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    one night, which seems like a lot, but really is not. In "The Open Window," Vera tells lies about her aunt to Mr. Frampton Nuttel. The lies that Vera told end up frightening Mr. Nuttel because on his relaxing weekend away, her lies make him more tense. Although "Like the Sun" and "The Open Window" are different, they both use examples of truth and deception to explore the ideas of irony and paradox. "Like the Sun" and "The Open Window" tell stories about truth and deception with the help of…

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    and paradox to explore the themes of truth and lies in “like the sun” and “the open window.” In R.K. Narayan’s “Like the sun” Sekhar decides to tell the truth for the whole day. In Saki’s “The open window” Vera tell Mr. Nuttel lies the moment she meets him. Both stories have differnt themes but they both have the idea of irony. In “like the sun” the theme is about telling the truth for the day but in “the open window” the theme is more about Vera lying to Mr. Nuttel about her aunts husband and…

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    Reading “The Open Window” the narrative set the tone for the time and place in which the story was being narrated. Mr. Nuttel was visiting the home so that he could get acquainted with people who lived in the town. Written language did not convey the message Vera, 15, was playing a practical joke on Mr. Nuttel until I watched the video. In fact, her practical jokes caused Mr. Nuttel to run out of the house in pure terror. She carried her joke to another level by giving her family a farfetched…

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    “The Open Window” Argument Essay Vera is definitely a character to be disliked considering she rudely takes advantage of Mr. Nuttel’s nerves and lack of knowledge about neighbors to terrify him for her own amusement. In the beginning of the story, Vera greets Mr. Nuttel rudely, telling him “You must try and put up with me,” showing immediate dislike towards the man. Vera sees that Mr. Nuttel is a stranger to her family and uses it as an opportunity. Spooking him would be easy because his…

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    I think The Open Window story is full of irony. First of Vera's name itself shows the irony because her name means truth, but she is totally the opposite do not even close. But the biggest irony in the story is that Ms.Nuttel has gone to the country on his Doctors’ recommendation because he thought that it will be restful for him. And his sister also thinks he would be better with being around people. Ms.Nuttel goes in hope to find peace and quiet for his nervous condition. But he finds the…

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    of character development with Mrs. Sappleton and how Fremont Nettle has remembered her and how he wonders how she has been. We see deception used the most towards the end of the short story when we see a figure walking up to the open window. With this short story Open Window we see a lot of character development mostly with the use of Mrs. Sappleton's story and we see deception after the end of that story and what come to seem like her husband returning the characters in the story are given a…

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    “Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good.” This quote means that literature tells more of the bad things that people do than the the good things. This is because it is more thrilling to read about the misfortunes of someone than an a characters regular life. This quote is proven true in the two works The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and in The Color Purple by Alice Walker. “Literature opens a dark window on the…

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    commands. Even if lying is necessary, one will use it to fit his needs. However, not all situations are bad situations. An example of lying to control someone’s actions is portrayed in between the stories “The Pimienta Pancakes” by O. Henry and “The Open Window” By Saki. In the greater scheme of what is wrong and right, lying is wrong unless it is used for the greater good. “The Pimienta Pancakes” By O. Henry Takes place in the olden western days in a town named San Miguel. Times of poor…

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    characters Vera and Mr.Nuttel in the story “ The Open Window.” Saki uses different skills to come up with characters which are, direct characterization, indirect characterization, and motivation to make the characters come to life. Initially, Saki uses direct characterization to make Vera seem real. Direct characterization states what a characterization states what a character is like [ their personality]. A example of this is, in the story, “The Open Window” it states, “.... said a very…

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    One night in Purple County, it was the beginning of something no one could imagine. The story begins on a stormy, cloudy night when Billy’s phone rang, “Hello, who is this?” he moaned half asleep, “This better not be a prank call, you little rascals are always trying to test me. I don’t want to buy anything goodb-” “No it’s me you silly bum, sorry I just have a lot going on right now. Can you come over to my house and talk, please, I really need to vent.” said Ally, his best friend. “Do you…

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