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Short Stories - "Spelling" And "Differently": Female Relationships
Number of Words: 1453 / Number of Pages: 6
... a distance
between the two.
The title is derived from a patient Rose met at the nursing home whose only
communication was spelling words. After meeting this patient, Rose dreamed
that Flo was in a cage and spelling words like the old patient she met in
the nursing home. Rose tells Flo about her visit to the nursing home and
is obviously trying to influence Flo into going to the home. Flo is
suffering from some sort of dementia, perhaps Alzheimer's. In this story
the author doesn't tell the characters ages, Rose's occupation, and other
information necessary to develop a clear picture. Instead, ...
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"The Gift Of The Magi" And "The Necklace": Money And Its Control On People
Number of Words: 389 / Number of Pages: 2
... named Madame Loisel is selfish, greedy, and an uncaring woman.
Although she is beautiful, she only cares about money. In the story, she
and her husband are invited to a party. She has her husband spend the 400
francs he has saved for a gun, on a dress she wants to wear to the ball.
She also wants something beautiful to go with her dress, so she borrows a
gorgeous necklace from a friend.
Madame Loisel was the hit of the party. At the end of the night,
she discovered she had lost the necklace. Madame and her husband take out
loans so that they could buy a replacement and spent the next ten years
pay ...
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Sydney Carton
Number of Words: 503 / Number of Pages: 2
... This also gives Sydney Carton an immature appearance in the
novel.
At the beginning of the story and a large part of the novel, Sydney
Carton is shown to be a very arrogant, frustrated man with a drinking
problem. Several times in the novel he indulged in his drinking to the
point of becoming drunk or close to it. Many times that he is seen, he is
drinking wine or has a flask of liquor in his hand. This may keep him calm
or help him to remain composed in the court, but it becomes more to the
point of being a necessity or habit. Also, his drinking causes him to be
loose with his tongue w ...
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Franny And Zooey: Childhood
Number of Words: 646 / Number of Pages: 3
... as being emotionally scarred.
I believe this happened in Franny and Zooey's case as children. They came from
a relatively large family, consisting of two parents and seven siblings. The
Glass children had a radio talk show called the "Wise Child" when they were
younger. Such pressures put upon the children resulted in which Zooey calls "The
Wise Child complexes". He believes that they never really left the air. He
believes that instead of carrying a normal conversation, he expound on
everything and ;therefore, is not able to keep his mouth closed.
The two eldest siblings of the Glass children, Se ...
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Bone
Number of Words: 562 / Number of Pages: 3
... giving readers a sense of realism. As a Chinese reading , I understand the narrator’s feelings and predicaments. Although she is an Asian, her thinking lies more on the American side. Leila wants to move out to stay with Mason but yet she fears leaving her mother alone and also of what her mother might say in regards to a girl staying with a man before marriage. In Asian culture, cohabitation is not popular and widely accepted. In the book’s narrative hierarchy, I find the narrator placed herself at the top, always wanting or hoping that things were done her way or that she should know everything of wh ...
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Similarities And Differences In Kafka's "The Trial" And "The Metamorphosis"
Number of Words: 705 / Number of Pages: 3
... that arrested him,
"These gentlemen here and myself have no standing whatever in this affair
of yours, indeed we know hardly anything about it. We might wear the most
official uniforms and your case would not be a penny worse. I can't even
confirm that you are charged with an offense, or rather, I don't know
whether you are." (p 12)
As you can see, K has no luck getting information regarding his case. In
fact, from the time he was first put under arrest to when he was killed, he
never encountered the anonymous force that issued the arrest. The same is
true for The Metamorphosis. Gregor never fi ...
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12 Angry Men: Boy Is Innocent
Number of Words: 413 / Number of Pages: 2
... of this man. You can't believe
what he said. The train was just too loud for him to possibly hear the
yells of the boy.
After leaving his house, the boy went to see a movie to get away
from all of this. He was under total stress. I am sure he did not care to
look at the title of the movie. He probably just wanted in to get away.
This way his mind was focused on other things other than his father. He
thought that if he got away. he would come back in a better mood to be with
his father.
I have presented you with the three best points of evidence to
prove the innocence of this young boy. Thin ...
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Literary Analysis Of To Kill A Mockingbird
Number of Words: 554 / Number of Pages: 3
... of many Maycomb
populants, she did sense that they were not statements of reverement.
Another type of prejudice in the book would be the sexism and
resulting stereotypical views of how women and men should act, dress, and
what they can and cannot do. A good example of this being the many times
Mrs. Dubose made statements like, “What are you doing in overalls. If you
don't start acting proper you will end up serving tables”(101). What I
would consider to be vast majority of this sexism was aimed at women and
girls. They were constantly told what was proper and lady-like and what
they should dress like ...
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Hester Prynne
Number of Words: 1266 / Number of Pages: 5
... the townspeople gathered around to gossip and stare at Hester and
her newborn child, whom she suitably named Pearl, named because of her
extreme value to her mother. In the disorder of faces in the crowd, young
Hester Prynne sees the face of a man she once was fiercely familiar with,
whom we later learn is her true husband, Roger Chillingworth. Her
subjection to the crowd of Puritan onlookers is excruciating to bear, and
Hester holds the child to her heart, a symbolic comparison between the
child and the scarlet letter, implying that they are truly both
intertwined.
Prynne is imprisoned with her c ...
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A Worn Path: A Tale Of Unstoppable Love
Number of Words: 869 / Number of Pages: 4
... branching wrinkles" are
indications of Phoenix Jackson's old age. She supports herself with a cane,
striving not to fall with every step she takes. She wears a "dress reaching
down to her shoe tops" along with "an equally long apron of bleached sugar
sacks, with a full pocket." This just adds to her difficulties. As she
begins her journey, she talks to herself and warns "Out of my way, all you
foxes, owls, beetles, jack rabbits, coons and wild animals!...Keep out from
under these feet, little bob-whites", because as she says, "I got a long
way." She is determined to go down that path despite anythin ...
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