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    Open Boat Short Story

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    “Open boat” wonderfully showcases a story that has ,multiple themes. However, the most prominent one is addressed with the use of point of view and is as follows: Throughout life, we never fully understand the truth behind something, for we are limited only to our own perceptions. The short story begins with the four crew members stranded in the ocean. There is no direct statements that tell us how they got in the small boat. Nevertheless, the point of view is third person limited. Consequently

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    something that we regret almost every day. In this novel, a poor man tried to hold someone for ransom, but it did not turn out well. Man Ain’t you hungry the man asked the man gave them food if they light up the fire during the night of their furnace. The narrator says why You Reckon. The narrator goes place to place often, but no place is his permeant. Man Ain’t you hungry page 255, Hughes, Langston this quote means that the two men are hungry after they can’t find money for food. They were trying

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    The author used literary devices in all parts of the book. It says the moon cried, and the sun shed a tear this is Personification where human characteristics are to non human things such as the sun and the moon. John Henry being born to him destroying the boulder then to racing ferret faced freddy then racing a drill these are the plot a sequence in which events happen. John Henry Yelled “get up from there”. Ferret faced freddy said “It’s a deal” This is dialogue, the written conversation in

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    In The Outsiders, Ponyboy said “Dally raised the gun, and I thought: You blasted fool. They don’t know you’re only bluffing . . . I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.”(Pg. 154) The painting relates to the text because in the painting there are two people walking away. That signifies that they are walking away from something. Dally was trying to get away from troubles and pain that was brought from the death of Johnny. He walked away from

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    Bound Spine

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    Everything is not always what it seems. That certainly is a truthful statement that can be applied to the play, and our team’s script of The Cover of Life, by R.T Robinson. At first, when reading through this play, I viewed it as just a mundane tragedy with other elements swirling about. It was only after scanning through it more in depths, combing through Sybil’s lines and rehearsing them over and over, that I began to see the writing in a new light. Truly, after really digging deep into my soul

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    In today’s society, young adults rely on pop culture to teach them the ways of the world. No longer do parents sit down and teach their children right from wrong. With practically all young adults having a smart phones or some type of technology at their fingertips, they learn how to act in society from what they see on these devices. This content affects various subjects, but the most troubling is the potential impact it has on human sex trafficking. Music videos are a facet of pop culture

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    put his new puppy back because they were just born yesterday according to the book, and whenever he gets in trouble, he tells him to go hide in a bush by the pool. (that's what they called a lake or a river). “This ain’t no bad thing like I have to go hide in a bush. Oh! No. This ain’t. I’ll tell George that I found it dead.” as said on page 85. George says to Lennie that when someone wants to fight him, is to not do

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    Crooks tells Lenny, "I ain't wanted in the bunk house in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room.". Lenny then replies, "Why ain't you wanted?". Crooks responds saying, "Cause I'm black. They play card in there, but I can't play because I'm black.". Steinbeck, through Crooks, shows how people of color where treated. Steinbeck

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    A guy needs somebody to be near him… a guy goes nuts if he ain’t go nobody.” (Steinbeck,72). Here, Crooks explains his loneliness to Lennie. Crooks is frustrated because of his loneliness and being left out and alone all of the time. Curley’s wife is young and can cause trouble, even if she is or tries to be around

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    and belonging. The character that experienced this most was the stable-buck Crooks who was the only disabled black person on the ranch, making him disadvantaged. He expresses his loneliness when he says, “Books ain’t no good. A guy needs somebody – to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody.” (pg. 72). Conversely, a strength that defied loneliness and drove the two protagonists towards their goal is the powerful friendship between Lennie and George.

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