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- 1851: The Grapes of Wrath
- ... hit it. The driver of the truck works for a large company, who try to stop the migrants from going west, when the driver attempts to hit the turtle it is another example of the big powerful guy trying to flatten or kill the little guy. Everything the turtle encounters trys its best to stop the turtle from making its westerly journey. Steadily the turtle advances on, ironically to the southwest ...
- 1852: "Paul's Case": Willa Cathers
- ... blue league, away from everything." At the Schenley Hall he was able to see "all the actors and singers of the better class" that had stayed there when they were in the city or the big manufacturers that actually lived there. Paul had wondered whether he were "destined always to shiver in the black night outside [his ugly Pittsburgh], looking up at it". Carnegie Hall was Paul's "fairy tale, and ...
- 1853: The House on Mango Street: Esperanza
- ... day she is through and lets him know enough is enough. Out the door he goes. Clothes, records, shoes. Out the window and the door locked. But that night he comes back and sends a big rock through the window. Then he is sorry and she opens the door again. Same story ( pg. 85 ). Minerva finds herself forgiving without truly seeing that her husband is sorry. She used marriage as a ...
- 1854: The Catcher in the Rye: Now and Then
- ... the subject of sex is loosely discussed in many books and novels. This was a new step that Salinger took in this novel, that had not been mentioned a considerable amount previously in literature. Another big change in society is the crime rate. Here again, the difference in the forties and fifties and present day is rather large. Today, one in six teenagers knows or knew someone who has been shot ...
- 1855: Something Wicked This Way Comes" Supernatural Forces
- ... scaring them. They employ this tactic when they deal with Miss Foley, I knew her. I know you! I said when I first saw her a minute ago. I waved , she waved. Hello! I ran!-bang! I fell. She fell. A dozen, a thousand of her fell. Wait! I said. Oh, she looked so fine, so lovely, so young. But it scared me (65). The prospect of youth returned is scary ...
- 1856: Life In A Medieval Village Summary
- ... peasant econonmy. Houses didn't necessarily face the street, but might stand at odd angles, with a fence fronting on the street. Their were two types of houses, the peasant cottage,(which wasn't that big) and the long house which had more space by far. The village wasn't a very delightful place to be in. It was a place of bustle, clutter, smells, disrepair, and dust, or in much ...
- 1857: Symbolism and Themes of Catcher in the Rye
- ... the rye. Holden throughout the novel always feels he has to protect innocence. When Holden thinks of the catcher in the rye he thinks of all these little kids playing in some game in this big field of rye and all. Holden feels his services are required in order to watch and supervise these children to ensure their safety. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they ...
- 1858: A Worn Path: A Tale of Unstoppable Love
- ... exhibits signs of senility and delusions including her meeting of a scarecrow which she initially thinks is a man. When Phoenix reaches her destination, the reason for her mission is given. When she enters "the big building", evidently a medical facility, she doesn't speak and appears disoriented. A nurse recognizes her and inquires about her grandson who swallowed lye two to three years ago. She asks "He isn't dead ...
- 1859: Babyface: The Life of Toni Chessmore
- ... for Toni to go stay with Martine while her father is recuperating. Martine and Toni don't get along at all and it is hard for them to adjust to living with each other. A big change in Toni's life occurs when Martine tells her a devastating family secret. Toni always pictured her parents as the perfect, loving couple. But when Toni and Martine get in a fight, Martine tells ...
- 1860: Willy Lomans Struggle with the American Dream
- ... life through Biff. Willy was not successful in the business world and he believed that Biff could be. He tried to prepare Biff for the business world. Dont be modest...Walk in with a big laugh. Dont look worried...its how you say it-because personality always wins the day.(Miller 65) Biff failed to make it in the business world. Willy took Biffs failure in the ...
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