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  • Amy Tans's Short Story Mother Tongue

    Amy Tans's Short Story Mother Tongue

    Limited English In Amy Tans's short store "Mother Tongue", readers are introduced to Tan who is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother. While in school, Tan always excelled in mathematics and science, but felt she had a disadvantage with English and Literature. This disadvantage was caused because her limited English she had to use with her mother. As a young girl growing up Tan was embarrassed because of her mothers poor English "I know

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    Essay Length: 692 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Jon
  • “the Novel Tells a Story” (e.M.Forster).What Else, If Anything, Does Forster Do?

    “the Novel Tells a Story” (e.M.Forster).What Else, If Anything, Does Forster Do?

    Upon a most rudimentary evaluation, A Passage to India is simply a story, a tale of two countries through which we follow a handful of central characters. As readers, we watch as these characters travel from England to India, into mosques and temples and through caves. We are given a window through which to view their interactions and whereabouts. It is undeniable that A Passage to India tells a story, however; to say that telling

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    Essay Length: 444 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Stories of John Cheever

    The Stories of John Cheever

    The Stories of John Cheever The Worm In The Apple & The Enormous Radio Both, The Worm In The Apple and The Enormous Radio deal with how we view other people and how we view ourselves. What happens when you take a closer look at another family? And what happens when you take a closer look at your own? Irony plays a big role in these stories, but in completely different ways. In The

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    Essay Length: 1,212 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Victor
  • An Arabs Story

    An Arabs Story

    I always enjoy Friday nights at my house. It was a time when family and friends gathered together to celebrate. A time in which we enjoyed good food, told stories to the children about their heritage and shared laughter. Today however, is a great celebration. It is the day that my daughter will graduate from high school. My wife is making my favorite dish; Mansaf. She makes the best jameed in the world. As I

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    Essay Length: 708 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Janna
  • Mr.Linden’s Library Creative Short Story

    Mr.Linden’s Library Creative Short Story

    “Mr. Linden?” cried Kiran as she entered the mansion that belonged to Joseph Linden. “Hello? It’s Kiran; I’m here to talk to you about that book you recommended.” She stood in the marble-floored entry hall under the colossal crystal chandelier. An elderly man appeared at the top of the spiral staircase in front of an extensive painting of a woman in robes. “Ah Kiran, I have been awaiting your arrival,” the man said. “Please, follow

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    Essay Length: 1,010 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Banner of Battle - the Story of the Crimean War

    The Banner of Battle - the Story of the Crimean War

    After the Napoleonic wars, European Statesmen avoided war in fear that war on the continent would led to violent social change. The Revolutions of 1848, which started in Paris, spread across the European continent replacing statesmen in France and Austria, increasing the desire for Hungarian independence, and inspiring movements for German and Italian unification. This political upheaval destroyed the "Concert of Europe's" united responsibility of maintaining peace on the continent as nations resorted to authoritative

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    Essay Length: 1,139 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Story

    Story

    When it comes to me sitting down and listening to a story I look for a few specific characteristics that the story must have for me to consider it interesting and well told. To begin with, the character of the story must be somewhat realistic and it really helps when it is somewhat like me. The story must get to its point quickly and keep me on the edge of my seat in order for

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    Essay Length: 377 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Love Story

    Love Story

    LOVE STORY By Erich Segal The story is told from the viewpoint of a student of low at the Harvard University called Oliver Barrett. He is part of a rich famous family from Harvard. During his senior year he met Jeniffer Cavilleri, a Radcliffe music student, who is yet to become his love. At the beginning their relationship didn’t go so well and they tend to disagree a lot. Eventually they fell in love. Oliver

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    Essay Length: 313 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Vika
  • Shop Talk and War Stories

    Shop Talk and War Stories

    In the literary masterpiece, Shop Talk and War Stories by Jan Winburn, various journalists share their different experiences in the field of journalism. These experiences cover the commencement of news room jobs, the science of reporting, the art of interviewing, writing, beat reporting, investigative reporting, story types, broadcast journalism, computer assisted reporting, what is, ethical journalism, and certain issues that arise on the job of being a journalist. For each topic, several professional journalists

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    Essay Length: 3,739 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • A Story Told Through Song

    A Story Told Through Song

    Neal Timberlake Mrs. Thompson English 9- period 6 23 August 2006 A Story told through Song When song writers write songs, the songs usually have to do with real situations and other aspects of their life. For example writers write songs about love, life problems, adventures, feelings, and dreams. In the novel The Hobbit by, J.R.R. Tolkien, songs are used many times throughout the story. In The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien uses songs to explain adventures

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    Essay Length: 933 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: David
  • Understanding Characters in Objectively Narrated Stories

    Understanding Characters in Objectively Narrated Stories

    Understanding Characters in Objectively Narrated Stories Characterization is the way writers develop characters and reveal those characters’ traits to readers. (Kirszner 121) Most times in a story we learn about the characters, through their own thoughts or through the narrative of a third person. In fact, most stories written are told through a first or third person narrative. What about the less popular point of view, the objective narrative? In the objective narrative there

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    Essay Length: 2,120 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: David
  • Characterization, Tone, and Setting in the Story of an Hour

    Characterization, Tone, and Setting in the Story of an Hour

    Characterization, Tone, and Setting in The Story of an Hour 1 The theme of “The Story of an Hour” is do not believe everything that is told to you until you see it yourself. This story is understood better when you focus on these three critical concepts, characterization, tone and setting. 2 First off is characterization, which is important for what is upcoming at the end of the story. To understand this you must understand

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    Essay Length: 537 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Elusiveness of War and the Tenuousness of Morality in Tim O'Brien's “the Things They Carried,” “how to Tell a True War Story,” and “style”

    The Elusiveness of War and the Tenuousness of Morality in Tim O'Brien's “the Things They Carried,” “how to Tell a True War Story,” and “style”

    The Elusiveness of War and the Tenuousness of Morality in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried,” “How to Tell a True War Story,” and “Style” In the novel The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien demonstrates how exposure to the atrocities of nations at war leads to the soldiers having skewed perspectives on what is right and wrong, predominantly at times when the purpose of the war itself appears elusive. The ambiguity that consumes the stories

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    Essay Length: 659 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Coming of Age Stories

    The Coming of Age Stories

    Stories about youth and the transition from that stage of life into adulthood form a very solidly populated segment of literature. In three such stories, John Updike’s “A & P,” Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Was Almost a Man,” and James Joyce’s “Araby”, young men face their transitions into adulthood. Each of these boys faces a different element of youth that requires a fundamental shift in their attitudes. Sammy, in “A&P”, must make a moral

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    Essay Length: 1,280 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Top
  • Creation Stories

    Creation Stories

    creation stories- comparing the Eskimo creation story, the Genesis creation story, and the evolution creation theory. There are some very different theories but some very similar concepts between the Eskimo creation story, the Genesis creation story, and the theory of evolution. The Genesis and Eskimo stories are pretty old whereas the theory of evolution is a lot newer. The Eskimo creation story has been ruled out by most as a myth or a folk tale.

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    Essay Length: 2,392 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Story of Isaac

    The Story of Isaac

    The story of Isaac . In telling the story of Isaac it is very important to tell about his father Abram . Once Lord ordered Abram to leave his country , his people and his father's household and to go to the land that God was going to show him . After that God made promises which were fulfilled inthe rest of the Genesis. The first was making Abram into a great nation . Naturally

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    Essay Length: 2,203 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Story of Bonnie and Clyde

    The Story of Bonnie and Clyde

    Bonnie Parker was born on the first day of October in 1910, in Rowena, Texas. Bonnie was an excellent student and the second of three children. An avid fan of Romance and Confession magazines, she wasn’t the typical stereotype of a killer, much less a serial murderer. Standing at four foot ten inches, she married Roy Thornton. She got a tattoo on the inside of her thigh of two hearts with their names intertwined. But

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    Essay Length: 1,415 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: David
  • A Short Story: Do We Have a Choice

    A Short Story: Do We Have a Choice

    Short Story ‘Do we have a choice?’ Laying down on the Hostels Bed, the two best Friends -Zeba and Zaraa- remembered the time they have spent together. The have been friends since the age of five. The started school together, studied together, partied together and whatever they did did it together. Now they graduated together from King Edwards, a university in Lahore- Pakistan, and had to go back to their own homes. “Oh Zeba,” said

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    Essay Length: 1,617 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The Story of an Hour

    The Story of an Hour

    Analyzing “The Story of an Hour” In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin creates a character that changes from “a woman afflicted with heart trouble” to “a goddess of Victory.” This short story is exceptionally different from other short stories. The author uses different literary techniques to convey the meaning of the story which is centered around a woman trapped in a unfulfilling marriage. Though her use of language, imagery, symbolism, irony, and descriptive

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    Essay Length: 1,004 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Steve
  • Analysis of Setting in “the Story of an Hour” and “popular Mechanics”

    Analysis of Setting in “the Story of an Hour” and “popular Mechanics”

    Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Carver’s “Popular Mechanics” both use setting to develop their theme. The relationship in marriage breaks down if the couple does not truly love each other. Both stories have similar settings, such as both went into the social environment of a relationship, but some contents of the setting of each story have differences. Each story’s theme is conveyed by the setting, such as social environments and time, of the

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: David
  • Irony and Abuse in the Story of an Hour

    Irony and Abuse in the Story of an Hour

    Essay about the “Story Of an Hour” Irony and Abuse The story of an Hour was written by the American writer Kate Chopin who was an author of short stories and novels. She is now considered to have been a precursor of feminist authors of the 20th century. The Story Of an Hour is about a woman who suffers from the repression of her husband. This story reflects what Chopin felt toward the customs of

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    Essay Length: 510 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: David
  • Analysis the Tonight Ensemble from West Side Story

    Analysis the Tonight Ensemble from West Side Story

    West Side Story No 10: Tonight (Ensemble) Maria, Tony, Anita, Riff, Bernardo, Jets and Sharks In this number, all the participants talk about the eventful evening they feel is ahead, each with their own thoughts on what will happen. There are three trains of thought: 1 Riff and Bernardo - thinking (in terms of their own gangs) of the fight arranged for later that evening 2 Anita - thinking about her 'nocturnal activities' with Bernardo

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    Essay Length: 1,537 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Edward
  • Zack’s Story

    Zack’s Story

    My Story For as long as I can remember I have always considered myself to be a special person. Now I know that sounds kind of stupid and your probably saying to yourself that everyone thinks that im a dumb ass, and I understand that. But I do believe that I am a special kid. I look at life in a real funny way, like it is just a series of quizzes and tests that

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    Essay Length: 1,841 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Story Summary of Brave New World

    Story Summary of Brave New World

    Brave New World opens in the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Center, where the Director of the Hatchery and Henry Foster are giving a tour to a group of boys. The boys learn about the Bokanovsky Process, which allows the Hatchery to produce thousands of nearly identical human embryos. During the gestation period the embryos travel in bottles along a conveyor belt through a large factory building, and are conditioned to belong to one

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    Essay Length: 1,044 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Point of View and Feminist Themes in "story of an Hour"

    Point of View and Feminist Themes in "story of an Hour"

    Point of View and Feminist Themes in “The Story of an Hour” In every story one has read or will read, there is always a certain perspective given from a character’s point of view. Whether it be a first person, third person, or omniscient narrative, we are all told a story from one of these perspectives. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” she uses the third person limited omniscient narrative with feminist undertones

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    Essay Length: 1,055 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Mike

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