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- 3691: Like A Winding Sheet
- ... home. The routines of standing in line to punch a timecard, to pick up his paycheck or even get a cup of coffee are frustrating. Walking steadily up and down the aisles pushing a cart day after day watching the women bicker among themselves seemed to make him tense. Johnson complains to his boss that his legs ache from being on them all day and he is not able to get enough rest to make his legs feel better. The hustle and bustle of trying to catch a long subway ride home was almost unbearable. As Johnson’s ...
- 3692: Lesson Before Dying
- ... Jefferson that he believes in God, but he is uncertain if heaven exists or not. Afterwards, Grant tells Jefferson that he can have anything he wants. Jefferson, says he would like a radio. The next day, Grant eagerly buys the radio that Jefferson requested. This radio, was the start of a drastic increase in Jefferson's self-respect. From then on, a bond began to form between him and Grant. They ... Works Cited Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying. New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 1993. Kenny, W.P. Ed. "A Lesson Before Dying." in Vol. 2 of Masterplots II, 682-687. Pasadena, CA: Salem press, N.D. Giles, James R. Ed. "American Novelists Since WWII" in Vol. 152 of Dictionary of Literary Biography, 63 Detroit, Washington, DC: Gale Research Inc. 1995
- 3693: Let The Circle Be Unbroken
- ... have gotten hurt. Dube wouldn’t have knocked on the Logans door asking for help. The meeting could have been a success and the plantation workers (a.k.a. sharecroppers) would get 50 cents a day for work. My opinion on this event is why even have meetings. The book did a very poor job explaining what Mr. Wheeler and John Moses talked about. In reality, would your pay get boosted from 4 cents a day to 50 cents a day especially in time of depression? I don’t think so. Also, there needs to be less talk around town about the union meetings so the plantation owners don’t hear about them. I feel ...
- 3694: Everyday Heroes, On To Kill A
- ... in the quotation, "Atticus voice dropped and as he turned away from the jury, he said something I didn't catch. He said it more to himself than to the court. I punched Jem, what'd he say? He said, in the name of god believe him" (206). Atticus puts forth his greatest effort in the Robinson case, utilizing all the evidence, brains, and witnesses that he can. He stands true ... However, when culture does produce them, these heroes open our selfish eyes, pull back the curtains of hate, evil and injustice, and revolutionize culture. There are Atticus' all around in today's society. Some modern day Finches include: Mother Teresa, and her crusade to stop hunger and sickness in India, Gandhi, and his peace efforts with replacing violence with negotiation, or Pope John II, who forgave the very person who tried ...
- 3695: Emerson 3
- ... see great things happening in all scopes of American life leading him to comment that: these facts are symbolical of the height to which the philosophy and poetry and religion of her inhabitants may one day soar. This isn t to say that Thoreau does not pay homage to the traditions started overseas though, he simply sees the move from east to west as a progression: From the East light, from ... wanted his audience to see the virtues of understanding rather than memorizing, the importance of enlightenment rather than social acceptability. He encouraged the seeking out of the truly important matters: Give me insight into to-day, and you may have the antique and future worlds. And at the end of the day, books are not the only ingredient of intellect: Only so much do I know, as I have lived. This sentiment was shared entirely by Thoreau in his journal compilation. Experience is true knowledge, nothing ...
- 3696: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... produces a mysterious atmosphere in the west in contrast to those chambers at east. This can relate to the pattern of the sun s movement. The sunrise in the east represents new life of a day. At the other hand, the sunset in the west means the end of a day and darkness. Poe, in his story, always uses darkness to visualize death, as in the Pit and the Pendulum . Moreover, the décor of the black chamber is in fact a symbol of death. As Poe ... the black carpet. This signifies that death cannot be avoided even Prospero tries to prevent from it. Significantly, the appearance of the Red Death at midnight is also symbolic. This is the end of a day and no doubt, represents the end of life. Poe demonstrates that death is something we can never predict. Also, death is the biggest punishment a human can have, because life is the most precious ...
- 3697: Examination Of The Reasons For
- ... contributing factor to her suicide attempt; although there are many examples of Esther trying to have a relationship, such as with Buddy Willard, Constantin and Eric, none are successful: `... of all the blind dates I`d had that year not one had called me up for a second date. I just didn't have any luck. I hated coming down stairs... and finding some pale mushroomy fellow with protruding ears or ... with him I had to work to keep my head above water.' Throughout the novel, especially at the beginning, Esther suffers an inferiority complex: `I didn't have any illusions. I knew perfectly well he'd come for Doreen.' I believe that this idea of inadequacy contributed to the development of her mental illness: `I felt dreadfully inadequate. The problem was that I`d been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.' There is evidence that her mother contributed to this feeling of inadequacy: `My mother had laughed at me...' Esther`s mother does not ...
- 3698: Maestro By Peter Goldsworthy
- ... childish lust. Even while he was studying in Adelaide, he wa full of his own self-satisfaction. "...Although I quoted him (Keller) tirelessly through those years... I wrote to him infrequently. I knew enough, I'd decided. I'd learnt all the lessons that were in his power to teach me. This shows again the childish snobeery he used to display earlier in the novel. At this stage, the reader is unsure if Paul ... hard, and soft. Fair, and dark. Thin, and thick. .... Tall and short. Stoic, emotional. Quiet, talkative." But as the novel progresses, he sees how perfectly they complement each other and realises that the ideas he'd had earlier about them had all only been judfed from surface value, which is another step in the path to maturity. Striving for musical perfection, searching and finding love, living through adolescence, and understanding ...
- 3699: "And Thus While I Listened, Th
- ... childish lust. Even while he was studying in Adelaide, he wa full of his own self-satisfaction. "...Although I quoted him (Keller) tirelessly through those years... I wrote to him infrequently. I knew enough, I'd decided. I'd learnt all the lessons that were in his power to teach me. This shows again the childish snobeery he used to display earlier in the novel. At this stage, the reader is unsure if Paul ... hard, and soft. Fair, and dark. Thin, and thick. .... Tall and short. Stoic, emotional. Quiet, talkative." But as the novel progresses, he sees how perfectly they complement each other and realises that the ideas he'd had earlier about them had all only been judfed from surface value, which is another step in the path to maturity. Striving for musical perfection, searching and finding love, living through adolescence, and understanding ...
- 3700: Madness In Yellow Wallpaper
- ... in her case, but the only help he sought was for the condition of the house and the baby. He obtained a nanny to watch over the children while he was away at work each day: "It is fortunate Mary is so good with the baby." (673). And he had his sister Jennie take care of the house. "She is a perfect and enthusiastic housekeeper." (674). There is one instance, however ... tale of what could be several diagnoses, one of schizophrenia or one of a struggle through clinical depression in an attempt to find ones self. First published in 1892, it is remarkable even to this day how relevant its message is in highlighting feelings of depression, worthlessness, and even mental deterioration. It is told through means of a journal that the narrator secretly keeps against the orders of her physician-husband ... was nothing much the matter with me.” The prescription for her aliment was to send her home to: “live as domestic a life as far as possible," to "have but two hours' intellectual life a day," and "never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again" for as long as she lived. This was in 1887 when Gilman was but twenty-seven years old. This prescription almost completely mirrors those that ...
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