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- 5261: Skunk Hour
- ... a peak, suddenly turning dangerous. (Bishop 17-20) The poem continues with a description of a crash involving one of the hot air balloons. However, the speaker notes the incident by stating, "Last night another big one fell" Bishop 34). At this point, the question should be asked: is the speaker, in his loneliness, enjoying the flight of the hot air balloons or their failure and the subsequent fire they create ...
- 5262: Sister Carrie
- ... the impact of the same consequences. Carrie and Janie show how people of countless numbers of backgrounds can share the same experiences and consequences through their journey of love. The first relationship often makes a big impact on the person, one that they will never forget. Carrie’s journey begins on her train ride to Chicago. A very handsome and rich man, Drouet, takes note of Carrie and begins talking to ...
- 5263: Singing To Cuba
- ... a step so bold and defiant." This statement alone proves that not only does he wear the piece of jewelry for his love of god, but also to show his resistance towards the rules. Another big example of resistant behavior is the meer fact that the two family members converse openly throughout the story. Foreigners and natives are not allowed to speak at all in Cuba, and by conversing the two ...
- 5264: School Ties
- ... children were placed on trucks and sent away. Several of them attempted to hide so they wouldn't have to leave their family. Most were unsuccessful. It is now Oskar's birthday. He throws a big party with many of his German friends. Several young Jewish factory workers come to his party to give him a gift. One of the young girls gives him the gift and in return he kisses ...
- 5265: Rude Strength
- ... of the difference between my fellow students and me—not just my speech, but my clothes, my posture, everything about me marked me as more than different now, as poorer, too poor to handle the big ideas these other students tossed around with ease and familiarity. A year later I enrolled in a smaller graduate program, hoping that the more intimate atmosphere would facilitate my acceptance. To a large degree, it ...
- 5266: Rocking The Boat
- ... mess of other people. A part of him wanted to hide in the woods far from any road. Be like an owl, move only at dark. Or a ghost. Another part yearned to wear the big pistol openly on his hip and to travel by day under a black flag, respecting all who let him be, fighting all who would seek to fight him, letting rage be his guide against anything ...
- 5267: Rite Of Passage
- ... never work out in a real society because it has no morals. It is basically saying that people can do anything, but ultimately that will never work in real life because everything would be a big mess. Society would become phony because people wouldn't be doing things because they are right, they would do them because it was ok. The quote, which says, "cheaters never prosper" is entirely accurate.
- 5268: Rebecca
- ... from the bottom of the bay and physically did come back. It was also symbolic in that Rebecca came back to haunt the present (Kelly 58). Another symbol that reoccured throughout the story was the big slanting R. Whenever the narrator saw an R that Rebecca had written, she immediatly thought of how incredible Rebecca must have been and how she herself was so inferior. Many of the characters in the ...
- 5269: Pride And Prejudice
- ... as possible. An hour later they set of for Longbourn. [Chapter 47] During the journey Mrs. Gardiner thinks that Wickham isn’t that bad, he’ll marry Lydia. If he doesn’t he’s in big trouble. Lizzy doesn’t believe it for Denny got a letter from Wickham, he never wanted to marry her. Besides, her aunt doesn’t know everything about Wickham. Lizzy feels guilty for she didn’t ...
- 5270: Pocahontas
- ... entirely of clay. Any orders from Powhatan to fetch two large stones would have been impossible to fill. If rocks were required, someone would have to venture to the falls at Richmond before any rocks big enough to meet specifications could be found. If all that was necessary was something flat enough to lay Smith’s head upon, a log would work just as well as the unattainable rocks. The English ...
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