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Death Of A Salesman - Biff Character Profile

... Biff admires his dad, he was depressed. He later reveals to Happy, after their double date, that all he wants is to work on a farm, without a shirt, doing manual labor. He wants Happy to come out west with him, to open a ranch, but Happy won't. To make his father happy, he says he will open a sporting goods store. Biff is an interesting character. He seems to adore his father, but he really doesn't. He finds out that his father has an affaire, and he looses all respect for him. He ends up forgetting everything Willy said, and steals somet ...

Number of words: 720 | Number of pages: 3

An Analysis Of Nature In The W

... Gold Can Stay, and Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening we can pick out specific examples to illustrate Frost’s overall use of nature. In the first stanza of Robert Frost’s Stopping by the Woods on A Snowy Evening we find the speaker reflecting on the beauty of a wooded area with snow falling. Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. (p.923) You can feel the speakers awe and reflective peace when looking into the woods that nig ...

Number of words: 607 | Number of pages: 3

Reflection On Dead Man Walking

... walking,' and from here on in my life with never be the same again. In all honesty, my friends and I lounged about a large auditorium merrily fixated on a large-screen, tube TV. We took advantage of the 'movie hour,' which replaced Social Justice for approximately three class periods, and innocently relaxed on the cold tiled floor. What I did not know was that my life would be altered forever and that my outlook on the world would seemingly change. My eyes fixated on the movie screen, while my heart, soul, and mind slowly began to wander ...

Number of words: 1056 | Number of pages: 4

Roaring Camp

... into kind, gentle, wholesome people, with the love of a child. "The term "roughs" applied to them was a distinction rather than a definition(3). The men of Roaring Camp live the way they please. They have no rules or regulations, nobody to impress, and nobody to tell them what to do or how to act. "The assemblage numbered about one hundred men. One or two of these were actual fugitives from justice, some were criminal, and all were reckless"(2). The men of Roaring Camp were unruly and all it takes ...

Number of words: 730 | Number of pages: 3

Not Fade Away

... claimed the lives of Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, and the Big Bopper, J.P. Richardson. He became aware of them when his true love Kacy came crying to him, distraught, after she heard about the crash. That was what opened George up to their music, and to the Big Bopper, the basis of the novel. The characters as well opened George up to new things: Donna's record player gave George the knowledge of music as well as instant happiness; Joshua's drugs and insanity allowed George to unwind and live a little more; and the ghost's passion for havi ...

Number of words: 828 | Number of pages: 4

No Name Woman: Bewitching Creation

... a desire to uncover the hidden effect it had upon me. About fifteen years ago the owner, Peter Gation, has bought the old church and transformed its holy rooms and chambers filled and designed with beautiful icons, angels, and Madonnas into a house of sin and deviltry. It is the atmosphere at the church, which Gation renamed Limelight, that helped to make it such a success, for who could resist the thrill of sinning in the very place where sinners came to repent? And what kind of man designed and planned for such a place to exist? Peter Ga ...

Number of words: 1792 | Number of pages: 7

Scottsboro Trials And To Kill A Mockingbird

... of someone whom was black. Both trials were perfect examples of how the people of Alabama were above the law and could do whatever they wanted to the black people and get away with it. In both trials lynch mobs were formed to threaten the black people who were accused. Judge Hornton tried many times to move the case to a different place so that a fair trial could take place and not be interrupted by the racist people. Finally was granted to move the case even though the lynch mobs threatened to kill everyone who was involved in the case if ...

Number of words: 1163 | Number of pages: 5

The Role Of Women In Shakspear

... out particularly well in regards to Shakespeare’s use of female characters. After examining these two plays, one will see that Shakespeare, though conforming to contemporary attitudes of women, circumvented them by creating resolute female characters with a strong sense of self. The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, and has weathered well into our modern era with adaptations into popular television series such as Moonlighting. For all the praises it has garnered throughout the centuries, it is curious t ...

Number of words: 1080 | Number of pages: 4

"Shame": Ignorance Of Reality

... in the story that Gregory came from a poor family. Even though he was poor, he did not show he was ashamed of it. Although he didn't know why people turned their heads when they saw him. Gregory was very proud of his money-making schemes, but he didn't realize the work he was doing was very degrading. Another example of Gregory's ignorance is his attitude towards the teacher. When he explained about his seat in the class, it gave me the impression that he was very proud of it. Gregory then talks about how he thought that the teacher lo ...

Number of words: 426 | Number of pages: 2

Burdens Of Poverty

... little money. The family doesn’t own a car and barely has money to ride the bus to town. At times it seems as if James is starving. His clothes don’t even keep him warm in the cold. Times are hard for the family when James’ father is away. James’ mother, Octavia, is a very proud woman. Her pride has an effect on James’ life. She does not accept any form of charity. An old woman offers Octavia and James some food, but Octavia declines the offer until James does some chores for the woman. James had to work instead of getting ...

Number of words: 539 | Number of pages: 2

Lindo Jong

... she was but two years old, the village matchmaker came to her home and Lindo was pledged to marry a boy who was only a year old. She was twelve years old when the Fen River flooded and destroyed her village and her home. This natural disaster forced her family to move to a nearby village, but Lindo stayed behind. She was to move in with her future in-laws, the Huangs. When she arrived at her new home, the place where she would start her new future, she could see by the outside of the house that the Huangs were much higher in society than h ...

Number of words: 754 | Number of pages: 3

A Dolls House

... take care of that. In every sense of the word, she was your typical housewife. She never left the house, mostly because her husband was afraid of the way people "would talk." I do not know if but a few people knew about their marriage, and that was the way Torvald wanted it to be. It really wasn't her fault she was the way she was, it was mostly Torvald's for spoiling her. Nora relies on Torvald for everything, from movements to thoughts, much like a puppet that is dependent on its puppet master for all of its actions. Her carefre ...

Number of words: 1347 | Number of pages: 5

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