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- 3071: The Other Side
- ... she was standing on the other side." (358), makes the reader aware that she is still a very able lady at her age. When the woman crosses the river she begins her jaunt to the house she once lived in. There are a few lines in the story that clue the reader in that it has been a very long time since she has been back here. She explains, " The road was much wider than it used to be but the work had been done carelessly (358)." She also says as she approaches the house, " It was strange to see a car standing in front of it (359)." These couple sentences make appear that she grew up here a long time ago and is quite old by now. The last ...
- 3072: Edgar Allan Poe - Life And Works
- ... trying to teach him a mean lesson. The lesson might have been too hard or too mean. It broke the relationship between the two. Poe could not stay at the University of Virginia, left the house March 1827, and moved to Boston. Poe had trouble finding a living in Boston and, therefore, enlisted into the Army under the name of Edgar Allan Perry. He was immediately assigned to an artillery unit ... and his oldest brother, Henry Poe, he was not able to. There is record that when Poe was drunk, he would do and say unusual, and usually things. Once he paraded around a friend's house naked in front the friend's mother. He sent his deep regrets to his friend the day after. Poe's writings and works are as strange as he is. His work reflected almost directly at ...
- 3073: The Uniting Of Theme And Plot
- ... fell out of the tree...I wished I hadn't ever come ashore that night to see such things." Nowhere else is Twain's voice heard more clearly than as a mob gathers at the house of Colonel Sherburn to lynch him. Here we hear the full force of Twain's thoughts on the hypocrisy an cowardice of society, "The idea of you lynching anybody! It's amusing. The idea of ... what others assume is correct and just, and make decisions for ourselves and the ability to stand on our own and do something about it. We are that mob that stood outside Colonel Sherburn's house, we are the Grangerfords and Shepardsons, and we are the King and the Duke, and even the foolish townspeople in every town they conned. Somewhere along the line we must become I, someone has to ...
- 3074: Emily Dickinson 5
- ... town, her family and friends (Johnson 29). This private life that she lived gave her, her own private society. She refused to see almost everyone that came to visit and rarely left her father s house (Johnson 31). In Emily s writing changed over the years due to events in her life. Most of her writing was about nature, friends, love and almost a third of her poems dealt with the ... many of the most influential and precious friendships of Emily s passed away. On June 14, 1884 Emily suffered her first attack of her terminal illness, which put her to bed in her family s house. Then less than two years latter she died at the age of 56 (Chase 310). Death and the whole experience of death was going on all throughout her life. From when she was a child ...
- 3075: Animal Farm Summary
- ... gets a stronger and stronger hold over the other animals, dominating their every action. The situation at "Animal Farm", the new name for "Manor Farm", really starts to change now. Napoleon moves into Mr. Jones' house, sleeps in his bed, and even wears his clothes. These things were, of course, against the seven commandments but Napoleon found a way to interpret them as legal. In defiance of the original laws, Napoleon ... eat and drink. While working ferociously, Boxer collapses and Napoleon announces that he will be taken to the hospital. But when the truck arrives the animals realize that he is going to a horse slaughter house. But it's too late. A few years go by and the difference between man and pig is not noticeable to the other animals. The book ends with the pigs walking around on to legs ...
- 3076: The Great Gatsby: Capturing The American Dream
- ... he could not marry her because of the difference in their wealth, he leaves her to be with someone of her standards. Once he acquires this wealth, he moves near to Daisy, "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay," and throws parties, hoping she might show up at one of them. He does not attend his parties but watches them from a balcony or distance ... happen, he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick, 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." Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the American Dream where all have the opportunity to get what they want. Later, as we see, Gatsby still believes that Daisy ...
- 3077: Similarities and Differences Between The Bridges of Madison County and The Storm
- ... years of age. Now onto the experiences that became the climax of both the novel and the short story . First of all the there are many similarities starting with both husbands, being away from the house with the children, Bobinot was gone with Bibi to the store, (Friedmans), and Robert, Carolyn, and Michael had left for Illinois for a week so Carolyn could show a prize winning cow at the ... a few hours, as with Robert and his children were away for a week or so. Franchesca on the outside looking in seemed very happy, she had a loving husband, two wonderful children, and beautiful house, but really and truly their, Franchesca and Roberts relationship lacked a lustfulness. This trait could also be found in Calixtas life. Bobinot and Robert were unaware of what their wives were needing. Franchesca ...
- 3078: Cosequences Of Shame And Guilt
- ... themselves to speak the truth. The first to commit a sin is John Proctor, the husband of Elizabeth Proctor. John is a good man until Abigail Williams comes into his life. John lives in a house feeling empty and thinking his wife does not love him. Lust is a very powerful feeling and it tempts John right into bed with Abigail. He commits adultery and Elizabeth does not forgive him. She ... John feels such pain in his heart. At one point John is fed up with her heartless manner and says, "Spare me! You forget nothin' and forgive nothin'....I have gone tip toe in this house all seven month from there to there without I think to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart" (Miller 1203). John is fed up with her convictions. With this his mind ...
- 3079: The Crucible
- ... tortured. Lives were destroyed and families were torn to pieces. An example of this madness was after John and Elizabeth Proctor were sent to prison. Since they were both gone, the sheriff came to their house, seized all the goods and provisions, sold some of the cattle at half price and killed the rest, threw the Beer out of the Barrel, and carried away the Barrel; emptied a Pot of Broath, and took away the Pot, and left nothing in the House for the support of the Children. Giles Corey was the last to die. Corey, who was over 80 years old, deserves a special mention. Corey chose to stand mute and not respond to the charges ...
- 3080: The Joy Luck Club: Journey to Adulthood
- ... was to move in with her future in-laws, the Huangs. When she arrived at her new home, the place where she would start her new future, she could see by the outside of the house that the Huangs were much higher in society than her family was. Once she stepped inside, however, she sees that the house is uncomfortable and imposing. Lindo was not welcomed warmly as a new member of the family. Instead she was shown to the servants' quarters which gave her a good idea about her position in this ...
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