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Has there ever been a time were you just need someone else's thoughts well in these two excerpts “Who Are You Maria? From Call Me Maria by Judith O. Cofer and The Watcher by James Howe”. Words make a difference in Maria a conversation occurs between her grandmother that is a powerful set of words, while in The Watcher the set of words can be heard in a different way. In both of these passages there's powerful dialogue given by the elders that does help the characters in both scenarios they are…

Just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it is not there and not suffering. This applies to both, “the Man in the Well” by, Ira Sher and “Button, Button” by, Richard Matheson. In both stories, a character capitalizes on their puissance and utilize it to apostatize someone that is at a disadvantage. In both stories, Sher and Matheson use irony to develop the theme of, “out of sight out of mind.” The theme, “out of sight, out of mind” is developed very different in, “the Man in the…

1) The story and the narrator have given us plenty of reasons to be wary of Chillingworth before now. How does this section of the novel alter your reading of him? Choose some examples from today's reading to demonstrate the narrator's darkening opinion of him. Discuss. Throughout chapters 9-12, there are many cases where Chillingworth is described as demon-like and evil. There is a rumor going around the town that Chillingworth is the demon of Dimmesdale’s soul, which is causing him to be as…

In society today, it is a normal occurrence that readers will look for the underlying themes in stories and poems. To these people, blue never actually means the color blue; it would mean the sadness of the character throughout the poem. Furthermore, I will put Chaos into fourteen lines by Edna St. Vincent Millay and Design by Robert Frost portray this statement perfectly. These poems have a dark take on the universal theme of there must be a higher power controlling the course of life. The…

is nothing for the reader to connect to, which leads to them becoming uninterested and putting down the book. Based on “The Hook” by K.M. Weiland, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of “The Sign of the Four” has successfully written a good hook. Doyle opens the novel with the main character, Sherlock Holmes, and then he immediately makes the reader ask themselves a question while simultaneously setting the tone. His approach to the novel leaves enough mystery to make the reader want to continue…

Sage was sure that this mysterious name of the book would definitely make the King curious, especially after his reaction to sage mentioning the story of the crocodile. Sage told the King that the book contains countless amount of secrets. He told him to open the book “on the sixth leaf, reads three lines from the left page” and his cut off head will answer any King’s question. The King got amused by this idea and called it “the wonder of wonders” (583.1.3). He let Sage go home “to settle his…

She then tells the readers from her experience that popularity has nothing to do with what a person is capable of or what they own, but what is on the inside is what counts. Although this may be true for her, some people may think popularity has everything to do with what a person owns and nothing to do with the generosity a person has. This is biased because it is persuading us to believe Maya’s definition of popularity, even though the true definition is not mentioned. Readers are also…

singular and plural, as they use the pronouns ‘I’, ‘my’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ (Babel 1925). The author’s reliability is unclear, and the narration is subjective, as it explains thoughts and feelings. The narrator’s use of first person POV immerses the reader in the story, as they experience the events from a close emotional distance, which is more effective than if the POV was second or third person. First person POV gives the paragraph a sense of mystery, as the narrator is the focus, not their…

While reading the “Little Red Ridding Hood”, one of the underlying message that was directed to children is not to talk to wolfs because you might become their meal. Little Red Ridding Hood was allowed to wonder in the woods to her grandmother’s house all alone and on her way she encountered a wolf who asked her several questions. Little Red Ridding Hood not knowing best told the wolf everything. Because of this Little Red Ridding Hood’s grandmother and Little Red Ridding Hood were both eaten by…

Robert Hayden’s sorrowful “Those Winter Sundays” demonstrates how the utilization of allusions, consonance, symbolism, and alliteration establish a dramatic and emotional effect. Beginning with the word “Sundays,” Hayden references Christianity, generating images of a resurrected son, sacrificed by his own father. Building upon the same tensions found in this familiar story, the speaker shares bittersweet remembrances of Sunday mornings with his father. Like the Christian story of God’s son…