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- 5261: Great Expectatons
- ... of them, therefor not discriminating against Pip because of age. Although through her own naivete, Mrs. Joe becomes a somewhat fair character Dickens's writes about a dinner party being held at Mrs. Joe's house(chapter 4) where Pip says "I was not allowed to speak"(pg.25) when at a table surrounded by adults. The period in which this is written, assumes that one must become old before one ...
- 5262: Song For Simeon
- ... it in the same way as the author or speaker. The poem also uses allusions to religion to create images for the reader. Beginning in the second stanza the speaker says "Who shall remember my house, where shall live my / children's children / When the time of sorrow is come" (13-15). Here he is showing concern about the future. In the present, when the traditional ways are still predominant, the ...
- 5263: Sister Carrie
- ... dreamed of. Janie meets Joe Starks, who tempts Janie into leaving Logan by telling her "‘You ain’t got no mo’ business wid uh plow than uh hog is got wid uh holiday!…A pretty doll-baby lak you is made to sit on de front porch and rock and fan yo’self…’" (p. 28, Their Eyes Were Watching God). Janie eventually finds unhappiness with Joe but doesn’t do anything ...
- 5264: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: The Role Of Women
- ... courtly love becomes apparent, for he is "concerned for his courtesy, lest he be called caitiff, But more especially for his evil plight if he should plunge into sin, and dishonor the owner of the house treacherously" (1773-75). While he is able to see that his chastity is more important than his courtesy, he is still desperately trying to balance the two. It is this inability to make a clear ...
- 5265: Short Stor
- ... Find" the grandmother is a prime example of a dynamic character. The story revolves around the grandmother’s actions. The grandmother inadvertently leads her family into an accident "There was a secret panel in this house, she said craftily, not telling the truth but wishing she were", by saying these words to her family she leads them into the car accident that eventually leads to the death of her and the ...
- 5266: Shiloh
- ... symptoms are anxiety and depression (Boyle 933 par.1). She is always trying to stay busy. First she decided to build her own body up. She goes to the gym or does exercises around the house whenever she is home. Second she decided to take night classes at her local community college. She comes home and writes essays of stories she has read. She never seems to be in a relaxed ...
- 5267: Rude Strength
- ... its benefits. My father, along with his four brothers and sisters and my grandparents, immigrated to the U.S. in the 1950's from a small village in Italy. My mother was raised in the house adjacent to the tavern her parents owned and operated, and in which I myself spent a lot of time, when I was young, visiting my grandparents. What this means is that I grew up listening ...
- 5268: Roughing It By Mark Twain
- ... to him secretly. So he had to by all the kids a whistle so he could have peace in his household again, but with all the kids blowing the whistles it was a noisy, peaceful house. In conclusion this book was not really a book it was more of a journal than anything else. This book was THE most boring book ever written on the face of this earth it is ...
- 5269: Rocking Horse Winner
- ... tracks that would give the owner of the foot print an idea that he lives on the island. Crusoe becomes totally enraged with the thought of another human on the island that he prepares his house for war by surrounding it by an impenetrable fence, arming all his weapons and is ready to kill anyone that comes near his sacred home, grain, and animals. His condition is now evident: the strengths ...
- 5270: Robinson Crusoe
- ... t knock it down. "I spent a lot of time working on my home so that another storm wouldn’t knock it down" (29). Robinson also had a choice to add more things to his house to make it better and to protect him. "…It took me all day to put up my fence, …so that no wild animals could attack me…" (31). After all the effort and hard work he ...
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