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In  Of mice and men  the text states, “Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages.”(14)

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”the tips curled upward as if caught in a final shrill syllable”(O’brien 106).

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”the tips curled upward as if caught in a final shrill syllable”(O’brien 106).

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“Then, I, too became a king as I rode next to the old man who smelled of earth and sweat and the other deep aromas from the orchards and fields of Puerto de Luna.” (Anaya 458)

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“Then, I, too became a king as I rode next to the old man who smelled of earth and sweat and the other deep aromas from the orchards and fields of Puerto de Luna.” (Anaya 458)

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“….he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, way a bear drags his paws. His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung loosely.”(Steinbeck 2)

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“….he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, way a bear drags his paws. His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung loosely.”(Steinbeck 2)

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“The Things They Carried”, “When the boy hopped away, Azar clucked his tongue and said,‘war’s a bi$@h’”, which means that even though kids imitate war for fun, war is not fun at all.(30)

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“The Things They Carried”, “When the boy hopped away, Azar clucked his tongue and said,‘war’s a bi$@h’”, which means that even though kids imitate war for fun, war is not fun at all.(30)

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"My grandfather pointed to the leaves falling from the tree. So time brings with its transformation the often painful wearing-down process"(Anaya 459).

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An example of imagery in ,”The Things They Carried,” by O’ Brien can be found on page 105. “It paralyzed your lungs. Thick and numbing, like an animal's den, a mix of blood and scorched hair, and excrement, and the sweet-sour odor of moldering flesh-the stink of the kill. But that wasn’t all. On a post by the rear of the hooch was a decayed head of a large black leopard; strips of yellow brown skin dangled from the over head rafters and stacks of bones of all kinds.”

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An example of imagery in ,”The Things They Carried,” by O’ Brien can be found on page 105. “It paralyzed your lungs. Thick and numbing, like an animal's den, a mix of blood and scorched hair, and excrement, and the sweet-sour odor of moldering flesh-the stink of the kill. But that wasn’t all. On a post by the rear of the hooch was a decayed head of a large black leopard; strips of yellow brown skin dangled from the over head rafters and stacks of bones of all kinds.”

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“Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it.” (Steinbeck 14)

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“Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it.” (Steinbeck 14)

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In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses imagery when describing The Salinas River. The text states, “The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool” (1).

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 “The flame of the sunset lifted from the mountain- tops and dusk came into the valley, and a half darkness came in among the willows and the sycamores”(Steinbeck 10).

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 “The flame of the sunset lifted from the mountain- tops and dusk came into the valley, and a half darkness came in among the willows and the sycamores”(Steinbeck 10).

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Isaac Singer, “it was surrounded by little huts with thatched roofs or shingles green with moss.”(160)

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Isaac Singer, “it was surrounded by little huts with thatched roofs or shingles green with moss.”(160)

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In "The Things They Carried" by ,Tim O'Brien,an example of imagery is  "Along the road the houses were all low-slung and split-level and modern, with big porches and picture windows facing the water"(131). 

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In "The Things They Carried" by ,Tim O'Brien,an example of imagery is  "Along the road the houses were all low-slung and split-level and modern, with big porches and picture windows facing the water"(131). 

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“In the twilight Samuel put his hand into his jacket pocket and touched his checkbook, his letters of credit. He had come here with big plans…..He brought not only his own money but funds from the Lentshin Society in New York. But this village needed nothing.” (Singer 166). This indicates that the town does not desire anything else.

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“In the twilight Samuel put his hand into his jacket pocket and touched his checkbook, his letters of credit. He had come here with big plans…..He brought not only his own money but funds from the Lentshin Society in New York. But this village needed nothing.” (Singer 166). This indicates that the town does not desire anything else.

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In a celebration of granfathers the theme is, people should honor their ancestors because the text states, “If we don’t take the time to watch and feel the years of their final transformation, a part of humanity will be lessened” (458).

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In The Things They Carried, the theme of the story is how situations a person goes through they carry for the rest of their life. For example, “‘patriotic idiots who don’t know jack about what it feels like to kill people’”(150).

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In The Things They Carried, the theme of the story is how situations a person goes through they carry for the rest of their life. For example, “‘patriotic idiots who don’t know jack about what it feels like to kill people’”(150).

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Theme The theme of ,”Son from America,” by Singer is that people don’t need worldly things such as money to be happy.  Samuel return home to his mother praying for wealth in which he responds,”Mother you don't need to pray for wealthy, you are already wealthy”(165-166).

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Theme The theme of ,”Son from America,” by Singer is that people don’t need worldly things such as money to be happy.  Samuel return home to his mother praying for wealth in which he responds,”Mother you don't need to pray for wealthy, you are already wealthy”(165-166).

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In “A Celebration of Grandfathers”, Rudolfo Anaya, the theme is respecting your elders is important to the younger generation, “‘God give you a good day, grandfather.’ This is how I was taught to greet my grandfather, or any other grown person.”(457)

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In “A Celebration of Grandfathers”, Rudolfo Anaya, the theme is respecting your elders is important to the younger generation, “‘God give you a good day, grandfather.’ This is how I was taught to greet my grandfather, or any other grown person.”(457)

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In "A Celebration of Grandfathers" by Rudolf A. Anaya, the theme is to respect our elders because they withhold old customs that we should never forget. For instance, Anaya writes , " We need to speak softly and respect others and to share what we have(459)."

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In "A Celebration of Grandfathers" by Rudolf A. Anaya, the theme is to respect our elders because they withhold old customs that we should never forget. For instance, Anaya writes , " We need to speak softly and respect others and to share what we have(459)."