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    faintly and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window”(Page 498). This use of imagery allows the readers to picture how Mrs. Mallard feels and how she looks at life now. Chopin also uses other passages to describe, in detail, how Mrs. Mallard looks, after all, this chaos. “She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even

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    ideas and leaders fight groupthink; it has been rated #1 national bestseller and one of Amazon's best books for the month of February 2016. The author makes a strong case for being a non-conformist. This book is an interesting read for both a casual reader as well as one looking for keen insights and research into the topic of being an original. The author has taken every opportunity to cite references. The book begins with the topic of creative destruction and an example of Warby Parker, the famous

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    the protagonist’s emotions directly to the reader. Wagamese is able to flip in between current events and past stories to ultimately immerse the reader into a world of imagination. Additionally, he perfects the order in which these stories are being told. By doing so, it allows the reader to take pity upon the protagonists at hand in an utmost flawless succession. Lastly, through effective and clever story telling, Wagamese is able to engage the reader by placing them in both the shoes and minds

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    There Comes John

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    rest. Before really reading, the reader can tell that the story is a journal that is written in first person. The reader can conclude this through the context of the literature and the positon of the narrator such as when she wrote, “There comes John, and I must put this away, - he hates to have me write a word” (Gilman 381). The story also uses asterisks so that the reader can tell when an old entry ends and when a new entry one begins. This allows the reader to keep up chronologically with the

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    difficult to cope with. In the past whenever Kincaid hoped for change, she imagined she would “like it very much” (line 10). Yet, in the present, after experiencing change, she “smiled with my mouth turned down” (line 11). Throughout the excerpt, the reader can see the stark tension between her sense of self and current situation dramatized by diction and repetition. As one can see in the excerpt, Kincaid faces something in her life that can be looked upon as a new experience. Kincaid struggles between

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    imaginations of the reader to show the stepping stones of Montag's journey.Imagery is a key element to this book due to its importance to the reader to know the atmosphere of the society in which these character live in. Ray Bradbury uses his skills to create a mood in which a reader could feed upon and want to keep reading the book. The second part of the book distracts from the first as Montag's attitude changes towards society. In Bradbury's work he uses his style to capture the reader. Fahrenheit

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    to their readers. Reading has become a way to discover much more about life and morals. Therefore, in the words of James Bryce, “The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.” Truman Capote proves this claim throughout his book In Cold Blood. Capote builds empathy throughout his narrative; by conveying powerful experiences and emotions, he guides the reader to better understand what leads these murderers to commit the crimes that they did and allows the reader to carry

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    darkness and at ease in bed.” He uses this rhetorical device to give the readers a feeling of how Douglas views his neighborhood that morning. He then continues with metaphors to further describe that morning. In line 14, he explains how Douglas imagines, “when the trees washed together” at night. Which is then followed by polysyndeton in lines 18-19 saying how Douglas saw, “swarming seas of elm and oak and maple.” This gives the reader a deeper understanding of the town’s ambience. Bradbury finished off

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    the reader at a cliff hanger. It is open to interpretation. “But why are you reaching into your jacket sir? I detect a glint of metal. Given that you are now bound by a certain shared intimacy, I trust it is from the holder of your business cards” (184). The reader can assume many different things from the text. It is significant because it shows the theme of stereotypes, how cultural backgrounds influence someone, and how racism is prevalent in the novel. The open ending also makes the reader think

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    deteriorate. He describes the horizon as having a ‘deadly glow’ and mentions that the beach is full of ‘assorted rubble’. This gives the reader the impression that the location has not been well cared for. In ‘1984’ smells are used to suggest poverty, such as the ‘old rag mats’ and the ‘boiled cabbage’. The use of one of the five senses when describing the smells help the reader imagine what it felt like to be the character in the smelly hallway and the gloomy outdoors. In Oryx and Crake, the writer uses

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