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    Movement In The Stranger

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    protagonist named Meursault. Throughout the novel we can contrast the thoughts and outlook of Meursault as he is both exposed to movement and confinement, highlighting his outlook on life and seeing just how much of an influence it has on both him and the plot. At the beginning of the novel, Meursault experiences what most would see as a great and sad loss, the death of his mother. His mother, who he calls “manam” lives away from Meursault causing him to travel to her funeral. This movement and change of

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    the plot, “a length which allows of the hero passing by a series of probable of necessary stages from bad fortune to good, or from good to bad, may suffice as a limit for magnitude of a story” (Aristotle, 1450b45) Aristotle uses the subject of the Odyssey as an example of a tragic plot which encompasses the coherent totality of unity of time and unity of action, “Homer, in writing an Odyssey, he did not make the poem cover all that ever befell his hero-it befell him” (Aristotle, 1451a25). Plot is

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    Although “A Jury of Her Peers” and “Trifles” are similar in plot, Mustazza’s article, “Generic Translation and Thematic Shift in Susan Glaspell’s ‘Trifles’ and ‘A Jury of Her Peers’” highlights the differences and similarities between the two. Mustazza’s article may help aid readers to understand the differences between Glaspell’s two works and provide understanding as to why Glaspell may have changed the genre and form of the plot. “Trifles” is a dramatic play whereas “A Jury of Her Peers” is prose

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    significant improvements from their first incarnations that make them great in my eyes. These improvements are the results of using the tools that make up a story to construct and shape mine into something better. The tools I most heartily used were plot, to make a story with all the aspects that make it enjoyable, and theme, to give the reader some insight that they were unaware of before

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    the inverse order. The main plot of the two stories is very similar: a man having no short-term memory finding and killing the murder of his wife. They are inspired by the same idea, anterograde amnesia. For creators, the factors they need to look at when presenting a story largely depend on the medium of story-telling. The qualities of different mediums and the characteristics of the audiences of that medium determine many preferences of creators when designing the plot and the characters. Of course

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    Now finally onto the next point in why creative interpretation can be unpleasant. What this section will be uncovering is how movies leave out story plot elements. The first example and definably the most important is when the director of the Lightening Thief changed the WHOLE PLOT OF THE STORY! Yes, you heard that correctly, the whole plot. To make everything simpler, I'll give a list format of everything that changed. First, in the book Percy Jackson and his friends go across the United States

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    The study was carried out in San Clemente Island (SCI; 118° 30’ W, 33° 00’ N), the southernmost of the California Channel Islands, located approximately 109 km west of San Diego, California (Fig. XX). The SCI is under the administration and management of U.S. Navy and is not open to civilians, except by the permission of the naval authorities. The island covers 14,764 ha (147.64 km2) area extending 34 km north-south and ranges in width from 2.5-6.5 km. The diverse topography of the island (a steeply

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    Short Story Happy Ending

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    The short story “Happy Ending” is an example of fiction which provides great storytelling. The short story gives six different versions on how and what happy endings mean .First I will compare several versions of each plot. Then I will discuss how these plots have an effect on the couples. Finally I’ll address the how’s and why’s we define happy endings. With different versions comes with great beginnings and end with the same ending. You have the same characters shown in several different scenarios

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    Symbolism In Roman Fever

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    While it may not be the easiest task and we may need to re-read, finding symbols is essential in the grasping a complete understanding of the depth of each story in literature. Throughout the story “Roman Fever”, we see that symbolism gives light to plot and the most important theme in the story by constantly reminding the reader of them through symbols. Symbols allow for authors to go beyond what is know through literal terms and create connections between otherwise vastly distinct concepts or objects

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    Arthur Radley. Arthur “Boo” Radley is not how everyone perceived him to be in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, as shown through the town’s image of Boo, the foreshadowing taking place at the scene of Miss Maudie’s house catching fire, as well as the plot twist that takes place at the end of the book. One person from the town of Maycomb, Jem, who is Atticus’ son, describes Boo at the beginning of the book. He tells Scout that Boo “dined on raw squirrels” and that he had a “long jagged scar” across

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