One September night a family had gathered round their hearth‚ and piled it high with the driftwood of mountain streams‚ the dry cones of the pine‚ and the splintered ruins of great trees that had come crashing down the precipice. Up the chimney roared the fire‚ and brightened the room with its broad blaze. The faces of the father and mother had a sober gladness; the children laughed; the eldest daughter was the image of Happiness at seventeen; and the aged grandmother‚ who sat knitting in the warmest
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Sample Reflection Journal Entry Lani Akamai Lesson 1.1 One of the new understandings I made this week about a shared literacy lesson with my class is that they really enjoy poetry. Before I read the poem Covers to them‚ we discussed the new words and concepts. As they talked about what they already know about covers and the different types of covers there are‚ I found out their background knowledge. The next step was to read the poem to them. We then read it as a group. After several more
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bodies are swept away and never found. The narrator notes that some who see the house later think there is evidence of a visitor that night‚ but others disagree - the young man has in fact died without leaving any trace of his life. The basis of the story is the Willey tragedy of Crawford Notch‚ New Hampshire. it is about the virtue of tranquility with a family of cozily gathrerily around the
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Literary Review of “The Ambitious Guest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Though the family lived a simple yet proud life in the Notch of the White Hills‚ they were not immune to the vanity the stranger brought to their cozy cottage they caught his disease of fame and paid dearly. The story began on a cold September night in a dangerous area in New England as a cheerful family set around their hearth to enjoy their solitude of their inner circle. As the wind roared outside‚ a stranger‚ a young man came to
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All of us have certain ambitions. Ambitious people are passion people‚ who do not speak‚ but drive to their goals. Ambitions people are not dreamers‚ they are realists with the goals. Dreamers are just persons with hopes and no plan; otherwise person with ambition has motivation and a plan to achieve a goal. Everyone have different ambitious in life‚ they depends on people’s background. Ambition is the best quality that person can have‚ is something makes us to work hard‚ it change lives. From the
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Writers often use one or more in their writing. This helps the reader to understand the point a author is trying to make. Jay Bookman uses many modes of development in his short story “Guest Workers in the U.S. Heritage” . Another author who uses modes of development is Robert J. Samuelson in his short story “We Don ’t Need ’Guest Workers ’ “. Both authors give the reader their point of view on whether or not illegal immigrants should be accepted in the United States. In doing so both use many modes
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Short Story Analysis In this essay‚ your purpose is to fully explain an element (theme‚ characterization or symbolism) in a short story of your choice. I will provide you with examples of each element from stories by Hemingway‚ Updike and Vonnegut ; you may write about any of these authors except the ones that we have discussed in class. However‚ you may choose to investigate an author of your own choice. Below I have listed some contemporary authors and story collections you may want to
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moralistic principles had been evident in his writings especially in his short stories. It had awaken the ethical standards of late Russia into a more monotheistic nation. Stories like “God Sees the Truth‚ But Waits”‚ “The Three Questions” and “What Men Live By” have deep-rooted principles that are trying to tell everyone how to live a good life. This study will try to analyze Tolstoy’s stories like God Sees the Truth but Waits‚ a story of a merchant Aksionov who was accused of murder and suffered a life
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Short story analysis – There will come soft rains (1950) The short story “August‚ 2026: There will come soft rains” written by Ray Bradbury in 1950 deals with the theme humanity and their technology. The story deals with a nuclear disaster that ruined the entire city despite one house which keeps on living it daily life. It starts with announcing the date of August 4th‚ 2026 and that it is itme to wake up‚ though nobody is there. Breakfast is automatically prepared but no on one is there to eat
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Uninvited Guest It was Friday night. I was looking forward to staying at home and just hanging out. My parents were at a Thunder game. My sister was with her boyfriend. It was just me and my dogs. I thought I would watch tv and then go to my room and play some video games. While watching basketball my dogs started acting weird. They would look out our front door which is glass and then run to the window. I figured they where watching our cat eat a mouse or maybe they saw a squle or something
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