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- 1281: The Go Between
- ... their clothing. Leo arrives in winter clothes because he had been ill during the previous summer and doesn t have any clothes for the summer. Leo asks whether he should wear his cricket togs from school and Marcus replies I wouldn t if I were you. Only cads wear their school clothes in the holidays. It isn't done. This shows how Leo has to change while he is around Marcus, in order to observe the customs of the upper classes. He soon learns as Marcus ... mustn't. You must leave them lying wherever they happen to fall the servants will pick them up that s what they're for. When Leo and Marcus are wearing hats Leo is wearing his school band round his hat and Marcus says, You oughtn't really to be wearing the band round your hat in a snobbish tone. Hartley uses Marcus opinions as a commentary on the rigorous and ...
- 1282: The Glass Menagerie
- ... a result, he is unable to function in the present and wanders aimlessly thinking of his sister. Jim, though not as severely as the Wingfields, also reverts to his past as he looks through high school yearbooks with Laura and remembers the days when he was a hero. He is also not satisfied with the present--working at the same warehouse as Tom, despite Tom's prediction that he would "arrive ... lead in the operetta, Laura asks him to sign her program and he signs it "with a flourish" (Williams 116). Only by entering into the Wingfield's world of illusions can Jim become this high school hero again. As the scene progresses, Jim regresses to his high school days of wooing women as he woos the innocent Laura by dancing with her and kissing her. However, this might as well be an illusion, because the reality of the situation is that Jim ...
- 1283: The Significance Of The Title
- ... order to seek salvation through her: "I figured I'd better sneak home and see her (Phoebe), in case I died and all." When Phoebe found out that Holden had been expelled from yet another school she became upset and complained that Holden didn't like anything. She asked him what he would like to be and Holden answered, "I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this ... Holden his duties as the 'catcher in the rye.' His responsibility to shelter the innocent from falling into the 'adult' world. In which, even the price of a set of luggage is enough to separate school roommates, where ambitions are hollow, and the purpose of school is to gather up sufficient knowledge so that someday one can buy a long, sleek, shiny Cadillac. Briefly, he has to protect the innocent from the shortcomings of the 'adult' world. The first time ...
- 1284: Poem 2
- ... to learn An education she hopes to earn. Soccer was her favorite sport She is very good, although she is quite short Hanging out with her is always cool She did quite well during high school. She has always been a real smarty Whenever we visit her, she knows where to party. She will always be a part of the group Her name is Julie and she s the second of ... he used to slay. Talking to the ladies is how he spends his time, Drinks for parties, he spends every last dime. Hanging out in his garage, playing darts Is how most of the after school fun starts. Sundays for us are pretty lazy. For the past weekend, it s pretty hazy. Visiting friends at college he likes to go, He s good at meeting people he doesn t know. For ... The last member is none other than I. In the following words I ll try not to lie. Although three houses isn t very far, To Chuck s house I will always bring my car. School has never enlightened my mind I d rather sit around and waste my time. Slacking off the first 3 years of high school Set me back in the U of I acceptance pool. Engineering ...
- 1285: Paradise Lost The Devil Compar
- ... John Milton portray Satan in his poem, “Paradise Lost”? In this epic poem, Satan’s traits include pride, treachery, and persistent spitefulness. I believe that these character traits compare to the leadership of Howe Military School. Satan commits many prideful acts throughout the poem. This shows when Milton writes, “what time his pride / Had cast him out of Heaven, with all his host / of rebel angels, by whose aid aspiring / To ... pride in trying to set himself above his peers. The actions of certain Howe Cadet leaders compare to the pride of Satan when they over extend their power beyond the boundaries set forth by the school. His pride caused him to over extend his power, and commit his next error. Milton writes, “He trusted to have equaled the Most High, / If he opposed; and with ambitious aim / Against the throne and ... s “Paradise Lost,” the poem portrays Satan as a prideful, treacherous, and spiteful being. After reading the epic poem, I believe that Satan could have acquired his character traits and leadership skills at Howe Military School. I find that most of the Cadet leaders at Howe Military School properly portray Milton’s image of Satan.
- 1286: Knowledge
- ... view knowledge as the wisdom and insight that one may acquire over time, by personal experiences and influences in life. Most of the basic knowledge acquired by people starting at a young age is in school. As young children, we learn elementary facts such as our numbers and the alphabet. The older we become, the more facts we are taught, and the more complex these facts become. The knowledge one may learn in school is what I think of as worldly knowledge that will get people into the colleges and jobs that they may desire. The people that are abundant in educational knowledge are the people who dominate our ... educated with diplomas and degrees, but he is educated with insight. His is a deeper knowledge that goes beyond the outside surface of people and into their hearts and souls. My father never passed high school education. The knowledge that he has acquired over the years has been purely from his own personal endeavors. I complemented him on his wisdom and he responded with this (in Korean): “I never thought ...
- 1287: Kids, Like Adults, Are Facing
- ... the early example, or in other unplanned activities families where both parents work, and nine hours year~ld spends an hour and 12 minutetJosand less time eating, but more tonem sports Free time left after school eating and sleeping, for single-parent families, the study found. The timediaries arepartofa much I sizybdy more time on schoolwork according the study found, has decreased from 40 percent of After collecting minute-by-minute ... striking changes is the 'Children are affected by the same time crunch were able to describe in detail how a typical child's hour spent reading each week translates int rease in time spent at school, up by an average that their parents are affected by," said Sandra week plays out, from the average 74 hours half-point increase in achrevementtefl soot norethan90minutesaweek since 1981. That is Hoffeith, a senior research scientist at the inst- sleeping to the nine hours spent consuming meals. while each additional Isour spent watching tek ~rnng not because academic school days are tute. "Parents are busy, and children are spending Overall, children average about 90 minutes in sion deceeases test scotes lay onetenth of ai po~ iget, but because more children are in preschool ...
- 1288: John Steinbeck
- ... support his family. John enjoyed literature from an early age on. His mother read him the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Robert Louis Stevenson, and the stories of King Arthur. John attended Salinas High School, an experience he generally disliked, but one bright spot in his high school carrer was his ninth grade English teacher, Miss Cupp. She admired the compositions he wrote and encouraged him to continue with his writing. Throughout high school, John spent most of his free time writing stories in his room. John graduated from HS in 1919 and then went to Stanford University. John wanted to study to be a writer, but his ...
- 1289: Emily Dickinson
- ... if not frightening, tone in Dickinson s poem. Dickinson uses controlling adjectives "slowly" and "passed" to create a tone that seems rather placid. For example, "We slowly drove He knew no haste / We passed the School / We passed the Setting Sun ," sets a slow, quiet, calm, and dreamy atmosphere (5, 9, 11, 12). "One thing that impresses us," one author wrote, "is the remarkable placidity, or composure, of its tone" (Greenberg ... ideas on a unifying track heading towards a boggling atmosphere. Dickinson s masterpiece lives on complex ideas that are evoked through symbols, which carry her readers through her poem. Besides the literal significance of the "School," "Gazing Grain," "Setting Sun," and the "Ring" much is gathered to complete the poem s central idea. Emily brought to light the mysteriousness of life s cycle. Ungraspable to many, the cycle of one s life, as symbolized by Dickinson, has three stages and then a final stage of eternity. These three stages are recognized by Mary N. Shaw as follows: "School, where children strove"(9) may represent childhood; "Fields of Gazing Grain"(11), maturity; and "Setting Sun" (12) old age" (21). In addition to these three stages, the final stage of eternity was symbolized in ...
- 1290: Comparing The First 2 Chapters
- ... to the narrator. From this we know that the narrator must me a young boy, but still we don't know a specific age. In "An Encounter", we found that the narrator is attending a school. When the teacher was yelling at the narrator and his friends after finding that they have been reading something inappropriate, he refers to the students as "boys like you." An another similarity between the boy ... he sees the card pinned on the crape himself. In "An Encounter", he plans out about his trip very carefully before hand. He finds the way for himself and his friends to be excuse from school so they will not be in trouble after. Mahony's big sister writes an excuse for him and Leo Dillon tells his brother to say that he was sick. At the beginning of the adventure the narrator hides his books in the long grass so nobody comes near therefore no one will find out that he skips school. The boy in both chapters has a very observant characteristic. He always notices and remembers things in small detail which young kids his age might not do so. In the beginning of "The Sisters", ...
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