April 9‚ 2013 English 110 Critical Analysis Sense of Community versus Animal Instinct in Jackson’s “The Lottery” “The Lottery” is a short story that illustrates how society uses a sense of morality to justify its most base animal instinct‚ survival. In this story Jackson uses a small‚ seemingly civil community to show that‚ when portrayed as an ideal representative of the greater good‚ a crime like murder can be justified and even encouraged. Additionally‚ this story asks us to question how
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Adam Accola Mr. Brieske English 11 21 January 2010 Critical Analysis of The Man to Send Rain Clouds In the short story The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ the traditional Laguna Native American burial ritual is questioned by the meddling Catholic Church when an older man in the village‚ Teofilo‚ passes away. As part of the traditional ritual‚ the deceased have a feather tied in their hair‚ have their face painted with four colors‚ are wrapped in a red blanket‚ and are buried
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“A Soldier” a Literary Analysis We are kept on this earth to make a difference‚ but we do not know what for. The poem “A Soldier” by Robert Frost tells the story of a fallen soldier. A soldier has fallen on the battle field. We do not know why the soldier fell; only that fallen soldier knew why. In this poem Frost uses metaphor and personification to compare a soldier to a lance. First‚ Frost uses personification to compare a soldier to a lance. By doing this you do not know if the soldier is
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Literary Analysis: Terms Many literature students are expected to be familiar with the basic terms listed below (and discussed in more depth in your text). Keep this study guide with your text. At the beginning of each reading assignment‚ write the elements of literature pertaining to the particular type of literature at the beginning of the short story or poem. After reading‚ define them in your text for class discussion‚ quizzes‚ and test preparation. To understand literature‚ it is necessary
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picked to represent my emotions during this unit is a poem that talks about hate. To start‚ the unit itself is boring to me. Learning about gender theory is not something that seems exciting to me. In the poem‚ it says‚ “If this is a play‚ I want my money back.” This signifies the waste of time that this unit is to me. I did not feel like this unit is significant to my learning and so I felt upset that I had to sit through it all. Furthermore‚ the poem states‚ “If this is a kidnap‚ I’m trapped in the
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Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy feel unappreciated and lost as employees. Jorge is “outside…of [Americans] understanding” and The Secretary is lost in her work and compares herself to objects such as her “hips are a desk.” The employees from these poems have become hidden behind their duties and are slowly sinking into the unknown. “Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits” begins with Jorge’s point of origin. While working as a janitor‚ “no one asks where [he’s] from” assuming he’s “from the country
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Algeron Charles Swinburne’s “Love and Sleep” established a theme of his lover’s beauty and his unconditional love towards her through strong diction which creates a passionate form of image. In the poem‚ such words as “lying” (1)‚ “asleep” (1) and “night” (1) implies the speaker is in his bedroom‚ creating a lonely‚ quite atmosphere. In this immersive atmosphere‚ the writer strikes a chord with the readers and graphs the sorrow and yearning incisively and vividly. Moreover‚ the word “saw” (2)‚ being
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Reflection paper regarding "Shall We Dance?" Dancing is regarded with suspicion in Japan because public display of affection and intimacy is considered indecent and outright scandalous. Even married couples had to restrain from temperate public display of affections‚ such as holding of hands‚ saying "I love you"‚ or even dancing‚ because it was thought to be "beyond embarrassing". Thus it would be safe to say that dancing with someone else other than one’s wife is even more disreputable and appalling
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whole through our interactions with those who share our own stories. Eve and Enkidu represent a similar face – both use flawed education made with an agenda to make decisions that fail them in different ways. Eve and Enkidu serve similar purposes‚ have similar stories‚ and suffer from similar misfortunes. In many ways‚ Eve and Enkidu serve as mirrors of each other – and mirrors of us all. Eve and Enkidu‚ although portrayed differently by their authors‚ serve the same ultimate purpose – they serve
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Chaos and order is one unit and one balance. Without chaos there would be no order‚ no order there will be no chaos. But people tend to misinterpret what chaos and order mean. They began to assess that chaos is bad and order is good. The chaos must be removed‚ order must be created. With the hope that with the achievement of total order‚ then peace can be achieved. The relationship between the order and the chaos that has been developed by human philosophy and human science might vary. On the one
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