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…Heart Of The Wood The mole reached his porch by late afternoon. The door was neatly built into the hollow of an old tree, with double steps fitted into the thick roots, upon which new fallen leaves lay in all shades of green…

…that help set the mood. Death in the Woods was a good title to help set the mood. It tells a reader right away what is going to happen in the story, but still leaves the story open as to how the death will occur, and why it will occur. The story takes place…

…In his story “Death in the Woods,” Sherwood Anderson observes one woman’s life and thereby gains a greater appreciation for his own. After reading this story, the theme appears to be that life is a precious gift, which we are given, but too often take…

…the West. Forster uses low diction, and I think it's because he wrote this story in 1936, as he says, "I bought a wood" which is a property "with my cheque." Forster explains how the gospel says "property is sinful; they approach the difficult ground…

…"Touch Wood" by Renée Roth-Hano ³Touch Wood² is based on the author¹s own life when she was growing as a Jewish girl during the German invasion of France. In 1940, Renée and her family were living in Alsace, France, where nothing ever changed…

…Are things always what they seem? Is our first impression always right? In "The Tiger" William Blake uses tone, theme, and rhyme to make the point that there are two sides to everything. <Tab/>If you came face-to-face with a tiger you…

…The Flying Tigers were a small group of volunteers, part of a mass effort by the American, British, French, Soviet, Chinese, and Dutch to eliminate Imperial Japan from China. This American group became the hope for a battered China and a nightmare…

…Women who are dominated by their husbands live their lives in a state of mental confinement. In the poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” the poet Adrienne Rich expresses the life Aunt Jennifer wishes to lead through artistic creations as she is trapped…

…Analysis: William Blake’s “The Tiger” contains six four-line stanzas, and uses pairs of rhyming verses to create a sense of rhythm and continuous flow of the words. It is hard to tell whether it is an observational poem because of its strong use…

…Jennifer’s Tigers To some people, words are just a mess of confusion. Words are used solely to direct and lead. Words can only mean exactly what they say on paper. People think that sentences mean the same thing to every person, not matter the time…