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    Jennifer Vo Thelma and Louise is a story about two women who decide to go on a trip, but it does not go as planned. The premise is a classic adventure story about friends who plan a great adventure; however, they hit bumps in the road, but the problems they endure help them define themselves. In the three act breakdown, act I is the planning of the trip to taking off on the trip, act II is the runaway from all their troubles, which leads to act III Thelma and Louise tries to escape and their…

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    The endings of stories are crucial to making a good tale. Endings are used for wrapping up the falling action, explaining the mysteries, and tying up loose ends. Without endings, stories would constantly have one event after another happen with no stopping point and the conclusion would be left of to a reader 's imagination. Due to the vitality of endings, readers must evaluate them based one whether or not they do a fine job at concluding the story instead of whether the ending is happy or not.…

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    likely pick it up and see what goes from there. So one day during my LIT 224 class I was going through the contents of our book and one story caught my eye, Sexy by Jhumpa Lahiri, I turned to the page the story started on and began to read. The story wasted no time getting someplace interesting, in the first page alone our heroine, who is named Miranda hears the story of a “wife’s worst nightmare”. She listens as one of her coworkers tells how her cousin’s husband had left her, he had found a…

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    way in which a story is presented can either be what Kenneth Burke refers to as good art or bad art. Good art is that which conveys multiple meanings through the context; bad art is that which only holds one meaning that is simply understood the same way among all audience members. Hills Like White Elephants can be categorized as good art through the ways in which, depending on the reader, can lead to various interpretations and understandings. Through examination of the story and its various…

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    twist along with turns connected with “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” depart the readers perplexed along with riveted, relaying that the upmost believed went in the outline from the story. The author leaves the readers looking forward to good prevailing over evil yet never lets them possess their meant ending as most stories do which is what provides this account its challenging draw. In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor works by using literary techniques including conflicts,…

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    to tell his story it was pretty clear and very understanding. He told the story pretty well for the most part. You could tell that the story wasn’t organized because he often jumped around from topic to topic. As he was telling the story It was as if he was proud of the story, rather than embarrassed. I noticed that his tone was playful and pleased. I felt…

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    and after his conversations with Brooksmith’s master Mr Offord. In the story, Brooksmith starts off as more of a background character to the narrators and Mr. Offord’s conversations. But as the story goes on, Mr.Offord becomes ill, ultimately bringing Brooksmith into the story’s spotlight. Later on in the story we see the death of Mr.Offord, and then begins the decline of Brooksmith that will lead to his speculated death.This story is full of clever devices, such as a connected sentence…

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    Media Coverage Analysis

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    issues, scandals, and celebrity updates plague television screens on a daily basis. These reports are oftentimes the only way or single source for keeping up with current stories. Having accurate and unbiased sources are the bright line for what makes great news. Although, some critique these outlets of only showcasing stories that grab in the ratings, lack truth, or just sensationalize the truth. Patrick Cockburn, a renown journalist, is one of the few who work in the media who try to expose…

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    A Simple Life Analysis

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    portion of my story work such as, “Terry sat upon the porcelain god, reading a Science Daily magazine” and “Then in an unseen instant – the roof popped and cracked in a blaze of glory as everything went up into a cloud of sizzling smolder.” – These lines work because they focus in on the comedic tone that I was looking to convey through the story and they show rather than tell. I think that more lines like this could make the story feel more natural. 2. In this portion of the story, I feel as…

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    However, behind various acts of attention, the story examines the complexity of relationships and problem of miscommunication which can force a person to abandon even luxurious home. The problem of miscommunication is clear from the first sentence where a reader is exposed to tension between character’s…

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