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- 2391: The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe
- ... and remote ways. The townspeople gather in her store one evening to meet Cousin Lymon. Unlike Miss Amelia, Cousin Lymon is very sociable and enjoys entertaining the townsfolk with his patently tall tales. In a short period of time, Miss Amelia's store is converted into a cafe where people gather for food, drink, and gossip. They would discuss Miss Amelia's love for Cousin Lymon, indicating that they thought love ... drive with him into the city and go to see "movie-flicks" with him. Before the story ends, Marvin Macy is released from prison and returns to Cheehaw. Cousin Lymon, unaware of Miss Amelia's short-lived marriage to the criminal is fascinated by Marvin's adventurous life. He leaves Miss Amelia, never having returned her love, to travel with Marvin. Broken-hearted, Miss Amelia returns to her original reclusive style ...
- 2392: The Aristocrat
- Word choice and diction are key elements in expression of one's emotions and character. In the short exerpt from Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, entitled, "The Aristocrat," the association of language and character is made clear. Language is used to express feelings, instill emotions in others, and ... beginning of A Tale of Two Cities aloud with all the emotions of her spoken words, the only way Marguerite can respond is with a, "Yes Ma'am" (164). This shows that she is confused. Short phrases in response to long, heart filled elegies display one's confusion and awe-struck nature. Language, in terms of both the spoken and written word, has the power to awaken emotions in readers and ...
- 2393: T.S. Elliot - The Hollow Men
- ... s generally cynical view of civilization during this period in history. A reaction of deep and profound disappointment in mankind around him is made evident in this stark work, first published in 1925. In this short piece, Eliot enumerates several deep faults he finds in his fellowman, including hypocrisy, apathy and indifference, and leaves the reader with a feeling of overwhelming emptiness. An important feature of this poem is the fact ... world of desolation, while bringing to mind the fact that innocent children still live and play in that world, and that someone must take responsibility for the world they are born into. In the next short stanzas Eliot spells out the true meaning of responsibility and accountability. When he depicts a "Shadow" falling between the intention and the outcome, he is stating that having some kind of abstract good intentions does ...
- 2394: T.S. Eliot
- ... Elliot finished his finest work ever published "The Wasteland". After Eliot’s death people drew upon the conclusion that the "The Waste Land" was a mirror of Eliot’s life (Litz, 61). After Eliot’s short lived career as a school teacher, he took a job in a bank in London. This career was needed to support Elliot and his wife; however, it was not stimulating enough for Elliot. To keep ... 1957. Finally Eliot had a happy life. While talking to a friend about his new marriage, Eliot stated, "I am the happiest man in the whole world" (T.S.E.). His happy life was cut short, however. In 1962, he went into coma. He did recover, but a few years later on January 4, 1965 Eliot died of emphysema in London (T.S.E.). Eliot never completed his doctorate at Harvard ...
- 2395: Story Of An Hour
- ... a "divine transformation" yet it kills her. This puzzles me, so I will search for the true meaning of this strange story (marriage, as I believe). To accomplish this task and to truly understand this short story, I will first learn about Kate Chopin's life and experiences. Later, I will investigate her use of symbolism in "Story of an Hour" and their' dual purposes (to the story and to Kate ... focus, "Story of an Hour." After several re-reads it becomes more apparent that Chopin uses symbolism to substitute long description and explanations. This allows Chopin to effectively complete the story in just twenty-two short paragraphs. This symbolism often reflects similarity to Charlotte Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." Similar to Gilman, it is obvious that Chopin is adamantly opposed to the institution of marriage. Therefore, the main purpose of, "Story ...
- 2396: Spin Cycle
- ... known as a press conference, Kurtz shows how the use of controlled leaks, meticulously worded briefs, and the outright avoidance of certain questions allows the White House to control the scope and content of the stories that make it to the front page and the nightly network news. As Kurtz makes clear, the president and First Lady are convinced that the media are out to get them, while the journalists covering ... submitting to ruthless, tabloid-like tactics? This book leaves you wondering. Maybe the real blame should be placed on the public. After all, if the people did not purchase the newspapers and watch the new stories, they would eventually cease. We like to blame the press for circulating dirty laundry. But aren’t we, the people, equally to blame if we buy these magazines and newspapers and watch these television programs ...
- 2397: Rude Strength
- ... were poor, uneducated, and foreign to the language they were speaking, or drunk, or simply speaking in the unaffected, slipshod discourse used by the working-class folks I grew up around. I listened to the stories my father's sisters told me, in awkward, broken English, about their lives in Italy. I sat with my seven year-old legs dangling from a barstool in the tavern drinking strawberry soda pop and ... in calm, objective-sounding, and measured words, my language sounds even stranger than it did when I was an undergraduate. Often, I feel like my Italian aunts must have felt when they tried to articulate stories about their native village to me; I feel like I am translating my ideas. My language betrays my excitement, anger, and impatience, and I pause often to be sure that I'm being understood, making ...
- 2398: Rocking The Boat
- ... by this fact, and often tells Edna that she must become a better mother, more involved in her children’s lives, similarly to their friend Adele, who idolizes her children and worships her husband. "In short, Mrs. Pontillier was not a mother-woman. This mother-woman seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or ... it in relationships with other men. One of these men, Alcee Arobin, allows Edna to maintain her liberty, although he is used to having the upper hand in his previous relationships with women. Edna’s short-lived romance with Alcee is the only relationship she has experienced that is not structured by possession. The other man, Robert Lebrun, is the man who holds Edna’s heart. Though Robert is Edna’s ...
- 2399: Put Myself In My Shoes
- "Put Yourself in My Shoes" "Put Yourself in My Shoes" is one of the longest and most complex stories in the collection, and one of its finest. In addition, it brings together a number of the themes and images that have recurred throughout the book. For example, it depicts the kind of interaction between ... a writer, although he hasn't sold anything yet and is currently not writing. He has quit his job to pursue his muse, but with little success. As the story opens he is depressed, " between stories and [feeling] despicable", when his wife calls to invite him to the office Christmas party. But he doesn't want to go, mainly because the textbook publishing company where she works is also his former ...
- 2400: Pouliuli
- ... tasks which he had to "race the giants down a river which was alive with treacherous rapids, whirlpools, and waterfalls." (96) In the end, Pili’s saga as well as Faleasa’s story comes up short in achieving their goals. Faleasa was aware of the tragic end to Pili’s saga and didn’t do anything to change the outcome. That same night Pili vanished from Malaelua. Some Malaeluans claimed that ... three tasks to be converted into a human. They both enlist the help of friends that have similar characteristics to carry out each task. Each of them are successful but in the end comes up short and fail to achieve what they had set out to do. In conclusion things could have gone smooth sailing for Faleasa if he had noticed that Pili’s saga were similar to what he was ...
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