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…they know and trust best. “Hoplites in nearly all city-states were deployed in their phalanxes by tribe and most likely of course, were well acquainted with those of their own town or deme.” (Hanson: pg.121) This meant that the soldiers were not strangers…

…enjoy it. Another example of situational irony is in Estelle’s rape fantasies. She states that in her fantasies strangers rape her but statistics show that women are more likely to be raped by someone they know. I believe the reason her rape fantasies…

…a desire to help the strangers that accompanied them along the trip. Once the Wilson's depart from the Joad family to go their own way along the trail, they offer to give them some money and food. However, the Wilson's said they could not accept it, even though…

…Henry Lawson’s “The Union buries its dead is a story which explores the procedure of a union burial for a man whose identity is unknown and whose presence was obviously barely noticed. “He was stranger in town, and the fact of his having been a Union man…

…it when strangers intrude on that space. If done then the typical reaction is to step back and gain the space between back. That is not the only way to annoy people’s space. One can sit down right next to another when all the other seats or tables are empty…

…Albert Camus is one of the most renowned authors in the twentieth century. With works such as Caligula, The Stranger, Nuptials, and The Plague, he has impacted the world of literature to a great extent. This great success was not just "given" to him…

…is expressed. At the conclusion of his poem, Ondaatje shows the importance and need for the cinnamon smell to exist in this couple's relationship. "You will be known among strangers as the cinnamon peeler's wife" (ll. 17-18). The very first stanza…

…much that they will allow other people, often strangers, to raise their children because of their greed and want of more money. Exceptions can always be found for parents not raising their children themselves, such as single parenting, being too young…

…day at the local A&P, found in a small town north of Boston. Sammy, a cashier, is just another ordinary kid going about his daily routine at work. Then, out of nowhere comes in three girls. These three girls are obviously strangers to the local town…

…hero, brave honorable, and dignified, with vast generosity and munificent loyalty. While in the novel, he is portrayed as an unsettling stranger that connives his way into everyone’s life by his dangerous nature and entrancing stories. In the poem…