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    Anonymous Literary Analysis Final 2/12/13 The Circuit Nomads There are lots of great books out there‚ like the Gene Scene by Jordan Brown‚ Nobody’s Perfect by David Fischer and Hurricane Heroes by Thomas Fields-Meyer. But “The Circuit” by Francisco Jiménez is the story of the day; I love how the narrator’s perspective makes the story interesting. While Panchito was working outside in the boiling 100° heat with his brother and father. At school were Panchito had a hard time reading‚ and lastly

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    Literary analysis I am going to compare two stories from the collection American Stories. It is a collection of six short stories‚ each one written by a different author‚ and I’ve chosen Full circle and The romantic to compare them. The first story‚ Full circle‚ was written by Edith Wharton and published in 1909. It is about how succesful a writer is with his novels and the relationship he has with his secretary. This story is located in New York City and Geoffrey Betton‚ the main character

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    the animals rebel going against the humans‚ and they run their own farm. The pigs rise to power and start treating the other animals as they are inferior to them. It becomes all about the pigs now as they push the animals to work extremely hard with long hours. The pigs eventually become just like the humans. Every action you make‚ you have a reason you did it right? Just like in Animal Farm‚ Orwell uses character motivation to help understand why an animal did a certain thing. For example‚ Napoleon

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    Literary Analysis At the Gym‚ written by Mark Doty; has no relation with being at the gym at all; metaphorically speaking it pertains to attending church. The narrative provided is from the author’s observation of other people in the church. The primary metaphor of this poem is religiously based in the sense people have determination to release their burdens with the desire of overcoming tribulations through prayer. Many smaller metaphors inside the poem leading the reader to believe there is

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    not have reached naturalization without having privatization occur first. Privatization is: The process whereby individuals “become used” to solitude‚ or—to be more precise—their instinctual needs and fundamental impulses become channeled in such a way that their gratification is made less dependent on relations to other people. The term does not imply that human interaction decreases‚ but stands for the subjective process whereby such interactions become less important as sources of gratification

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    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 to give

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    into a film in 2000 and a Broadway musical in 2006. For his second novel About a Boy (1998) Hornby received the E. M. Forster Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult starred in the 2002 film version. A Long Way Down was published in 2005 in the UK. The book received mixed reviews from critics. Johnny Depp bought the rights to the book before it was even published and has since hired writer D.V. DeVincentis‚ who previously wrote the script for the film High

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    though Fugui was only trying to please his ancestors‚ he created the downfall of the Xu family. Jiazhen‚ Fugui’s wife‚ begged that he stop gambling because she knew he was only losing their family’s land. She was suffering because Fugui was always gone‚ and he was too blind to see that. He thought everything he did was none of

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    Women Have Come A Long Way "A Doll House" is no more about women ’s rights than Shakespeare ’s Richard II is about the divine right of kings‚ or Ghosts about syphilis. . . . Its theme is the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she is and to strive to become that person." (Bloom 28) Ibsen portays this behavior in A Doll House through one of the main characters‚ Nora Helmer‚ by setting the scene in Norway in 1872. In the late 1800s‚ women did not play an important role

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    are all warm-hearted people. Because of all the friendly members of the family‚ the narrator of the story feels “happy in that house” (Paragraph 22). Garnet‚ the boyfriend of the speaker‚ is a boy who is witty‚ flirtatious‚ and impulsive. He had gone out with a number of girls but his relationships all ended in failure. He had “a list of girls’ names‚ each one with an X after it” (Paragraph 15). However‚ he carved the speaker’s name at the end of the list and said that “I think I’ve come to the

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