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- 651: How The Scarlet Letter Effects
- ... lower class if they committed the sin of adultery. Times have changed, and now the sin of adultery is more common and not as big of a deal, although it probably should be. Two people's mistakes can effect many people in many different ways. Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter is a book about a woman, Hester, who moves to Boston from England during the Puritan times. She has a husband, and tells the colonists of Boston he will be arriving to be with her soon. After years go by and he doesn't arrive, Hester finds another man whom she becomes close to. She becomes pregnant and the town finds out she had committed adultery. She is forced to wear a letter "A," meaning "adulteress," on her ...
- 652: The Story of Sweetheart of the Song of Tra Bong: The Use of Setting
- ... Song Tra Bong take place? Upon reading the story, one would first assume that it takes place in Vietnam. Upon further examination, however, it becomes quite evident that it really takes place inside Rat Kiley's head. This isn't to declare the story false; instead, one should examine the influence and literary freedom that Rat flexes upon the truth. "For Rat Kiley… facts were formed by sensation, not the other way around." (101) The story occurs in two separate but equally chaotic places: Vietnam, and Rat's head. The story intertwines between the two settings, and in order to completely grasp the idea behind them, one must first recognize, then separate and analyze the two settings. Upon the first reading of ...
- 653: How The Scarlet Letter Effects
- ... lower class if they committed the sin of adultery. Times have changed, and now the sin of adultery is more common and not as big of a deal, although it probably should be. Two people's mistakes can effect many people in many different ways. Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter is a book about a woman, Hester, who moves to Boston from England during the Puritan times. She has a husband, and tells the colonists of Boston he will be arriving to be with her soon. After years go by and he doesn't arrive, Hester finds another man whom she becomes close to. She becomes pregnant and the town finds out she had committed adultery. She is forced to wear a letter "A," meaning "adulteress," on her ...
- 654: "The Glass Managerie"
- ... and unluckiness. All the characters touch you deep inside your soul, so that you start to feel exactly how they do. They all must deal with their own personal problems, as well as each other's. You can not help but to want to become a part of the story; to sit down and talk with each of them. They so desperately seem to need good advice, but even if they had it, they would not listen. The Wingfield house consists of a mother, Amanda, a daughter, Laura, and a son, Tom. Tom and Laura's father left them when they were little. He could not deal with the pressures of their everyday living. Amanda is a very demanding, hard to please woman. She was obviously a very beautiful young lady ... the house and getting Laura married off quickly, and it almost seems like she enjoys having problems and hecticness in her life. She handles all these problems with pride and confidence, even though she doesn't always hold that confidence. Amanda is always wanting to have a greater impact on others lives and be held responsible for anything good that happens to someone. She has such an amazing amount of ...
- 655: Of Mice And Men - Loneliness
- ... is friends. Without friends, people would suffer from loneliness and solitude. Loneliness leads to low self-esteem and deprivation. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the characters, Crooks, Candy, and Curly’s wife all exhibit some form of loneliness. They are driven towards the curiosity of George and Lennie’s friendship because they do not have that support in their life. Through his novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck demonstrates that often times, a victim of isolation will have a never-ending search to fulfill a friendship. "A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t matter no difference who the guy is, longs he with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an he gets sick" (Steinbeck, 13) Crooks is a black man ...
- 656: Examination Of The Reasons For
- Examine the various reasons for Esther`s suicide attempts in The bell Jar. One of the main reasons why Esther tried to commit suicide was the way she perceived her mother's actions, and the fact that she hates her mother: `"I hate her", I said, and waited for the blow to fall.` she obviously believes that hating her mother is wrong, as she expected the doctor to react negatively to her comment. Throughout the novel, her mother has contributed to Esther`s problems. From Esther`s point of view, consequences of her mother's actions have lead to further problems for her. It was her mother who denied Esther the right to go to her father' ...
- 657: Pride And Prejudice - Marriage
- ... and only wrote about gentry like herself. That is why the characters in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ are middle class people, like landowners, vicars, and officers. She does not mention servants much. Marriage in Jane Austen’s society marriage is the status all the women strive to achieve. Money and looks are essential for a good marriage, youthfulness also counts. If a woman never got married, because of lacking money or looks, she would go and live with a married sister or brother. If she did not have any brothers or sisters to live with, she would become a governess. ‘Pride and Prejudice’s’first sentence, ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,’ introduces the theme of marriage, and money, in an ironic ... that his wife believes. He does not demonstrate any affection towards his wife and is tired of the way she behaves. Mrs Bennet does not get upset when she is the object of her husband’s sarcasm and is not intelligent enough to discriminate between important and trival information. When she is frustrated she complains about her nerves. Mrs Bennet does not understand Mr Bennet, and whilst Mrs Bennet’s ...
- 658: The Pencil Box
- THE PENCIL BOX Nobody liked Jane. As soon as Emily Sweet found that copy of Anne of Green Gables a three-hundred-page-long book! in Jane s faded purple kindergarten backpack, that was it. Any hope Jane had for a normal life, for swing on the swings, for making a life long friend, someone to share secrets and giggles with, someone to teeter totter with, was over, because nobody likes the smart girl. Nobody likes someone who totes a three hundred page long book to read on the bus. That is the jungle gym s unwritten rule. Well, maybe it s not totally accurate to say that nobody liked Jane. That s not an entirely true statement. Teachers liked Jane. Teachers loved Jane, even though Jane thought they had a funny way of showing it, ...
- 659: Jon Bennet Ramsey
- It was Christmas night 1996, Boulder, Colorado. The Ramsey family was on their way home from a Christmas party. Jonbenet was asleep in the backseat of the car. The Ramsey’s were planning a trip to their family home in Michigan the next morning. When the morning of December 26th came, something happened that would change not only the Ramsey’s life, but also the city of Boulder as well as all of America forever. As Patsy Ramsey headed down the stairs of her 15 room Tudor home just after 5:00 am, she came upon 3 pieces of paper sitting at the bottom of the stairs. The 3 pieces of paper were a ransom note warning the Ramsey’s that if they didn’t come up with $118,000 dollars, their precious 6-year-old daughter, Jonbenet would die. They went on to say that if the Ramsey’s notified authorities, she would ...
- 660: Tales of the City
- ... new chapter there is a personal development for the characters within. It is this sense of development that is most important for the continuity of Tales of the City. The development neatly meshes the character's lives with one another, till ultimately the product is a mass evolution. It is interesting to note that the writing style Mr. Maupin uses to guide the story forward is consistent throughout the book. Chapters inevitably commence with a character's response to the given situation. There are several departures from this style, which are explained further on in this book report. The chapters are suited for the readers of a newspaper. Each is short, usually ... to digest. Each chapter equates to an individual episodes of a television soap opera. Chapters link their engaging scenarios together to form a habit forming series. The first thirty-one chapters amply show the author's intended direction & purpose for the entire novel. "Taking the Plunge" ch.1 p.1-3: This is the introduction of the unfolding Mary Ann Singleton & the expeditious Connie Bradshaw. Vacationing in San Francisco for ...
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