In the poem Woodchucks, written by Maxine Kumin, the speaker talks about the woodchucks inhabiting her backyard and how she wants them gone. The excitement of killing demonstrates the overall tone of the poem reveals the theme of how little it takes to turn a person evil. In the beginning of the poem, the tone describes her annoyance toward the woodchucks that inhabit her backyard. The speaker uses “a knockout bomb” because it seems “merciful, quick at the bone” (2-3). Connotatively “merciful” demonstrates
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Katie Zachgo ELA hour 3 Hatchet, Dynamic Character Churchman 11/4/16 Brian Robeson is considered to be a dynamic character in Hatchet. A dynamic character is someone who changes throughout the course of the story. Brian’s character has changed through his optimism, respect for animals, and his instincts used to survive. Brain changes through his personality qualities, especially optimism. A large quantity of who you are as a person is your personality qualities. “he had been run over by
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In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph experiences the loss of innocence on the island. In his experiences, we see that evil is inherent in man- something only Simon has understood on the island. The boys first enjoyed the freedom from adults, but soon all civil ideas on the island collapsed, leading to chaos and the death of Simon and Piggy; a metaphor to the background of the war in the adult world. This implies that every man has some capacity for evil within himself, even small
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There are many different sins presented in The Canterbury Tales, such as pride, greed, sloth, anger, gluttony, lust, and envy. The wife of Bath was prideful and was bragging about her power over her husband. The Friar was greedy when he took money from many people. The wife of Bath committed lust when she had many lovers other than her husband. The Wife of Bath was angered when she had to compete with books for her husband's attention. She then got back at him through her anger and made herself feel
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Benvolio is to Blame! Someone has to be blamed for all 6 deaths in Romeo and Juliet. There are many people you can blame, but who is ultimately at fault? Benvolio’s name literally means ‘Peacemaker’; however, his name does not reflect on his behavior. He is to blame for all six of the deaths in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Here’s why. In Act Three, Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio and Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin (appositive), were on the streets. Tybalt wanted to duel Romeo but Mercutio stepped in for
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Divya Kumar Mr. Kirley ENG3U1-05 November.11.2015. The Crucible: Is John Proctor truly a tragic hero? A tragic hero is a person with admirable qualities yet they have a tragic flaw that leads them to their downfall. In Miller’s play “The Crucible,” the protagonist, John Proctor, is a tragic hero known for his good reputation yet commits adultery with Abigail thus making it a tragic flaw that leads to his death. John Proctor is a tragic hero because he
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In Junot Díaz’s novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Díaz shows how a curse can overtake a person’s life, but can eventually be escaped. In the novel, Oscar is the main character who has been seen as dorky throughout his life, and who could never get a girl to like him. Oscar’s inability to obtain love is the curse that hovers over him throughout his life. In the end of the novel, Oscar finally breaks his curse when Ybón falls in love with him and his virginity is taken. Oscar dies soon after
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Be accepting of who you are. This theme relates in both the story “A Mango Shaped Space” by Wendy Mass, and the fable “The Vain Jackdaw.” In both stories the characters struggle to fit in. They have to learn how to accept who they are. In the fable “The Vain Jackdaw” The theme accepting yourself is very important. In the beginning of the story the Vain Jackdaws think that there is no way they can win the contest of who the best bird is. The chief jackdaw said “No point.” “Everyone knows we aren’t
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Listening to how the Language Sounds In the novel Station Eleven, author Emily St. John Mandel constantly switches back and forth between pre and post apocalyptic worlds. Along with changing the time period, Mandel also changes the descriptions and language she uses, in order to convey contrasting tones. Most people would guess that Mandel’s depiction of the pre-apocalyptic world would be more desirable than the post, however, I believe that Mandel does exactly the opposite. In her pre-apocalyptic
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Romeo & Juliet (My naked weapon is out: quarrel, I will back thee” (Shakespeare Act I Scene i 32). In “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare it is how Romeo and Juliet fell in love and how they died for each other. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Benvolio and Friar Lawrence should be pardoned and Lord Capulet should be punished. Benvolio should be pardoned because he is peaceful. He is peaceful when the families get in a fight in the town and he tries to stop the fight. Benvolio says
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