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Alice Munro Open Secrets The A
Number of Words: 1483 / Number of Pages: 6
... as can it be found in earlier written short stories.
Since many of her stories are based on the region in which she was born, the characters and narrators are often thought of as being about her life and how she grew up; and making her stories appear from a feminist approach. This could also indicate why the central characters in the short stories in Open Secrets, are all women: a young woman kidnapped by Albanian tribesmen in the 1920’s in The Albanian Virgin, and a young born-again Christian whose unresolved feelings of love and anger cause her to vandalize a house in Vandals.
Her theme has oft ...
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Miss Brill EXPOSED
Number of Words: 1138 / Number of Pages: 5
... story “, Miss Brill put up her hand and touched her fur. Dear little thing! It was nice to feel it again. She had taken it out of her box that after noon, shaken out the moth-powder, given it a good brush, and rubbed the life back into the dim little eyes. “What has been happening to me?” said the sad little eyes. Oh how sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown!…But the nose, which was of some black composition, wasn’t at all firm. It must have had a knockdown somehow. Never mind-a dab of black sealing wax when the time came-when it was absolutely necessary…Little rogue. Yes sh ...
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A Farewell To Arms By Ernest H
Number of Words: 298 / Number of Pages: 2
... actions are determined by his position until he deserts the army. Floating down the river with barely a hold on a piece of wood his life, he abandons everything except Catherine and lets the river take him to a new life that becomes increasing difficult to understand. The escape to Switzerland seemed too perfect for a book that set a tone of ugliness in the world that was only dotted with pure love like Henry's and Cat's and I knew the story couldn't end with bliss in the slopes of Montreux. In a world where the abstracts of glory, honor, and sacrifice meant little to Frederick, his physical associat ...
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Gimple The Fool
Number of Words: 885 / Number of Pages: 4
... a fool, he still let on that he believed them. One example, and the one where he vows never to be taken in again, is when a student came by his bakery and yelled to him that the Messiah has come. They claimed his parents were standing at their graves waiting for him to come and Gimpel, although not believing a bit of it, put on his wool vest and went to see for himself. The only thing that he found was the realization that he is the butt of another joke, but the worst is still to come.
After a lifetime of torment, the townsfolk thought up an elaborate scheme to top all schemes. They talked Gimp ...
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Keepern Me
Number of Words: 1074 / Number of Pages: 4
... their dreams they receive visions that are "sent to them by the spirit world. That vision could be just about anything and was meant to be a sacred and private thing for the seeker. Gave a direction for their life." (175). They believe that you should try to figure out your dreams as best as you can because they are important messages that give you "direction and strength" (175).
The Ojibway look to prayer to guide them and help them to be a better people. When they pray they wave smoke from burnt cedar and moss over their body. This is called smudging. In the novel, Keeper shows Garnet how ...
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Sea Fever - Analysis
Number of Words: 1171 / Number of Pages: 5
... which follows the actions of a tall ship through high seas and strong wind. Lines one and two contain the common iambic meter found throughout the poem. "Sea Fever" may be categorized as a sea chantey due to its iambic meter and natural rhythm which gives it a song like quality. This song like quality is created through the use of iambic meter and alliteration. For example, lines three and ten contain the repeated consonant sound of the letter "w".
In line three, the meter becomes spondaic through the use of strongly stressed syllables. These spondees suggest the repeated slapping of waves against t ...
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Number of Words: 580 / Number of Pages: 3
... forth. In the end, the two last lines join together as the old man and his son accept that death is a part of life.
Next, the references to "good men," "wild men," and "grave men" display the three basic stages of life: birth, life, and death. In stanza three, the stanza pertaining to "good men," the portion "the last wave by" depicts the old man’s generation as fewer and fewer still live. The color symbolism of the "green bay" lets us know that the speaker refers to the young and new generation of yesterday. Stanza four’s reference ...
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River Of Names
Number of Words: 1461 / Number of Pages: 6
... Their own socio-economic background of course influences this perception. Allison is from the back woods of South Carolina and presents these people in a way that challenges the expectations of the American public and at the same time does not romanticize their lives. The story is told by a narrator, who is nameless, and her experiences while growing up in this type of family and follows all the stereotypical images that come to mind: “broken teeth, torn overalls, and the dirt.” She does not gloss over the ugliness of this poverty. Her words are not simple, but hard edged truths. Doro ...
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The Common Theme Of Value Of Friendship In Literature
Number of Words: 453 / Number of Pages: 2
... to the peasants of Nottingham in an otherwise dreary time under
the tyrannical rule of Prince John. A childhood friend of Robin, Maid
Marion places her friendship with Robin Hood above loyalty to the crown.
She has numerous opportunities to betray Robin Hood, but she does not. She
sees the good he is doing for the land and the lone resistance he and his
band of Merry Men provide against the evil Sheriff. Had she been loyal to
her country, Robin Hood would have never been successful against the
Sheriff of Nottingham and the citizens of her kingdom would have had to
endure even greater injustices.
Shari ...
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Boo
Number of Words: 1800 / Number of Pages: 7
... great creative energy, unlike Prufrock.
The next stanza creates an image of the dull, damp autumn evening when the tea party will take place. In the rest of the poem Prufrock imagines his arrival, his attempt to converse intimately with the woman whose love he seeks, and his ultimate failure to make her understand him. Prufrock has attended such parties many times and knows how it will be, and this knowledge makes him hesitate out of fear that any attempt to push beyond mere polite conversation, to make some claim on the woman's affections, will meet with a frustratingly polite refusal.
So Prufrock ...
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