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- 471: Grapes Of Wrath
- ... information Jim was able to give Tom, was that things were changing and people were leaving, due to the drought. In the end of the chapter Jim decided to go with Tom to his old house to visit. Chapter 5 The chapter discussed a political monster. Steinbeck talked about the banks and how the banks ordered the people off the land. The men could do nothing. The wanted to rotate the ... the corporate commands. They sent tractors to till the soil and make it into one big field, plowing over anything it the way; and the families fled. Chapter 6 Tom and Casy went to the house and found it deserted. The house was leaning and knocked off it’s foundation. The tools were gone, the water trough dry and cracked and the well dry. There was cotton planted right up around the house where there never ...
- 472: Jimi Hendrix
- ... that better for the first time. It’s just a phase, it’s only a very small part of us" (Fairchild, "Are You Experienced?" 7). On the other hand, another track on the album, "Red House," represented something else entirely. "Red House" is a more traditional blues number, written by Jimi Hendrix, which is a perfect example of what Jimi began his musical experimentation with. Jimi showcases his blues guitar playing and singing on "Red House." The lyrics tell the story of a man who loses his woman but who manages to keep his guitar, and if his woman won’t love him any more, he says "I know her ...
- 473: Great Expectations
- ... for me. She had adopted Estella, and had as good as adopted me, and it could not fail to be her intention to bring us together. She reserved it for me to restore the desolate house, admit the sunshine into the dark rooms, set the clocks a-going and the cold hearths a-blazing, tear down the cobwebs, destroy the vermin, -- in short, do all the shining deeds of the young ... better people than the upper class. Setting in Great Expectations was also an important contrast of illusion and the truth. Pip grew up the beginning of his life in two places: the forge and Satis House. The forge would normally have the appearance of being a dreary place, with fires blazing and the shadow of it lingering everywhere. However, it was actually a place where love was taught from all corners, and good morals were instructed. Satis house, the home of the Havishams, seemed like it should have the appearance of an upper-class home: much more comfortable and wonderful than a lower class home because of the money that the Havishams ...
- 474: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
- ... they went to go and find buried treasure. Tom and Huck dug under trees all day and night but found nothing, then Tom said that they should go and dig for treasure in a haunted house. They went back two days later and went to a haunted house. Both the boys were scared but they both went inside anyway. The boys dared each other to go upstairs, so of course they went up and looked in closets for treasure but found nothing. Suddenly ... watching to see if he would lead him to the treasure. When Huck has just about given up, Injun Joe and another man left the tavern with so bags. Huck followed them to Widow Douglas' house and listened in on their plan. Injun Joe was going to hurt Widow Douglas because of what her deceased husband did to him. Once Huck had heard the plan he ran to the Welshman' ...
- 475: Pride And Prejudice - Jane Aus
- ... be a visitor, it’s his cousin Mr. Collins who they have never seen. He is Mr. Bennet’s only inheritor. Mrs. Bennet is upset, he can through he and the girls out of the house as soon as Mr. Bennet is dead. Mr. Bennet reads the letter outloud. Mr. William Collins writes that Mr. Bennet and his father had a very bad relationship and that now, as his father passed ... white. They greet and than Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy leave. The two eldest noticed the hostile manners and they wonder what going on between them. The girls and the two man walk to the house of Mr. and Mrs. Philip, there uncle and aunt. Mr. Collins got introduced. Kitty and Lydia talked about Mr. Wickham and their aunt promised them that Mr. Philip would ask around about him. On their ... fails. That evening she asks a maid whether Darcy is at Pemberley and gets a no as answer. At least she won’t meet Darcy there. [Chapter 43] Pemberley is a very large property. Pemberley House itself is a large, beautiful, stone building, around it a huge park. Elizabeth adores the place. It contains everything one needs and nothing one doesn’t need. Lizzy would almost regret not being Darcy’ ...
- 476: To Kill a Mockingbird
- ... stages. Primitively, Boo is Scout's worst nightmare. However, the author hints at Boo actually existing as a nice person when he places things in the tree. The secondary stage is when Mrs. Maudie's house burned to the ground. As Scout and Jem were standing near Boo's house, it must have been rather cold. So, Boo places a warm and snug blanket around Scout and Jem, to keep them warm. This scene shows Boo's more sensitive and caring side of him, and ... save Scout and Jem. This stage portrays Boo as the hero and one who has indefinitely changed his personality and attitudes. After the final stage, Boo does not deserve to be locked up inside his house. Atticus Finch is a man of strong morals. He follows them exclusively, and does not hold up to the Finch family name, as defined by Aunt Alexandria. Atticus is the most pure and good- ...
- 477: Great Expectations
- ... for me. She had adopted Estella, and had as good as adopted me, and it could not fail to be her intention to bring us together." "She reserved it for me to restore the desolate house, admit the sunshine into the dark rooms, set the clocks a-going and the cold hearths a-blazing, tear down the cobwebs, destroy the vermin, -- in short, do all the shining deeds of the young ... better people than the upper class. Setting in Great Expectations was also an important contrast of illusion and the truth. Pip grew up the beginning of his life in two places: the forge and Satis House. The forge would normally have the appearance of being a dreary place, with fires blazing and the shadow of it lingering everywhere. However, it was actually a place where love was taught from all corners, and good morals were instructed. Satis house, the home of the Havishams, seemed like it should have the appearance of an upper-class home: much more comfortable and wonderful than a lower class home because of the money that the Havishams ...
- 478: Nature 2
- ... as a person. "Down the length and breadth of the swamp others were fighting to save what little they could, maybe even their lives." (Pg. 357) The author bonds the nature with the woman. Her house is built to ride with the flow of the flood. The only things around her are nature. Another images that runs through the story are the trees. The planks of the trees sounds like they ... 358) The planks sounds like they are scratching on the wall as if it's going to tear its way in. The nature acts like people around her. Another image that Dollarhide uses is the house. We quickly see how Dollarhide identifies the house as a living thing. "Now the house seemed to shudder around her like something alive." (Pg. 357) The house floats free struggles up from the clay, and swings out slowly with the pull of ...
- 479: Creative Writing: The Murder Case
- ... the suspects down Wilshire to Santa Monica Boulevard, turning South toward the ocean. The suspects car eventually pulled into the driveway of a beachfront home on Pacific Coast Highway and the two men entered the house. Jack copied the license plate of the vehicle and the address of the house into his notebook. "Well, I don't think anything else is going to break tonight," Jack said, "we might as well get some sleep and run a 'make' on the car and find out who ... before and, probably had. As Wally entered the office, he saw Jack reading a teletype with a file opened on his desk. "The car is registered to the South African Embassy," Jack said, "and the house in Malibu belongs to a Helmut Schmidt, a member of the South African diplomatic corps." "We had better be careful, these guys have immunity," said Wally. "I think it's time we had another ...
- 480: The Vikings
- ... authority in the family never over powered their children, but helped them through their life. Women status allowed them to own land and had as much authority in families as men. Women could run the house and farm while their husband was gone. The man stuck by his family no matter what happens, and in return he received the same from his family. His job was to protect and guide his ... a Viking expedition. After a boy has made enough money, he came home to a life of farming. If the boy was married he would live with his father, or usually he would build a house next to his fathers. A boy could choose to live over seas and start a new settlement, or he could choose a life in the Viking ships as a fighting man. Relationships were important and ... the Vikings were similar to early Native Americans. They lived in traditional long houses or farmhouses. A single room was approximately 48 feet long, this was known as the living room or dining room, the house also contained a small kitchen. The-'building was supported by two long rows of pillars and others laying on top of those. The roof was made of thatch or turf with the sides made ...
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