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- 3371: Sandra Street: Home
- ... with his wife. Finally, at the end of the book, Dokey writes, "But of course on that score they were mistaken. Juan Sánchez had simply gone home(6)." This quote implies that he set his house on fire so that he could die and be with his wife. Sánchez’s home was not complete without his wife because his wife was his home. He could not find a happy home without ...
- 3372: As I Lie Dying
- ... Vardaman begins to confuse the fish with his dead mother, resulting in Faulkner's shortest, and one of his most famous — or infamous — chapters: "My mother is a fish."). Dr. Peabody arrives at the Bundrens' house just in time to watch Addie die. Just after Addie's death a violent storm breaks, and Darl's and Jewel's lumber-laden wagon loses a wheel in a ditch. Meanwhile, young Vardaman drills ...
- 3373: A Priest’s Death: An Examination of Uncanny Elements in James Joyce’s "The Sisters"
- ... his last few months. Death, in this sense, is exceptionally uncanny in that while it was expected and familiar, it is also very unimaginable for the narrator. Initially, when he walks by the Reverend’s house, the boy looks toward the window for the reflection of two candles; those commonly placed at the head of a corpse. Additionally, the old man was paralyzed and often told the child that he was ...
- 3374: The Joy Luck Club: The Gap between Mother and Daughter
- ... secrets, which she can not tell her. She tries to help her mother use her American ways, but she can not. "Even as a young child, I could sense the unspoken terrors that surrounded our house, the ones that chased my mother until they found her. I watched, over the years, as they devoured her, piece by piece, until she disappeared and because a ghost" (P.105) Lena even knew some ...
- 3375: Of Mice and Men: Life, Dreams and Friendship of George and Lenny
- ... dream of owning the ranch they would have been the same depressed and lonely ranchers as the rest. George remarked, “Someday we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an a cow and some pigs and live off the fatta the land. We’re gonna have a garden with alphalpha for the rabbits. The cream on the milk will ...
- 3376: Things Fall Apart: The Loss of a Tribe's Livelihood
- ... power by flourishing in circumstances that were believed to bring certain death, as prescribed by Igbo spirituality. The next day the crazy men actually began to clear part of the forest and to build their house. The inhabitants of Mbanta expected them all to be dead within four days. The First day passed and the second and the third and the fourth, and none of them died. Everyone was puzzled. And ...
- 3377: Frankenstein: Effects of Alienation and Isolation
- ... mock their lifestyle and kindness. The monster observes the family for months, with hopes of being accepted and finding friendships. The monster attempts to become friends with the cottagers and Felix, the son of the house, “dashed [the monster] to the ground and struck [him] violently with a stick”(Shelley 97). The monster then curses his creator. He feels it is unfair for him to live alienated and alone because he ...
- 3378: The Joy Luck Club: Relationship Between Mother and Daughter
- ... that June and her mother had had in the past. Another legacy that June's mother bequeathed to her daughter was the jade necklace that she gave her after the disastrous crab dinner at their house (Jing-mei Woo: Best Quality). June really has no idea what the pendant means, but she has some guesses. During the dinner, Waverly humiliates June by implying in their conversation that June was both unsophisticated ...
- 3379: Mama Lola: An Analysis
- ... especially something so radical as vodou. Alourdes brings the true meaning of vodou to Karen and lets her into her circle of vodou family and as she called it “little leaves” or “children of the house”. Karen tells us about the many songs and spiritual parties that they conduct and about the history behind the way that they lived in Haiti. Each of the spirits that Alourdes calls upon is one ...
- 3380: The Awakening and The Scarlet Letter: Struggles of the Heroines
- ... is an ideal husband. He seems to have commanding control over his wife and children, and he provides for his family by his brokerage business. With man’s position in society, the woman of the house is delegated responsibilities, such as looking after the children and hosting parties. One incident in the novel illustrates both the power the man had and the woman’s duties to her children. Upon coming home ...
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