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Just A Pot Of Basil
Number of Words: 2051 / Number of Pages: 8
... between the real dinosaurs and I disappeared when I was in the museum, in my little world.
Therein lies the significant difference between seeing and imagining, and being told or influenced, that is, being mystified. Mystification, as the art critic John Berger in Ways of Seeing explains, “is the process of explaining away what might otherwise be evident” (Berger 112). I was instantly captivated from the moment I saw the tied-together skeletons stretching as high as my own house; should I have cared about the petty details that would have distracted me from my own imagination?
“Original paintings ...
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Unwritten Rules
Number of Words: 1477 / Number of Pages: 6
... Historically, the 1930s was a time period when black Americans were made to feel as if they were subordinate to the majority. Cullen and Soyinka both reveal how black people were put down during this time period.
In this time period during which "Incidents and Telephone Conversation" occur, segregation of black people and white people was the social norm. In the majority of public places black and white people were forced to use separate facilities, among other things. Segregation was common in restaurants, schools, and businesses. "Segregation was the rule in public accommodations, health care, ...
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Granite
Number of Words: 460 / Number of Pages: 2
... older sibling, he’d always be preserved in time, like the above him, as a four-day-old infant. She considered this while shifting her vision to the huge slab of white stone near the left road.
This was the children’s saint, with most of the children buried around it. When her family came to the grave when she was in grade school, she used to love to climb on the smooth stone and hear the sparrows in their tiny trees dotting the plateau of the dead.
She shook this thought off with a cold shiver as the first droplets of a new rain fell tumbling on her jersey. Her eyes showed she was inattentive to i ...
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In The Zoo: Caesar And The Bear
Number of Words: 1548 / Number of Pages: 6
... character they correspond to.
One of the strongest illustrated characters in this story is Mrs. Placer, or "Gran" for short. The first description we hear of Gran comes from an unidentified person who glorifies her as a woman of "Christian goodness" (p. 1452). In this first paragraph the reader learns that Gran has had tough times herself in the loss of her husband and by single-handedly running a boarding house. Gran seems to be a courteous woman by accepting the care for the orphaned narrator and her sister, but her character is not yet fully developed. This paragraph (p. 1452) is similar to a ...
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Lord Of The Flies, Piggy
Number of Words: 905 / Number of Pages: 4
... on the island trying to help the “kids”. More proof of his clear thinking is the fact that Ralph relies on Piggy’s good advice to succeed. Without Piggy, Ralph would be lost. As the story progresses we see the boys drift apart however we see Piggy try to retain order as an adult might. When there is going to be a fight he says, “Come away. There’s going to be trouble. And we’ve had our meat.” He realizes the intensity of the situation and tries to stop any altercation. The boys continue to drift apart but Ralph and Piggy continue to be friends. In pa ...
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The Storm 3
Number of Words: 509 / Number of Pages: 2
... enter the house. The water even went so far as to actually follow Alcee into the house, to the point where it was necessary to put something beneath the door to keep the water out. More instances where the storm relates with the characters is when Calixta is looking out the window, and a lightning bolt strikes a tree, and causes Calixta to fall into the arms of Alcee, foreshadowing the passion that is to come later between the two. Also, it introduces them to their lust for each other, which not only foreshadows what it to come, but, it also initiates them into their path to love making. Another aspect ...
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Beowulf
Number of Words: 1020 / Number of Pages: 4
... of tremendous feats. They conquered land and peoples, and they both died very proud deaths. The story is focused around the main character, . He is a man of awesome, superhuman powers. He is able to battle huge beasts without the aid of weapons. In the story, he sails to Denmark to a meadhall which was named Herot. The story is interesting in that many things are named, especially swords, and armor which are especially honored if they had helped their previous owners in battle. ’s sword was named Hrunting. Herot had been plagued for twelve years by a monster named Grendel. In one night, Beowuld ...
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Charlotte’s Web And Watership
Number of Words: 782 / Number of Pages: 3
... into the behaviour, specifically the god-like actions that demonstrate anthropomorphism in both these novels. While all the characters in both these novels are earthly there is usually at least one in each that has some God-like character traits. The anthropomorphism that we see in Charlotte is the prime example being examined from both novels. While Charlotte is Wilbur’s savior and protector, she is still only a spider. White does not give her the physical ability to do things that a spider cannot normally do. Therefore, she must save Wilbur in a way that makes it possible for a spider to d ...
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Dante
Number of Words: 847 / Number of Pages: 4
... Christian Church. ’s punishment for the “arch heretics and those who followed them” was that they be “ensepulchered” and to have some tombs “heated more, some less.” Since the archheretics believed that everything died with the body and that there was no soul, not only punishes them with the hot and crowded tombs, but he punishes them with their beliefs and lets them feel what it is like to die. This punishment by is one in which he was more focused on inflicting a physical pain rather than a mental one.
Although he uses various torturous practices in The Inferno in order to inflict physical agony, ...
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Iliad 2
Number of Words: 1319 / Number of Pages: 5
... is mercilessly and dishonorably cut down in combat, he puts aside his pride and chooses to temporarily forget about his previous feuds with Agamemnon that have, up until now, prevented him from participating in the war. He joins the fighting with a deadly and vengeful mindset that will likely play a major factor in the outcome of the war. Today, this lust for revenge might be considered a glaring character flaw. However, this passion for retribution undoubtedly conforms to the heroic code of Greek society. Meanwhile, Hector is full of indecision and reluctance about whether to take part in the ...
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