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Romeo And Juliet

... Capulets, had many problems. There was hate between the two families so much so that even the servants hated each other. This feud would have caused many problems for : These two young lovers knew this and this is why they kept their marriage a secret. If their parents discovered their secret, they would have made their children's lives miserable. would not have been able to see each other. Both of these families were very stubborn and there was hardly any thing that would have made them become friends. In the prologue we learn that the on ...

Number of words: 766 | Number of pages: 3

Lord Of The Flies

... came from the acceptance of his peers. He had a fair nature as he was willing to listen to Piggy. He became increasingly dependent on Piggy's wisdom and became lost in the confusion around him. Towards the end of the story his rejection from their society of savage boys forced him to fend for himself. Piggy was an educated boy who had grown up as an outcast. Due to his academic childhood, he was more mature than the others and retained his civilized behaviour. But his experiences on the island gave him a more realistic understanding of the ...

Number of words: 2273 | Number of pages: 9

A Good Man Is Hard To Find The

... property of grace she possesses. The grandmother is the most developed character of the story. She contains several traits that coincide with the stereotypical elderly southern woman. Some of her notions are bizarre and trivial, and ignored by her family, such as the possible attack by The Misfit, a trip to Tennessee instead of Florida, and a fear of feline asphyxiation. John Wesley and June Star have little if any respect for their paternal grandmother. "She has to go everywhere we go," whines June Star (194). The grandmother also dres ...

Number of words: 949 | Number of pages: 4

Hills Like White Elephants

... as elephants; "They look like white elephants" (464). She is comparing the hills to her own situation, pregnancy. "They’re lovely hills. They really don’t look like white elephants. I just meant the coloring of their skin through the trees" (465). Just as the hills have their distinct beauty to her, she views pregnancy in the same fashion making the reference to the hills having skin—an enlarged mound forming off of what was once flat. The man views pregnancy just the opposite. When the girl is talking about the whi ...

Number of words: 995 | Number of pages: 4

Seabrook's Family Values: Home Sweet Home

... nurtured and loved. I also consider that coming from a different background makes my home a more diverse environment and a place where I am most comfortable. The essay, Family Values written by Jeremy Seabrook, explains the different types of families that make society diverse. He writes about the culture of one family and how they go about living there lives which he experiences first hand. This essay most definitely relates to my definition of what “ home “ is. In my culture, we do certain things differently. We have different value ...

Number of words: 734 | Number of pages: 3

Compare & Contrast: "The Devil And Tom Walker" And "The Devil And Daniel Webster"

... by giving these details. In “The Devil and Daniel Webster” the story doesn't go into as much detail about the surroundings. Benét focuses more about Jabez Stone's farm and his bad luck, like when he plants corn, he gets borers. The only real detail he gives about the surroundings is that he lives on the Cross Corners of New Hampshire and that he's on a farm. The story doesn't give much description on what his house looks like or the scenery. Also, in “The Devil and Daniel Webster” it tells the story at a quicker pace. Jabez meets ...

Number of words: 556 | Number of pages: 3

“A Worn Path”: Phoenix

... this path before. Just a different season for Phoenix. “She looked straight ahead,”(116) and did not once think about turning back. Phoenix set her expectations and said, “I got along way.”(116) “One she went.”(116) Never once complaining about the condition she is in. In these passages, shows how one can be so determined and never think about the consequences at the moment. And the soul purpose is to keep going and don’t give up. Phoenix time is limited, “But she sat down to rest.”(117) As she rested, Phoenix started thi ...

Number of words: 680 | Number of pages: 3

A Friend Who Wants Revenge

... has a very terrible cough which he disregards and says," It is nothing" (749). Fortunato is very subconscious. His ego sounds like it runs his life. Fortunato is the type of person that is and always has to be better then anyone else. For example," Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry" (748). Fortunato says this because he believes that if Luchresi tells the difference between the two liquors then Fortunato will have failed. The one quote that explains Fortunato fully is," Come we will go back; your health is precious. You ar ...

Number of words: 764 | Number of pages: 3

Catcher In The Rye 5

... any special talents or abilities and used other methods to make him out to be a rough tough boy. "Boy, I sat at that goddam bar till around one o'clock or so, getting drunk as a bastard. I could hardly see straight." (pg. 150) Holden tried all he could to fit in. He drank, cursed and criticized life in general to make it seem he was very knowing of these habits. Holden used the term 'phonies' to describe more than a few people in this book. He used the term to be what a person is if they don't act naturally and follow other people's ma ...

Number of words: 443 | Number of pages: 2

Cinderella - Grimm Version Vs. Traditional French Version

... versions of "Cinderella," I feel that there are several differences between them. The first difference has to do with Cinderella's fairy godmother. In the French version, Cinderella has a fairy godmother who looks after her throughout the story. In the Grimm version of this story, however, there is no fairy godmother. Second, in the French version Cinderella had to be home by midnight. I feel that the entire outcome of the story was based on this. If she had not been in a hurry to get home by midnight, she would not have left her slip ...

Number of words: 1108 | Number of pages: 5

Lord Of The Flies

... Since all of the characters are children, they are inexperienced on how to handle grave situations. Considering they are all by themselves, their environment forcefully arranges them into two groups. One of the groups is the hunters which will go out and kill animals for food. This group must be created, otherwise, all the characters shall die. The boy who will take on this challenge will be Jack. Jack, at the beginning of the novel, was a very considerate and caring. An example of this takes place in chapter one where he is abo ...

Number of words: 795 | Number of pages: 3

Yosano Akiko

... name of a merchant in Sakai, and to take care of his mother and wife. Their mother is now widowed, and needs her son so the house isn't all alone. In line 29, it says she's pathetic in her grief. So she must be dissapointed in her son for wanting to go. I think the mother is really worried because in line 32, it tells how her white hair increases. That's either a sign of aging or worrying too much about her son dying. The brother has been married for ten months. Akiko reminds her brother of the misery and pain he will put his wife ...

Number of words: 541 | Number of pages: 2

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