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Mockingbird Cunninghams Vs. Ew

... lots of children and having had trouble with the law, the similarities ended. The Cunninghams were from the outskirts of Maycomb, a place called Old Sarum. Apparently this was land that existed in their family for generations. They were considered poor by Maycomb's standards but still tried to make it. Although most of their land had been repossessed and mortgaged, they still owned some. Their land was the primary means of supporting the family and, since money was scarce, many times they would use some of their crops to barter for other ...

Number of words: 788 | Number of pages: 3

Hero And Anti-hero In Casablan

... prominent difference is evident in their political beliefs, their relationships with Ilsa, and in the director's portrayal of their inner feelings. Rick Blane and Victor Lazlo are individuals with very strong political beliefs. Even though both characters demonstrate that they have an interest in politics, they have different driving forces within them that bring forth their interests. In Rick's case, he exhibits an interest in politics that is centered around his feelings for the woman he loves. For example, when Rick was together with ...

Number of words: 802 | Number of pages: 3

Robert Frost Five Poems

... the insect’s battle to stay alive and leaves it on his paper. Frost allows the mite to sleep on his paper because he values any intelligence, even one that is small as a bug’s. This poem is told directly from Robert Frost’s mouth. It shows how much the poet appreciates the little things in life. Regardless of size Frost understands that a life is a life, and all lives are important. The imagery in this poem is very clear to me. I can picture an old man trying to blow a piece of dirt off the paper. Then the piece of dirt ...

Number of words: 1593 | Number of pages: 6

What Is The American Dream?

... was unable to take the examination for the bar because he was black. His mother was Carrie Hughes, a woman who studied at the University of Kansas in an ongoing struggle to earn a living outside of domestic labor. Langston’s father left home to live in Cuba and then Mexico to free himself from the Jim Crow laws and Segregation. Hughes then went to live with his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas until he was thirteen. His grandmother, Mary Sampson Patterson Leary Langston, was very prominent in the African American community of Lawrence. ...

Number of words: 629 | Number of pages: 3

Faith

... her "pink ribbons" symbolizes innocence and purity. She also symbolizes religious as well as in one's fellow human beings. When Goodman Brown is late getting to the forest he explains that his "" kept him back which can be taken to meaning that his wife kept him back as well as his religious . Also as he is leaving his wife for the dark forest, he is also symbolically leaving behind his religious and his in his fellow human beings. He then enters the dark forest, which is a palette where the devil can paint images to cloud and tempt t ...

Number of words: 749 | Number of pages: 3

Emily The Fallen Rose

... revivals the people of New England began to question the old ways. What used to be the focal point of all lives was now under speculation and often doubted. People began to search for new meanings in life. People like Emerson and Thoreau believed that answers lie in the individual. Emerson set the tone for the era when he said, "Whoso would be a [hu]man, must be a non-conformist." Emily Dickinson believed and practiced this philosophy. When she was young she was brought up by a stern and austere father. In her childhood she was shy and alre ...

Number of words: 1126 | Number of pages: 5

Go Ask Alice

... Alice's employer in San Francisco. Sheila, Chris's employer in San Francisco. Doris, a drug-user with whom Alice lives in Coos Bay, Oregon. Joel Reems, a student that Alice hoops to marry. Babby, Tom, young people that Alice meets in the mental hospital. 2. Alice is a member of a middle-class family of the western part of America. The names of the towns the live in are not mentioned. The story takes place in the 1960's. 3. Jill Peters, an old friend from school, invites her to a party. At the party Alice is given a Coke with LSD i ...

Number of words: 1454 | Number of pages: 6

Eudora Welty: Her Life And Her Works

... in her fiction. Eudora Welty's ability to observe created her talent to precisely tell situations as they would be seen. This talent brings her stories to life. The in-depth accounts that she writes of jump off of the page and into the readers' imagination. The descriptive passages in her fiction bring about vibrant images in the readers' mind. The short story "A Memory" opens up with a clear visual image. "The water shone like steel, motionless except for the feathery curl behind a distant swimmer. From my position I was look ...

Number of words: 1231 | Number of pages: 5

Pygmalion Vs Educating Rita

... in London. Here the class differences are very emphasized since the play is based on a social interaction between the classes, and this causing social problems. These social problems are mentioned as the sexual tensions arise in the play. One of the most important concepts Shaw though is the Socio-linguistics, since the story is based on a bet of a common flower girl transforming into a duchess thanks to a properly taught English. In most stories misconceptions are found to make the plot more interesting. Shaw also uses this technique for ...

Number of words: 1335 | Number of pages: 5

Wood

... of trees in British Columbia to keep them busy for the next while. It seemed so simple at first. Woody and his crew would cut down the trees and they would be shipped to a nearby river where they would be floated downstream to the new lumber mill. At least this was what was supposed to happen. After the first couple loads, there came reports that the logs weren’t reaching their destination. Some of the men started talking about how they were logging on uncharted territory and this was a bad omen. ...

Number of words: 1198 | Number of pages: 5

Othello - A Tragedy Without Meaning?

... actions; actions which on surface value might appear to be inherently evil and motiveless. A third variable here, the role of the setting, and its part in the tragedy also helps to explain the reasons for it. Through Iago’s motives, and Othello’s inherit weaknesses, the tragedy of the play is meaningful for the audience. By examining Iago’s actions and his soliloquies the audience is able to discern that Iago does indeed have motives for his actions, however weak they may be. Despite Iago recognising that indeed the moor ‘is of a free ...

Number of words: 2013 | Number of pages: 8

The Epic Of Gilgamesh

... succeed, are forgotten about in a matter of years. However, some are remembered for tens, hundreds, and even thousands of years, because of their great intellectual achievement to feats of outstanding skill. Gilgamesh is not only a character of a story; he is actually a portrayal of people and how they act out of human nature. He, like many of us, does not want his existence to end when he leaves this world. He is not content with what he has, good looks, money, and power, and desires more in life. is a story that we, as people, can relat ...

Number of words: 1628 | Number of pages: 6

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