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    Since Liesel is a main character maybe mention her a bit less than the others so you don’t go off on a rant. How big of a mix of good and bad symbols are there? The mix between good and bad meaning symbols is big enough that it is noticeable when you really look into it, but…

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    While reading literature, it is crucial to recognize the importance of the messages stories provide as well as the perspectives characters offer the reader. “Stickeen” by John Muir and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison are both centered around the powerful perspectives of innocents. In both stories, certain youthful or naive characters have been able to encourage personal growth in their peers or elders, making their high value crucial in the stories. Due to their unique and fleeting perspective,…

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    and action are apparent themes which cannot be neglected. Even though there is a distinct disassociation between them, together are important key components that can analyze the characters who we come across. Throughout the book, we reach a point that emotion takes on an unoccupied role and is a key in guiding the characters to make irrational decisions. In contrast, action has a stronger sense because it is prescribed by duty. This description reflects on the personality of Aeneas, who lay…

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    HEMMINGWAY” ABSTRACT This article aims at, to prove Earnest Hemingway as a writer of horror, men and masculinity by applying speech act theory as an objective tool. The description of a character by its characteristics is a difficult task, but when there is a use of objective tool it becomes easier. Characters come in front of us like living person.…

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    Chinua Achebe's “Things Fall Apart” is a historical fiction novel that is set in the early 1900’s. This novel is about the tragic downfall of the main character Okonkwo, a well respected leader within his clan in Umuofia, who is also a tragic hero because of several flaws. Okonkwo’s most noticeable flaw is that he fears weakness and failure. Okonkwo’s fatal flaw is his fear of weakness and failure. This fear was the result of the weakness and failure of his father, Unoka. He saw how nobody…

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    In fact, throughout the story, the narrator or the characters never mention that “the operation” is an abortion operation. However, before the readers even start to read, Hemingway predisposes the readers to have a faint picture of pregnancy in their mind. The title, “Hills Like White Elephants”, symbolizes…

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    “‘There is no act more wretched than stealing, Amir,’ Baba said” (Hosseini 18). This is said within the first few pages of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and helps set the tone for the rest of the novel. Baba has a very set-in-stone way of looking at life, but his actions don’t always reflect this. Baba’s view of the world and what he considers the worst sin affects his son Amir negatively. This negative effect can be seen in Baba’s hypocritical actions, in Amir’s views of Baba, and…

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    have to go on until it is over. 2. Setting- The setting of the book is of course on a train that was headed to Stamboul (Istanbul) to London but after the murder of a man the train gets stuck onto a snowdrift. 3. Who are the main characters? Though there alot of characters involved…

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    For instance, at the beginning of the film we can see an example of a Match-on-Action Cut, as the young lady approaches to the door there is a switch of perspective, it shows the continuation of the character. In addition, right after this cut, it is possible to appreciate a 180-degree system, looking at the back of the young girl at the lower left corner, and facing the old lady who opened the door. The old lady starts talking and when the young lady…

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    People handle the loss of a love one differently, there are some people who let their feelings be known to the public while there are others who repress their grief. Gus, from the short story “Lets go to the Videotape” by Fiona Maazel, does not know how to deal with the deal of his mother. The short story starts off with Nick, the father, filming Gus falling off of his bike and putting it up online. It receives enough attention to get a spot on America’s Funniest Home Videos. After winning the…

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