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    Victor In the very first sentence of Sherman Alexie ’s "This Is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona‚" you can assume that the main character‚ Victor‚ is facing a hard life. Not only did he lose his job‚ he also lost his father to a heart attack the same day. The story tells the journey of Victor and an old friend‚ Thomas Builds-the-Fire‚ traveling to Phoenix to pick up his father ’s ashes‚ pickup truck‚ and money from his savings account. Victor did not have any money and neither did anyone else

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    The character Victor from “This Is What It Means To Say PhoenixArizona” explains how he received news that his father is dead and that he has money he can clam‚ but in order to get the money he must go to Arizona. To collect the money and the car also his childhood best friend Thomas buildsthe-fire wants to go along with him. Victor seeks the death of his true friendship with thomas buildsthe-fire. Victor and thomas were best friends since childhood and as they grew older they got the more separate

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    Compare & Contrast of Smoke Signals and This is what it means to Say PhoenixArizona The stories of Smoke Signals and “This is What it Means to Say PhoenixArizona” are built around the same narrative with a few dissimilarities here and there. Smoke Signals is the film version based from the short story “This is What it Means to Say PhoenixArizona.” Throughout the duration of the film there are recognizably a few alterations as compared with the short story; however‚ there are still a lot

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    The short story ’This Is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona‚’ has various locations or settings. These include different locations on the reservation‚ the airplane‚ the trailer in Phoenix‚ and the long road through Nevada. Do these settings have any influence on the character actions? To further understand how each of the different settings affects the story’s plot we can look at each individual location in detail. As we read the book we are left to wonder if the characters are led to act as they

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    Some authors use imagery to describe in great detail each aspect of their work‚ some authors choose to use the bare minimum. Imagery plays a role in Alexie’s “This Is What It Means To Say.” The imagery used in this short story describes situations that the characters are in. Alexie‚ for the most part‚ keeps his imagery simple. However‚ at certain points in the story he implicates imagery in order to emphasize important points throughout the story. He uses imagery to show the readers who the characters

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    This Is Just to Say is a poem written by William Carlos Williams that can exemplify the theme of revenge through literary devices such as tone‚ diction‚ and allusion. Although‚ this poem is interpreted in varying ways‚ the way I have interpreted it is as sibling rivalry. A child has eaten their sibling’s plums as an act of revenge and has written a note asking for forgiveness‚ but he has no care to be forgiven. Tone used in the poem can be described as sarcastic and lighthearted. The writer‚ or

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    My favorite bible verse is John 14:17 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. To me this reminds me that Jesus is my savior and I have the gift of sacrament and eternal life. This gives me peace and hope. In a world of bad news and stressful events he tells us to not be afraid‚ that he will take care of us ultimately. He tells us he does not give like the world; we cannot “earn his gifts”

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    Monaco She PhoenixArizona. My home. You would think with name like a bird of fire it would be inspiring‚ breathtaking even magical. But it isn’t. It’s just another desert city. And I’m just another desert nobody on another desert summer day. He She’s a hurricane. She’s the greatest and most devastating of storms. Even in the bone dry summer‚ she changed my world and brought rain and snow and hail. She rained down on me when I least expected it. Before I could even get my umbrella out‚ she soaked

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    human response is usually to want nothing to do with them any longer and maybe even try to hurt them in return by snubbing them or worse. Isn’t there a bible verse that says something like an "eye for an eye"? The "eye for an eye" quote comes from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. Let’s take a closer look at what it says: "38 “You have heard that it was said‚ ‘Eye for eye‚ and tooth for tooth.’ 39 But I tell you‚ do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek‚ turn

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    summer 2014 in Phoenix Arizona‚ just like every year I was visiting my mom’s side of the family. Early in the morning I woke up from the hard carpet right after Shaun‚ my brother. Gabe‚ Papa Doug‚ and Lola were the only ones out of bed once Shaun and I had walked down stairs. Many hours hours the rest of our family members had woken up finally. Once they did Lola cooked eggs and rice for Shaun‚ Gabe‚ and I. My family had already planned to go on a walk to the park after we had eaten. This made the three

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