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- 1431: The Awakening 6
- The short novel, The Awakening, begins at a crisis in Edna Pontellier s life. Edna is a free-spirited and passionate woman who has a hard time finding means of communications and a real role as a wife and a mother. Edna finds herself ...
- 1432: The Joy Luck Club 4
- ... club was a book written by Amy Tan. The story is set here in America and in China and is set in the 1940 s and also takes place now. The book is about four Asian women who fled china and their Americanized daughters. There are eight main characters four of which were mothers and four of which were daughters. They were Suyuan Woo, Ying-yang St. Clair, An-mei Hsu ...
- 1433: The Goddess Remembered
- ... past. Goddess Remembered features discussions among such well-know scholars as Merlin Stone, Carol Christ, Luisah Teish, Starhawk, Charlene Spretnak, and Jean Bolen, who link the loss of goddess-centered societies with today's environmental crisis. They propose a return to the belief in an interconnected life system, with respect for the earth and the female, as fundamental to our survival. As an average student, I can only sit and respect ...
- 1434: The Bean Trees 2
- ... it is her willingness to help them in their hour of need, and their willingness to do the same, that proves to be Taylor and Turtle's salvation. The moving, cathartic scene in which the crisis peaks paves the way for the satisfying resolution. The Bean Trees is a story about personal journeys of self-discovery, as well as larger themes of commitment and risk-taking. Taylor Greer finds something in ...
- 1435: The Five-forty-eight
- ... responsibility. The true hatred of his personality finally showed its ugly head. The man was filth. Not only for his treatment of Louise, but for all the things he stood for. A real mid-life crisis had enveloped Mr. Blake. Could he have seen it coming? Would he have cared? Was he not aware of the terrible life he was leading and the hardship he brought his family? Something had to ...
- 1436: The Bay Of Pigs
- ... San Jose for staging and training areas for the Cuban refugees. Some of the refugees from Miami have volunteered to work underground in Cuba. This book takes place during the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War, 1961. This time was critical for Cuba. Cuba is torn between Democracy and Communism. Culture: Culture has not changed in most aspects since 30 years ago, the religions and foods that ...
- 1437: To Kill A Mocking Bird 2
- The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer prizes I 1961 ...
- 1438: The Way We Live Now
- ... ill with an incurable disease. Some contract a deadly disease that is contagious. The heartening message is that communities of friendship can be strong, flexible and cheerful even as they construct in a time of crisis. The story suggests and demonstrates how conversation quite literally creates a community of healing.
- 1439: The Love Song Of J. Alfred Pul
- ... is awkward and difficult. Prufrock knows what he must say but cannot bring himself to say it. "Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to it's crisis?"(79-80) His apprehensiveness in his love life, is very troublesome for him indeed. He wishes greatly to express his affection but it becomes suppressed within him. He compares himself to Lazarus who was an ...
- 1440: To Kill A Mockingbird 2
- ... him because he knows, being a black man, what the ramifications of being with a white woman could be. Making no effort to physically push Mayella away for her approaches, he chooses to flee the crisis, not harming Mayella or Bob Ewell in any way. By running away from the seen, as opposed to staying, Tom makes it possible for the Ewells to make whatever claims they wish in court. It ...
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