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The Characteristics Of Mrs.dic
Number of Words: 643 / Number of Pages: 3
... She tend take care of the family by herself. Financially, she has to go out and work, she has two jobs which will earn her money to live. "She helped a friend with a little hat shop......bred puppies for sale". Emotionally, she is independent. Her son, Frederick, is the only one lives with her. She hasn’t marry any other man in five years after the death of her husband. "It was five years since her tragedy and she had not married." (P112) She also try to raise her son by herslef. There is no baby-sister to take care of Frederick. She is the only one who puts Federick on first place. "But you s ...
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On As I Lay Dying
Number of Words: 995 / Number of Pages: 4
... person. His section isn't littered with side comments and thoughts like Cora's, he just simply stated the events as he viewed them. Previously Anse Bundren said "We be beholden to no man ...never yet been, " page 19. However, Tull says "Like most folks around here I done holp him so much already I can't quit now," page 32. So from Tull the fact that Anse is total dependant on others is revealed.
Also, during one of Cora's narrations she makes a key observation about the relationship between Addie, and her two sons, Darl and Jewel. Cora says that Addie was always partial to Jewel, "but that ...
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Summary Of "The Grapes Of Wrath"
Number of Words: 1217 / Number of Pages: 5
... would have to leave their houses because of the crisis. They
also knew the more pickers they had the lower they could make their prices.
The number of handbills sent out far out numbered the number of jobs
available. Many people in the dust bowl were constructing a view of
California that was devastatingly false. However most of the people had to
go somewhere, and all they knew was agriculture, so the natural thing was
to go to the only place in the country at that time that was in pe ak
agricultural condition. This was all true in the case of the Joads. They
had no experience with any other kin ...
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Roger Chillingworth
Number of Words: 2484 / Number of Pages: 10
... yet another bad decision...revenge.
From the first time Nathaniel Hawthorne begins to describe Dr. Prynne (a.k.a. ) he uses Hester to show that he is very normal in some aspects, yet very different in others. He is a mid aged man, whom wears his age well. But a small shoulder misalignment, causes slight distinction from the rest of the crowd. His facial features told of his intelligence, and his clothes were of a mix, some civilized, some savage. When he came onto the scene, while Hester was on the scaffold with baby Pearl, he hid his identity from the crowd, and merely asked of what the comm ...
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“Masque Of The Red Death”vs.“Fall Of The House Of Usher”: A Glimpse Into The Life Of Poe
Number of Words: 2171 / Number of Pages: 8
... being either gratuitous or a matter of capricious volition that both family and mansion are foredoomed to destruction’” (Buranelli 74).
He had a difficult childhood and lived a very disturbed, lonely and sad life. Poe was the second of three children. He had a brother and a sister. He was born in Richmond, Virginia on January 19, 1809. His mother was Elizabeth Arnold and his father was David Poe, Jr. Poe’s mother died two years after his birth on December 8, 1811. Edgar went to stay with the Allan family, John and Francis Allan. However, Mr. Allan was unwilling to adopt Poe. Mr. Allan was wi ...
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The Jungle By Sinclair: A Man Of Many Colors
Number of Words: 411 / Number of Pages: 2
... for the welfare of Ona and the family. Eventhough he
inevidably fails, he does everything in his power to be an ideal husband.
Rudkis, like many other good-hearted people, had to circumb to the
evil powers of greed. He buys an expensive house that he could not afford.
He could settele for a house of lesser value that suits his needs just as
well, but he doesn't. Eventhough he is somewhat conned into buying it, his
greed still convinced him. Shortly after this, he is so eager to get more
money, that he starts to behave immoraly. After he lost his job due to an
injury, he sinks into a life of cri ...
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To Kill A Mocking Bird: Tom Robinson's Trial
Number of Words: 3185 / Number of Pages: 12
... Groups like the ‘Idler’s club’ and the Mennonites enjoyed seeing a Black man’s freedom taken away from him.
Tom Robinson was found guilty of raping Mayella Ewell, in the face of very strong evidence that his accusers were lying. One reason why he was convicted was because it was a white man’s word against a black man’s one. Tom, who is black, would be denied justice because of this. Atticus reinforces this idea when he tells Jem ‘in our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins.’ Generally this was the mentality of most Americans at the time. In Maycomb a w ...
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Hemingway's "The Old Man And The Sea": An Analysis
Number of Words: 679 / Number of Pages: 3
... The sea was like a second home for the man, who fished
every day. La mar provided the man with food, a living, an enemy, and a
friend.
When he was out on the sea fishing, he was at home. The sea, la
mar, was like his mother. The fish in the ocean were like his brothers and
sisters. When he heard the dolphins playing in the night he thought, "They
are good...they are our brothers like the flying fish." (p.48) He had
almost reeled the giant marlin in when he realized what he was doing. "You
are killing me, fish. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a
greater, or more beautiful...th ...
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Lord Of The Flies Essay
Number of Words: 923 / Number of Pages: 4
... go out to explore the island and as they are returning, their minds turn to the problem of how they are going to provide food to the group. Jack had found some pig trails earlier and he brought up the idea of hunting the pigs for food. As he is saying this, the boys happen upon a piglet that is entangled in some creepers. “The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. He raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm.” (27) Jack found that he in fact ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God 2
Number of Words: 435 / Number of Pages: 2
... out for Janie. Logan sees her as a spoiled child who needs to learn to be a farm wife. Logan becomes one of the many people who do not give Janie a chance to be herself.
During her marriage to Logan Janie meets Joe Starks and runs off with him. Janie desperately wants Joe to be the one person to understand her and love her. However, what Joe sees in Janie is that she has class and he wants to make her one of his possessions. Janie’s marriage to Joe looks ideal to many of the townspeople but on the inside she is very unhappy and still yearning to be loved.
When Joe dies many years later ...
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