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I. SUBJECT “the Old Man and the Sea” written by Ernest Hemingway, was taken place in the 1940’s out in the sea off the coast of Cuba. Hemingway is talking about Santigo’s voyage out on the open water. Santigo is the old man who has a young friend named Manolin who was the only one to go fish with him. Everyone else even Manolin’s parents think that Santigo is salo “the worst form of unlucky”. The old man leaves to head out to sea when he tells us that the sea cannot be controlled. After days at sea

How Environmental Apocalypse is represented in new narratives In the last decade, mass media have created some fatalist stories about climate change due hot summers and cold winters that never have been registered before. This strategy has the tendency to describe the effects of global warming on television, newspapers, cinema, even literature; which can be associated to an apocalypse discourse. But this apocalypse view embraces the role of awareness on human behaviour towards the environment. However

Analysis of “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin The story under analysis is written by Kate Chopin. Kate Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels. She wrote for both children and adults. She is considered as a forerunner of feminist author. Unlike many of the feminist writers of her time who were mainly interested in improving the social conditions of women, she looked for an understanding of personal freedom. She put much concentration on women’s lives and their continual

Consonance “Maître Hauchecome was seized with a sort of shame to be seen thus by his enemy, picking a bit of string out of the dirt.” 3. Litotes “What grieved me so much was not the thing itself as the lying. There is nothing so shameful as to be placed under a cloud on account of a lie.” 4. Hyperbole “He went home ashamed and indignant, choking with anger and confusion, the more dejected

STYLISTICS ANALYSIS OF THE POEM “IF I CAN STOP ONE HEART FROM BREAKING” BY EMILY DICKINSON Muhammad Khurram Ismail Corresponding Author Email: khurmey@yahoo.com/gmail.com Department of English CIIT Islamabad, Pakistan Abstract This paper examines, from the perspective of ‘stylistic analysis’, Emily Dickinson’s poem “If I can stop one heart from breaking’’. The investigation is made through the levels of Graphological, Syntactical, Phonological and Grammatical patterns. Literary devices that add

I. SUBJECT The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, is story about the journey of a young woman, Skeeter, standing up for what she believes in and following her dreams. This story is set in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960’s, which is the height of the Civil Rights movement period. The story is through the viewpoint of three narrators: Skeeter Phalen, Aibileen Clark, and Minny Jackson. Skeeter is the main narrator out of the three. She is a young white woman returning home after receiving her journalism

However much we insist it is not true, our choices, actions, and thoughts are rarely uninfluenced by the conditions we are born into. Our culture and society play a huge role in the person we become, shaping our opinions and worldviews from birth. This truth is illustrated no better than in Jane Austen’s Emma. In Emma, Austen uses narrative style, characterization, and the plot device of word games to illustrate the ever-present power of hierarchical control. Emma's plot seemingly hovers around

method Pope used to mislead readers was the use of contrast. Jessie Pope made sure that her readers would feel ashamed if they were to not join the war. The line ‘Turn to himself in the show?’ is followed by ‘Who wants a seat in the stand?’. Pope uses litotes as an anti climax to downgrade the alternative option of not going to war. This creates a choice which only has one answer that would be accepted, go to war. This further illustrates the misleading approach to making young men go to war. Finally,

One of the most valuable abilities an individual can possess is dauntlessness and the art of persuasion. In the film 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, twelve members of the jury must determine and issue a final decree on whether an inner-city teenager is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt or not guilty of his father’s murder. Despite the numerous factual evidence provided, a majority of the jurors are convinced without reasonable doubt that the young boy is guilty and should be sentenced to death. These

“Thank you for Arguing” Outline Introduction I. Rhetoric A. “Art of Persuasion” (Preface) B. Few colleges and universities still teach it C. Romans using “the first infomercial tactic” – dirimens copulation : a joining that interrupts 1. “Not only do we have this, but we have….” (5) D. To prove of its importance, Heinrich attempts a day without persuasion 1. “Free of advertising, politics, family squabbles, or any psychological manipulation whatsoever.” (6) Offense I. Argument