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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

To Kill A Mockingbird 7

... been totally different. Jean Louise Finch, whose nickname is Scout, is almost six years old when the story begins. Her mother died when she was only two years old and her father, Atticus Finch, is an older man in his fifties. Although Scout is very young she is very intelligent and articulate who taught herself to read at an early age. She is also somewhat of a tomboy and is very temperamental. It was this type of personality that would often get into fights with schoolmates. Atticus Finch, is the single father of Scout and ...

Number of words: 468 | Number of pages: 2

Lean On Me

... the real personality of Joe Clark and how he treated others. "Crazy" Joe Clark does not get his name from out of the blue. He is violent, angry, and set in his own ways and beliefs. His wife that left him and the one friend that he has are all reflective signs of his horrendous behavior. He walks around the school with a baseball bat, rather than a clipboard or briefcase. The fear that he "earns" is more prevalent than the respect that the students and teachers have for him. He likes to be known as "HNIC&quo ...

Number of words: 440 | Number of pages: 2

The Joy Of Reading

... which further causes the reader to lose interest in the novel. Also, if the novel is not of interest to the student, he may not even bother to read the book, however, since it is forced upon him, it would be read in a hurry. If a novel is read in a hurry, it is lost because the reader would most likely look over the words just enough to understand the plot but would not go in detail. The detail in a novel is very important since it helps create atmosphere and mood which results in the reader beginning to imagine himself as the charac ...

Number of words: 752 | Number of pages: 3

The Alchemist

... or the will of God. Whatever one calls it, the Soul of the World or the will of God, it is an unstoppable force. If there is a will there is a way. Santiago's goal was to reach the treasure at the pyramids in Egypt. From the moment he had the dream about the treasure, the world worked with him so he could realize that goal. Here, Santiago discovers some good omens for his journey: " 'In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens t ...

Number of words: 577 | Number of pages: 3

Beowulf: Link Between Traditions - Pagan And Christian

... eagerness for material rewards and earthly fame which is a characteristic of Paganism. Beowulf had the heart of the Christian to help people but wants the selfish rewards of Paganism. Shild's funeral is another example of Paganism, it takes place at the end of the prologue. The people that were under his reign put him on the deck of a ship and surrounded him with jewels, gold, helmets, swords, etc. The importance of material goods are one of the cardinal characteristics of the Pagan's beliefs. Hrothgar and his counselors make useless atte ...

Number of words: 423 | Number of pages: 2

Tools Used In The Writing Of Short Stories

... will not. Rainsford is considered to be a static character in this story in that we the audience do not see a change in his mentality towards hunting: he still feels the same. The author also uses the Man-to-Man conflict of Zaroff hunting Rainsford to contrast what Rainsford was going to the Amazon to do. Thomas Wolfe shows in "The Child by Tiger," that dealing with the pressures of racism in the rural south can cause ones barrier against it to finally collapse. In this story, Thomas Wolfe uses the repeated symbol of the cat to show that ...

Number of words: 526 | Number of pages: 2

Arsenic And Old Lace

... as sweet, kind, and charitable, however, the town is oblivious to the sisters' hobby of poisoning old men and burying them in their cellar. There is even a misunderstanding with the sisters themselves, as they see nothing wrong with what they do, and make no attempt to hide it. Yet, the humor of the movie is when their nephew, Mortimer, finds the bodies, and is quite flustered to discover how his aunts treat it with such nonchalance. Humor is also found in the misunderstanding between Mortimer and his Brewster family. Throughout the enti ...

Number of words: 353 | Number of pages: 2

Love And Respect: A Family's Bond

... recall the argurment that started all over some money. Quee my niece at the time was 12 and I was 16. I had been living with my sister Brenda for 7 years. So, naturally when female be around each to much their bound to fight. Quee had a friend that was going to stay over for the night. I sense some miss, because she alwys like to show out. Brenda and a friend were going to the mall, so she asked if I would baby-sit. She left us with some pizza money. I had a few dollars, so I told Brenda that I would go in on half on the pizza. Quee did ...

Number of words: 630 | Number of pages: 3

Revenge Vs Justice(macbath)

... second murder of Lord Polonius supposes to be revenge by his son Laertes. Both Prince Hamlet and Laertes go to seek revenge for the death of their fathers. The revenges lead to the death of the entire Royal family. Also Fortinbras, King of Norway, was killed by King Hamlet; slain by sword during the duel. So Prince of Norway, son of King Fortinbras seeks for revenge on Denmark of his father’s death. Also revenge is improper and wrong way to punish someone for his fault. Their acts of emotion lead to the downfall of two, and the rise to ...

Number of words: 1905 | Number of pages: 7

Canterbury Tales Wife Of Bath

... in 1380 released Chaucer of all charges of "raptu meo," a phrase that could be interpreted as "seizing me" (Williams 28). It is possible that this allegation of rape brought on to Chaucer by Cecily Chaumpaigne, is the very reason behind the Tale of the Wife of Bath. The wife of Bath was a plump, florid, jolly, bold, lusty, and voluptuous woman. She was the most valuable of women. The wife of bath cannot resist telling her companions about all of her sexual experiences. She has had five husbands. Her husban ...

Number of words: 777 | Number of pages: 3

Dead Poets Society And Transce

... and philosophical movement that developed in the United States. Intuition rather than reason was regarded as the highest human faculty. It was believed in order to comprehend the divine, God, and the universe one must transcend or go beyond the physical and emotional description of normal human thought. Transcendentalism opposed the strict ritualism and dogmatic theology of established religious institutions. Transcendentalist writers expressed semi-religious feelings toward nature, as well as the creative process, believing that divi ...

Number of words: 1828 | Number of pages: 7

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