find the two images rather contradistinctive? To me, they are identical—a man of relatively normal height, with a prominent paunch on his otherwise slender frame. He is my father. A person with such a broad spectrum of interests is usually rare to find, but from the very first moment I arrived on this earth, he was in my life. My father has very close-cropped, always well-trimmed dark hair, and below it are his bushy, determined-looking eyebrows. You immediately notice his eyes, shimmering like
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Memoirs of My Life: “Tatiana” It is always so surprising to me that my little children and grandchildren never grow tired of hearing the stories of my life. I am nothing special – just an old, worn, and tired Russian woman. My children and grandchildren gather ‘round me as often as possible to hear the recollections of my childhood, special memories I hold dear from my life, and to somewhat experience the vastly circumstances I faced growing up a young woman in late 19th century Russia, as compared
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stuck and labeled as another reservation Indian he must fight against what is expected of him. Sherman Alexie is able to overcome and persevere which speaks to me because I have had to overcome lots in my life. Through the use of analogies, anecdote and repetition Alexie is able to relay the story in a way that leaves a lasting
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forget that day, the day I stepped my first foot on an airplane, the day where I knew my life would change forever. Ever since that day, life has momentarily changed vigorously, and rapidly. To this day I thank my parents for having the opportunity to bring our whole family, over to the United States of America. If I would’ve never came to America, I wouldn’t have had the options that I have today. I wouldn’t have been educated the way education is taught here. In my days in America, I may have not
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be difficult. That is what the short story Reconciliation, written by Polly Clark, is trying to tell us. The story is written in 1st person because we are able to read what she is thinking and feeling – even when she doesn’t know it: “It’s my first day, I cycled here” etc. It all starts “in medias res”, where the reader is thrown into the events and quickly forced to understand everything that is happening. The fact that it’s the narrator who tells the story gives a very good insight into her world
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former life, and wanting your child to share the same beliefs, rules and norms as you and your country of origin, you might find yourself in great trouble, as the culture will have a greater influence on your child than you will, and what will you do about it?. These issues are displayed in the short story “Where the Gods fly” by author Jean Kwok. The short story deals with a family who has emigrated from China to America. The mother struggles as she tries to give her daughter a greater life than
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To have fun. The Narrative Structure A narrative is a story, and like a story has a definite underlying structure. The parts of a narrative are the situation, conflict, struggle, outcome, and meaning. The situation informs the audience of when the story takes place and what is happening and who is involved at the beginning of the story. The conflict informs the audience of the tension that makes the story worth telling. All stories involve some sort of conflict. Following the explication
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and can it be saved? These questions that are shaped in the readers mind is indicative of a short story that uses not only imagery but symbols to tell a story. The picture you have formed in your head of the small, sad little girl and her beloved dog is an example of symbolism of the journey. While literally the dog is dead this may also be a symbolism of a girl losing the only thing in her little life that she trusted in a world that has abandoned her like the empty road she finds herself on. The
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well as tools for absorption, I believe the persona of this poem makes an impact on the understanding and reflection of the words in front of us. Because the plot of the story helps to widen our own imaginations the descriptions given produce a vivid picture of the story being told. A form of narrative poetry is the ballad, a story that’s sung. “In ancient oral traditions, ballads were used to celebrate shared experiences involving adventure, war, love, death, and the supernatural” (Clugston, 2010)
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What if you woke up one morning expecting the luminous sun to blind you, but instead the beautiful blue sky becomes inky and depressing because gray ash covers it like a blanket? You hear ringing in your ears and feel the coldness hugging you everywhere. Subsequently, you remember that the Yellowstone volcano has erupted creating an enduring winter and causing people into dilemmas in order to meet their necessities to survive. One of the people who have to struggle in this unfortunate event is a
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