Quotes From The Story 'The Scarlet Ibis'

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I agree with E.M Forester when she once said “ A work of literature must provide more than factual accuracy or vivid physical reality. It must tell us more than we already know.” This quote means that the facts shown can go beyond reality, there is more than what is just being shown. I agree with this quote because just because facts are being shown there is always more to them.

Literature does more than depict reality, and factual accuracy is not important. According to the story “The scarlet Ibis “ It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree.” This quote means its going beyond the facts there is more to it than shown. this quote goes beyond the facts shown just

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