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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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                                               Reflection of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings         A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings is a story by Gabriel GarcĂ­a. The story takes place in a small town where many people live nearby. In this story, a couple named Pelayo and Elisenda live near the ocean. This couple would have a child, and the child was sick. After a strong storm, they find an old man with enormous wings in the river. The man was in the water trying to get out of the water to stay alive and recover his water-soaked wings. When the townspeople saw the old man with enormous wings, they were very curious because it was something they had never seen. These people thought that the old man with enormous wings was an angel. But the father does not believe that this man was an angel. The old man was sick trying to survive because hi...

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

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                                     Reflecting on "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov         The Seagull is a tragicomedy that centers on the lives of multiple artists and the friends and family who join them at a rural estate. This book is about love, art, fame and family.The main characters of this book are Sorin, Dorn, Masha, Shamrayev, Arkadina, Treplev, Nina, Trigorin, Polina, and Medvedenko. Each character goes through similar situations, and each confronts the problem of believing in themselves. Also, in this story, one of the characters named Konstantin goes after his dreams of being famous but is criticized by everyone and begins to doubt himself. However, his mother does not believe in her son's potential, and she does not like anything he does to grow as a person. Konstantin wants to be great like his mother was; he wants to follow his mother's example, but she...

Midterm-Project Infographic "The Seagull"

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                              Infographic "The Seagyll" by Anton Chekhov                 I had never created an infographic with a theme, symbols, and motif before, so I needed to figure out how to proceed. Initially, I searched for a template that had a nice appearance and reflected the book's colors. I used the reading of The Seagull for my infographic because it captured my attention, and I found the book interesting when we first started reading it in class. Finding my project's themes, symbols, and motifs was one of my biggest challenges. However, my professor was able to clarify things for me and give me an example until I understood.  I really enjoy doing this project because of how we can use creativity and gives examples from the book in each step.  https://www.canva.com/design/DAF0MQHq8jk/xXSxlXxJ18NtydgCmPU0zA/edit?utm_content=DAF0MQHq8jk&utm_c...

Four Poems from Greece by Phoebe Giannisi

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                                                Reflection of Four Poems from Greece      Four Poems from Greece express emotions and feelings of memories and loneliness. Also, explain the interception of natural and human worlds. In the first of the four poems, she starts with the theme of memories. Memories are always in our minds, no matter what. Each memory is remembered how we want, but we will have memories of everything we do in life, and it can be the smallest or just a piece of that moment. Also, she talks about losing a person in life, and it is not that hard because people come and go, and life goes on. We must appreciate that moment when we are with that person because we do not know what will happen next. In our lives, we will meet new people every day and learn new things about those people. Life changed, and nothing is for forever.  O...