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- 571: Great Expectations & Oliver Tw
- ... and peril."7 Many of the settings, such as the pickpocket's hideout, the surrounding streets, and the bars, are also described as dark, gloomy, and bland.8 Meanwhile, in Great Expectations, Miss Havisham's house is often made to sound depressing, old, and lonely. Many of the objects within the house had not been touched or moved in many years. Cobwebs were clearly visible as well as an abundance of dust, and even the wedding dress which Miss Havisham constantly wore had turned yellow with age ... on the other hand, is a dreamer. His imagination is always helping him to create situations to cover up for his hard times. For example, when questioned about his first visit to Miss Havisham's house, he made up along elaborate story to make up for the terrible time he had in reality. Instead of telling how he played cards all day while being ridiculed and criticized by Estella and ...
- 572: Clara Hale
- ... became affectionately known as Mother Hale to all in the neighborhood. She began staying at home and caring for the neighborhood kids charging only $2 per week. She later became a licensed foster parent. Hale House was started when Claras daughter, Lorraine noticed a crack-addict mother with a newborn. She directed her to her mothers house, and this baby was the first of thousands of children to reap the love, support, devotion, and care from the arms of Mother Hale. Hale House is Americas first and best known child care agency to gain worldwide recognition when Ronald Reagan introduced Mother Hale as he gave his 1986 State of Union Address. She was called an American ...
- 573: Fairies
- ... of horses at night, and ride them till the horses are tired out. A horseshoe nailed to the stable door will keep these fairies away. If the maid is lazy and does not clean the house carefully, the fairies will pinch her while she sleeps. The pixies of Wales are especially troublesome to human beings. Some pixies lead travelers the wrong way. Others call to a lost person in the voice ... he finds nobody there. The pixies like to hid things in houses, and to blow out candles so that the people of the houses, and to blow out candles so that the people of the house or left in the dark. The black elves of Scandinavia play a certain magic Tune. When it is played, people, and even such things as chairs and tables, have to dance. Sometimes fairies steal babies ... put their own sickly or lame little baby in the empty cradle. These baby that the fairy leaves behind is called a changeling. But many fairies help people. The brownies of Scotland each choose a house to serve. Then at night, while the family sleeps, the brownie scrubs and cleans. If the people of the house try to repay him, he will leave the house. They can give him only ...
- 574: Hot Zone
- ... In the winter of 1989, the foreigner made its first appearance on the North American continent via an infected monkey who been shipped here from the Philippines. An "unknown virus" was sweeping through a monkey house in West Virginia, first noticed by some runny noses and loss of appetite, ending a few days later with death; bloody noses, swollen livers, and enlarged spleens. First perceived to be Marburg, one of the filovirus sisters, it was later revealed to actually be the more lethal Ebola. An operation was organized to nuke the monkey house, to destroy the virus, along with every living thing inside; every monkey was assumed a carrier. Of all the people involved in the Reston operation, Gene Johnson was actually the most fearful; due to his in depth knowledge of the killer. He knew the possibilities if the virus were to escape the monkey house, through an air duct or walk out inside the body of one of the animal caretakers. He knew that if the virus was airborne, which was what they were finding evidence of, the virus ...
- 575: Dial M for Murder
- ... else he could do about it. The night comes along where they have planned do go on with the murder. Everything is working as planned, except for the fact that Tony has not called the house to wake up his wife so she gets in the right spot so his friend can sneak up behind and strangle her with a stocking. The reason Tony has not called on time because his ... watched has stop, so he turns to a friend and asked them for the right time. Then realizes he is 10 minutes late. So he goes to the pay phone and starts to dial his house number to get his wife out of bed. And guess what the first number he dialed was? Yep, number 6, which is the letter M on the buttons. Well he calls and as his wife ... picks up the phone to call the police, but she cannot dial because Tony is still on the line. And she tells him what has happened and that there is a dead man in the house, and how she was almost killed. So Tony confused and surprised hurries home as fast as he can and tell Mary not to call the police until he arrives. When he reaches home, he ...
- 576: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... abide by her wishes; she sees them as an extension of herself; and she seizes every opportunity to get what she wants. By manipulating her grandchildren, she gets her son to go back to the house with the "secret panel", causing them to meet The Misfit, and ultimately sealing the entire family's death. O'Connor makes the trite seem sweet, the humdrum seem tragic, and the ridiculous seem righteous. The ... out "A good man is hard to find" O'Connor reinforces the horror of self-love through her images. She contrasts the two houses, The Tower: the restaurant owned by Red Sammy, and the plantation house. The restaurant is a "broken-down place"- "a long dark room" with a tiny place to dance. At one time Red Sammy found pleasure from the restaurant but now he is afraid to leave the door unlatched. He has given in to the "meanness" of the world. In contrast to the horrible Tower is the grandmother's peaceful memories of the plantation house that is filled with wonderful treasures. However, the family never reach this house because this house does not even exist on the this dirt road or even in the same state. Because of the ...
- 577: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- ... by the Sheriff that morn, it woudda' been real pur'fect. Course I reckon a boy's gota have a good time at his best friend's bert'day party. I was at Sam's house. Course I warn't de only one dare. His Pa, Judge Clemens and Ma, Miss Jane Lampton, till she married of course, was dare and I reckon his whole 'tire family must da been at dat house, can't barely remember it was only his fourth birthday back in 1839 (Howard 1). Ya, me and Sam been friends ever since he moved here, best friends too, he was born an lived in ... all these ways to be prosper. And Sam jus day dream bout what ever he could think of (Howard 11). Guess I would do the same if I was forced to sit in a school house some days myself. Now your probably thinkin why I said most in sted of all weekdays, well Sam did'nt care for his schoolin much and often played hooky (Paine 14). Ya see, cause ...
- 578: Television Born Killers
- ... aggression. He and his colleagues observed preschoolers in a contrived situation that included aggressive behaviour. His study consisted of four groups. One control group contained children who had not witnessed any events involving a Bobo doll, a toy clown. The other three groups had witnessed the Bobo doll being verbally and/or physically abused by different figures such as a live model, a filmed model, and a female dressed in a cat costume. All the children had been irritated by the fact that they were only allowed to look at some toys but not touch. This made the children more prone to use aggressive behaviour. The children were then put in a playroom with the Bobo doll. Out of the four groups that were involved, three exemplified aggressive behaviour toward the Bobo doll. The exception was the control group that had not witnessed any violence. This experiment supports the theory that ...
- 579: Charles Dickens Great Expectat
- ... turnaround of Pip's life. When Pip stops chasing unachievable dreams and finally realises what the true values of life are, the characteristics we have always seen in Joe begin to appear in Pip Satis House, the world of Miss Havisham and the entrancing beauty Estella, forms an integral part in Pip's great expectations. Here Pip is exposed to the so called 'good life' and through his time at Satis House, begins to forget all that Joe has taught him. Pip becomes emphatuated with the sheer beauty and elegance of Estella, falling victim to her desirable features. Being lead to believe by Miss Havisham that Estella ... the hope of gaining Estella's respect. These experiences shape Pip into an unsatisfied, arrogant and ingrateful person, characteristics that are evident in Estella. The change is truly noted when Pip returns home from Satis house, when he converses with Biddy. On one occasion he is taken by surprise that she can be as intelligent as he considering her position. Another time he asks Biddy if she wouldn't mind ...
- 580: The Joy Luck Club 2
- ... Lena who must show her mother that "the worst has already happened," and restore her to a more balanced life (Tan, 121). Geomancy, or the Art of Placement, is a Taoist principle of "putting your house in harmony with the land" (Corless, 12/13/92). The placement of rooms and objects affects the flow of energies in a house, so that in a house the energy is held in or magnified by twisting, indirect arrangements of rooms or furniture. Ying-Ying is mortified to be living on a hill, in a house that is full of straight hallways, ...
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