defined as a statement different from what appears to be true. It is an incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happens (Meyer‚ 286-287). In a lot of cases‚ irony is usually used to raise the reader’s interest by making the story or poem more unpredictable. In the poem “Suburban” by John Ciardi‚ the author approaches the reader with humor and irony. When Mrs. Friar phones Mr. Ciardi‚ saying: “The fact is your dog has just deposited – forgive me – a large repulsive object in
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who has migrated to England with his son Ali. Parvez worries because Ali’s behavior has changed significantly. Early in the story‚ Parvez is afraid of discussing his worries with his friends because his son has always been a kind of showpiece son. Eventually‚ Parvez breaks his silence and tells them how his son has changed‚ hoping to receive some advice. After having a short conversation‚ they come to the conclusion that his son might be addicted to drugs and that he sells his things to earn money
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In the semi-autobiographical poem‚ ‘The Story of Lost Friends’‚ Ruskin Bond chronicles all the important incidents in his life which lead to friendship being made and then broken. In this poem he narrates a brief story of his childhood‚ of promises kept and broken‚ friends made and lost‚ joy and sorrow‚ set against the war years in India. The poem starts with him standing on the edge of the railway- cutting‚ looking for someone among the hundreds of people in the station and reminiscing
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of this short story. Hughie Erskine is a gorgeous and well-known man. He has every accomplishment except earning money. He tries everything; from being an investor‚ a tea- merchant‚ to selling dry sherry. Nothing works and what makes thing worse that he is in love. The girl is Laura Merton‚ the daughter of a retired Colonel. Both are madly in love and adoring each other. The problem is‚ Hughie had no idea how he could manage to get ten thousand pounds to get her hand in marriage‚ as her father has
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Bombay. He started practice in 1911 as a District Pleader and in 1912 he enrolled himself is High Court Pleader. He‚ married twice‚ first Sm. Hiraben (19020 and after her death am. Jadiben (1906).Gijubhai’s maternal uncle Hargovind Pandya had a great influence in moulding his mind and character. Another strong influence was that of S. P. Stevens‚ a solicitor for whom Gijubhai worked in East Africa‚ who taught him self-help and reliance.Solicitude for the education of his first son‚ Narendrabhai (b
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and not even one fourth the age of his. Jimmy lacks patience and gets mad very easily. He is turning 69 next Saturday and he is still a mad man as he had always been. Jimmy lives in a shack by himself an hour away from the town. No one knows how long he has lived there for and no one ever wonders. Everyday he shows up at the liquor store to buy a pack of Red Marlboro‚ and then he goes straight to the grocery store for chocolate milk. It was raining rapidly and everyone hurried from one place
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[pic] PEN 0055 Essential English Foundation in Law ONLINE NOTES Reading 1 (Short Stories) A Rose for Emily William Faulkner | When Miss Emily Grierson died‚ our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a |1 | |fallen monument‚ the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house‚ which no one save an old man-servant—a | | |combined gardener and cook—had seen in at least ten years
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ENL407 COURSE TITLE THE SHORT STORY QUESTION ‘The short story lacks criticism and lacks form’. Justify this statement using any three stories from THE JAMBULA TREE AND OTHER STORIES. The short was said to lack both criticism and form. These are some of the many false accusations that were levelled against the short story. These allegations‚ coupled with several others‚ have been responsible for the attitude of critics towards the short story. Critics considered the short story to be an inferior kind
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"...the pain of saying goodbye and moving on." Write a short story inspired by the above phrase. Bright lights. Clean walls. Clean floors. Pale uniforms. People rushing back and forth through the corridors. That nauseating smell that lingers in your nostrils for hours after you leave. Blood slipped down the left side of his face‚ dripping off his chin‚ slowly forming a tiny puddle between his legs. His hair was a mess‚ his clothes soaked - ragged in places where the medics had cut them to check
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both have different meanings. The main question is "What does it mean to own something?’ Many argue that ownership is not much of a great thing‚ it can be of different negative meanings‚ while others disagree and think that ownership helps develop character. In the society we live in today‚ people own a lot of things from a car‚ to a house‚ and other things‚ but what does it truly mean to own something? Is it possible to own tangible and intangible objects? As aristotle claimed‚ he believed that
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