Sloan LITR221 19 March 2017 Compare and contrast J. Alfred Prufrock and Nick “Big Two-Hearted River” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” are two stories with different characters and meanings. The stories contain characters named Nick and Alfred Prufrock. Nick appears to be somewhat of a hero in “Big Two-Hearted River.” Biographically‚ he appears to be the same as the writer‚ though one should not assume Nick’s character is the author. J. Alfred Prufrock was more of a middle-aged intellectual man
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In the story titled‚ Jesus Christ’s Half-Brother is Alive and well on the Spokane Indian Reservation‚ Victor‚ which of who is the main character has written a journal about a point in his life after saving a baby boy’s life and having to care for the child practically by himself. At first‚ Victor had no idea how to take care of the child he was not very happy about it either. The child’s grandfather says that since Victor saved the boy and the child’s parents died in their home fire Victor was to
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the world. It is this very idea that is explored in the works of Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway is aware that everyone will lose something‚ and sought to show how it changes a person. Being the brilliant writer that he is‚ Hemingway often used subtle but carefully crafted language to portray exactly what he was trying to get you to understand about his story without explicitly stating it. The language used in “Big Two-Hearted River (Part I &II)” shows that loss changes how one looks at even the most mundane
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fashion trends‚ and exciting models of car were all over the streets. Life couldn’t get any better. However‚ when World War I started and ended‚ people wondered how something so horrid could happen‚ after all the good. In Earnest Hemingway’s Big Two Hearted River‚ the protagonist‚ Nick goes fishing to relax himself after the war. People’s lives are broken by war‚ and when it is over‚ must carry on. Human life is interrupted for the chance to win a war. As World War I began‚ the United States had a
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Maegan Campbell Humanities 1301.P05 3/25/09 Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The play opens with Miss Watson‚ Judge Thatcher‚ and Tom Sawyer talking to Huck about how he must learn to read the Bible if he wants to make it to Heaven. A frustrated Huck escapes in the night to a hideout where he and his friends discuss all of the naughty things they will do to get to hell. When Huck arrives back home‚ he is taken by his Pap to their wooded cabin. His inebriated father
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In the excerpt‚ “My Name” from Sandra Cisneros’ novel‚ “The House on Mango Street”‚ she uses specific diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery to create tone. The best example of this is in paragraph 3 when Esperanza talks about her grandmother. Using imagery for example‚ Cisneros paints a picture by saying‚ “My great-grandmother. I would’ve liked to have known her‚ a wild horse of a woman‚ so wild she wouldn’t marry. Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that
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1. What is diction? (5 points) an author’s word choice words that are inverted connotation in dialect formal language in poetry 2. Which of the following lines from John Muir’s "The Calypso Borealis" shows an example of dialect? (10 points) "I wish you would write me‚ say once a year‚" I sat down beside it and fairly cried for joy. How long I sat beside Calypso I don’t know. "What were ye doin’ there?" 3. Read the following paragraph from John Muir’s "The Calypso Borealis" and
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Taliban brought within Afghanistan. It revolves around four central characters: Atiq‚ Musarrat‚ Mohsen‚ and Zunaira. Atiq is a jailer and Musarrat is his dying wife‚ who once saved his life. Mohsen was a wealthy educated middle-class and Zunaira was his beautiful lawyer wife. Because of the Taliban‚ both Mohsen and Zunaira lost their jobs. In this book‚ Khadra used diction and metaphors to help set the mood for sympathy. She used syntax to make the reader anticipated for the next chapter. Archetypes
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Emily Dickinson: Poetry Essay One of the most acclaimed American poets‚ Emily Dickinson—the reclusive‚ heartbroken genius—asserts her position among such greats as Walt Whitman through her extremely individual style. Her unconventional meter‚ heavy-handed employment of dashes‚ and seemingly random capitalization are the trademarks of a body of poetic work notable for its deeply sensitive exploration of the human condition. By avoiding the flowery and romantic style of poetry common during her
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There are two views of reading that have been explored throughout the years‚ the learning view and the acquisition view. There are similarities between both views‚ including that syntax plays a role in reading‚ that previous knowledge is important‚ and that early reading skills like phonetic awareness are important as well. The differences between the views lies with the focus that each view takes on syntax‚ including the importance of syntax and how syntax is approached with reading instruction
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