Frank" to Buenos Ayres to be Frank’s wife. Eveline is thrown in a dilemma as to whether to follow Frank‚ her love‚ or

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    Throughout the short story “The Swimmer”‚ the author makes it sound as if the main character Neddy Merrill is swimming home through pools. But‚ these pools are metaphors for different chapters of his life. In the beginning Neddy is portrayed as youthful and energetic‚ he is able to dive into the pool and he can lift himself out of the pool effortlessly. As the story goes on as Neddy goes through more pools we see that he’s getting older‚ he uses the ladder to get out of the pool and he is cold

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