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- 1831: Great Gatsby
- ... could not marry her because of the difference in their social status, he leaves her to amass wealth to reach her economic standards. Once he acquires wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay (p83)," and throws extravagant parties, hoping by chance she might show up at one of them. He, himself, does not attend his parties but watches them ... he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon, he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know…if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over (p83)." Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the larger American Dream where all have the opportunity to get what they want. Later, as we see in the Plaza ...
- 1832: Braveheart
- ... it all happen. There weren’t much use of nice homes back in the Middle ages. The very wealthy had houses like an average one today and some very wealthy people had the same size house but much nicer on the inside. They had thrones, pictures, messages, signs, etc. Much of this stuff, however, wasn’t used in Braveheart. An average person would sleep on the ground at night and others would just never sleep at all. Even Wallace didn’t have a home. Him, Hamish, and Stephan had separate tents. The very wealthy, like Robert the Bruce, had only a house that would look like a shack today. The inside was all dusty or creaky. However, this was actually considered to be pretty rich back then. Another characteristic is what people thought of their opposing leaders ...
- 1833: Gathering Of Old Men
- ... just shows how even though the Civil was brought freedom to blacks, there is still hate towards them because of their skin color. After time the black men also start to gather at Mathu’s house (the man who murdered the white man) and they all bring twelve gauge shotguns. The sheriff arrives and asks who killed that man, and all the black men say, “it was me.” The sheriff then ... sheriff and his men go home, praying that nothing will happen. By this time the white men are very drunk and want revenge. To the white men’s surprise when they arrive to Mathu’s house they are out numbered at least two to one. The white men realize that they are going to loose once again. When the white men start to shoot this shows how childish people are when ...
- 1834: "Paul's Case": Willa Cathers
- ... in soot, dirt, and ash from many steel plants. Paul had dreamed of living in New York and he believed that he was put in the wrong life when he was sentenced to Pittsburgh. His house and Cordelia Street portrayed such a deprivation and ugliness; his room with its yellow dingy wallpaper and the painted wooden bed that had began to flake. "The nearer he approached the house the more absolutely unequal Paul felt to the sight of it all; his ugly sleeping chamber, the cold bathroom with the grimy zinc tub..." His school was described with having "bare floors and naked walls ...
- 1835: Huckleberry Finn: Review
- ... after some initial cross- examination, welcomes, feeds and rooms Huck with an amiable boy his age. With the light of the next morning, Huck estimates "it was a mighty nice family, and a mighty nice house, too"(110). This is the first of many compliments Huck bestows on the Grangerfords and their possessions. Huck is impressed by all of the Grangerfords' belongings and liberally offers compliments. The books are piled on ... Both chapter conclude with Huck enjoying a good meal with good company in a cool, comfortable place. First it is with the Grangerfords in the cool, high-ceilinged area in the middle of their double house. "Nothing could be better"(115), Huck thought. But only a few pages later the raft and Jim provide the same comforts. Nothing had ever sounded so good to him as Jim's voice, and Huck ...
- 1836: Diocletian
- ... In those days came the murderous persecution to England from the wicked emperor, and the murderers seized the Christians everywhere with exceeding fury; then a priest escaped from them who ran secretly to Alban's house, and there lay hid from his fierce persecutors, and Alban received him, though he was not baptized. Then began the priest, forasmuch as he loved God, to sing his offices, and fast strictly, and day ... priest dwelt with the honorable man until the magistrate who persecuted the Christians discovered him there, and with great wrath commanded him to be fetched before him speedily. Then came the messengers to Alban's house, but Alban went out unto the persecutors with the priest's cloak, as if he were he, and would not betray him to the wicked persecutors. He was therefore bound, and brought straightway to the ...
- 1837: Ellen Foster
- ... to me like you know I am in your car is what I thought to say to her. I figured she would warm up to me. But all she asked on the way to her house was when does school start again? Lord it just ended and I sure am looking forward to the summer at your house I said for the icebreaker. I asked you when school starts. I do not need the commentary is what she said back to me hot. So September. I said September. I said my answer quick ...
- 1838: The Glass Menagerie: Amanda Wingfield Is Annoying
- ... off the table, or chew with one’s mouth close. Like in Scene 1, where amanda asks Tom to come to the table, reminds me of when I used to hate dinnertime at Eva’s house. It was a real blessing when she went out of town. She would always instruct my son to not push food into his mouth, like Amanda said to Tom. A person could not eat dinner ... each one of her children are doing each minute of the day, in scene III, where Tom and Amanda are having dissolutions about his books, and he can not have certain things kept in her house; not realizing it was he who was paying the rent, and she wanted to keep him under her shirttails, and she hated him going to the movies; she thought he was lying to her, saying ...
- 1839: The Storm Within
- ... Kate Chopin’s story “The Storm” suggests a metaphorical connection between the storm outside and the storm of emotions going on between the individuals Calixta and Alcee. The intensity of their sexual act inside the house follows the pattern of the storm outside. Their passion climaxes and diminishes with the storm. They are left replenished and fresh just like nature. The storm outside had been brewing for some time, just as ... actual storm of nature itself. They had set up barriers between themselves by not being alone together but those barriers could be and were broken. Just like the storm beating down the barriers of the house trying to expose them to the outside elements, the barriers between Calixta and Alcee were diminishing with first contact as shown in the excerpt, “The rain beat upon the low, shingled roof with a force ...
- 1840: In What Way Is Lizzy Newberry A Highly Unusual Woman For Her Time?
- ... hae gover’ment folks, or curates, or the pa’son’ s friends, or such like,’’ which suggests she may be worried about something or have something to hide. Once Mr.Stockdale is settled in the house, Lizzy Newberry realises that Mr.Stockdale has a cold, and this leads to the next clue that she is unusual. She says, ‘’There is something better, not far off, though not in the house. I really think you must try it, or you may be ill,’’ this suggests that Lizzy is very mysterious, and this is again showed further on in page 91 when she asks Mr.Stockdale whether ...
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