... of belonging to the house. The parent's attachment to the garden is conveyed through the simile "tendered roses and camellias like adopted children " which compares the positive quality of their home life to the humdrum" nature of their work, the colloquial language contrasting their lack of interest at work to their devotion at ... home. The family's relationships with each other and connection to Poland is present when "photos and letters, heated discussions and embracing gestures " are cumulatively listed, to establish that while they reside ... positive interactions with others th...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... the migrants as people who live uncertain lives constantly wondering "what would be coming next." As a part of our nature, we tend to gravitate towards those from our home country when migrating, and Skrzyrnecki makes a comparison using a simile between the migrants "like a homing pigeon" and "birds of passage" to show the inherent connection between cultures ... of lighting: when Chihiro first enters the spirit world and there is no bridge, the light changes to a dark background, however when she leaves the spirit world to go back home over the bridge that now exists, the lighting is a...

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• Grade Level: Graduate