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    Reoccurring Motif

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    are growing‚ and social injustices have become very common during this time. These events cause drastic changes in the live of these two men and many other characters in the novel. Alan Paton has a reoccurring motif throughout the whole novel to help portray his themes more clearly‚ such motif is that of fear. Paton shows the readers that the people of South Africa fear of society and of the mysterious nature of life. Through the use

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    Blood Motif

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    The Blood Motif Shakespeare used many motifs through out the tragedy of Macbeth. These motifs help to create an underlying theme‚ each one developing on its own. The blood motif‚ which is the most‚ used one that is why I selected it. Shakespeare uses the blood motif to reinforce the theme that violence leads to more violence. The blood can also symbolize the guilt that Macbeth cannot escape from. Macbeth in this story starts off as a good guy‚ a respectable man. But after Duncan grants

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    Bird By Bird

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    Getting Started You should always write truthfully Writing about your childhood in a lot of detail is a good way to start Holidays are usually good to write about because there is a lot of detail. Writing at the same time helps creativity in stories. ‚Writing is more important than being published ‚Books make you notice the small details in life Books can enhance your imagination. Many lose their confidence when they begin writing since it is difficult for them to get down their thoughts

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    The Awakening

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    Breaking Free The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a short story representing freedom‚ individuality‚ and separating from the status quo. The main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ is facing many dilemma’s that allow her to discover who she really is. Edna’s death at the end of the book is portraying her triumph against her world. By dying‚ she is proving she does not need a husband‚ that she will not be known as the mother society is wanting her to be‚ and that she can express her true emotions. Therefore

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    The Awakening

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    “The Awakening” Edna Pontellier’s action in the novel “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin‚ could be justified as her being selfish and unjustified in her actions. The story’s romanticism changes the outlook of Edna to being an admirable character‚ in many ways. She emancipated herself from her restraints and achieved nearly all that she desired. Chopin could have used this book to glorify the women of this age‚ but because of the time period and life styles‚ most of what was referred to in the story

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    Birds

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    Birds The earliest birds of which we have any record were descended from reptiles and lived about a hundred and thirty million years ago. These first birds had tails like lizards and teeth in their jaws. Over a period of many millions of years‚ the wings developed at the expense of the tail and the teeth disappeared. Thus birds as we know the today have evolved. They now differ very much from reptiles and it is only because of the research of zoologists one hundred years ago‚ that they were

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    Birds

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    Birds (class Aves) are feathered‚ winged‚ bipedal‚ endothermic (warm-blooded)‚ egg-laying‚ vertebrate animals. With around 10‚000 living species‚ they are the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. All present species belong to the subclass Neornithes‚ and inhabit ecosystems across the globe‚ from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) Bee Hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) Ostrich. The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within theropod dinosaurs

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    the birds

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    upon us. These things are things I would never wish on someone. The birds have just come through the children’s bedroom. With great rage they have went for there eyes and hand. The only thing I could do was fight. They came in swarms at me as I moved into the bedroom. The only thing I had to protect myself was the towel in my hand‚ and as I fought them back with my towel they went for my eyes. I am lucky I can still see. With the birds now dead in bunches on the floor I cant stop thinking about why they

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    the birds

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    build up‚ or a gate to mend‚ at the far end of the peninsula‚ where the sea surrounded the farmland on either side. Then‚ at midday‚ he would pause and eat the meat pie his wife had baked for him and‚ sitting on the cliff’s edge‚ watch the birds. In autumn great flocks of them came to the peninsula‚ restless‚ uneasy‚ spending themselves in motion; now wheeling‚ circling the sky; now settling to feed on the rich‚ new-turned soil; but even when they fed‚ it was as though they

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    Journey Motif

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    In literature‚ the Journey is often a metaphor for discovery. The journey motif is used in Coleridge’s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." It is also shown in Hawthorne’s "My Kinsman‚ Major Molineux" and "Young Goodman Brown." In these stories‚ each main character changes sometime between the beginning and the end of the story. In addition‚ religion plays a part in each of these stories. Typically‚ in journey literature the hero encounters several obstacles that he or she must overcome.

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