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    Love is unconditional within a family and should come without seeing any flaws one may have. Each and every individual is given the ability to love, however not all have the strength and courage to embrace it. Love is the most important aspect of life, but not all can accept an individual's differences. James Hurst expresses this hardship in his story “The Scarlet Ibis”. Hurst displays the importance of acceptance between two brothers, Brother and Doodle. Doodle is born with a disability that sets

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    the prince's personal combat field. Arranged in rows of twelve, one hundred forty-four vases stood in the middle of several weapon racks that offered every type of weapon in existence. Seeing the collection of weapons and the vases, Ramses recalled the days from more than two decades ago, when he'd built a similar courtyard for his own entertainment and challenged his men into a duels atop of the vases. The vase game was a popular one on Myksos. Also an Elthemian training method,

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    witnessed a death and felt a sense of sadness, thus creating a melancholic mood in the section. Additionally, as the author compares the dead scarlet ibis and a broken vase, he states, “for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers” (10). As the author distinguishes the similarities between the scarlet ibis and the broken vase, it highlights how the ibis is

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    Symbolism In our society, when people see a vase that has cracks on it, they probably have a thought that the vase is going to break any time soon. But the vase that Cecilia and Robbie break at the fountain isn’t just any of those broken vase. It is a symbol of love and unbroken heart towards lovers. According to the writer, the vase is little more complicated than that, though. In fact, the vase also means a self-allusion. In the novel, the vase was originally given to Cecilia’s Uncle during

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    Broken “I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.” ~ William Stafford Broken can only mean so many things, everyone has their own thoughts when they hear the word, “Broken”. They can think of hurt, pain, and hopelessness. They can also think of shattered, smashed, crushed, ruined. Either way, broken is a word that’s always been sad. In the late 14th century someone once said, “You sound like a broken record.” And since then people have been using it to describe several things. “It changes

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    đon’t know what Alexander is doing. D. My brother said that he hasn’t kiiown what Alexander was doing. 47. The childsaid that he hadn 7 broken the antìque vase. A. The child regretted not breaking the antique vase. B. The child accepted to have broken the antique vase. c. The child wished he didn’t break the antique vase. D. The child denied havlng broken the antique vase. 48. Your birthday party was the last time

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    favorite antique vase that was given to her as a gift from her grandmother. The vase was porcelain white decorated with dark yellow sunflowers, my moms favorite flower. The vase was filled with seven beautiful sunflowers with bright yellow leaves that she had just picked from the yard. Sadie ran past the table, her tail hit the table and it slowly rocked from side to side. I looked at my mom, who looked like she had just seen a ghost. She began to sprint towards the table to catch the vase. It was too

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    Written by Ian McEwan and later screen adapted by Joe Wright, Atonement is an extremely effective and well-presented metanarrative. It isn’t until the final stages of the book where the format of the story is disclosed, leaving the audience with an unsuspected shock. However, upon closer inspection, the many indicative and self-referential symbols can be recognised all throughout the novel (2003) and the film (2007). One of the most important and well recognised symbols of the book and the film

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    floor. It was mine. I had dropped it when I saw the body. Why would I get coffee? I hate coffee. I only drink coffee when I am in serious trouble and do not know what to do. My vase was broken. I hated that vase. I am happy that whoever was responsible for this criminal act used that vase. Wait, how do I know he used that vase? How do I know it was a he? It only makes sense. Right? When I looked at the body, I realized who it was. It was Mr. Tolen, my neighbour. I hated him; he was always asking me

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    Bitterness Withholds Passion Love is unconditional within a family and should come without seeing any flaws one may have. Each and every individual is given the ability to love, however not all have the strength and courage to embrace it. Love is the most important aspect of life, but not all can accept an individual's differences. James Hurst expresses this hardship in his story “The Scarlet Ibis”. Hurst displays the importance of acceptance between two brothers, Brother and Doodle. Doodle

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