Although "The Suit" by Can Themba and "Vendetta" by Guy de Maupassant are both well written short stories based on the theme of revenge‚ they achieve excellence in very different ways. In each story the basic aspect of a short story have been used in vastly differing ways. The first difference the reader comes across is the way the opening paragraphs of each story is utilized. In The Suit the author sets an almost majestic scene using an elegant choice of words‚ which we later find out is rather
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Mildred Montag is the prime example of a conformist in the dystopian society portrayed in Ray Bradbury ’s book‚ Fahrenheit 451. She thinks in the simplistic manner that people like her are conditioned to‚ and she ’s married to a fireman‚ who plays the largely important role of burning books in this society. She spends her days watching the television screens in the parlor and her nights with Seashell Radios buzzing in her ears. At first glance‚ her life of all play and no work might seem relaxing
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Clarisse McClellan and Mildred Montag are both essential characters in 451. The two women both portray the existing society that they live in‚ and both show how well they blend into the lifestyle. They show their differences by the way they incorporate into society‚ what affect they have on Montag and their appearance. Clarisse is considered “anti-social” by the rest of the civilization. This factor causes Mildred’s lifestyle to stand out‚ and society portrays her as “social” and "fit with the crowd
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The Necklace and The song Royals The short story “The Necklace‚” by Guy de Maupassant‚ and the song “Royals‚” by Lorde‚ symbolizes class‚ and how it can ruin someone’s life. In the short story The Necklace‚ by Guy de Maupassant reveals the relationship between a husband‚ and a wife‚ and how a single necklace ruins their life because of Mathilde’s class. The story starts off by a young woman named Mathilde Loisel getting an invitation to a fancy party‚ but she had nothing to wear‚ so she cries
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of Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ Montag is the protagonist. Montag is a firefighter‚ which is where they burn books instead of putting them out. Captain Beatty is the same as Montag‚ but not that quite… Ray Bradbury shows the differences between Montag and Beatty and shows how it affects Montag over the story‚ it also changes our perspective. Monag has achieved to think‚ with a help of a 17-year-old‚ named Clarisse. Clarisse keeps asking questions to Montag. “You laugh when I haven’t been funny
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Guy De Maupassant’s story "The Diamond Necklace" tells us a story about a poor girl who has wrong values in her life. She loves money‚ jewels‚ but not people. Throughout the story the main heroine Matilda Loisel makes a number of ironic discoveries. One night she goes to the ball and‚ pretending that she is someone she is not‚ she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend. She loses it at the end of the night and borrows money to buy a new one. It costs her 10 years of hard work‚ life in poverty
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firemen to set books on fire rather than to put out fires.The main character Guy Montag is a firefighter that was going through the motions in life and doing his job until his views and ideas were changed. He begins to question the ways of society and ultimately becomes in his own way a hero. People are capable of great things and in order to accomplish these we all need a little help and guidance along the way. When montag burns down the books along with the woman that refuses to leave the house.
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In Guy De Maupassant’s short story "The Necklace"‚ the main character‚ Mathilde Loisel‚ makes several ironic discoveries. These discoveries form the story’s climax and produce a surprising ending. However‚ the central discovery of the story‚ that the jewel is fake‚ is‚ perhaps‚ not the most important point of the story. The point of the story is that pride goes before a fall. In the opening paragraph of the story‚ the author immediately tells us Mathilde looks herself as a "pretty and charming girl"
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lonely and bewildered are some of the words that can be used to describe Guy Montag in Ray Bradbury’s novel on dystopian society‚ Fahrenheit 451. The protagonist‚ Montag‚ stray away from the norms of society as he discovers a void in his life that can be filled with books. Unlike the rest of society‚ he represents many lost ideals such as compassion‚ desire for knowledge and a need for the company of another. On the other hand‚ Montag also represents some of the ideals of the dystopian society in which
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uses the life of a Guy named Montag‚ a fireman in a near future dystopia‚ to make an argument against mindless blissful ignorance. In Bradbury’s world‚ the firemen that Montag is a part of create fires to burn books instead of putting out fires. By burning books‚ the firemen eliminate anything that might make people want to be different or start any type of argument with anyone in the community. But this leads into people wanting to read the books so they keep them‚ like Montag but they end up being
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