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    After reading “Death of a Salesman,” questioning if Willy’s attempt to save his family from all their problems was the right decision. It wasn’t; all he did was leave his sons without a father and his wife without a husband. If anything he made things worse by taking his life, they had just finished paying off the house and both his sons were home. This was the time for a new beginning a time to fix his wrongs but he can no longer help since he lost himself and his family. Starting with Willy…

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    There are many possible cause and effect examples in many different movies, books, plays, or just about anything. Cause is basicly what started or causes of something that happens to somebody. The effect is what happens afterwards because of this. It is like the end result. For example, in the play, ‘A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley’, Ebenezer Scrooge was a very sad man. When he went back into the past, he saw himself enjoying things and being very joyful. So he realized that he could be…

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    In "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke and "Digging" written by Seamus Heaney, both the poem are about the writer's association with their father when they were young. Both parents function as workers, and both poets admire their father for their diligent work. In "My Papa's Waltz", the poet specifies that his father's hand have a battered knuckle on one hand and a palm built up hard by soil. In fact, this demonstrates that his father works hard. When he finishes his duty, he would tend to…

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    of their stories. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” and The Pearl, the main characters go through conflicts within their family that makes them recognize the important things in life. Greg’s conflict is resolved when he talks to Lemon Brown about his son, so he begins to realize that his father only wants the best for him. On the other hand, unfortunately Greg’s conflict is resolved when Coyotito gets killed. Readers should understand that materialistic objects and privileges such as basketball,…

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    The book starts off in 1903 in the Middle Kingdom in China. Moon Shadow is seven years old he lives with his mom and grandmother his father lives in the land of the golden mountain. His father works their and sends money to the mom, the mom works on their farm that is always busy. Moon Shadow has never met his father,but one thing he knows about him is he makes amazing kites. One day Hand Clap comes and gives a note to Moon Shadow from his father asking if he would like to live in the Land Of…

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    Odysseus in disguise as a poor beggar meets with Eumaeus a swine herder when he reaches Ithaca. Eumaeus shows a great deal of affection towards a person that isn't even his child but, why is this so? This swine herder on Ithaca has been a part of Telemachus life since he was born. Arguably, Eumaeus is the most loyal person in Ithaca towards his king's family. He helped to raise Telemachus and has seen him grow while Odysseus was gone. Telemachus, in a way acted as a father figure that he could…

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    Jesus Son By Denis Johnson

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    Jesus’ Son Book Review Jesus’ Son is a novel written by Denis Johnson. The genre is Fiction. It is 133 pages long and is about 14 dollars. This novel was published in 1992. This book is a novel full of different short stories that make up the chapters. The narrator is an unknown drug user that is just shifting us through different incidents that he has either witnessed or been a part of. There is no exact theme, in my opinion. Each chapter has a different story to tell with one thing in common;…

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    By developing sympathetic, life altering, problems in the beginning of season one, Gilligan uses Walter White’s point of view to construct a personal relationship with the viewers as he scripts a distinguishable character who will perceive himself as a protagonist with antagonistic actions. Beyond the first episode of Breaking Bad, the viewer learns that Walter White is fifty years old and teaches high school chemistry with a PhD in chemistry. Throughout the configuration of the story, viewers…

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    goes on saying no one ever thanks him for the work, but whoever is telling the poem, could hear cold splinters breaking. The father calls the narrator to get ready. The narrator’s shoes were polished. From how the story is told, the narrator is the son of the father. The poems “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks, and “We Old Dudes” by Joan Murray, have two significant occurrences…

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    hardworking man, and how he taken for granted the sacrificing duties his father endures to make sure the family is okay. The very first word in the first line, “Sundays” makes a reference to Christianity. This reference captures images of the resurrected son that was sacrificed by his father. It also gives us an idea that this poem might follow the same story or be similar to the story in John 3:16 in the bible. In line one, the word “too”, which is very common is also filled with a great deal…

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