... to confront it. Described by religious imagery ("The Monuments" ch.2 pg12, "Sacred Kingfisher" ch.4 pg29) Jim's home is an Eden. He leaves an idyllic life and a purposeful job that he adores in his wake. Paul likewise casts aside his future as a promising writer, another Goethe or Schiller according to Professor Kantorek, his mother observing "Oh Paul. You're a soldier now, aren ... ...

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... which he reads, "But above all, night and day, I thank the good God for having so arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother, who adores him, belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery." This shocking revelation tells the reader that it was not Desiree who was black, but Armand. The ... ...

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... pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could."" (Dahl Page 320). In one sentence she utterly adores him, so we expect her not even lay a finger on him, but a few moments later, she kills him in cold blood. This is without a doubt the converse of what the ... ...

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... catches the reader's attention and focus. Kate Chopin has used irony to its fullest potential, creating short stories that capture the reader. "Armand will never know that his mother, who adores him, belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery" (84). That is what Armand's mother wrote to his father in Chopin's "Desiree's Baby." The irony revolves ... ...

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