A) Fables are stories that feature animals, plants, or forces of nature that have been given human qualities.They teach moral and ethical lessons, like how to behave or how to treat people. Fables are often short and feature comical qualities throughout their pages. In “Appointment in Samara,” the author humanized the force of nature, death. Lines like, "Death told his companion,"I'm gathering people in Baghdad," lead the reader to refer to the death as it's own character. Parables also teach moral and ethical lessons, but they only have human characters. In a parable the plot is much more realistic, and fall more into a mysterious and suspenseful plot line than a fable. In the story "Independence," Chang Chou is the main charterers. The plot
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"For the second time there was no sign. Again no bridegroom and the priest in the house." This is a religious reference, because bridegroom is referring to Jesus. I think Granny was seeking connection to the afterlife, and Jesus did not come and visit her on her deathbed as the reader was hoping for. With the emotional attachment you develop to her over the story line, one wanted the character to receive her final wishes just the way she wanted them and wrapped in gold paper.
A.) The setting of the story plays a huge role in the story. The setting in this story is more than a place of action, it's a place where the character finds her true identity. Time and place change throughout the story, but you are always tied in with June May throughout the course of "A Pair of Tickets" The setting allows June May to connect with her heritage, her mother, and a culture she had yet to explore.
B.) The sense of identity she finds throughout her journey in the setting is the internal discovery of who she is as a person. She has struggled with the conflict of being Chinese in a Caucasian environment. Being in China essentially allowed the character to connect to a true being, and silenced the conflict she as having inside herself for her entire life. Externally the place allowed her to feel connected to culture and the environment, all things that appear on the "outside" of a
"For the second time there was no sign. Again no bridegroom and the priest in the house." This is a religious reference, because bridegroom is referring to Jesus. I think Granny was seeking connection to the afterlife, and Jesus did not come and visit her on her deathbed as the reader was hoping for. With the emotional attachment you develop to her over the story line, one wanted the character to receive her final wishes just the way she wanted them and wrapped in gold paper.
A.) The setting of the story plays a huge role in the story. The setting in this story is more than a place of action, it's a place where the character finds her true identity. Time and place change throughout the story, but you are always tied in with June May throughout the course of "A Pair of Tickets" The setting allows June May to connect with her heritage, her mother, and a culture she had yet to explore.
B.) The sense of identity she finds throughout her journey in the setting is the internal discovery of who she is as a person. She has struggled with the conflict of being Chinese in a Caucasian environment. Being in China essentially allowed the character to connect to a true being, and silenced the conflict she as having inside herself for her entire life. Externally the place allowed her to feel connected to culture and the environment, all things that appear on the "outside" of a