|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 1561 - 1570 of 4688 matching essays
- 1561: The Awakening
- ... Leonce's gift to his wife. Leonce's downfall, paradoxically, is that he spends too much time ingratiating Edna, leaving her restive. Although Leonce is appealing to the women of Grand Isle, he holds less interest for Edna. Leonce Pontellier, in confirmation of the stereotype of the older husband, is nearly twenty years older than his wife. He is of substantial means, of good social status, and is successful in business. She sees no risk of losing him or his interest, precisely because he is so devoted to her. So Edna gradually transfers her affections to Robert Lebrun. Robert, much closer in age to Edna, can forge a stronger psychological connection with her than can her ...
- 1562: Book Report For The Odyssey
- ... because this story taught me about some of the social practices of the Greeks. It taught me that men were dominant and women played a submissive role in their society. The themes in the story interest men: war, hunting, and problems of warriors while the things that interest women are left out completely or are dealt with briefly. In the Greek society, women were valued but participated in worldly affairs only with open approval from the men who directed their lives. Penelope, Odysseus ...
- 1563: Divorce
- Divorce Divorce rates in the United States have increased dramatically in the past 25 years. Over 40 percent of the marriages among young Americans will end in divorce. There is a lot of stress on all the people ... children will inherit, nor the roles for which they should be prepared. ”(pp.34) Divorce along married couples is the most well-documented and studied of the various ways relationships end. According to Dworetzky: Divorce rates in the United States have increased dramatically in the past 25 years. According to current assessments, over 40 percent of marriages among young Americans will end in divorce, of the children born in the last ...
- 1564: Fiesta the Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
- ... a lovely, healthy wench” as his most observant remark. Furthermore, Mike exhibits no self-control when he becomes drunk, making insensitive statements that show his lack of regard for Brett and others. After Brett shows interest in Pedro Romero, the bullfighter, Mike rudely yells: “Tell him bulls have no balls! Tell him Brett wants to see him put on those green pants. Tell him Brett is dying to know how he ... he intrudes upon people and places where he is obviously not wanted. Naively, Cohn dwells on the fact that he has slept with Brett and obsesses with her. When Brett begins to show signs of interest in Pedro Romero, Cohn irrationally approaches Jake demanding to know Brett’s whereabouts, punches him in the jaw, and then calls him a pimp (190-91, Ch. 17). Later that night he encounters Pedro and ...
- 1565: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie's Love Life
- ... was treated properly and only did basic house chores. After a while, Logan started to make her do more demanding chores. He even stated that she would help plow the field. Janie began to lose interest in the marriage to Logan and when Joe Starks came to town, she lost all interest. Joe Starks began treating Janie like a lady from the first time they met. Janie remarked, “Mah husband is gone tuh buy a mule fuh me tuh plow.” (Hurston 28). Instantly Joe stated, “A pretty ...
- 1566: The Time Machine by H.G Wells
- ... only had 19th century knowledge so he was probably not aware of this or he didn't care because most people were probably not aware of the study of genetics. They didn't show much interest in learning they would run around and play with toys and lose interest in a never ending cycle like a child. He didn't know there language but it was obviously derived from the English because one of the Eli's asked him if he had come from ...
- 1567: Far From the Madding Crowd: Love Is Love Is Love
- ... town as the bachelor that no one could quite snag. The initial attraction for Bathsheba was probably the fact that he ignored her—passing by her without so much as a greeting—which piqued her interest. A beautiful young woman, Bathsheba Everdene was used to getting a lot of attention and was disconcerted when she was overlooked. Bathsheba and her maid, Liddy, conspired to send an anonymous valentine to Farmer Boldwood ... the frivolity with which the valentine was written and she fails to see the potentially tragic results her thoughtless act could bring. Boldwood declared his feelings for her, but she declined to admit any real interest in him and thus deeply regretted her reckless act. She later agrees to give him her decision whether or not to marry him within four or five weeks. However, in that short period of time ...
- 1568: A Separate Peace: Adolescence
- ... the trunk, I took a step toward him, and then my knees bent and I jounced the limb. Finny, his balance gone, swung his head around to look at me for an instant with extreme interest, and then he tumbled sideways, broke through the little ranches below and hit the bank with a sickening, unnatural thud. It was the first clumsy physical action I had ever seen him make. With unthinking ... get in trouble for skipping dinner but Finny manages to talk his way out of it. “But Finny pressed his advantage. Not because he wanted to be forgiven for missing the meal-that didn’t interest him at all, he might have rather enjoyed the punishment if it was done in some novel and unknown way. He pressed his advantage because he saw that Mr. Prud’homme was pleased, won over ...
- 1569: Broken Chain
- ... Brant and another is Mohahehu. Although Joseph and Mohahehu are best friends, they have different points of view towards the intents of the British Empire. Joseph, who is a double agent and put his own interest the first place in the beginning, tries to establish himself to be an Indian hero and become the chief and the first Indian commander in a western army in the history, but his ambition ultimately ... been wrong from the beginning of helping the British to fight against Indians in Delaware. On the other side, there is Sir William Johnson. He is a man that will do anything to satisfy his interest and at the same time accomplishes the British king’s plans. As we can see, he even married an Indian woman because of the convenience to form a tie with the six nations. As the ...
- 1570: The Beginning of a Journey
- ... yearning to tame the West more powerfully than Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson had grown up in a social circle where the men had planned an expedition to the Pacific. Since he shared his father’s avid interest in cartography, it is not surprising that he followed the reports of the explorations of the late 1700s very closely and collected many of the new publications and maps. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson himself promoted three ... president of the United States, read Mackenzie’s account of his journey to the Pacific. Mackenzie’s recommendation that the British government assume control of the Columbia River troubled Jefferson, who feared for the national interest if the British appropriated the West coast and all avenues inland from it for themselves. Thomas Jefferson won approval from Congress in 1803 for a visionary project that was to become one of American history ...
Search results 1561 - 1570 of 4688 matching essays
|
