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Summary Of Beloved

... is a farmhouse known only as 124, situated on Bluestone Road, outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. Sethe and her daughter, Denver, have lived in this house for eighteen years. The story begins in the year 1873, but there are many flashbacks to the year Sethe attempted to run away, which is in 1856, four years before the start of the Civil War. Sethe, Paul D., and Baby Suggs were all slaves on the same farm in Kentucky, which was ironically named Sweet Home, though for them, it was neither home nor sweet. Plot The plot of the novel is loosely ba ...

Number of words: 512 | Number of pages: 2

Their Eyes Were Watching God: An Epic Search

... she was born. Because Janie's search is her family's search. Nanny and Janie's mom gave Janie a reason to search. They were always held back by their owners, and their owners took advantage of them, and raped them. They raped them of their identity. Nanny signifies to evade the realities of her life and the life of Janie. When Nanny says, "Thank yuh, Massa Jesus," she is illustrating that although she is no longer a slave, the slave consciousness has caused her to view even her relationship with the deity about slave and master. This makes Jan ...

Number of words: 799 | Number of pages: 3

Coming Of Age In Mississippi

... to survive and didn’t quite understand why. At the tender age of 9, Anne had to take on a job as a maid after school to help her now single mother make ends meet after her father left to be with another women. Her mother had more children and married again, but Anne’s relationship with her stepfather was very shaky. He thought Anne was too outspoken for her own good. Racism surrounded Anne and even though she was young she challenged it. She wanted to know why, whites went to other schools, and why she couldn’t tutor whites who ...

Number of words: 593 | Number of pages: 3

HAMLET

... before them- much to Horatio's surprise. The guards urge Horatio to speak with the ghost. Because Horatio is a student, they feel he should be able to communicate with the ghost, and their previous attempts to talk with it have failed. Horatio's attempts also fail. The scene ends with Horatio stating that he will go and inform his friend of these incredible events. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Act I, Scene ii: This scene opens in contrast to the first scene. The first scene takes place on ...

Number of words: 4728 | Number of pages: 18

Ignorance And Racism In Heart Of Darkness

... who have different opinions about Conrad being a racist. Readers usually are good at detecting racism in a book or story. Achebe tells us about Conrad's ability to hide racist remarks, "But Conrad chose his subject well - one which was guaranteed not to put him in conflict with psychological predisposition..." (Achebe, 253). By reading Heart of Darkness for the second time I started to understand the hidden racism in the book. I also discovered the racist remarks towards the natives. Racism is portrayed in Conrad's book, but a reader mus ...

Number of words: 1088 | Number of pages: 4

The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

... the game should be like the real Robin Hood. Sometimes Tom likes to do things by the book. He is very good person to be with in times of trouble. He helped Becky and Muff Potter by intelligence. With Becky it was the adventure in the caves without Tom and Becky would have a harder time to get out. With Muff it was that he and Huck witnessed the murder and Tom came through and told the truth. Without Tom, Muff could have been hung or go to prison for a long time. Tom uses his head in serious situations. For example when Injun Joe was upstai ...

Number of words: 414 | Number of pages: 2

A Farewell To Arms: Experiences And Their Influences

... I agree with the statement as I have interpreted it and it is supported by the novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. People today are unable to participate, in their own lives, the experiences of World War 1, but the setting of the war in the novel, A Farewell to Arms, allows the reader to partake in the experiences of the war. In the beginning of the novel, the description of the troops passing sets the mood for a book that does not glamorize war. Hemingway uses imagery such as “the troops were muddy and wet in their capes” to ...

Number of words: 570 | Number of pages: 3

Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen's "Six Years In Hell"

... He graduated with a B.S. degree in Accounting and majors in Banking and Finance. After college he obtained the rank of cadet Colonel in the Air Force ROTC. Lt. Colonel Jensen was well decorated after his retirement in 1978 that concluded 28 years of service. His decorations included: Two Silver Stars, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with V for Valor, Air Medal, two Purple Hearts, Presidential Unit Citation, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two Oak Leaf Clusters, POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal with Oak Leaf C ...

Number of words: 1348 | Number of pages: 5

The Awakening 3

... inhibits one from attaining true happiness. Many philosophers have dealt with the question of whether to live a life of servitude or to pursue one’s greater happiness. Immanuel Kant stipulates that the more people cultivate their reason, the less likely they are to find happiness. He states that “everyone is/should be aware of his/her duty, or how one ought to act.” Everyone has a goal within himself/herself, and it is his/her responsibility to reach for it and achieve it. In “The Awakening,” Edna does not tak ...

Number of words: 971 | Number of pages: 4

Wright's "Native Son": Capitalist Or Communism?

... sleep in the same room, and big rats were running around the house . This shows the Thomas family represented the lower class, a trademark of Capitalism . I could not even imagine living there, especially with that huge rat .The house must have been very dirty and disgusting by today's standards . The author wanted to show how some families live under these severe conditions. He made us see vividly how they lived with this quote . "A huge black rat squealed and leaped at Bigger's trouser-leg and snagged it in his teeth, hanging on." This sho ...

Number of words: 572 | Number of pages: 3

Edgar Allen Poes Fall Of The H

... Usher” (718). This could be interpreted as the house being in a state of depression, in reality houses don’t have a sense of feeling, Poe is giving the house life with these words. This is the first sign of a supernatural or unusual atmosphere. When the narrator is examining the building from the outside he describes what he is seeing and how he feels as he looks upon the house, “the vacant eye-like windows…upon a few rank sedges—and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees—with an utter depression of ...

Number of words: 1020 | Number of pages: 4

Macbeth 2

... a letter from her husband. As she reads about the witches's prophecy of Macbeth becoming king of Scotland, she begins to accumulate villainous ideas in her mind. Only the death of the king would allow the witches's predictions to come true. King Duncan's visit to Inverness would be his "fatal entrance" (1.5.35). "Unsex me here" (1.5.37) and "make thick my blood" (1.5.39) Lady Macbeth would say, wanting to have the courage and strength of a man. To have power, she must win the "golden round" (1.5.24) and become queen of Scotland. Lady ...

Number of words: 1084 | Number of pages: 4

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