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    experiences, which only reveal certain parts of the narrator’s life to the readers. As a reader, I felt like there were pieces that I was missing from the story because of the lack of transitions. It is like someone giving you a cake with one slice already taken out. The structure of the novel contributed to my understanding of the story because it left many things open-ended for me to conclude on my own. Additionally, the narrative of the story was coming from one individual's point of view, Whether my

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    Slice: A Short Story

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    Slice pulled himself of the wall, stared at the both of them and said in a fuck it tone of voice. “Hey man let’s play.” That was always his answer when things were at its worst. “Who knows it might help. Come on let’s give it a try. How about it?” “What are we going to play on Slice? Take a look around, there’s nothing here,” Juice swore, then realize what he just said himself and turned his attention quickly back to his little brother. “What happened to all your stuff? Have you been robbed

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    What is the tone that the author used in the short story you have chosen ? Give examples.  There are many tones that had been used in the “Twelve And Not Stupid”, like examples in paraghraph one , Mr Kwong says “Poor girl. Where on earth is her father? How can he leave her for waiting for so long ?, the tone there showed that Mr. Kwong are symphatize for the girl. Next, I found in this short stories are sad tones. Examples in this paraghraph “By the time he came to get me, it was almost evening

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    six different but uniquely connected stories with the same ideal ending. Each story gives us different characters with very diverse lifestyles, told at different tones and paces, but all ending exactly as the other before. In the end we realize that no matter what details we are given of each character and their life, they always die. The first story, Story A, introduces the sweet, brief love story of John and Mary. In Story A, Atwood doesn't describe the life of the "charming" couple, but more so

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    Whitfield’s Life Along the Silk Road, there is no central argument pushing the book in one specific direction. There is, however, a slice into the daily lives of ten different characters. By dividing the story into characters rather than chapters in a book, the author gains the ability to tell what daily life would have actually looked like, from multiple perspectives. A story that would transcend different social classes, ranks, genders, and ethnic groups. The book covers lifestyles from the life of luxuries

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    Mrs Perez

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    The story “Mrs. Perez”, by Oscar Casares, gives the reader a real taste of the main character’s life, Mrs. Perez, through flashbacks, the use of the Spanish language, and the dynamic of her family life. The author’s use of literary devices such as, the use of Spanish and flashbacks, creates a real believable character. Casares gives the reader a real slice of life in this story. Realism is a major key to writing excellent excerpts. It gives the reader the ability to relate and sympathize with the

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    The Great Gig In The Sky

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    character has lived his unfulfilled life of stress, anxiety, and the passing of time, that now dying seems pleasant. Talking with elders, some are scared of dying because they wonder if they did have an unfulfilled life, but this character seems to accept it, and because of that he or she has no reason to be afraid, because they were well aware they let life pass by. Side B of The Dark Side of the Moon concentrates on the “roots” that cause madness, or a mediocre life. The most common “evil” in the world

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    they can symbolize. Piercy writes about how doors can mean various things to different people. Both the book Giver and the poem “Doors Opening, Closing on Us” have similarities that describe the stages a person goes through in their life. The poem and the story both describe death using a door. Lois Lowry incorporates doors in her book by writing about how a citizen has to walk through a special door into the releasing room. In the book, the

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    Epiphany In Miss Brill

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    Essay In the short story “Miss Brill” the protagonist, Miss Brill, is a lonely and isolated woman who likes to spend her Sunday afternoon’s in the park observing everyone around her and listening to their conversations without them knowing. We can infer that Miss Brill has created her own fantasy world to escape the harsh reality of her own life. At the end of the story the audience can come to the conclusion that Miss Brill experienced an epiphany that will change her life. Today "epiphany" has

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    Old Rit Analysis

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    forced to do something you did not want to do? When slavery was legal all the slaves had to do what there masters told them to do. In the story of harriet tubman hariet faced many hard ships. she was forced to do many things that she did not want to do. her story was based on her life and the life of others. The text states, "Ben could tell wonderful stories, too. So could her mother, Old Rit, though Rit's were mostly from the Bible. Rit told about Moses and the children of Israel, about how the

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