In Stephen King’s short story “Survivor Type”‚ King uses imagery‚ setting and irony to ask the question “What will a person risk in order to survive?” In this short story‚ Richard Pine‚ a medical school graduate‚ surgeon and a pill pusher is on his way back home to the United States with 2 Kilos of heroin‚ when the cruise ship that he is on sinks after an enormous explosion. Dr. Pine manages to get onto a life boat that takes him to a deserted island which Pine describes as small enough to spit across
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George Clooney once said “You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak”. With a sharp tongue and an ego bigger than the Rocky Mountains‚ a man name Swede digs himself an early grave. In the “Blue Hotel” a short story by Stephen Crane takes place in a small town‚ at a little hotel called Fort Romper. The owner Pat Scully a short‚ stubby‚ Irishman does his best to receive any guest at his hotel. One wintry morning Scully conjured three guest‚ Swede‚ a cowboy named Bill‚ and quiet gentlemen
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1st Quarter: Notes to Remember… Figurative Language Simile- A simile compares two things using the words “like” and “as.” Examples: busy as a beeas dry as a bone clean as a whistle brave as a lion stand out like a sore thumbthey fought like cats and dogs Metaphor- When you use a metaphor‚ you make a statement that doesn’t make sense literally‚ like “time is a thief.” It only makes sense when the similarities between the two things become apparent or someone understands the
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Stephen king has published 200 short stories and over 54 novels. He has dozens of bestsellers‚ and a large group of fans spanning three generations and has an “inseparable” identification with horror. More so than any writer‚ or of previous generations
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As described in the story‚ Ichabod Crane is a school teacher who travels to Sleepy Hollow to teach the children of the area. This‚ in company with his ability to ingratiate himself‚ persuades many of the townspeople to successively lodge him at their homes for a week at a time‚ which serves as his sole source of shelter. He follows strict morals in the schoolroom‚ including the proverbial "Spare the rod and spoil the child"; outside the schoolroom‚ he is shown to have few morals and no motive but
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felt the same vibe that both Henry Reed and Stephen Crane felt in their poems‚ "Naming of Parts" and "War is Kind." Although these authors may not have said it as straightforward as Starr did in his hit single "War‚" they still had just as much hatred of war. Both Reed and Crane have developed their perspectives on war through their writing styles‚ their usage of figurative language‚ and their attitudes toward war in general. Henry Reed and Stephen Crane both have very different writing styles. Reed’s
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Essay: Paper 1 Practice This comparative essay will compare and contrast‚ “Cranes” by Jennifer Ackerman‚ and “To a Waterfowl”‚ by William Cullen Bryant. Both texts revolve around a fascination for birds. Text 1 is an article from National Geographic from 2004; an informative and journalistic article which targets an audience that cares for nature and their environment‚ and attempts to display how people can aid endangered cranes to discover their migration patterns. “Now‚ before they are released to
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around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first”. People feel as if the world owes them something because the odds have not been in their favor. How come we feel like we should be rewarded by the universe? Stephen Crane’s short story‚ “The Open Boat‚” is based on a real-life incident in which the author experienced being stranded in the ocean. The short story is about four men from different classes who are left stranded near the coast of Florida. They experience
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should be extra cautious during your hunts to watch out for whooping cranes. The Whooping Crane is white with black on the tips of its wings. Their wingspan is 7.5 feet and the stand 4.9 feet tall. They are known for their good meat and luscious feathers. These are a very rare species and on the endangered list‚ so when you are hunting shore birds you need to be aware of what you are shooting at. You might just hit a whooping crane‚ not only is it bad for the population but you can also be fined up
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something for the last time. In‚ “The Cranes”‚ by Peter Meinke‚ it indicates that the couple was at the marshes along the Gulf for their last moments‚ when spotting two whooping cranes. Throughout the story it showed us the similarities between the two couples and the love for each other. In “The Cranes”‚ the man pronounced “I’ve seen enough birds. But whooping cranes they’re rare. Not many left.” The author is trying to symbolize that both the whooping cranes‚ and the couple were very rare (many
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