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Selfishness Of Silas Marner

... Cass was self-centered. Not only was he greedy, but he took great pleasure when those around him had nothing. "Dunsey---a spiteful, jeering fellow, who seemed to enjoy his drink more when other people went dry." (21-22) Dunsey's selfishness was shown when he took Silas' money. It didn't take him long to convince himself that he was entitled to the money. "... he lifted up two bricks, and saw what he had no doubt was the object of this search; for what could be there but money... Dunstan felt around the hole to be certain that it ...

Number of words: 632 | Number of pages: 3

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing

... in her work, which she does in practically all of her prose writing, and slips into banality when she abandons them, which is frequently the case in her poetry. The African-American traditions that Angelou uses so well can be traced from Africa to America through cultural traditions, music, and religion. At an English-as-Second-Language workshop I attended at Metro State University in St. Paul, Dr. Beverly Hill discussed how writers from different cultures often have distinct rhetorical traditions on which they base their writing. One of t ...

Number of words: 2248 | Number of pages: 9

Young Goodman Brown 4

... Faith begged him to stay with her and do not leave her that evening, leaving Brown that night with the parting words, "I hope all is well when you return." In this era and the Puritain faith wickedness belonged to the devil. Faith's parting words sowed a doubt in his mind abouth her fidelity, therefore, setting the stage for Brown's walk with the devel. As he walked through the forest with the dard stranger, who bore a striking resenbelense to his father, Brown had to confront that maybeall in his world was not as it appeared to be. Ever ...

Number of words: 773 | Number of pages: 3

Traditions In "A Moment Before The Gun Went Off" And "The Lottery"

... entrenched in these communities, they are rapidly losing there grip in other communities. This detail is not only mentioned in both stories, but looked down upon by communities that still follow the traditions. In the story "The Lottery," the tradition is to hold a lottery on a specific summer day, but instead of winning a cash prize or some other good thing, the winner gets to be stoned to death by the members of the community. The character that is mentioned most in this story is one by the name of Mrs. Hutchinson. Mrs. Hutchinson is a d ...

Number of words: 785 | Number of pages: 3

Mendin Wall

... wall shows his reluctance to having the wall. In his conversation he explains that there is no need for a wall because, “My apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pines” (25). Since the speaker can find no reason for the wall he questions his neighbor on it’s purpose. And the other speaker can only answer with, “Good fences make good neighbors” (27). With this answer the main speaker considers the fact that the wall must have no real purpose. Since the wall is not “walling” ...

Number of words: 495 | Number of pages: 2

The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe

... to others. Miss Amelia is self-reliant, outspoken and very much a loner. She stands six foot one inch tall and has a strong, masculine build. Her grey eyes are crossed, and the rest of her features are equally unattractive. Yet, the people of the small, southern town of Cheehaw accept her quirkiness because of the equisite wine that she sells in her store and for her free doctoring and homemade remedies. Still, everyone is shocked when the handsome outlaw, Marvin Macy, falls in love with her. Marvin is a "bold, fearless, and cruel" ...

Number of words: 715 | Number of pages: 3

To Kill A Mockingbird 6

... Mockingbird, Harper Lee explains that a person has to try to see a situation from the other person’s point of view before they make a judgement. Scout begins to realize that people’s ignorance isn’t always their fault. Her teacher, Miss Caroline, is new in Maycomb, and doesn’t know about the families living there. Scout was very upset that she got scolded for explaining the caste system to the teacher, but then she began to understand. “’...but if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we’d ha ...

Number of words: 705 | Number of pages: 3

Old Man And The Sea Summary

... order to work with more successful seamen. But the devoted child still loved Santiago, and each day brought food and bait to his shack, where they indulged in their favorite pastime: talking about the American baseball leagues. The old man's hero was the New York Yankees' Joe DiMaggio. Santiago identified with the ballplayer's skill and discipline, and declared he would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing some time. Aft ...

Number of words: 1853 | Number of pages: 7

Heroes And The Defiance Of Fate

... his fate, and fate guides his decisions to an end that he cannot escape. When Achilles decides not to fight, his closest friend, Patrolelos, dresses in Achilles armor to boost the morale of the Greek Army. But, Patrolelos ends up getting killed by Hector. This sets in motion a series of fateful revelations and decisions that lead to Achilles fatal flaw. Achilles Mother, the goddess Thefis, tells her son that he will die if he avenges the death of his dear frioend and kills Hector. But Patrolelos is more than a dear friend. He is al ...

Number of words: 766 | Number of pages: 3

Hamlet 5

... of her death. They ponder whether her drowning was intentional or accidental. Hamlet and Horatio, unaware of who is going to be buried at this site, enter and start a conversation with one of them. The First Gravedigger tells them of his job and how he has buried people from all walks of life. This leads Hamlet to ponder death. As the conversation continues that a skull the gravedigger was playing with belonged to an old court jester, he once knew. He starts discus how death makes even the most powerful men, like Caeser, nothing ...

Number of words: 718 | Number of pages: 3

Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison

... against his better judgement, the narrator takes Mr. Norton to a run down Black neighborhood. When Dr. Bledsoe found out about the trip the narrator was kicked out of school because he showed Mr. Norton anything less than the ideal Black man. The narrator is shattered, by having the person he idealizes turn on him. Immediately, he travels to New York where he starts his life anew. He joins the Brotherhood, a group striving for the betterment of the Black race, an ideal he reveres. Upon arrival in the Brotherhood, he meets Brother Tarp and Br ...

Number of words: 1251 | Number of pages: 5

Voices By Dacia Maraini - Book

... relatively unknown young woman’s death is investigated. Journalists trample inside Ms. Bari’s life without any regards to her in an attempt to solve this murder mystery (17). Angela’s body was discovered by the porter of her apartment who is “astonished that there should be so little blood on the floor” when he discovers that she is lying on the ground dead after being stabbed several times (18). This is the first clue that Angela is cornered in her own little world. She has little blood, which is regarded as th ...

Number of words: 1680 | Number of pages: 7

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