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- 1011: George Walker
- ... always relies on other people, and has a tendency to cry whenever things seem to be amiss. Tom, the man upstairs", or the sisters' father, was once a raging alcoholic who tried to burn their house down with the family still in it. He recovered but has taken it upon himself to live as a feeble minded invalid, which is a facade to cover his plans for cleaning up the neighborhood he resides in, as being and invalid is the only way they would ever let him stay in the house. This is his way of repaying the damage he once did to his family. All of them do the things they do with a completely honest perspective and motives, which seem to always result in ... always relies on other people, and has a tendency to cry whenever things seem to be amiss. Tom, the man upstairs", or the sisters' father, was once a raging alcoholic who tried to burn their house down with the family still in it. He recovered but has taken it upon himself to live as a feeble minded invalid, which is a facade to cover his plans for cleaning up the ...
- 1012: Chronicle - Life And Times Of Sula And Nel
- ... it was as if they were two halves of one whole. Like many things in life, they each secretly enjoyed the immediate surroundings of the other. As much as Nel regarded the neatness of her house with dread, Sula felt the house to be comfortable and relished the neatness. On the same token, Sula disliked the disarray and lack of privacy in her house, but Nel found it to be a welcome change and a taste of real life. Sula and Nel found friendship in each other, because they were both lonely people. When they were young girls, ...
- 1013: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... Poe was adept at creating an atmosphere of suspense with the minimum use of words and dramatic effects1. Poe s best known works include such masterpieces as Annabel Lee, The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Mask of the Red Death, The Murders of the Rue Morgue, and many others. Each and every one of these titles, among others, share one common trait that is more than evident ... who reads it. He is known to go into description of dark scenes that make the reader wish they were somewhere else. One of his better known short stories would be The Fall of The House of User. In this story, Poe tells of a man who is haunted by the ghosts of his dead wife. He hears noises, her screams, and he believes to see her image. In the end, he discovers that his wife had not died, but had been buried alive, and then she dies in his arms. The description of the physical house in which this takes place exemplifies the darkness of Poe s style. Poe actually did not create this setting. Poe drew upon his memory for the Gothic mansion that provides this setting. He knew ...
- 1014: "Put Yourself in My Shoes"
- ... the book. For example, it depicts the kind of interaction between two couples that we have seen in "Neighbors" and "What's in Alaska?"; in this case, the Myerses go to visit the Morgans, whose house they had lived in for a year while Professor Morgan and his wife were in Germany, but whom they have not seen since. Furthermore, the issue of empathy that surfaced in "Fat," "Neighbors," and "The ... also reluctant to pay a holiday call on the Morgan, although his wife, Paula, finally convinces him to go. The meeting does turn out to be quite an uncomfortable occasion, however. As they approach the house, Myers narrowly avoids being attacked by the Morgans' dog. Shortly thereafter, following a seemingly inoffensive discussion of writing, the Morgans themselves more directly attack him. Edgar Morgan, from the beginning of their encounter seems to ... do with some facts. The story is about a university professor that has had and affair with one of his students. He asks his wife for a divorce, and she throws him out of the house. While leaving, he is hit with a can of tomato soup thrown by his son, and his is now in the hospital in serious condition, Myers finds the story quite amusing while Paula and ...
- 1015: Creative Writing: My Grandfather
- ... father was building, and he got to ride horses a lot. His chores there were to strip trees to help build buildings, and he took care of the horses. He later did chores around the house. He moved out of New Mexico after John got killed by lightning. They lived in the poor part of the city. The thing he remembers most about his mother is that she was a free ... take care of any one, not even himself. He recalled that John told lots of tall stories; something that grandpa does often. His first school was in California and it was a two room school house. He had to walk home and there were water snakes in the gutters. One time when he got home, his favorite toy, a refrigerator handle, was missing. Then he noticed that the two trees that were in front of the house were gone. He called the police. When the police got there, the baby-sitter was there and said the owner had taken the trees out. When the police officer found out that a handle ...
- 1016: The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby - Shattered Dreams
- ... a past” (156), he transforms himself into a self-made millionaire and builds an extravagant mansion, all for the love of Daisy Buchanan. He also strategically places the mansion across the lake from Daisy's house. From his window, Gatsby can see the blue colored lights of her house. Starting from the first day that he meets her, Gatsby does everything within his power to please Daisy. Nothing has changed for Gatsby as far as his feelings for Daisy are concerned, even though it has been five years since their first meeting, and despite the fact that she has married Tom Buchanan. He “revalue[s] everything in his house according to the amount of response it [draws] from her well loved eyes” (96). Inevitably, the two of them draw closer, but this in no way deters Gatsby from trying to make Daisy happy. ...
- 1017: The Crucible
- ... side. To determine the cause of the east-west split, the historians examined many disputes, chief among them being the choice of ministers. Once Salem Village was granted the right to have its own meeting house, quarrels arose over who would preach in the pulpit. There were four ministers between the time period of when the meeting house was built and the end of the witch trials. The arguments over ministers soon became a power struggle. There were two factions that arose during this dispute, and it was noted that one group supported ... side. To determine the cause of the east-west split, the historians examined many disputes, chief among them being the choice of ministers. Once Salem Village was granted the right to have its own meeting house, quarrels arose over who would preach in the pulpit. There were four ministers between the time pe riod of when the meeting house was built and the end of the witch trials. The arguments ...
- 1018: The Great Gatsby: Jordan Baker
- ... is that she narrates the story and also helps the reader to understand the other characters by how she interacts and relates to them. She serves as a link between the major characters, staying from house to house, living off people between East Egg (Tom and Daisy’s house) and West Egg (Gatsby’s and Nick’s houses). She is rich enough to be comfortable among the residents of East Egg, but also appears at Gatsby’s parties in order to try to ...
- 1019: Porn on the Internet
- ... reason for why mothers need to keep an extra eye open is because women are now in the working world just as much as men are (Makela 137). This makes them less available around the house and not having the opportunity to watch over their children 24 hours a day. Many curious children who are left to explore the surrounding world on their own can dig into anything. They can rummage around the house and find a knife in the kitchen drawer or a gun in the bedroom closet. Although, parents who are alert will make sure that these injurious objects in the house are kept far away from children's reach. Still, there is one thing that many parents do not think about putting away. It is the computer. Although the computer is mostly used for helpful ...
- 1020: Slavery - Underground Rail Road
- ... conductors often left a number of signs for the slaves to follow so they didn't go to houses that belonged to allies of the slave owners. A quilt on the clothes line depicting a house with smoke coming out of the chimney was a sign of a safe station. A white ring of bricks around the the top of a house's chimney was another sign of a good hiding spot. Shoppes that were safe often had a silohette of a fleeing man or woman on in sign. Other siggns were used to guide the slaves. There were knocks that slaves used when approaching a house,animal calls, and lights hung in windows. When a slave was moving to the next house along the railroad, this was called "catching the next train." There were also songgs that ave directions to ...
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