VERY Short Short Story Unit: Read bio. on author (This will not be on the test. I hope there will be information of interest that you can connect to the author.) Read introductory material on story‚ the page before the story You are responsible to know the literary terms Read the story; reread when necessary. Read the footnotes to help you read. Answer questions at the end under "Making Meaning" Use vivid CD and CM for each. Use complete sentences unless it says "list"
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human power that shapes artistic expressions; it enables a writer’s work to become an expression of meaning in our world‚ and allows readers to engage in identify with what the writer’s work has to say about things that matter. Example: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber. This story is riddled with examples of imagination. During the second daydream where he believes he is a surgeon and the write describes the noise that starts coming from the anesthetizes machine as it starts to malfunction
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actuality‚ it is a paradoxical commentary on the sometimes harsh reality of the beneficial cycle of life. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Ethan Brand” contradicts my fundamental doctrinal beliefs by positing an unpardonable sin while challenging me to delve into the apparent dichotomy between faith and reason that proves Ethan Brand’s demise. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber‚ Mitty is a henpecked‚ insignificant‚ and insecure husband who runs from his reality to a world of fantasy
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writer’s work to become an expression of meaning in our world‚ and allows readers to engage in identifying with what the writer’s work has to say about things that matter. The example given in our text for Imagination was: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Walter had a very vivid imagination‚ throughout his story he was a commander in an 8 engine Navy hydroplane‚ a famous surgeon helping a friend of President Roosevelt‚ an accused witness in a court room trial‚ a captain in a war plane and finally
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short stories‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber and “Uncle Marcos” by Isabel Allende‚ they dream about different situations happening to them that would not happen in their regular life. Mitty always imagined himself as different people‚ sharing Mitty’s identity‚ doing different and more exciting jobs than the one he had currently. Marcos‚ in an opposing situation‚ imagined flying away in his “bird” over the city far away. Both “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Uncle Marcos”
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Composition 1 3/26/2015 The Meaning of Being Heroic The word heroic comes from the Latin word heroicus “of a hero” and the Greek word heroikos “pertaining to heroes”. One meaning of heroic is to be impressive; surpassing the ordinary‚ or larger than life. Another is to show extreme courage. I feel soldiers‚ firefighters‚ and police are all very heroic. But to me the events of 9/11 proved even everyday people can do very heroic acts in the face of evil. A great example people being heroic played out
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following short stories: “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber‚ or "The Lottery‚" by Shirley Jackson. (All of the stories can be found in Explorations: An Anthology of American Literature - Volume C.) In writing about a literary character‚ you should try to describe the character’s major trait or traits. As in life‚ characters may be lazy or ambitious‚ adventurous or timid. The appearance of a character is also
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two of the works within your selected theme. •Race / Ethnicity ◦Country Lovers (Gordimer) ◦The Welcome Table (Walker) ◦What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl (Smith) ◦Child of the Americas (Morales) •Gender Roles / Marriage ◦The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Thurber) ◦The Story of an Hour (Chopin) ◦The Necklace (de Mauppassant) ◦The Proposal (Chekhov) ◦Country Lovers (Gordimer) •Creativity / The Creative Process ◦Poetry (Neruda) ◦Constantly Risking Absurdity
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Final Paper Rough Draft Review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five of this course. Then‚ write a rough draft for your Final Paper‚ in which you compare and contrast two literary works from this course that share the same theme (using the “Themes & Corresponding Works” list in the Week Five Final Paper instructions‚ as a guide). The paper should be organized around your thesis (argument)‚ which is the main point of the entire essay. When developing a thesis for a comparative paper
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The Unicorn in the Garden The story ‘Unicorn in the Garden’ has two characters which revolve around the event of sighting a Unicorn in the garden by the husband. The story portraits the husband as a mild characterised person and the wife as mean spirited. At first the husband’s character comes to the reader as somewhat not in touch with reality. Then it further progresses to the wife’s character and portraits the wife as demeaning towards the husband. The story starts with highly imaginable and
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