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- 1641: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- ... lived, Cathy had a scent of sweetness, but that is just what Cathy wanted the town to see and think when Cathy planned her kill. On page 114-115, "The fire broke out... the Ames house went up like a rocket... Enough remained of Mr. and Mrs. Ames to make sure there were two bodies." Cathy had set the house on fire and broke into the safe to steal the family's money. As the investigators scoped the place, they noticed that the bolts stuck out and there were no keys left in the locks ... is reassuring the reader that Cathy is a monster and with the evidence before and after this statement. For example, Cathy later changes her name to Kate and runs a whorehouse. While she runs the house, she takes pictures of all the important male individuals in the town to later send to their spouses and families. Cathy plans to send the pictures whether they caused trouble or not. As Cathy' ...
- 1642: Jose Donoso's Paso: Summary
- ... of love and the absence of. It takes place in a well to do home that thrives on traditionalism. This traditionalism is disturbed by the coming of a new member into this inner circle of house mates and the problems that accrue due to this. This paper will look at the theme of the story both before and after the introduction of this new member. The writer will also offer theory as to why and how the traditionalism was broken and this “house” fell apart. To begin the one must look to the write of the story to understand the traditional style of this story and the motives that lie behind it. Jose Donoso is generally a traditional ... Mathilda tries to remain unemotional as even while taking care of this animal which is so full of life, she cannot. A bond soon accures between Mathilda and the dog that is new to the house and the four onlookers watch with disgust. Something that has lacked from the home, emotion. Mathilda’s feelings for the animal are solidified by the fact that she states that the dog is still ...
- 1643: My Lost Love
- ... together, but it didn't affect how much we saw each other. The first few months of the school year went by really quick. Matt, my close friend, was having a Halloween party at his house. We decided to go as Romeo and Juliet. Everyone thought our costumes were cute. Matt, the smart person he is, did not allow any beer at this party, but Kristeen and I promised each other ... down the New Year, and we sealed 1998 with a long, sweet, tender, romantic, never- ending kiss which carried over to 1999. After the party, Kristeen and I stayed to help Matt clean up his house. We felt sorry for his unfortunate break up with Lauren. After we cleaned house, Kristeen and I couldn't help but kiss each other. You know that feeling you get when your with the one you love and you just started a new year, and how you can' ...
- 1644: Themes in Ellen Foster
- ... explanatory. Ellen Foster was the main character in the book. It is a story about a child, Ellen, who has many experiences with deaths of members in her family. This causes her to move from house to house looking for a final, stable environment to live in. She is belonging to no one and she must fight to maintain her own spirit. Her counselor questions her at school about her name change. Ellen ... had to survive at her grandma’s by picking cotton and doing things of a lower status. She even got kicked out by her own aunt, and had the courage to go to a strangers house and ask them to accept her. I believe that this is the most valid theme used. The second would be the common theme of illusion vs. reality. Ellen wanted to live in a life ...
- 1645: The Good Earth: Wang Lung's Character
- ... The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck depicts a humble farmer and his obedient wife O-lan. The Nobel Prize winning classic, set in late eighteenth century China, begins with Wang Lung going to the "Great House of Hwang"(49) to collect the wife that was betrothed to him by his father. Wang Lung lived with his father, wife, and five children, one of whom is mentally retarded. Although Wang Lung supplied ... when women were considered to be no more then slaves. In the early chapters of the novel when Wang Lung was poor, he gave O-lan four silver pieces so she may return to the House of Hwang in grand style. He also offered to pay five thousand silver pieces for her recovery after he discovered she had a "fire in her vitals"(170). He then spent the rest of her ... boiling water for her to drink. New Year he hung red paper over his door and around his houses in hopes that it would bring him good luck. Furthermore, he brings another woman into his house as a concubine and uses the rationalization that he is rich and that is tradition for all rich men to have several women in their homes for their pleasure. Wang Lung's uncle's ...
- 1646: Character Analysis Of The Gran
- ... like to arrive at a motel with a cat." She decides that she would like to visit an old plantation and begins her pursuit of convincing Bailey to agree to it. She describes the old house for the children adding mysterious details to pique their curiosity. "There was a secret panel in this house," she states craftily knowing it is a lie, and not really wanting to, but she is determined to see the house. The grandmother always stretches the truth as much as possible. She not only lies to her family, but to herself as well. The grandmother doesn't live in the present, but in the past. ...
- 1647: Steinbeck's East of Eden
- ... to the town Cathy lived, Cathy had a scent of sweetness, but that is just what Cathy wanted the town to see and think when Cathy planned her kill; "The fire broke out... the Ames house went up like a rocket ... Enough remained of Mr. and Mrs. Ames to make sure there were two bodies ." Cathy had set the house on fire and broke into the safe to steal the family's money. As the investigators scooped the place, they noticed that the bolts stuck out and there were on keys left in the locks ... Steinbeck is reassuring the reader that Cathy is a monster and with the evidence before and after this statement. For example, Cathy later changes her name to Kate entrains a whorehouse. While she runs the house, she takes pictures of all the important male individuals in the town to later send to their spouses and families. Cathy plans to send the pictures whether they caused trouble or not. As Cathy' ...
- 1648: Thomas More’s Utopia
- ... good friends. They worked together during these fruitful years, translating and encouraging each others literacy activities. The two of them would become humanists and study the text of the bible. It was at More’s house that Erasmus wrote the Praise of Folly. Erasmus tells us in lectures he wrote that More almost became a priest, but he decided he had such a desire to have a wife. He decided to ... and are easily opened (Collier’s Encyclopedia 542). Whoso will, may go in for there is nothing within the houses that is private, or any man’s own. And every tenth year they change their house by lot (Encarta). In each city there are thirty households who elect a Syphogrant, or a leader. Every citizen learns about agriculture, first in school, then by working on a farm. Each citizen is taught ... He served on a diplomatic mission to the Low Countries for Henry VIII. More became a member of Privy Council and was knighted shortly after that. Two years later he was made Speaker of the House of commons. He and king Henry VIII would end up becoming better friends. After Cardinal Wolsey’s fail, More was made lord chancellor in 1529-the first time that the office had been held ...
- 1649: The Ozone Layer
- The Ozone Layer In environmental science the green house effect is a common term for the role water vapor; carbon dioxide and ozone play in keeping the earth’s surface warmer than it would normally be. The atmosphere is primarily transparent to infrared radiation ... blanket: without its presents the earth’s average ground temperature of 15 degrees Celsius would fall to -28 degrees Celsius. The termed greenhouse effect implies that a comparable effect keeps the interior of the green house warm. Actually, the man role of the glass in a green house is to prevent convection currents from mixing cooler air outside with the warmer air inside. Although water is the most important factor in the greenhouse effect, is a major reason why human regions experience ...
- 1650: Obsession And Deviance
- ... them go down there. In other words, he had to eliminate the servants, and the way in which he did so was one of his shrewdest moments. He knew that once he had left the house, the servants would all flee to the carnival despite his orders. Knowing this, he told them that they were not allowed to stir from the house. He knew that they would, and of course, they did. This accomplished two things. The servants would not be present to see him lure Fortunato into the catacombs, and if they were ever questioned as ... on that night, they would surely say that they remained at home as ordered by Montresor. If not, they stood the chance of losing their jobs. Thus, he has set up an alibi for his house. It has been established that Montresor's intricate plan was well designed and thought out. What is just as impressive is how he protects this plan. As mentioned earlier, Montresor is deviant and secretive ...
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