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- 1191: Ethan Frome: Ethan's Failures
- ... 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 ...
- 1192: Grapes of Wrath: Awakening Of Tom Joad
- ... larger more wealthy corporations since his release from prison. The trucker tries to socialize with him at this point but Tom is too absorbed into his own interest in keeping to himself. Arriving at his house with Jim Casey, Tom visits the abandoned house with one corner having been knocked in by a tractor. His family had been compelled to leave their land through repossession by the large corporations another example in Tom's life how the larger are ... sizable impact on Tom's conscience that would lead him to an awakening. After visiting the land the Joad family had lived on for many years Tom and Jim traveled to his uncle John's house nearby. There Tom meets his family as they are making preparations to leave for California. Tom's family has already sold off every valuable possession they own while living under cramped conditions on old ...
- 1193: The Great Gatsby As A Metaphor
- ... knowing he couldn't marry her because of the difference on their social status, he leaves her in order to create wealth and reach her economic standards. When he amasses this wealth, Gatsby buys a house that is across the bay to Daisy's house, and throws immense and lavish parties, with the hope that Daisy would come to one of them. When he realizes this is very improbable, he starts asking various people from time to time if they know her. In this inquiry, he meets Jordan Baker, who tells him that Nick Carraway his neighbor, is Daisy's cousin. Nick agrees to invite Daisy to his house one afternoon, and then let him over. Later, in the Buchanans house, when Gatsby is determined to watch and protect Daisy: "How long are you going to wait? "All night if necessary"" Jay shows ...
- 1194: "The Glass Managerie"
- ... become a part of the story; to sit down and talk with each of them. They so desperately seem to need good advice, but even if they had it, they would not listen. The Wingfield house consists of a mother, Amanda, a daughter, Laura, and a son, Tom. Tom and Laura's father left them when they were little. He could not deal with the pressures of their everyday living. Amanda ... in gentlemen callers, all wanting to win her love. She has a comical nature about her, always concerning herself with things that should not worry her too much, such as entertaining a man in the house and getting Laura married off quickly, and it almost seems like she enjoys having problems and hecticness in her life. She handles all these problems with pride and confidence, even though she doesn't always ... Jim O'Conner, an ordinary, down-to-earth young man. He is handsome and athletic looking. You can easily tell how nice he is by the respectful manner in which he treats everyone in the house. He is clever, funny, perky, friendly, polite, and very likeable. He is a special boy, because he is the only one Laura showed any sort of feelings for so there is something that sets ...
- 1195: Dubliners
- ... end of the 18th century, a distinct Irish nationalism began to evolve. From 1801 onwards, Ireland had no Parliament of it's own. It was ruled by the Parliament in Britain which consisted of the House of Commons and House of Lords. Meanwhile, in the 1840's, a small group formed out of the Young Ireland movement. The leader, Thomas Davis, expressed a concept of nationality embracing all who lived in Ireland regardless of creed ... Evelyn" and "A Painful Case." In the latter, Mr. James Duffy, despite his dislike of the "modern an pretentious" Dublin, decides to stay at least in the suburbs and commute back and forth to his house. Also in the story of "Eveline", we see her refusing to leave with her fiancé because of her ties to her home and her city. She couldn't leave; she couldn't abandon it. ...
- 1196: A Summary of A Christmas Carol
- ... Christmas Carol 1). This story takes place in London, England. The time is winter and it starts the day before Christmas, also known as Christmas Eve. The settings of the book include Scrooge's Counting House, Scrooge's Home, Bob Cratchit's home, assorted places throughout Scrooges childhood like the schoolhouse and the Fizziwig's place where Scrooge was an apprentice, this is where a Christmas party took place and he ... least major character is Scrooge's nephew, Fred. He seems to be the only individual who comes to converse with Scrooge and offer him anything. In this case, Fred offered him an invitation to his house for Christmas dinner. Fred is convinced at the beginning of the story that Scrooge doesn't really mean "Bah!…Humbug!" (18) no matter how many times he says it. Fred is presented cheerful and in ... pity for Scrooge. 3). The book starts off talking about Jacob Marley, Scrooge's former business partner. It basically says that he "was dead as a door-nail" (11). Then it moves to Scrooges counting house where he converses with Fred. Then two men come in to ask for a donation and Scrooge shoos them away quickly enough. Then Bob Cratchit come in for a days work and Scrooge is ...
- 1197: African American Usage Of Magi
- ... African American beliefs and motifs. In Beloved, by Toni Morrison, the entire Suggs family talks about the ghost of Beloved as if it were a normal occurrence to have a mischievous ghost rampant in the house. Baby Suggs, Sethe, and Denver treat the ghost as they would any live human, giving in to its whims and acknowledging its likes and dislikes. In the first paragraph of the novel, the narrator blithely discusses the existence of the ghost, as if it is absolutely normal to have a ghost living in one's house: 124 was spiteful. Full of baby's venom. For years each put up with the spite in his own way….the sons, Howard and Buglar, had run away by the time they were thirteen years ... magic and is able to suspend disbelief, embracing African American beliefs and traditions while reading the story. Immediately following this paragraph, the narrator grounds the reader into reality, establishing that the ghost is active in house 124 "only seventy years" after Ohio became a state (3). By relating the time frame of the supernatural existence to the historical date of the establishment of Ohio, Morrison is able to show readers ...
- 1198: A Comparison of the Magic in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" and "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"
- ... money on the young boy with faith. The boy, whose parents had no luck, also had the faith that they did not have. Sadly, his faith killed him. He wanted so much to rid the house of the voices he heard that he drove himself to death from the intense pressure he placed upon himself. When he died, he killed the voices as the spiritual world claimed the only member of ... met. It is hinted in the Lawrence story that Paul may have lived if he hadn't been so greedy. He wasn't full of greed like his parents, but the mysterious voices of the house drove him to greed to rid the house of them. To start with, Mother and Father in this modern fairy tale are downright rapacious. Mother has an especially insatiable wallet. Although her husband makes good money, she must have the finer things ...
- 1199: Emily Dickinson: Transcendentalist Experience Through Imagination
- ... through her mind and writings, then as she could, actually being in the wilderness. Through her writings, she constantly proves that yes; she is in her natural surroundings, but the walls and ceiling of her house cannot stop the power of the mind. Ironically being trapped in her house by her own will, she takes all male power and influence from her life, and adds it to her own. She renders her self genderless, because there is no need of digression from male or ... experiences, from the inside of her home. There was no Walden Pond to experience nature, and there was no sunset to watch, all there was for her, was the corners of the ceiling of her house. How ever, with the power of imagination behind her, Dickinson could transcend to anywhere she wanted, and she experienced anything she wanted. Dickinson used her writing, and “solitude” from society, to enable her to “ ...
- 1200: “Agamemnon”: Clytaemnestra
- ... From the onset of the play, Clytaemnestra was a woman with power. Her first action in Agamemnon was to command. She was later described by the chorus of elderly men as “growing strong in her house, with no fear of the husband.” (Line 151-152) The Chorus looked to her for guidance and protection, alluding to her as their “lone defender, single-minded queen.” (Line 257-258) Her power was recognized ... a hopeless and helpless wife, lonely for her king and on the brink of destruction at the thought of losing him. Clytaemnestra’s demeanor changes from being the bold and self-commanding leader of the house, to an adoring wife. She says, “I am not ashamed to tell you how I love the man.” (Lines 832-843) This is such a contradictory statement compared to her real feelings for Agamemnon, which ... that Aeschylus presented the vulnerability of Clytaemnestra, her inability to protect her children and her rage in that powerlessness. Agamemnon gives up his last amount of power when Clytaemnestra convinces him to walk into his house on the crimson tapestries, foreshadowing his blood at his death. Clytaemnstra justified her murder to the Chorus, it was clear that she felt no shame or regret for her deed. She claimed complete responsibility ...
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