Idea/Theme Communicated/Technique Explanation Example/Quote Systems of Faith & Spirituality Pickles – Lady Luck/Shifty shadow Characterisations – the “funny” things they do. Eg spinning knives Plot – Fish drowning questions Oriels faith. (NS) Spiritual Fish – speaks in 1st person with purpose & spiritual perspective. It is this voice of Fish that gives insight into the spiritual realm that Fish exists in. Birds = spirituality. Represent ‘solid ground’ as well as spiritual freedom (Noah-dove)
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I believe that the author’s life experiences influenced and interests influenced the book’s message. “In the summer of 1923‚ Steinbeck enrolled in a biology course at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove and there became familiar with the ideas of WIlliam Emerson Fitter‚ and found himself especially enamored with Ritter’s concept of the super-organism.” Superorganism refers to “an organized society (as of a social insect) that functions as an organic whole.” This term “is used most often to describe
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The Glass Menagerie and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? The Glass Menagerie was written by Tennessee Williams and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape was written by Peter Hedges. The first main difference between these two works is that The Glass Menagerie was a memory play that premiered in 1944 and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape was a novel in 1991 that was later adapted into a film in 1993. The main factor in The Glass Menagerie is that the characters and the story mimic the author’s own life‚ which he
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Joseph’s brothers were very jealous of him because of differences in circumstances. He was the baby of the family and probably got more attention than his brothers. Not feeling equal in love in the family made for resentment between him and his brothers. Only one brother‚ Reuben‚ wanted to save Joseph from doom‚ but he also wanted to gain more favor in their father’s eye. Guess the main principle in this is to love everyone equally regardless of differences. Also‚ don’t be secretive in your motives
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The main protagonist is Amy Gumm. She is a girl from Kansas and she hates it there. Her mom is never there to take care of her and a girl named Madison always bullies her. Her life was disappointing‚ boring and tough. Amy always managed on her own somehow but she wanted to get away. Far away! One day she was sitting in her trailer like any other day but the suddenly off the ground and floating in mid air. She passed out in the middle but when she woke up‚ she was in the magical land of Oz. She arrived
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At the beginning of this play‚ Miller creates an atmosphere of “undisturbed normality”.It is set ‘in the outskirts of an American town’. The title implies the metaphorical concepts of the Keller family showing their family extends to ‘their’ community. Although‚ being middle with a working class background‚ there are not rich yet feel financially stable and especially after the apparent tragedy (world war two) the Keller family is surprisingly stable. In the stage directions of the first scene.
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The way that Ruth dealt with their grief over Hunter’s death is that she is depressed when Hunter suffered from a relapse‚ because Ruth’s husbands were good men‚ and they changed her for the better‚ and made her accept God to avoid anti-Semitism. However‚ since Andrew died due to a lung disease (p242)‚ and Hunter also died due to a relapse (p128)‚ Ruth cried and suffered over Hunter’s death‚ unable to maintain order into her house‚ got rid of Hunter’s stuff in her house‚ and left her past so behind
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Ralph walks through the door after a day at work to find his wife‚ Alice‚ icing his favorite dessert. When he inquires as to the occasion‚ Alice tells him it’s for the new neighbor and asks him to introduce himself later. Ralph’s good friend‚ Ed‚ joins him and they discuss plans to play checkers with the new neighbor‚ “cuz them old guys like playing checkers”. Mr. Sanchez knocks on the door and Ralph and Ed discover the new neighbor is a bit younger and more suave then they imagined. Fear and panic
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Eat Less Crap Lose That Fat Sam Pease could be called the Gordon Ramsay of diets — her narrative is entertaining‚ fresh‚ candid and she is not afraid to punctuate with passionate profanities. With an honest account of her fat-shame‚ Eat Less Crap Lose That Fat is filled with funny‚ embarrassing self-confessions about foodguzzling and is the ultimate guide on how to get slim without the gym. Eat Less Crap Lose that Fat teaches readers easy ways to lose weight. Whether you want to lose 5‚ 50‚ or 500
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This novel takes place during the great depression where a farmer named Jeeter Lester‚ his wife Ada‚ and two out of all of his children (Ellie May and dude) live in a beat up home on Tobacco Road. Their home had ran in Jeeters family for many generations where all who owned the place were farmers. Jeeter‚ however‚ falls to a very unfortunate lifestyle and becomes lazy and doubtful. He is incapable to grow and sell his crops for several years. When the bank stops by one day to collect rent‚ Jeeter
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