...Dead End in Norvelt By: Jack Gantos Fiction Dead End in Norvelt is a fantastic book written by Jack Gantos. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to a friend to read. Dead End in Norvelt is a book full of emotions told through the perspective of a young boy. Dead End in Norvelt takes place in the summer of 1962, in Norvelt, Pennsylvania. Norvelt, Pennsylvania is a small town where everyone knows everyone. Word gets around quick in Norvelt. This book is told in the perspective of a young, twelve year-old boy. It is told in first person point of view. I know this because the book uses words such as I and me. There are several important characters in this book, but I am going to tell you about the two most important ones; the protagonist and the antagonist. In this book Jack Gantos is the protagonist. This story is told in his perspective. Jack is a twelve year-old boy who gets nosebleeds… a lot. Jack’s dad was in war and he brought home some things he was fortunate enough to find. Jack finds these things interesting and loves to play with them,...
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...NETW320, Patrick Price 5/18/2014 Lab #2, Silent Suppression Lab Report 1. On the Results Browser, make sure you are on Current Project so you have both sets of results. Expand DB Query and Select DB Query Response Time (sec). Hit the Show button. Zoom into the last half portion of the graph for better granularity and to avoid start up oscillation time to stabilize. Copy and label this graph to your lab report and answer the following: 1. Which run has a better (lower) DB Query Response time? This shows the silent suppression has a lower db time. 2. In regard to your answer to part a, approximate how much faster (in seconds or milliseconds) of a response time the better scenario has. Its .22 seconds faster. 2. Expand E-mail and select Download Response Time (sec). Select Show and zoom into the last half portion of the graph for better granularity and to avoid start up oscillation time to stabilize. Copy and label this graph to your lab report and answer the following: 3. Which run has a better (lower) e-mail Download Response time? Again it’s the silent suppression that had a email response. 4. In regard to your answer to part a, approximate how much faster (in seconds or milliseconds) of a response time the better scenario has. It was .4 seconds faster. 3. Expand HTTP and s elect Page Response Time (sec). Select Show and zoom into the last half portion of the graph for better granularity and to avoid start up oscillation time to stabilize...
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...Defining Characterization Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization. Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is. Example: “The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.” Explanation: The author is directly telling the audience the personality of these two children. The boy is “patient” and the girl is “quiet.” Indirect Characterization shows things that reveal the personality of a character. There are five different methods of indirect characterization: Speech Thoughts Effect on others toward the character. What does the character say? How does the character speak? What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings? What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character? What does the character do? How does the character behave? What does the character look like? How does the character dress? Actions Looks TIP #1: TIP #2: Use the mnemonic device of STEAL to remember the five types of indirect characterization Use indirect characterization to analyze visual media: Film: Look at how the character dresses and moves. Note the facial expressions when the director moves in for a close-up shot. Drama: Pay attention to the way that the characters reveal...
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...Cat or Mouse Along the novel the symbolic figures of the cat and the mouse, are named constantly. The cat mainly represents the persecutor, the repressor, while the mouse represents the victim. The cat in the novel represents, for instance, the Nazis and the mouse, the occupied and humiliated Poland. Pilenz and Mahlke also represent both animals: Pilenz the cat as direct or indirectly contributes to Mahlke's destruction, and then again the love and hate relationship that he feels towards Mahlke creates in him such dependence that later turns him into the mouse. Mahlke is the mouse. An animal which is also represented by Mahlke's apple of his throat because he is eternaly humiliated even though he keeps trying to be accepted by the Nazi society all the time, making all kind of feats to pay people's attention. Mahlke is also a cat because of the feelings of dependence and of inferiority that he awakes in Pilenz. The reader is not expected to share Pilenz admiration for Mahlke', due to the way Pilenz tells Mahlke's story. One may have a feeling that, when reading Pilenz's words, Mahlke's attitude is sometimes irritable, egocentric, and so on, despite often the fact that Pilenz wants to deny those feelings which we perceive that he shows. Many times the group of friend’s joke and laugh at Mahlke, including Pilenz: “We laughed as, bluish and shivering, he crossed himself with his waterlogged fingertips, attempted to move his lips in prayer and produced a bit of Latin between chattering...
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...murderer is on loose. Through the story, the family ends up meeting with the murderer and identify him as Mistif. The grandmother kept talking to him about him and how he’s a good man, but in the end he ended up killing the family. I believe that the grandmother caused the death of her family because of the actions she had taken. The author used foreshadowing as a literary device to show the outcome of the family. The author also shown irony in the story when the family met the misfit and how the grandmother mis-read him. The author use foreshadowing in the beginning when they started to introduce people like the misfit and the cat. In the story the grandmother was always kept talking about a murderer on loose. Not just that, the cat played a huge role as Bailey her son, didn’t want to bring the cat. The grandmother first stated it when she...
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...The quote is most evident in when anyone is given a certain task, that person then takes on the responsibility of having to accomplish that task. For example, when a carpenter gets a customer that wants new cabinets in their kitchen. The carpenter then has to complete the requests of the customer, doesn’t matter how he gets the job done, but as long as the cabinets are completed. He could get his five workers to complete the job, or he could do it himself with his two top carpenters. The task is given first and it does not matter how or who gets the task done but as long as the cabinets are complete. In the end when the customer sees the final product they will be happy either way, which is where the “[who cares] “in the quote comes into play. The cat does its job in the household by catching the mice, it doesn’t matter what type of cat. Just like building cabinets, in the end as long as the cabinets are what the customer asked...
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...“The Dead” In James Joyce’s short story “The Dead” we notice how not living life to its fullest potential can be detrimental to a persons self esteem. The title contributes to this revelation by setting a strong focus on death and mortality, which serves as a constant reminder throughout the story. Joyce chooses to reveal this to us in forms of motifs of music to structure the story, and with this use of musical references the meaning of the story comes out in so many different ways creating a melody, thereby binding the music, and story together. Joyce uses the main character Gabriel to reveal to us the overall reoccurring theme, and how emotionally dead these characters are which leads up to Gabriel’s epiphany at the end of the story. With a title like “The Dead” we imagine that it is going to take place in some gloomy place, like a graveyard. However, to our surprise the story opens up to a Christmas party in which Mr. & Mrs. Conroy, Gabriel and Gretta, are invited to attend. We do not get the feeling of gloom or death, but more of a warm inviting environment. However, with the progression of the story the focus shifts towards the isolation and insecurities that Gabriel is exemplifying. We first see this taking place when he is questioning himself about his speech that he is planning on giving later on in the night. Gabriel is wondering whether or not to quote Robert Browning because he “fears they would be above the heads of his hearers.” (2174) He feels...
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...Bhagyesh Patel The Dead by James Joyce James Joyce (February 2, 1882 - January 13, 1941) was one of the most preeminent Irish authors of the twentieth century. He is known for his literary innovation such as a strictly focused narrative and indirect style. Although not strictly originally, James Joyce brought the aforementioned writing methods were to an unparalleled height. James Joyce considered being one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. The genre of the dead by James Joyce is short story or a novella. The story is Characters * Gabriel Conroy - The main character of the story. (Developed character because he’s the main character of the story and his aunts are Kate and Julia who trust him to keep an eye on things and his thoughts are revealed to the readers.) * Kate Morkan and Julia Morkan - Gabriel's aunts, elderly sisters who throw a party every year during Christmas time. (Developed characters because they through the party so James tell the readers about how they set up the party and stuff.) * Mary Jane Morkan - Niece of Kate and Julia Morkan. (Flat character because the author doesn’t really let us that much about them.) * Lily - Maid. (Flat character because she’s just A young woman who does the housework for the Morkans but lily seems to be acting differently recently because of a problem with her lover.) * Gretta Conroy - Gabriel's wife.(developed character because in the story they...
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...“The Dead” by Joyce was written as a part of his collection, “The Dubliners”. James Joyce was greatly influenced by writing the short story reflecting what was all around him, which was a movement by the Irish in Dublin, Ireland. Ireland greatly influenced Joyce’s inspiration for writing. Consequently, he decided that he wanted to attempt to create an original portrayal of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, in his short story, “The Dead.” This short story by James Joyce, the author, is using the main character, Gabriel Conroy, to portray him slightly. This story takes place in the 20th century, in Dublin, Ireland. The main character, Gabriel Conroy, is a part-time book reviewer and a professor. He attended a party that was hosted by two of his aunts. While there he talked to a woman names Mrs. Ivors. Mrs. Ivors is a woman who is involved in a movement dealing with the Irish. Her job is to try to bring awareness and bring back the Irish language and culture. She talked to him about some of the views he had referring to the Irish and the English. This was one topic that they both disagreed on. While she tried to talk to...
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...An Analysis of the short story The Dead of James Joyce At first when we start reading it appears to be a story about the annual Christmas party thrown by sisters Julia and Kate Morkan and their niece Mary Jane. And for most of the story it actually is. The tale is set in winter, which is the time of holiday and also the time of death. Two old sisters become symbols of elapsed time and old age. They live in the old house on Usher’s Island, which I think is a symbol of isolation. They live there with their niece and caretaker’s daugther Lily which helps them with a household. Aunt Kate and Julie like comfort and eating well. We meet there glimpses of poverty only by Lily, she is a caretaker’s daughter, her family is poor. Other characters are visitors and they all are finnancialy comfortable. Invited are friends, family, pupils of Mary Jane – the people of different generation. Gabriel is a nephew of Aunties Julia and Kate. He and his wife Gretta are among the last guests, that come to the party. Aunties were afraid of the last visitor Freddy Malins, who might come screwed. The evening is punctuated by small clashes and missunderstandings. Such as an unpleasant conversation between Gabriel and Lily. In the Gabriel’s confusing conversation with Mrs.Ivors we can see the political divisions in Ireland. Gabriel is disturbed of this miscommunication. And changed from the selfconfident person into the person who is worried of another failure. Gretta, his wife lately fills Gabriel’s...
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...Example Literary Research Paper Michelle Carerra Professor Krickstein English 1302 October 15, 2004 The Awakening of Gabriel Conroy Like the stories in Dubliners that lead up to it, “The Dead” dramatizes a moment of self-realization. The story portrays the gradual awakening of Gabriel Conroy, whose vision of his wife, Gretta, at the end of the story is at once a frustrating disappointment and a touching movement toward understanding and love. Robert Adams voices the view of more than one critic when he writes of “The Dead” that this “greatest of the stories in Dubliners stands apart from the rest, being warmer in tonality, richer in the writing, and more intimate in its subject matter” (83). Florence Walzl agrees when she writes that “’The Dead’ is markedly different from the earlier stories. . . .It is not only a longer, more fully developed narrative, but it presents a more kindly view of Ireland” (428). In one sense the “dead” of the title are all those who have lived and died, those who have gone before the festive inhabitants of Dublin who celebrate the Christmas season, Gabriel Conroy and Gretta among them. In another sense the dead are all those who, though alive and breathing, have lost their naturalness, their spontaneity, and most importantly, their passion. Gabriel, one of these, has lost touch with his past and with traditional Irish values. He looks instead toward continental Europe, toward the future, and toward change for an escape...
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...An analysis of the Role of Family Disappointment in Joyce’s Dubliners James Joyce, an Irish modernist writer and influential author in the twentieth century, wrote the story collection named “Dubliners”. This collection consisted of fifteen short stories and carried a naturalist style. In “Dubliners”, Joyce rarely uses metaphors, relying on simplicity and attention to detail to create an authentic setting. Joyce often carried hidden similarities throughout each of his novels and poetry. This is seen true within Joyce’s collection, “Dubliners”. A close analysis of “Dubliners” reveals an excellent example of the role of family disappointment as shown in each of the short stories; “Araby”, “Eveline”, and “The Dead”. A direct example or claim of family disappointment can clearly be seen within each of these three short stories. Theses examples will be laid out and explained throughout this essay. Each example having varying circumstance, and outcome. Displayed from the point of view of the characters, to be taken inside their heads, and be shown a different aspect of what family disappointment means to the characters. The theme of disappointment in “Dubliners” is all about the painful experience. Ambiguity so to speak, the misconception of life being grand, only to face the troubles of reality. The characters determine that their own families don’t always have their best interest at heart, that their wives were deceitful, and that the world of business can be bitter...
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...Natasha Nayo Lit.411 Yeats, Joyce and Woolf Presentation Review 2: Gabriel’s Alienation in “The Dead” by James Joyce Talking about James Joyce throughout this class and papers, it was only fitting to conclude by discussing about his last chapter in Dubliners (1914) ‘The Dead’. As the final installment [and the longest story in the collection] it had enough pages to describe the events that portrayed life in Dublin; at its peak of political revolution and colonization. The deceased and people described in this chapter hints the historical events of Joyce’s time. ‘The Dead’ takes place at a grand feast organized by the owners of the house, Aunt Julia and Kate Morkan and their talented niece, Mary Jane. In a cold January to celebrate the feast of Epiphany [which celebrates the manifestation of Christ’s divinity to the Magi] every relative and friend arrived to the party, including the most anticipated favorite nephew, Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta, whom will be the main focus of the story. “Of course, they had good reason to be fussy on such a night. And then it was long after ten o'clock and yet there was no sign of Gabriel and his wife. Besides they were dreadfully afraid that Freddy Malins might turn up screwed. They would not wish for worlds that any of Mary Jane's pupils should see him under the influence; and when he was like that it was sometimes very hard to manage him. Freddy Malins always came late, but they wondered what could be keeping Gabriel: and that...
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...Good Student Dr. Grogan Literary Methodology 17 February 2012 Mistaking Awkwardness for Arrogance: A Reexamination of Gabriel in James Joyce’s “The Dead” A figure as complex and multifaceted as the rich narrative from which he is taken, Gabriel Conroy has long interested readers seeking meaning in James Joyce’s “The Dead.” Initially regarded as “a painfully ordinary man” by Melissa Free, subsequent critics have more harshly accused Gabriel of arrogance and classism, based on his “Three Encounters” with the characters Lily, Molly Ivors, and Gretta (280, 283). However, though many sound arguments can be made in support of Gabriel’s arrogance, one might see this position as a failure to recognize two important factors: First, the nervous insecurity with which he often conducts himself, and second, the disparity between his inner thoughts and outer actions. Indeed, an ethical examination of the story’s “Three Encounters” reveals a highly self-conscious, socially clumsy Gabriel, whose sometimes-condescending thoughts rarely manifest in intentionally hostile behavior. One can first see this display of self-consciousness when examining Gabriel’s discourse with the character Lily, the first in the series of encounters by which he is often judged. For those critics who interpret Gabriel negatively, this might seem a reasonable place to start, for his amusement with the girl’s low accent – “[smiling] at the three syllables she had given his surname,” – is a clear indication that Gabriel...
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...Gabriel “watched her while she slept” and “his curious eyes rested upon her face.” The story “The Dead” by James Joyce allows the character of Gabriel to be unveiled through the implementation of literary techniques such as motif and symbolism among others. The author heavily implements he use of symbolism throughout the short story in order to provide the reader with a system to communicate Gabriel’s feelings. He begins by mentioning that his wife is asleep, and then he goes in depth by describing what Gabriel notices about her. It is mentioned in the paragraph that “he watched her while she slept as though he and she had never lived together as man and wife.” It can be drawn from this quote that the author meant to emphasize the feeling of emptiness that Gabriel felt next to his significant other. Furthermore, it is mentioned that Gabriel wondered what it would be like to have lover her in an earlier time in her life. The author writes that “he thought of what she must have been then, in that time of girlish beauty” because he wants the readers to...
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