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    Dinner Party

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    fact shows he is poor. The protagonists feels flattered and excited that he has been asked by an older woman to take her out to lunch in one of the fanciest and most expensive restaurants in Paris although his financial situation worries him. The antagonist is a lady who does not live in Paris. She is not young and attractive‚ but she is very talkative and she asks the author to have a chat with her during the lunch time in a very expensive restaurant. William agrees and all his problems starts from

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    on the contract for paving the sidewalks in the town. They were pleased at first but later they kind of had mixed feelings saying that she as “a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner‚ a day laborer”(417). Emily is the antagonist in the story‚ she is stuck in time‚ she absolutely refuses to change despite the fact that society was changing around her. She lives as a recluse for many years “No visitor had passed since she ceased giving china painting lessons eight

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    Summary The short story‚ “The Hobbyist written by Frederic Brown is about a man named Sangstrom. Sangstrom was at a prescription pharmacy secretly talking to the Druggist about buying an undetectable poison to kill his wife. The Druggist asks to follow him into the back room and puts some coffee into the boiler. The Druggist informs Sangstrom that he feels that he deserves the poison for free but must pay for the antidote. This is when Sangstrom realizes that the Druggist had poisoned his coffee

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    Gainor  The Crucible: ​ Salem‚ Massachusetts 1692  Act I:  Graphic Organizer: Identify and describe each character.  Song  Character/ Theme/ Idea  Lyrics  Quotes    Death and abnormality        Elizabeth’s reaction to  John Proctor cheating on  her with Abigail      The only thing worse than not  knowing  Is you thinking that I don’t  know  I’m having another episode  I just need a stronger dose...  I’m sitting out dances on the  wall  “Here is all the invisible world‚ caught‚  defined

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    Red from Green

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    Red from Green Maile Meloy’s short story “Red from Green” was first published in 2009. The short story is about the fifteen years old Sam Turner. Every year she goes on a float trip with her dad. This year Sam’s uncle and a client called Layton from her uncle’s law firm follow them on the trip. Layton compliments Sam’s white teeth and teaches her how to shoot with a gun he got with him on the trip. One night Sam gives Layton some massage because he has an old injury in his bag. When Sam’s dad and

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    When the narrator tried to put their father’s teaching in action  by holding the alder branch waiting for it to writhe‚ hoping for  the sound of gushing water. In the end‚ the branch stayed  motionless in his/her hands.     Protagonist: Narrator (The son)  Antagonist: The antagonist is the Farmer      Setting:     The story took place a Third World country‚ in a village‚  Farmlands. We also believe the story took place during the  1980s­present day.    Title:    “​ A Secret Lost in the Water” is a perfect title because the son 

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    Using the literary theory of formalism‚ I analyzed four textual elements of D.H. Lawrence’s The Rocking Horse. The four textual elements I analyzed included protagonist‚ antagonist‚ conflict‚ and setting. There are two major conflicts in this story: an external conflict‚ which involves the family’s financial state‚ and an internal conflict‚ which involves Paul’s desire to please his mother. The external conflict is stated repeatedly in the story: “There is not enough money”. The family lives

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    free. Elijah learns even when things seem the worst‚ there is always something to give life meaning. The protagonist of Elijah of Buxton is Elijah Freeman‚ and the antagonist is Zephariah Connerly. Elijah is the main character because he is featured in all of the scenes‚ and he is the narrator of this story. Zephariah is the antagonist because even though he is called the Preacher‚ Zephariah is a reprobate. When he stole money from a friend to gamble‚ Elijah went to retrieve the money. Because of

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    natives to fight for them. Nathaniel is on the British side; Nathaniel who is a cunning shooter and a great warrior who was raised by natives named the Mohicans and only three are left‚ saves Cora Munroe and her sister Alice from being killed by the antagonist of the story which is magua a Huron native who seeks revenge on the British for killing his family and friends. Nathaniel‚ his father chingachgook and his brother Uncas lead the survivors of the Huron attack to for fort William hennery where the

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    Water for Elephants Every book has the same basic hero archetype; a protagonist that faces a problem and rises up to save the day. My book was water for elephants and the protagonist was Jacob. He is the main character of the book. He is seen through two different perspectives. He is seen as the ninety something year old in a retirement home and as a 23 year old that makes a life changing decision. The journey starts when Jacob is days away from getting his degree in veterinary science from

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