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    Throughout the novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” Sherman Alexie’s really gives an authentic feel to his story as it is written about himself. Written in first person, Alexie portrays his journey through the eyes of Arnold Spirit Jr. Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Willpinit, Washington. Able to describe the depths of these obstacles and wisdom he gained throughout his life on the Reservation. With knowing that these events throughout the book were a…

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    the play as an illusion. The play’s comical appearance also aids the play’s dreamy appearance. When Bottom is turned into an ass by Puck, under the orders of Oberon, the play gives the audience a hilarious outlook, since with the use of the magical flower, Titania ends up falling in love with bottom, who at that moment is an ass: “see their knavery, this is to make an ass of me, to fright me, if they could.” (3.1.16) Shakespeare’s use of comedy guides us through the frightening moments of the…

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    The [drunk’in] Millar’s Tale is a centered around the love triangle between a young wife, her trickster lover, and her cuckolded husband. Alison claims to have fear of her husband's crazed jealousy in the early parts in the tale but the idea isn’t supported later when Absolon sits outside their window to sing love songs. I mean, really… who does that? Who sits outside a married woman’s window (with the husband inside, no less) and sings love ballads? I felt kind of bad for John, sure he’s old…

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    book, Junior describes poverty as an “empty refrigerator + empty stomach”. The reason why he describes poverty this way because he considers himself as a capital L with a big ass head. In the book, it says, “I wish I were magical, but I am really just a poor-ass reservation kid living with his poor-ass family on the poor ass Spokane Indian Reservation.” After a long while of not eating his parents come home with KFC and…

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    When Hannah first moved to town, there were two other new kids, Alex Standall (from the previous tape) and Jessica Davis. Hannah and Jessica met through a well-meaning guidance counselor, Miss Antilly, who switched schools later that year. Clay remembers that she was replaced by Mr. Porter. Hannah says that the change in guidance counselors was "very unfortunate" (5.110). But she'll explain that in another tape. Clay wonders whether Mr. Porter had a role in Hannah's suicide. He was asking about…

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    wakes up. “What a horrid dream.” She stretches and is surprised at how sore her muscles are. She rolls over and yelps, her eyes pop open. “No, it can’t be real.” Tears fill her eyes and roll down her cheeks when she realizes where she is. Her ass is extremely tender; she twists to observe the damage and wishes she had not looked. Bruises and welts cover her cheeks; the skin broke in several places. A small table has appeared in the room. Surely, it was not there before. Moving closer…

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    become bad ass Brian Craig Sweeny develops character establishment though the use of brain having two different sides to his personality both a serious side and a child side these sides are expressed thought multiple techniques including humour, music, close ups and In the TV series limitless we see the aspect of Establishing character first developed in episode 5 when Brian wakes up the Moring after having NZT and sees that he has left a message for himself telling himself to become "bad ass…

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    That is it! Lock me up in a mental asylum, I am officially crazy. I have completely and utterly - lost my marbles, but then again it is right there in front of me. What am I supposed to do? We just moved to this house two days ago, and my parents and brother left for my grandmothers; they will not be back until Monday night. All I was doing was making a Nutella banana sandwich and I hear wind slowly blowing threw the kitchen. I knew the widows were all closed, I doubled checked before I decided…

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    Numerous references to eyes and sight help develop the theme of love and illusion versus reality in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare reminds the readers that dreams help with escaping what is seen in the harsh realities of love and chaos. The power of the word “eye” help develop the theme of love through its meaning. Lovers begin to defy their worldly values in order to be with their true love. Since blindness is the weakest attribute to the eyes, it causes lovers to become crazy and…

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    throughout the play. One example the reader may notice takes place in Act III Scene I when Bottom’s head is transformed into that of an ass. He hasn’t a clue what has happened to him and is very much confused. "I see their knavery. This is to make an ass of me, to / fright me, if they could" (3.1.114-115). This quote is quite hysterical since he has literally become an ass, coincidentally fitting his name…

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