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- 1181: Short-story Paper
- ... the choice and use of words indicts us to that region. Furthermore, what is also noticed here is that there are many descriptions(descriptive language) used in the story; It was a big, squarish frame house that an eyesore among eyesores (431-2). These help to understand more about the surrounding environment and about the appearance, They rose when she entered-a small fat woman in black while the visitors stated ... is going through and how her behavior is affected. We see that as the years pass Emily is becoming more and more enigmatic until she reaches the point where she is locking herself in the house and nobody sees her for 10 years, She was sick for -sort of tragic and serene (434). Finally all the questions that are created are answered when she finally dies and town people enter her house, The violence of breaking down the door lay in the bed (437-8). Generally I can say about the characters, that Faulkner creates in this story, are puzzling, and are revealed throughout miscellaneous stages ...
- 1182: Ethan Frome: Failure
- ... of Ethan and his wife. He married her because she had tried to help his mother recover from an illness, and once his mother died he could not bear the thought of living in the house alone. His wife was seven years his senior and always seemed to have some kind of illness. It seemed all she ever did was complain, and he resented this because it stifled his growing soul. Since his wife was continuously ill, and her cousin needed a place to stay, they took her in to help around the house. Ethan took an immediate propensity to her cousin, Mattie, because she brought a bright light upon his dismal day. He seemed to have found someone that cared for him, was always happy and could share ... first failure. Ethan's second failure was not being able to stand up against his wife. His wife claimed that a new doctor said that she was extremely sick, and needed more help around the house. She told him without any discussion that Mattie had to go. Ethan could not find the words to make her alter her decision. His wife also decided that Mattie had to leave the next ...
- 1183: The Women Of Poe
- ... of fair England" (660). The abbey's exterior is left in its state of decay. But the narrator elaborately refurbishes the interior to befit the dream-haunted interior of his own brain. Much like the House of Usher, the narrator's abbey conveys a mood of gloom. The gloomiest room of all is the bridal chamber, which the narrator decorates for his successor to "Ligeia--the fair-haired and blue-eyed ... it, which, doubtless, would delight Poe. Was it murder or was it reincarnation? One can ask the same question of the actions of Roderick or of his twin sister Madeline in "The Fall of the House of Usher," who also portray an abnormally close spiritual bond. In fact, the destiny of the two appears indissoluble, as do the souls of Ligeia and her lover. When Madeline, presumed dead, is placed in ... He does not sleep, but hears, or thinks he hears, the stirrings and struggles of Madeline within the burial vault. When Madeline returns and bears her brother "to the floor a corpse" (Poe 191), the house, emblematic of the psyche of Roderick, collapses into the dark tarn. The conclusions to the two stories point to the inseparable wills of the lovers to be rejoined, even if one of them must ...
- 1184: Really In The Works Of John Grisham
- ... through college. After a few years of trying his baseball career out, he realized baseball was not for him. He then shifted his gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University (http://www.random house.com/features/grisham/about.html). He then attended law school at the University of Mississippi. He graduated in 1981, the same year in which he married Renee Jones, who then became Renee Grisham. John Grisham then began to practice law in Southaven, Mississippi for nearly a decade. He specialized in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. In 1983 he was elected to the Mississippi Sate House of Representatives. He served in the House of Representatives until 1990. While at Mississippi State University, he attempted to write two books, neither of which he finished. In 1984 he began to write a third book. He used his experience at ...
- 1185: Review of The Odyssey
- ... the passage. The tone of this passage is very important to it and adds very much to it. One of the most talked of conflicts in the Odyssey is the suitors ravaging the possessions and house of Odysseus. They were able to do this because he was presumed dead and they didn't worry about him coming to protect his house and family. The impact of the passage in question is so important because it is when Odysseus returns to his home and kills the suitors. This is a large part of the final resolution, it ... begins with this, for once the suitors are gone Odysseus is free to reclaim is post in society. It also gives the reader a great feeling of elation that the suitors who are terrorizing the house of Odysseus. A quote that really gives a good idea of the overall impact and resolution that this passage gives is as follows “You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it home ...
- 1186: 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 period of when the meeting house was built and the end of the witch trials. The arguments over ...
- 1187: Richard Nixon 2
- ... school and became a known Republican in his area. Nixon was now going to run for public office. Nixon s first stab at political office was when he ran for the Republican seat in the House of Representatives against Jerry Voorhis. Nixon started his dirty campaigning in this election when he made suggestions that Jerry Voorhis might be a Communist. This is where I feel Nixon went to far. In a ... Communist. That is why the people have the right to vote. If you use the name-calling tactic you are completely going against the reason public elections are held. Nixon won his seat in the House of Representatives. While he was in the House he was on the Un-American Activities Commission. This commission specialized in the hunting down of Communists in America. This is one of the sickest displays of American paranoia I can even think about. ...
- 1188: Holiday On Mackinaw Island
- ... to twenty feet in diameter. Through the hole, tourists can only see the bicycle path and Lake View. The lake has clear blue water. One of the other attractive places it has is the butterfly house. Hundreds of butterflies fly around the house. When they get tired, they sit on one of the wire fences. They are in every size and color. Some of them look like ladybugs and others look like zebras with black and white stripes ... peaceful. Mackinaw Island is known for beautiful gardens and unforgettable scenery to view. The Arch Rock is one of the unique places. A huge carved hole in the rock makes it very impressive. The Butterfly House is also something phenomenal to see. Hundreds of butterflies fly in the house. The pretty colors make the butterflies very attractive. The bicycle riding activity is very different and pleasant. The bicycle path is ...
- 1189: One Afternoon
- One Afternoon Ryan and I were the closest of friends. Our childhood lives were filled with a never-ending number of adventures. Getting out of the house was our favorite thing to do, not because we were avoiding a fear from being inside or because we were prisoners of any sort, but because our curious minds would never stop questioning everything around ... had. Curiosity held us together better than a double-wrapped bungee cord. Our minds were very similar in the way we questioned things around us. "Kyle, what would happen if we tomatoed the Dahlman's house?" Ryan asked as we sat on the curb, both of us sucking on a frozen Mr. Freezie juice strip. We sat there for awhile, imagining the old man, stomping out the screen door with his ... his door) Ryan and I would plan our escape route. A quick sprint down the road would bring us to our destination: the backyard tree fort. It was a plan. A decent plan. The tree house was where we spent most of our time. It served as our very own private room and office. There we'd plan "attacks," brush up on our carpentry skills, and spend hours on end ...
- 1190: Early American Writers
- ... heart. She was religious and believed that men had superiority over women. A common concern in these religious writers was the unimportance of material things on Earth. In Bradstreet's Upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666, her house was burned to the ground. Nevertheless, she did not shed to many tears because she knew that "Thou hast an house on high erect," meaning that her real home was in heaven. She found comfort in god and her belief in her made her strong and able to move on in her life. When she ...
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