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Despite living in different time periods, John Updike 's "A&P" and James Joyce 's "Araby" share similar literary devices within the stories. Visual imagery and point of view are shared between both texts to describes characters mentally and psychically. While point of view is used to characterize the boy in each story, visual imagery is employed to describe the main girl. In Araby, these devices are used to exhibit the girl 's physical appearance and the boy 's mentality. Visual imagery and…

A calming silence broods over the small room lit by the light of a computer screen on the laps of a girl sitting on her bed with her back against the wall. It’s 9PM on a Tuesday night, not just any Tuesday but the Tuesday before the Wednesday of her English assignment’s due date. She had been procrastinating, but tonight she’s going to try and finish it, not that she already started on it. She sighs loudly to express her stress, though ended up sounding more like a snoring pig crying for food.…

There’s nothing like the sound of the echoing of balls bouncing, and shoes squeaking on the hardwood floor of a gym. For me this was a very familiar place and sound of the many years playing the sport I love, the game of basketball. This time I wasn’t the one playing, I was coaching. Last fall I was asked by my high school varsity coach if I would help out coaching the freshmen team. My first initial thought was no, but I told him that I would think about it and get back to him as soon as…

‘Remember the Titans’ is about racial discrimination in a school environment, it is about a mixed race football team having to learn how to work together as a team and learn respect for each other. While ‘A Saudi Woman Dared to Drive’ by Al-Sharif is about sexual discrimination, the culture of Saudi Arabia is so used to women not driving. Women are being arrested for taking the wheel even though it is not against the law for them to drive. Both texts show how bias options are shown and can be…

David Shannon has always been an amazing writing and has been writing children’s books for many years. David Shannon has well over 20 books and each of them have their own uniqueness. Shannon is an amazing writer and illustrator. He knows how to draw a reader in and make them want to read the whole book. All of his books range from short books with one or two words on the page to many paragraphs throughout the pages. David knows how to suck the reader in and want to read all of his books. He…

Equality’s society vs usa Have you ever wondered what it's like to live in a society that is the opposite of the U.S? Well in the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, there is a society that was completely swallowed into the deep dark part of communism. There are many things that could be said about the two societies but here are the few that differentiate the U.S and Equality’s society the most; These reasons being freedom, their jobs, and Equality. Here are the list of reasons that differentiate…

Yeats’s poem ‘’Leda and the Swan’’ and Dorothy Hewitt’s ‘’Grave Fairytale’’ have content that is both mythological and violently sexual. In Yeats’ poem the speaker retells a story from Greek mythology. It is that of the rape of Leda by Zeus. In Hewitt’s poem, the speaker creates a new version of Rapunzel’s fairytale. This essay will discuss the relationship between mythology/ folklore, violence and sex through the analysis of both poems. In Yeats’ poem, the speaker resents the rape scene,…

To begin with there are many similarities and differences in “the gift of Magi” and the “Perfect gift”. Each story has its strengths and weaknesses. After having to read and reflected on each story, I personally prefer to read ”The Gift of Magi” over the “Perfect gift.” In “The Gift of Magi” the point of view was third person limited. We know because, it was based on Della's point of view for the whole day. And also the readers had no idea what Jim (which is known as her husband) was…

unconditionally and with so much understanding and beauty. So, what is a gender? Does it matter?This is one moms story! By Merriam Webster website, this is the definition of the word Gender. Full Definition of GENDER 1a : a subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence,…

Who drilled the holes?Who will be prosecuted?What will they be charged with?Digger drilled holes in Mr.DiAngelo's red kayak to get back at him for kicking him off his property.Realistic fiction has its elements, credible events,authentic characters,real settings,true-to-life themes,and believable dialogue.The three I am talking about are true-to-life themes,authentic characters,and believable dialogue. One reason Red Kayak is a good example of realistic fiction is…