Cited: luck‚ Louise. Terminal Resemblance. Making Literature Matter. Scipione. 3rd EditionBoston‚ MA: Bedford/St. Martins‚ 2006. pg 318-319.
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“The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich Lyman is a young successful entrepreneur who is fortunate enough to not have ever experienced the horrors of battling in war. His brother on the other hand‚ Henry‚ is not so lucky and gets drafted into the military to fight in Vietnam. In “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich describes the relationship between these two brothers and how the effects of war tore them apart. This red convertible is a car they shared together and it symbolizes their bond as
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Left in the Darkness Many stories have underlying and unsolved mysteries that are intertwined into minute details of the plot line. “Gretel in Darkness” is Louise Glück’s poetic interpretation of the Gretel’s emotional aftermath in the Brothers Grimm classic tale‚ Hansel and Gretel. Although Glück’s poem strongly relates to Hansel and Gretel‚ she only vaguely mentions the major events that have harnessed such strong emotional consequences in “Gretel in Darkness.” Omitting these critical
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MURERIWA AND CHAGA ON RESTRAINT OF TRADE CLAUSES IN ZIMBABWEAN LAW. Chagaresango Thelma and Mureriwa Isiah The Concept of Restraint of Trade. A clause in restraint of trade is one which prevents an employee from exercising his or her trade‚ profession or calling‚ or engaging in the same business venture as the employer‚ for a specific period of time and within a specific area after leaving employment. Restraint of trade clauses are often contained in either the contract of employment
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Louise Erdrich’s novel Tracks‚ published in 1988‚ recounts the story of an Anishinaabe family on an Indian reservation. The plot revolves around the life history of the protagonist‚ Fleur Pillager. Erdrich uses the multiple narrator technique by telling the story from the perspectives of Nanapush‚ an affable tribal elder‚ and Pauline Puyat‚ a mixed-blood girl. The novel recounts the incidents that took place between the years 1912 to 1924 in the life of Fleur Pillager. Erdrich divides the narrative
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Louise Nevelson— Sky Cathedral Presence Survey of World Art By Vyacheslav Borts The sculptress Louise Nevelson was a towering figure of American modernism. Born in 1899‚ she came to prominence in the late ‘50s‚ gaining renown for monochromatic structures built out of discarded wood. Critic Arthur C. Danto wrote‚ “There could be no better word for how Nevelson composed her work than bricolage—a French term that means making do with what is at hand.” (Danto 2007) Her pieces evolved and expanded
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Louise Erdrich‚ the author of the short story “The Leap” main focus throughout the story is about the past of the narrator’s mother‚ Anna. Anna‚ an ex blind folded trapeze performer who is now sightless due to enriching and stubborn cataracts‚ is an unbreakable bow an arrow; being pulled and released into an unpredictable life. When it comes to Anna’s daughter‚ Anna would do anything for her; even if it were “[leaping] through [the] air … and hanging by the back of her heels from the … gutter” (195)
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Unlike Nanapush and Fleur‚ Louise Erdrich uses the character of Pauline to demonstrate the rejection of Ojibwa religion and culture. Throughout the novel‚ Pauline is known as a liar and troublemaker who tries her best and hardest to single handedly destroy Ojibwa life‚ religion‚ and culture. For example‚ in the novel‚ Pauline had “bothered [her] father into sending [her] south‚ to the white town. [She] had decided to learn the lace-making trade from the nuns” (Erdrich‚ 14). Pauline is asking her
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Character Analysis Before her husband’s death she thought of her life as the same everyday and never changing. Louise Mallard is "young‚ with a fair‚ calm face‚ whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength" (Chopin 8). Mrs. Mallard was “afflicted with a heart trouble” (Chopin 1). The heart trouble was brought on by the stress of her wanting to control her destiny and the unhappiness in her marriage. When Chopin says‚ "two white slender hands‚” (Chopin 10) it indicates that Mrs. Mallard
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“The Leap” by Louise Erdrich is a short story about a woman named Anna‚ a now retired acrobat. Flying Avalons was the name of the heart stopping Acrobat team that Anna performed in with her late husband Harry. One sunny afternoon in June the couple was performing their breathtaking stunt‚ but the unpredictability of New Hampshire weather brought disaster with it. A mid-afternoon thunderstorm brought the fatality of Anna’s husband and unborn child after a stray lightning bolt hit the top of the carnival
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