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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Summary of a bunch of ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Stories. ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Date: 06/94 # of Words:1,150 School:Public - COED State:NY
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Here are a bunch of stories in summary:
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Title: "The Boar Hunt"
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Author: Jose Vasconcelos
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Setting: near a peruvian river, part of the Amazon jungle
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Characters: four companions known as the Columbian, the peruvian, the
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Mexican and the Ecuadorian are the hunters.
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Plot: Four men are on a major hunt for boars. While swaying in their
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hamocks between trees, they hear a noise in the thicket from which
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emerges a great number of boars. The men begin their kill. As the
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wild pigs continue to gather, the men's ammunition dwindles. The pigs
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begin to slash at the trunks of the trees to which the hammocks are
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attached. The seemingly intelligent assault on hte trees continues
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throught the nught as the men watch in horror. Realising his imminent
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death, the narrator uses his hammock, like a swinging vine, to gain
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access to trees for safety. Hearing the trees collapsing and the
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dying screams of his companions, the narrator is aware of his narrow
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escape from death and so has a dramatic change of attitude towares
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the hunt.
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Conflict: man vs. himself
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man vs. nature
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Theme: Whenever man tampers with nature, the consequences of this action
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can be fatal or painful to himself.
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Title: "FOrgiveness in Families"
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Author: Alice Munro
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Setting: Action occuring over a period of time.
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Characters: Val; he narrator who is finding it difficult to
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understand her brother's actions.
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Cameron; (Cam), the brother who is irresonsible and aimless.
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Mother; who is accepting of her son Cam's actions.
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Plot: Val narrates about her family as an introduction for telling of the
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time her mother became very sick and her brother Cam, a food for
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nothing by the narrator's perspective, visited the hospital with his
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"co-priests" and "worked a miracle" upon his mother. His mother does
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recover.
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Conflict: man vs. himself
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man vs. man
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Theme: Growth in self-awareness can effect an understanding on an
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improvement in family relationships.
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Title: "Lamb to the Slaughter"
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Author: Roald Dahl
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Setting: The Maloney household located in a large city-action
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occuringn within a day.
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Characters: Mary Maloney - pregnant wife of patrick
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Patrick Maloney- - husband
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Sgt. Moonan - detective
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Plot: Mary Maloney is a content housewife whose whole life centers around
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her husband. He arrives home one evening and tells her the he is
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leaving her. In shock, she begins to prepare a leg of lamb for
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dinner. When her husband tells her not to bother, she hits him over
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the head with the frozen leg of lamb. She proceeds to cook the meat
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and serve it to the detectives who come to investigate her husband's
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death.
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Conflict: man vs. man
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Theme: Things aren't always what they appear to be.
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Title: "Through the Tunnel"
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Author: Doris Lessing
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Setting: at the shore, covering a week's vacation in southern France.
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Characters: Jerry - a determined, proud eleven year old.
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Mother - who is determined to be a good mother,
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because she is a widow.
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Plot: A boy, Jerry, goes to the beach with his mother everyday. At the bay,
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after meeting native boys, who swim through an underwater tunnel,
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Jerry practices holding his breath so that he can accomplish his
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goal.
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Conflict: Man vs. himself
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Man vs. nature
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Theme: Part of growing up is providing one can accomplish
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something which might be daring or reckless.
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Title: "Shaving"
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Author: Leslie Norris
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Setting: Springtime, occuring within a day in the sanford
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household.
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Characters: Barry- a seventeen year old who wants to be a goodson.
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Father, who is terminally ill.
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Plot: The story is told by Barry's point of view. The dying father feels
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unclean, because he is unshaven. He feels foo physicalls and
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psychologically when Barry shaves him.
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Conflict: man vs. himself
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Theme: With maturity comes resposibility, especially when a
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traumatic circumstance causes roles to be reversed.
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Title: "The Interlopers"
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Author: Saki
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Setting: In a forest in the Carpethian mountains in Eastern Europe. The
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land is steeply sloped and tangles with underbrush. It is the winter
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night and storm winds are blowing.
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Characters: Ulrich von Gradwitz - landowner
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Georg Znaeym - trespasser
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Plot: An old feud between the families of Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg
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Znaeym seems certain to end in death as the two men stalk each other
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within the disputed forest. They come face to face, but before either
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man can attack, a falling tree pins them both to the ground. In their
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mutual pain and helplessness, the consider thier quarrel and decide
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to make peace with each other. They welcome the sounds of an
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approaching group, only to discover that they have attracted a pack
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of wolves.
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Conflict: man vs. man
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man vs. himself
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man vs. nature
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Theme: Sometimes a step towares friendship comes too late to be of any
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consequence.
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Poetry Section
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Title: "Cooney Potter"
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Author: Edgar Lee Masters
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Theme: We work ourselves to deat forsaking our family in our pursuit to get
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ahead materially.
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MOod: Regret, introspective
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Irony of situation: Irony is presented in the overall portrait of Cooney
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Potter striving to better himself and yet failing to enjoy his life for
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he died before the age of 60.
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Title: Harlem
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Author: Langston Hughes
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Theme: You can't repress aspirations without it leading to violence.
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Mood: Bitter, angry, frustrated over the plight of the black man.
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Paradox: A seemingly self-contradictory statement that is true.
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Title: "The man who spilled light"
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Author: David Wanoner
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Theme: People are fearful of the truth.
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Mood: serious
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Tone: Ironic
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Figurative language: "Scraped up the light"
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"Clouds folded inside out"
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"Light tied in knots"
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Summary: Light (truth) is brought into the lives of the dark. Instead of
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being happy, they appear to prefer being in the dark.
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Title: "The Road not Taken"
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Author: Robert Frost
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Theme: Life is a series of choices and when we are presented with the
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choices, we select that which we feel is the best for us at that time.
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Figurative Language:
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Symbolism:
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"The two roads represent two courses
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in life which the speaker must decide
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upon."
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Summary: Literally, the poet describes making a decision about which of the
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two roads to take. Metaphorically, he describes making a major decision
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about his life.
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Title: "Those Winter Sundays"
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Author: Robert Hayden
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Theme: In retrospect, we appriciate the significance of small acts.
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Mood: Thoughtful
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Figurative language: Metaphor:
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"I'd wake and hear the coald splintering, breaking"
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"Blue black cold"
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Title: Walter Simmons
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Author: Edgar Lee Masters
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Theme: Sometimes others expect too mcuh of you.
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Mood: Introspective
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Alliteration: The repetition of similar or identical sounds at
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the beginnig of words
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"Watched and Waited"
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Title: "The Zoo"
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Author: Stevie Smith
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Theme: Caging animals doesn't comply with the laws of nature.
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Mood: Sad
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Tone: Angry
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Figurative Language: Ruby rage, water dusty London town.
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Summary: A little boy at the zoo is told that the caged lion doesn't like
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him because he can't eat him. The lion is sad, because he is not
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free.
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