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    As I went in deeper and deeper into the story I happened to learn that the title “good country people” doesn’t at all refer to any of the characters. For example, Mrs. Freeman happened to be a chatterbox who just loves to brag about her two daughters, as she was first introduced at the beginning of the story. As the story indicates Mrs. Hopewell is very insistent that the Freemans aren’t “White Trash” but “good country people” because as I learned Mrs. Hopewell is a prideful woman and she wouldn’t want to hire “white trash.” Same thing happens with the so called “Manley Pointer.” All he done was steal Hulga’s pride and joy, her wooden leg, so he just like the others is not a “good country people.” Now going back to the main character, Hulga. She isn’t a “good country people” either, she tends to fantasize herself above everyone else since she is highly educated, and they are not. The use of the phrase throughout the story has the effect of pointing out that the “good country people” are actually “bad country people.” This is an appropriate title for this story since it reveals that the “good country people” aren’t quite as “good” as they…

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    Though regarded by some as mere inhabitants of the background incapable of performing significant actions, the minor characters of a story assume an integral role within it. This is especially apparent in the novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven, where minor characters form a substantial portion of the plot. Notable minor characters within this book are Dominguez, Annie or Amy, and Mickey Shea. Dominguez, although a minor character within The Five People You Meet in Heaven, possesses a…

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    published in 1973 and was awarded a nobel prize she also received The Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her citation reads “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality." Morrison is known for her epic themes, rich detailed of black characters, and her vivid dialogue. Her literature impacted race, gender, and class as living in someone’s eyes according to a black's…

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    murder in Colombia. The narrator develops an idiosyncratic scene in which many of the town’s inhabitants were aware of the predestined murder. However, no one impeded the murder or had the sagacity to caution the victim. The crime took place by hand of the major characters in the novel. Although these characters experienced the crime firsthand, the minor characters in the novel were also directly involved. The minor characters set the scene for themes of sexual tension and honor. They also…

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    pair along the path. Examples of physical media include twisted-pair copper wire, coaxial cable, multimode fiber-optic cable, terrestrial radio spectrum, and satellite radio spectrum. Physical media fall into two categories: guided media and unguided media. With guided media, the waves are guided along a solid medium, such as a fiber-optic cable, a twisted-pair copper wire, or a coaxial cable. With unguided media, the waves propagate in the atmosphere and in outer space, such as in a wireless…

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