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- 451: Peyton Place
- ... probably the most significant. She was the same age as Allison. She lived in a shack with her little brother Joey, deranged mother and alcoholic stepfather, Lucas Cross. She lived an abusive life with Lucas drinking, beating her mother, beating her, and sexually violating her. He gets Selena pregnant and she secretly gets an illegal abortion from the town doctor, who forces Lucas to disappear from Peyton Place and never come ...
- 452: Out Of This Furnace
- ... of their own. However, this shows that Slovak immigrants could rise from the seemingly abysmal depths of anti-immigrant sentiment. It is Kracha himself who causes his downfall. Kracha wastes his later years working and drinking, his family shattered by his affair. His eldest daughter, Mary, marries Mike Dobrejcak, a mill worker. Immigrated during his teens, Mike has been raised by Dorta. She has always protected, cared for Mike and hoped ...
- 453: Our Lady Of The Snows
- ... these thugs can be found trying to look important and powerful. One corner of the bar is a haven for thieves and petty criminals.(pg.7) In another corner large men wearing three-piece suits drinking their usual liquor and smoking endlessly strive to show their tough enforcement side.(pg.7) The real authoritative figure in town though is a man nameEdmund J. Dubuque. Also known as 'Da boot' because of ...
- 454: Ordinary People
- ... the self." Conrad's parents are also busily engaged in the business of denial. Calvin, Conrad's father, says, "Don't worry. Everything is all right. By his own admission, he drinks too much, "because drinking helps..., deadening the pain". Calvin cannot tolerate conflict. Things must go smoothly. "Everything is jello and pudding with you, Dad." Calvin, the orphan says, "Grief is ugly. It is something to be afraid of, to ...
- 455: Grapes Of Wrath 4
- ... book until her baby is born dead. The death of her child seems to transform her. At the very end of the novel she breast feeds a dying man. To me this is symbolic of drinking from the milk of human kindness. She gives of herself to save another human being. She too is learning about the fellowship of man. In conclusion, as the Joad family seemingly disintegrates, they actually merge ...
- 456: Long Days Journey Into Night
- ... many a problem. Through this tough time he is faced with personal, family, and financial conflicts, thus attributing to the plot. Besides having to deal with his wifes addiction, his sons ill health and drinking problems, and his financial decisions, (which have proven to be for the worse), James struggles with a personal conflict throughout the play. He believes that he may be the cause of some of the family ...
- 457: Jumping Mouse
- ... the situation. He contributes to the village by always lending a hand in the "man" work that has to be done and even builds a water tank for all to use. He participates in the drinking of beer with the men of the village and "stays as long as is polite"(35). After returning from his night with the men of the village, "Bam came back to the hut with something ...
- 458: Huckleberry Finn - Lies
- ... gone. Huck goes on to claim that Jim imaged the entire thing. In response to Jimีs delight in seeing Huck alive and well Huck says, าWhat is the matter with you Jim? You been a drinking?ำ(1316) Jim asks Huck to look him in the eye and say that he had not been gone anywhere, and Huck does as he asks. Jim soon realizes that Huck is not telling him ...
- 459: Huckleberry Finn - Freedom
- ... begins to like it because when he gets tired of it he can take a break anyway. Ch.5: pg.19-23 Huck confronts his father who spends some time with the judge and stops drinking, but begins again. So, as his freedom isnt taken. Ch.: 24 "So he watched out for me one day and catched me and took me up over the river." Hucks father once again takes ...
- 460: House On Mango Street
- ... I would have my students keep a journal for a week about their daily life. Id tell them to make sure to include little customs that their families do, such as saying grace or drinking wine at the table at dinnertime. Then, in class Id put them children into groups and have them compare and contrast their entries. In the comparisons and contrasts, Id have them include the ...
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