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Literary notes about scrap (AI summary)

In literature, the term "scrap" assumes a wide range of meanings, from denoting small fragments—like a scrap of parchment or paper used to convey a fleeting thought or serve as a physical memento [1], [2], [3]—to referring to a modest piece of land or remnants of material culture [4], [5]. At times, it is even employed as a proper name for a character whose actions and observations unfold within the narrative [6], [7]. Moreover, "scrap" can suggest something discarded or of little value, as when it describes the remains of objects or ideas barely worth salvaging [8], [9]. This semantic versatility allows authors to exploit both the literal and metaphorical dimensions of the word, enriching their imagery and highlighting contrasts between the insignificant and the essential within their works.
  1. It was at this moment that his eyes, and mine also, fell upon the scrap of parchment, which I then supposed to be paper.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
  2. I wrote it in pencil on a scrap of paper that began "Historia Morbi."
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  3. Sometimes the whole letter was contained on a mere scrap of paper.
    — from Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  4. This scrap of land he from the heath Enclosed when he was stronger; But what avails the land to them, Which they can till no longer?
    — from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth
  5. A gentle breeze kept the red weed that covered every scrap of unoccupied ground gently swaying.
    — from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
  6. He turned from her to Scrap again, and forgot Rose Arbuthnot's existence.
    — from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
  7. Scrap's eyes grew round with wonder and affectionate pride in her mother.
    — from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
  8. All other goals are only fit for the scrap heap.
    — from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist by Nietzsche
  9. " In truth they had tortured him ever since the morning, in order to extract from him an impossible scrap of courage.
    — from The History of a Crime by Victor Hugo

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