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  1. Dec 2017
    1. We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –

      Lots of good imagery to get a good image in your head

    1. Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!

      There is a beauty in being nobody... The author likes being a nobody, so that people don't obsess over them.

  2. Sep 2017
    1. Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of Lakesnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the whitehaired old lady knitting placidly by the fire.

      the setting is in England, in a small villa out in the country

    2. "That's the worst of living so far out," bawled Mr. White, with sudden and unlooked-for violence; "of all the beastly, slushy, out-of-the-way places to live in, this is the worst. Pathway's a bog, and the road's a torrent. I don't know what people are thinking about. I suppose because only two houses on the road are let, they think it doesn't matter."

      the setting of this story is somewhere in the country in England in a small villa

    3. "It seems to me I've got all I want."

      The theme in this story seems to be that you have to be happy with what you have, and not let greed get the best of you

    4. "It moved," he cried, with a glance of disgust at the object as it lay on the floor. "As I wished, it twisted in my hand like a snake."

      This is foreshadowing that something bad is going to happen

    1. Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. "It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, "Come on, come on, everyone." Steve Adams was in the front of the crowd of

      The point of the author putting this in here is to show how cruel humans are to each other, and how others just stand by and let it happen. It depicts our cruel human nature

    2. Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. "It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, "Come on, come on, everyone." Steve Adams was in the front of the crowd of

      Didn't see that one coming

    3. The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 2th. but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner.

      The author describes this cute little town as being bright and sunny, and paints a happy image of it. This is ironic because you would never expect anything so gruesome to happen at the end, or something so gruesome to take place in a town like that

    1. You look so proud standing there with a frown and a cigarette

      this is imagery, and the author uses it to create an image in the listener's head, and add interest to the song

    2. LT → English → The Chainsmokers → Paris The Chainsmokers - Paris Artist: The Chainsmokers Album: Paris - Single Translations: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek #1, #2, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Tongan, Turkish English Paris We were stayin' in Paris To get away from your parents And I thought "Wow, if I could take this in a shot right now I don't think that we could work this out" Out on the terrace I don't know if it's fair but I thought "How could I let you fall by yourself While I'm wasted with someone else" If we go down then we go down together They'll say you could do anything They'll say that I was clever If we go down then we go down together We'll get away with everything Let's show them we are better Let's show them we are better Let's show them we are better We were stayin' in Paris To get away from your parents You look so proud standing there with a frown and a cigarette Posting pictures of yourself on the internet Out on the terrace We breathe in the air of this small town On our own, cuttin' class for the thrill of it Getting drunk on the past we were livin' in If we go down then we go down together They'll say you could do anything They'll say that I was clever

      this is a rhyme, because "together" and "clever" rhyme. The author did this in order to make the song more enjoyable, ans pleasing to the ear

    3. Out on the terrace

      This is symbolism, to show how they think everything is fine, and how they are unaware of how destructive they are being- thy are out on a terrace, living "the life", above the rest of the world/reality.

    4. We were stayin' in Paris (If we go down) We were stayin' in Paris (If we go down) We were stayin' in Paris (If we go down) We were stayin' in Paris (If we go down)

      the author uses repetition in order to convey this message further- that the people in the song are in this dream world, and completely unaware of the damage they are doing

    1. Keep sweeping it under the mat

      this is another metaphor. "sweeping it under the mat" refers to how society ignores real world problems, and pretends like they don't exist.

    2. We're all chained to the rhythmTo the rhythmTo the rhythm

      this is a metaphor that Katy Perry uses in order to show how everyone is is their own little bubble, and unaware of real world problems

  3. Aug 2017