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The Chrysanthemums: Elisa Allen Comes To Life
Words: 483 / Pages: 2 .... year old women living in Selemas Valley in central California (304). She has a “lean and strong”(304) face. Elisa’s eyes are “as clean as water” (304). Her figure appears “blocked and heavy in her gardening costume” (304). She had on a pair of “clodhopper shoes” and a “man’s black hat pulled down over her eyes”(304). Her figure is completely covered by a “corduroy apron with four big pockets” (304). She wears a pair of “heavy leather gloves to protect her hands while she works” (304). Elisa has strong fingers(308). Her hair is “dark” and “pretty”(308).
Just as Steinbeck gives a physical description .....
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There's Nothing In The Middle Of The Road But Yellow Stripes And Dead Armadillos: Jim Hightower
Words: 602 / Pages: 3 .... general public about the
harsh realities of politics, Hightower realizes that he must keep his
language simple and familiar. His choice of vocabulary never includes any
large or rare words without explanation. This helps the reader to remain
focused on the message of the text, not trying to fumble through a
dictionary. His language also includes slang and foul words which help
illustrate opinions on certain topics. For example, "Liberal Media, my
ass" clearly shows his disbelief of the idea that the media is liberal
(125-130). Not only is this helpful to an uneducated reader by using
common slang language, but the use of a foul word help to expl .....
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Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown": A True Romance VS. Young Goodman Brown
Words: 567 / Pages: 3 .... sincerity of her
"peculiar" plea asking whether she doubts him. Since when is it such a
farfetched request for a wife to ask her husband for company on a given
night? Does this request signify a lack of trust in her husband? If
anything, it illustrates a lack of self confidence in himself as well as a
lack of trust in her. In addition, after departing his wife, Goodman Brown
states to the mysterious man he meets in the forest, that "Faith kept [him]
back awhile." This means that although both his wife, Faith, and his own
faith delay him, they cannot stop him and thus aren't more important than
committing this deed.
Furthermore, there is no ev .....
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Waterlily By Ella Cara Deloria
Words: 350 / Pages: 2 .... a man, Star Elk, whom doesn't favor her
grandmother very much. Star Elk is a lazy, jealous man who is sub-standard in
Dakota male value. He demonstrates this effectively when he “throws away his
wife” (p. 16) at a victory dance. Men weren't suppose to publicly display
emotion in Dakota tradition.
After being publicly humiliated, Blue Bird, her grandmother and Waterlily
luckily and happily ran into their family's tiyospaye. The reason why it was so
fortunate is because Blue Birds parents and brothers were killed one day when
Blue Bird was about fourteen. They were taken in and made to feel at home.
Along with finding their family, .....
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Abortion In Toni Morrison's Beloved
Words: 1352 / Pages: 5 .... the point of leaving permanent scars.
Other cruelties for Sethe are to know that her friends were hurt. Sixo
was roasted alive and Paul A hung. Paul D is locked onto a chain for
eighty-three days in a prison camp in Georgia. These pains for her friends
can be just as painful for Sethe. All in all the life of a slave is
dehumanizing. Constant hiding and being on the run plays tricks on the
mind of slaves. Shown by Paul D in his most discouraging conflict comes in
contact with a rooster, Mister. Humiliated by the fact that an animal was
walking around with more power, he doesn't understand how an animal can
have a better life, and place judgem .....
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Into The Wild
Words: 462 / Pages: 2 .... died from starvation. Many people criticize McCandless for not keeping in touch with his parents and family. Chris was 22 years old. He did not have to tell his parents anything. He was doing what he wanted, not what other people wanted him to do and he was happy. They call him selfish for disregarding his parents’ feelings. McCandless was living his life for himself. He wanted to be happy and it happened to upset his parents. Wanting your own happiness is not selfish it is your right. I don’t think that McCandless was trying to upset his family, he was just trying to make himself happy by doing what he wanted to do. One of .....
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Of Mice And Men: Life, Dreams And Friendship Of George And Lenny
Words: 537 / Pages: 2 .... to look after you.” They find themselves as exceptions because they have each other and together a dream for the future. The dream that consumes their thoughts on all hours of the day comes with a heafty amount of responsibility
George could have abandoned Lennie whenever he wanted to. While blowing off steam George admits, “If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an work, an no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want.” George feels the responsibility to his Aunt Clara. Also while talking to other ranchers George reflects on a time when h .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Life Lessons Of Jem And Scout
Words: 304 / Pages: 2 .... world they were living in was.
The third and final thing that they were taught would have to be
that you have to do what you think is rite no matter what other people
think or say to you, they learned this lesson from there father Atticus he
defended Tom Robinson even though every said that he should not defend a
black man. He did it because he knew it was the rite thing to do, and the
children knew that was the reason that he did it too.
There are many things that we all learn about life as we go on
through life this book showed us some of the things that people learn from
other people in your lifetime, it also showed us some life les .....
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Heart Of Darkness
Words: 628 / Pages: 3 .... can find many, many other examples of the usage of black and white to symbolize feelings and emotions, as well as a few other colors. There are also some objects that Conrad uses to create a symbolism. Take, for example, the stick of wax that the manager breaks while he is talking about Kurtz. I don’t know, but if you ask me the manager wishes that the wax actually was Kurtz. I think that the oil painting that was done by Kurtz shows that he was completely aware of what was going on and what he was getting himself into. I also noticed that grass was mentioned a lot in the story. I remember from my class at Behrend that the professor mentioned that .....
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The Witches In Macbeth
Words: 1727 / Pages: 7 .... to have Macbeth cause what they foreshadow. This supports my thesis. Since Macbeth knows he is going to become king, he thinks why should he not become king now, instead of having to wait. Hazlitt stated that the reason for all of Macbeth s crimes were the witches, who surprised him, and he was impatient to verify their predictions, causing Duncan s murder (Hazlitt 11). Hazlitt noted that in this statement: "...and from the superstitious awe and breathless suspense into which the communications of the Weird Sisters throw him, is hurried on with daring impatience to verify their predictions (Hazlitt 11). This quote shows that the witches have co .....
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