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The Aristocrat
Number of Words: 729 / Number of Pages: 3
... of voice tones. Finally, after Mrs. Flowers reads the beginning of A Tale of Two Cities aloud with all the emotions of her spoken words, the only way Marguerite can respond is with a, "Yes Ma'am" (164). This shows that she is confused. Short phrases in response to long, heart filled elegies display one's confusion and awe-struck nature.
Language, in terms of both the spoken and written word, has the power to awaken emotions in readers and listeners. For instance, Marguerite mentions that often her mother would refer to Mrs. Flowers with familiar terms such as "sister" (161) ...
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A Separate Peace 2
Number of Words: 1161 / Number of Pages: 5
... their lives, before they would be old enough to be drafted into the war-just one year later. One day Finny, the best athlete in the school, came up with the crazy idea to jump out of a tree into a river. All of the seventeen-year olds had accomplished this task because it was a mandatory test for the war. Phineas, naturally was the first sixteen-year old to conquer this feat; so Gene was the second. None of the other boys ever tried the jump. After a while the two made it an almost day-to-day activity. The two boys were a lot alike, but Gene had this underlying resentment of Finny and he felt that ...
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Symbolism In "The Masque Of The Red Death"
Number of Words: 563 / Number of Pages: 3
... uncontrollable certainty of mortality at the end of the tale, as well as implying the presence of a divine power of judgment without explicitly stating it. The interpretation of the seven rooms contributes to Poe's allegory of man's absolute mortality, and also offers a prime example of the ambiguity one finds in Poe's work.
The omnipresent clock in the story is a clear representation of the power and presence of time. A more interesting point of notice in Poe's emphasis is on the fact that the clock consists of only the colors "ebony" and white. With the knowledge of Poe's Biblical awareness, this bec ...
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The Scarlet Letter 3
Number of Words: 641 / Number of Pages: 3
... He tortured himself not because the Puritan’s had punished him, but because he felt an undying guilt for what he had done.
In contrast to the punishments of Hester and Dimmesdale, President Clinton will be punished less severely. President Clinton should not be impeached for the controversy surrounding him. According to Elaine Kamarack, author of “The Comeback Kid Can Do It Again,” “The core issue is simply too trivial to warrant something so traumatic to the nation.” She believes that Clinton's crime is not evil enough to bring about an impeachment. She also writes ...
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Seeing Is Believing
Number of Words: 568 / Number of Pages: 3
... eventually resumed the active lifestyle he previously had (Heide Banks 50-52). Therapist had taught cancer patient Garrett Porter, a nine-year old with a brain tumor, visualization techniques. Garrett had decided he would imagine rocket ships attacking the tumor. Several months later, all Garrett saw was normal brain in his imagery and a CAT scan had showed the tumor to be entirely gone (Bernie Siegel 154-155).
Visualization has been used to improve health. Many people have employed imagery to rid themselves of stress and the ailments associated with it: such as, headaches, muscle tension, and ...
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The Road Not Taken 2
Number of Words: 1310 / Number of Pages: 5
... is only one path in which one may travel. It is most difficult to make a decision on each appealing path because everyone will always seem to question “what could I or could I not miss out on?” The
fact he is sorry he is sorry he cannot travel, or choose, both paves the way for regret. This will often be reflected upon by an individual in which saying “ what could have been”
leads one to dwelling over the choice of road in which they did not take. In knowing that each one may be influenced in many directions, Frost clearly implies “And be one traveler, long I stoo ...
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Dinner At The Homesick Restaur
Number of Words: 447 / Number of Pages: 2
... and relatives, only to come to an unfamiliar town where her husband decides to leave. Pearl refuses help from anyone, this depicts her strong points and still thinks Beck will return from his business trip. her strongwilled mind aids her and her family through life’s most troublesome tasks.
Ezra is quite of the more hero I think but still being victimised by his own mother, Pearl and brother, Cody. Being so kind hearted and always the favourite out his borther and sister Ezra leaves himself vulnerable to the ‘attacks’ of Cody and Pearl. Cody has always teased Ezra, for example the ...
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Jazz
Number of Words: 823 / Number of Pages: 3
... forgot her own hand holding the curling iron. The customer flinched and the skin discolored right away. Violet moaned her apologies and the woman was satisfied until she discovered that the whole curl was singed clean off. Skin healed, but an empty spot in her hairline… Violet had to forgo payment to shut her up.
These two hundred fifty words or so are a small percentage of the book as a whole, but contain many of the themes and stylistic devices Morrison uses throughout her novel. We learn much of our two main characters - Joe and Violet - and as well the reader gains val ...
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Interview And Death
Number of Words: 729 / Number of Pages: 3
... toward a miracle. He composes himself and explains, “No one can ever truly know what the feeling of death is like until they actually feel it for themselves.”
Generally, words such as afraid, daunting, confusion, hopelessness, and sorrow spring to mind. However, David elaborates, “the knowledge that one is in the process of dying is surreal. Everyone knows they are going to die but no one ever believes it.”
He tells me of the conscious realization that death is much a part of life as birth yet is totally unprepared for in our culture. If society was aware that death could consume us at any mom ...
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A Clockwork Orange 2
Number of Words: 538 / Number of Pages: 2
... He follows no moral code nor does he even have one. However, he does follow his natural desire to sin, and can thus be described as a clockwork orange in that his actions are controlled by his emotion. We can clearly see how Alex’s inclination to do things that satisfy his emotion are strikingly similar to our desires to do the things that we want to do. This is the whole message behind the doctrine of original sin, where Adam’s first sin against God carried into his descendants. All humans are born with the desire to do evil, and thus we can justify Alex’s violent actions.
Eve ...
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