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- 481: Tom Sawyer
- ... 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' ...
- 482: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Every Sunday, Mr. Utterson, a London lawyer, and Mr. Richard Enfield take a stroll through the city of London. One Sunday, they pass a certain house with a door unlike those in the rest of the neighborhood. The door reminds Mr. Enfield of a previous incident in which he witnessed an extremely unpleasant man coming upon a small, screaming girl while ... and hurries inside the door. Utterson then walks around the block and knocks on Dr. Jekyll’s door. After talking to the butler, Utterson finds out that Hyde has complete access to Dr. Jekyll's house. A few night’s later, Utterson goes to a dinner party at Dr. Jekyll’s house and stays late so he can question Jekyll about his will and Hyde. Dr. Jekyll gets aggravated with the discussion. About a year later, a maid witnesses the murder of Sir Danvers Carew, but ...
- 483: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... tough life and was known as a sadistic drug addict and alcoholic, he still managed to produce great pieces of literature. Three of his greatest works were "The Tell Tale heart", "The Fall of the House Usher", and "The Raven." All of these are very known troughout the world and are considered three of Poe´s greatest pieces. He was born in Boston on January 19, 1809, his parents, regular members ... Even though Allen´s treatment toward Poe is not exactly known, we know that Allen never treated Poe with sensitivity. In 1815, the Allen family moved to England on business. There, Poe entered the Manor-House School in Stoke-Newington, a London suburb. This school taught him "the gothic architecture and historical landscape of the region made a deep imprint on his youthful imagination, which would effect his adult writings" (Levin ... that he´s not mad, the reader soon realizes that the fear of the old man´s eye has consumed the narrator, who has now fallen into a state of madness. "The Fall of the House of Usher", the remediation of two siblings suffering from odd illnesses and their hospitality to an old friend. Roderick and his twin sister Madeline are both suffering from rather strange illnesses. "Roderick suffers from " ...
- 484: Lucky Winner
- ... always thinking about money and how to get luck. The mother constantly feels a need for more money. She never has enough money to satisfy the family needs. For example, they live in a pleasant house with a garden, have careful servants, and still feel themselves better than anyone in their neighborhood; In addition, they always feel worried about never having enough money. Furthermore, the mother compares herself to her co ... more expensive things when they don’t have enough money. According to the story when Christmas comes “ when the expensive and splendid toys filled the nursery. Behind the shining modern rocking horse, behind the smart doll’s-house, a voice would start whispering: ‘There must be more money! There must be more money!’ ”. Beside, the family buys things that they do not really need instead of save money to buy something that ...
- 485: Comparing William Faulkners Tw
- ... she once had in her otherwise empty life. Although Miss Emily is stubborn and eccentric, she is a pitiful woman who needs more attention and love. In ¡§Barn Burning¡¨, Faulkner uses Major de Spain¡¦s house to symbolize Sarty¡¦s ambition. Sarty vibrates to the house: ¡§¡Khe saw the house for the first time and at that instant he forgot his father and the terror and despair both, and even when he remembered his father again (who had not stopped) the terror and despair ...
- 486: How Does Arthur Miller Expect
- ... of which are in the play, Louis and Mike. They don t feature much in it, but the bits they are in, are meaning full and they have a big effect on Eddie. Eddie s house is described as being; sparse, clean and homely. That was the Beatrice kept it and that was the way Eddie liked it. At the beginning of the play, in the first family scene, Eddie starts ... job. Before Catherine has a chance to tell Eddie her news, he tells them about the cousins arriving, Beatrice is overwhelmed at the thought, she then starts going through all the things wrong with the house, like she needs a new tablecloth and a new cover for the chair. This shows that she wants everything to be good for them, and just right. When Beatrice tells Eddie about Catherine getting a ... inevitable, Eddie is bound to phone the immigration bureau, this is because they can take Rodolfo but they can t take Catherine. At the end of Act one, the whole family is together in the house, Catherine is singing Rodolfo s praises, They went to Africa once. On a fishing boat. Catherine is excitedly learning about Italy, They have Oranges and Lemons on a tree! The conversation carries on in ...
- 487: Street Car Named Desire Essay
- ... into a fight with Blanche. The scene concludes on a sour note when Blanche breaks a bottle top on the table and try s to hurt Stanley . Stanley says: Oh! So you want some rough-house! All-right, let s have some rough-house! (130) Stanley grabbed Blanche s hand which made her drop the bottle top. She fell to her knees and he / took advantage of her helplessness, too her to the bed and raped her. This is ... Stanley s caring side. I know it might not appear as such , but Stanley does love Stella a lot, in his own way. To prove it, here is another passage from the play: My baby doll s left me! (59) This little part shows that he cares for her, but I will show you another passage that will prove that all he want s is the best for Stella and ...
- 488: Fahrenheit 451
- Fahrenheit 451 Life may be confusing to you when your job is to commit arson to any house that has a book in it. At least that's the way it was for Guy Montag. Guy Montag was a fireman and in the future, a firefighters job wasn't to stop fires, but it was actually to start them. In the future, books were known as bad and shameful and if anyone had possession of a book whether it was in their house or in another person's house, then the house was to be burned. Guy was never really sure what was so bad about the books. He never really knew the reason why he would have to burn down a person' ...
- 489: The Holocaust: Tragedy in the 20th Century
- ... white place at a white time. January 1, 1923, the town of Rosewood was destroyed. A woman from the neighboring Caucasian town of Sumner, Frannie Taylor, wife and mother of two, came out of her house, face battered, mouth bleeding, sobbing, and shrieking. She claimed that she was attacked by a black man. The sheriff came, he reported that the day before Jesse Hunter escaped from a roadway gang. The blood ... hounds were on their way. The dogs smelled the clothes and went straight to Rosewood. The people of Rosewood could hear the mob of men and dogs approaching their town. The dogs stopped at the house of Aaron Carrier, he was not at home. Outback were fresh wagon tracks, and then the scent stopped. They found him at his mother’s house. They dragged him out and tortured him until he would talk. He said he didn’t do it. Sam Carter took the convict. Part of the ferocious mob stayed with Aaron and others went ...
- 490: Great Expectations - The Book Verses The Movie
- ... her common background of a housekeeper mother and a convict father. Miss Havisham would have Estella and Pip play cards to entertain her and would often make comments about how pretty Estella was. In Satis House, the name of Miss Havisham's home, Pip met Mr. Jaggers. He was a pale young lawyer that was a gentleman, unlike Pip, and was one of Miss Havisham's many connections. At about the ... London with Mr. Matthew Pocket, a relative of Miss Havisham. While there he became a very close friend to Matthew's son, Herbert, who was the pale young gentleman that he fought back at Satis House and also resided with Pip at Barnard's Inn. While Pip was in London, Mrs. Joe died and Pip began to neglect Joe and Biddy. Even when he went to Mrs. Joe's funeral he ... s for gas." (Dickens) When Fin went looking through the massive overgrown vegetation, Nora saw him through the window and called his sister Maggaie asking if it would be alright to send Fin to her house on Saturday to play with her niece. Maggie took in account the fact that Nora was the wealthiest person in the Gulf and agreed to let Fin play with Estella. The eccentric woman expected ...
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