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    The Same Elements, the Different Feelings: A Comparison Between The Interlopers and The Machine That Won the War. Have you ever read a story that reduced you to tears or genuinely made you laugh out loud? Through the years, writers have utilized literary elements such as plot twists, foreshadowing, and the three types of irony-- situational, dramatic, and verbal-- as well as characterization, misdirection, and tone to play with the emotions of their readers. Today, we are going to focus on plot

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    The One thousand and One nights stories originate from many different Asian languages and many different cultures, they were collected and then translated over many centuries in order to create one well-known version of it. The stories evolving from the same culture could be seen to have similar themes and morals, and when compiled together, they provide the oriental morals and social concepts. India was known for moral stories, Persia was known for stories about magic and imaginary creatures, and

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    Introduction The song that I have chosen to present to the parents is “Locked Away” by R. City and Adam Levine. R. City is an American duo from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The duo is composed of brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas. Adam Levine is a popular singer from the band Maroon 5 born in Los Angeles, California. Title Analysation Without listening to the song and reading the title of the song, I automatically think of someone getting “locked away” in jail. I think that this song

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    “But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.” (Ernest Hemingway) The Scarlet Ibis is about a boy who wants to teach is disabled brother, Doodle, to do normal things, but the boy does not know when enough is enough. Brother pushed Doodle so hard, it eventually to his death. Brother and Doodle did not accept defeat, but only Doodle was destroyed. In the story, The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, the theme ego cannot accept defeat is revealed through symbolism and rising

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    his training to great lengths, killing Doodle in the end. This passage uses several important literary devices that advance the story, such as help the readers gain a better meaning of the symbols and what Hurst is trying to convey. The first and one of the most important literary devices you can detect in this writing, is the usage of flashback. Hurst uses flashback to develop the whole story, relationship between Doodle and Brother, and explain what happened to Doodle. A majority of “The Scarlet

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    Both the ‘Odyssey’ and ‘1001 Nights’ feature male protagonists who traverse the seas, and the concepts and themes of men seafaring is common throughout most canonical texts. For example, the allusion of Odysseus’ difficult journey is made when a minor male character in Apuleius’ ‘The Golden Ass’ describes his seafaring adventures as being ‘positively Ulyssian’ (‘Ulyssian’ thus being a reference the Roman naming of Odysseus) (pg 29). Furthermore, both texts share themes, such as: seafaring, the supernatural

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    The story ends the way it does in order to show the dramatic irony of the story and to represent the theme. In the ending Elisa feels depressed and starts to cry. This is one of the vivid examples of irony found in the story, it is ironic because the tinker who uplifted Elisa ended up making her even sadder than she was before. The tinker encouraged her so much, and boosted her confidence, without thought, threw away her

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    In the book, The Alchemist, there is many lessons that not only teach the characters but also the reader. The book has many strong messages and teachings directed to the reader to interpret. “It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” (Coelho). In the quote, it shows Santiago’s father explaining to Santiago about what makes life interesting. This quote also explains the importance of pursuing your dreams or what you feel is right. When reading the book, there

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    Alcamist True Meaning

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    the philosopher stone . santiago was on his was to AL-Fayoum ,one step closer to his goal.when he arrived to this destination santiago met the Alcamist who was teaching him truley understand the unviersal language of the world,inadiition he also taught his the soul of the world.Santiago ment this women named fatima who he fell in love with ,but he learned to recongize that his love for her could wait,his destiny/dreams coundn’t .One of the things santiago learned from the alcamist was that a hores

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    Coelho's The Alchemist

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    The alchemist is a novel based off of connecting with earth, overcoming fears, and fulfilling our own “ Personal legends” with its various universal themes. In Coelho’s literary piece, Santiago or as referred to “the boy” is on a quest to fulfill his destiny whilst making several stops along the way of his journey which allows him to meet multiple colorful people, such as a gypsy, a king, a maiden,etc. No matter how difficult his path may have gotten the inspirational people that he met along the

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