Love‚ care and sacrifice are indispensible to most of the relationships of life; especially in marriage‚ these factors become more important. Each of the couple has to know for whom and for which they live and work. In “The Gift of the Magi”‚ O.Henry was really successful in describing the love‚ care and sacrifice that Della and Jim give each other. The story would not become famous without its “surprising ending”‚ the accident and coincidence. Readers are attracted to the moving love story between
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Ivan has many major shortcoming in his life one of them is that he lacks originality‚ he lives his life by the ideals of others. Rather than relying on his own reason and good sense to direct his life‚ Ivan follows the beliefs and values of the upper-class society. Ivan is drawn to those with high social standing. He believes that if he only imitates their lifestyle his own life will go according to plan and he will find meaning and fulfillment. Ivan becomes obsessed with standards of luxury and
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Title: The One and Only Ivan Author: Katherine Applegate Date of Publication: December 2011 Awards: John Newbery Award Central Character/s: 1. Ivan: Ivan‚ a silverback gorilla who lives in a stationary circus. Ivan is a talented gorilla who can draw pictures and write simple words. He lives in his domain all the time‚ never leaving it for any reason. Ivan is good friends with Stella‚ the elephant who lives beside him‚ and Bob‚ a stray dog who likes to sleep on Ivan’s belly. 2. Stella: One of Ivan’s
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Both “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” have plots that depend in large measure on the use of situational irony to create a surprise ending. “The Necklace” tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loise‚ a lowly clerk’s wife‚ who‚ in an effort to appear more debonaire than she is‚ borrows expensive jewels from Madame Jeanne Forestier‚ a wealthy friend. After the inevitable loss of the jewels‚ Madame Loisel and her husband secretly replace the jewels. Years later‚ Madame Loise‚ now impoverished
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One day in the life of a shoe I am a shoe‚ and I am my own. I am not like those little elegant high hells or this big chunky boot. You might think I look a bit clumsy or uncool‚ but I might be the best thing that has ever happened to your feet and legs. I was gifted the day my owner bought me; finally I was able to pursue my purpose. I love to run‚ short trips and little longer trips‚ fast or slow. However the weather is behaving I am always ready to help my owner through a run. My days are usually
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Situational Irony - There is situational irony near the end of the story. This happens when Nathan retells the story of how he saved Delia over Eunice. The reader expects Nathan to explain how he didn’t choose who he saved‚ due to the fact that it was too dark. Nonetheless‚ the reader finds out that Nathan knowingly saved Delia first‚ after identifying the fur of Eunice’s coat. This creates a plot twist‚ and increases the reader’s interest in the story‚ despite it happening in the last few lines
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behaviors of adults in her book The One and Only Ivan. Ruby is a young elephant who moves into the mall joining Ivan‚ the gorilla‚ and Stella‚ the elephant‚ who have lived there for the majority of their lives. Her new approach to the situation of "the domain" helps influence Ivan’s thoughts‚ choices‚ and actions regarding his living space. Julia is a young girl‚ her father George works in the
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LIFE OR IRONY? Symbolism is utilized throughout literature‚ poetry‚ and life to take readers on a journey. Symbolism allows the reader to take the story beyond the written word. The reader is given the opportunity to process‚ ponder‚ and ultimately interpret meanings not always openly portrayed by the writer. Symbols or symbolism within a work can be both easy and difficult to determine. Stories usually can have one or several symbols. “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin‚ is a
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Murder” by Josh Pachter‚ there were numerous examples of situational irony—situations that involve an unexpected twist. The first example of situational irony was the title. People generally would not send out invitations for witnessing a murder. Usually‚ people would want to have no witnesses if they were committing murder. This is symbolic and represents how the rest of the story is interlaced with situation irony. Another example of situational irony is Eleanor Madeline Abbott inviting twelve well-known
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In Mark Twain’s‚ “The Lowest Animal”‚ he uses Situation irony‚ Hyperbole‚ And Juxtaposition to convey that animals are actually more civilized than human beings because they lack these characteristics. Twain uses Situation irony the difference of expectation and reality. In paragraph 171-189‚ it talks about putting different types of animals in a cage together to see what would happen when they’re left alone. The different animals learned how to get along. But when putting different type of people
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