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Using an unexpected kiss under a sudden thunderstorm, Len Roberts’ “First Kiss,” depicts a young boy’s vague sense of loss, and his awareness, of his own adolescent storm approaching. Throughout the poem, three major shifts are evident in order to illustrate the young boy’s transition from childhood into adolescence, and his ignorance of the change. The poem begins with a thunderstorm coming over a sandlot which is described as, “that blue-black cloud came over the sandlot with drops of rain as…

Hello there young lad, fellow reader, whomever you may be, I hope this story affects you in a good way and as a matter of fact, it will. You will learn in this story about myself, Adam and my brother, Richard Finley. Together we’ll go on a journey to an island that no man has ever set its soul on. Let me give you a few reasons why, it is harsh to man, eerie, and mysterious. Ancient legends say that people who approach this island are forever haunted until their deathbed. The ghosts that roam…

Do readers know the intent of the advertisements that they are viewing? How can readers train themselves to read between the lines, and study a product before the advertisement spread, that may be false, completely wins them over? Advertisements only have their own companies success in mind and are not truly there to help the consumer or customers find the best product. Companies will do anything to win against their competitors, with help from the outside world. Do all magazines companies…

out a vacation that they believe will be wonderful. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” starts off with a humorous tone since the reader does not know the outcome of the story. O’Connor’s use of tone changes from humorous to quite frightening, which plays a key role in making this short story a compelling one. Flannery’s creative and strange take on narrating the story forces the reader to believe that she does not take violence seriously, as she portrays violence as being normal in Southern culture.…

Day commences by positioning the reader to acknowledge the past history of tattoos, and the significance they held before their original meanings were lost. She states that there were a sign of “deviance” and “criminality”, words which are infused with rebellion, distaste, and shock. By this effect, she conveys that tattoos have been historically looked down upon over the course of history. Consequently, the reader may seek to view those with tattoos in a less positive light, as they are…

induces a great sense of empathy in the reader, causing them to reflect on their own life as they recall similar, personal interactions between…

John Rosa claims that the title of Local Story comes from the idea that the book is an instance of “talking story” about a local story, using this style of oral transmission in written form to convey to the reader the contents of the book. This is not a book specifically about the Massie-Kahahawai case specifically, but about the effect which this case had according to the author, a look into the formation of a local identity that brought together people of different ethnicities into one…

Brant’s point of view does not create a dream which one would define as harmful at face value, like Coates’s idea of the Dream. Instead, Brant formulates an idea of the Dream that any reader can support. Brant introduces the reader to a proud member of the United States military, the ideal American. (Brant p. 10) He creates a mother who is inconvenienced by pregnancy but who loves her child so much that she is willing to recreate her life for her. (Brant…

wouldn’t appeal to the eye of the targeted audience, so they went about it with an eye catching image. They started with a handsome young man pulling in young women who find him attractive. However they do this because they are trying to tell the reader that even though he 's attractive he has another side to him, his looks can be deceiving and he could pull you in, nonetheless you have no acknowledgement that he is HIV positive. They used these types tactics because HIV can get anyone who 's…

the reader. However, with just a few changes…