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11 Cards in this Set
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The Rod of Justice |
Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis |
Slave ran away to mistress who tries to convince dad to change and give slave freedom |
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Punishment |
Tagore |
Two brothers. One kills wife. Brother tries to protect by getting his wife to take blame. He thinks he can get her off. She's mad and even though the truth comes out she sticks it to him by following through all the way to her execution |
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In a Bamboo Grove |
Akutagawa |
Samurai found dead in bamboo grove. Story told from different statements. All different. Never really says what actually happened. Left for the reader to find out |
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The Garden of Forking Paths |
Borges |
All realities at one time |
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Sealed Off |
Zhang Ailing |
Whole town shut down. Strangers fall in love on a train but then everything goes back to normal after the town is released. |
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Wedding at the Cross |
Thiong’o |
Christian girl falls in love with an "unsuitable" man. Run away get married. He tries to "stick it" to her dad. Ends up becoming like him. She finds her own christianity. They now have her families approval to get remarried . She says no because her husband is no longer her husband. |
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And of Clay We are Made |
Isabel Allende |
Town destruction. Girl dying in front of media. Symbolism in technology |
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Man of La Mancha |
Tien-hsin |
A man obsessed with his own death. Superficial |
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Tonight I can write |
Neruda |
The girl he loves is gone |
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Walking Around |
Neruda |
Tired of being a man. Trash everywhere, broken down |
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I'm explaining a few things |
Neruda |
Talks about his home in Madrid and an invasion blood in the streets |
