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    descriptive way of writing lends itself to unique interpretation by each reader individually. By including himself, Lortat-Jacob shies away from the empirical tradition of ethnography and emphasizes the importance of the character. The narrative style allows the author to vividly describe the events to the reader while still maintaining an interesting, engaging purpose. These methods show that the author has opted for a more wholesome, modern view of culture and ethnography. Objectivity is not needed

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    Diction Analysis

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    Diction is the selection of words in a literary work. Diction conveys action, implies attitudes, develops themes, suggests values, and reveals a character. Diction and contrasting imagery are really important because they are what readers react and connect to. “The Flowers”, a short story by Alice Walker, is a great example of diction at play. This short story uses contrasting imagery and diction to develop and show meaning in the work. The contrasting imagery and diction convey meaning in Alice

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    Example: Italy, dark mansion, etc. Irony: The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or

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    Sean Cohen English 1197 Sec 001 April 10th, 2012 “The Sounds of Sonny’s Blues” James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues is a short story focused around the narration of Sonny’s brother. The narrator in the case of Sonny’s Blues is the most important character in a cast of characters not only because he is the narrator, but due to the dynamic change of his character we see at the end of the story. Baldwin effectively uses the first-person narration of Sonny’s brother in order to convey the theme of communication

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    Nicholas Wilson Z3161021 LAWS8139 Law and the Culture Industries Lecturer – Dr Catherine Bond Research Essay Essay Question- Select one of the topics studied in this course. What are the regulatory difficulties in this area? What reforms, if any, are necessary? Topic: Entertainment Franchises: transmedia and the importance of character rights Things to watch,,, obvious, grammar, spelling and punctuan, lose pride, refine when possible, don’t be too word or elaborate, reduce passivity, Topic sentence

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    A & P By John Updike

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    A & P is a story of Sammy who is a 19 year old boy working as a clerk at a grocery store in a small town in New England. Published back in 1961 narrative defining A & P is the popular mythology of 1960s basically where youthful rebellion powers took over the soulless system. (Sustana) Therefore Updike has written a story that includes key elements of myth along with the background of postwar prosperity and the attendant consumer culture. Where there is a strong hint of the Cold War as hero character

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    Metaphor criticism would be my rhetorical method of choose. I selected metaphor criticism after reading the prompt above and saw an abundance of metaphors such as “stunning glimpse”, “dizzying height” and “journey to the top” just to name a few. A metaphor within the paragraph that stood out is “journey to top.” The tenor would be “journey” and the vehicle is the “top” I thought metaphorical about each leg of the Arch from a historical perspective. As a black man, the racial history that my people

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    “Doodle was just about the craziest brother a boy ever had.” Page 1 paragraph 2 Doodle was an ordinary boy with something special that not everybody had- a heart condition. It prevented him from doing most things an average boy could. Doodle and his brother would spend most of their time at Old Woman Swamp or outdoors. They are always together in some way. The author of “The Scarlet Ibis” uses foreshadowing, similes, and imagery to show that others expectations of one can impact themselves and take

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    that of his narrator Fredric Henry. At the beginning of Chapter Twenty-One, death and destruction is mentioned only before a one-sided conversation with a British major that leaves Henry bored. This passage also portrays Hemingway’s dark but witty style through his discursive and wistful tone, varied figures of speech, and repetitive and violent diction to indicate the uncertainty of his narrator’s situation. Hemingway’s tone, displayed by Henry’s lack of focus and wistful remarks on past events,

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    Imagery, particularly when describing beautiful colors before Gilead and contrasting them with the dull colors described in Gilead reveal how drastically life has changed. Offred mentions that in the past when she took her daughter to get ice cream, everything was “colored so delicately, pale orange, pale green, pale pink” and that her daughter, dressed in similar “ice cream pastels” would choose her treat “by the color” (Atwood 165). In life before Gilead, colors were vivid and cheerful, something

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