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A Lesson Before Dying
Number of Words: 1295 / Number of Pages: 5
... Miss Emma is Jefferson’s grandmother. She is the one who had the whole idea of Grant going up to the jail and talking to Jefferson, showing him that he is a man. Tante Lou is Grant’s aunt. She is the person who raised Grant to be the good, kind person that he is. She is also the one who talked Grant into talking to Jefferson. Vivian is Grant’s girlfriend; she is Grant’s encouragement. Whatever problems he has, he always talks to her about them and she makes him feel better, and helps him through them.
Summary: This story is about racism in the south and how it affects the peopl ...
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The Awakening 4
Number of Words: 1136 / Number of Pages: 5
... her entire life, not even for her husband that she thought she loved. When Robert goes away, she misses him dearly and begins to change her life’s priorities, such as not staying home on Tuesdays as most women did and were expected to do so. She also changes her mindset away from trying to get the world’s approval and just does what makes her happy at that time. She does things such as moving into a smaller house while her husband is away to show this. She even states in the novel: "I don't want anything but my own way. That is wanting a good deal, of course, when you have to trample upon t ...
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Guest House
Number of Words: 1229 / Number of Pages: 5
... to visit him, because he knows they’re all dying to meet him. So, he teases them about it first by telling them that hey may be the ones to introduce him to some of the other neighbors. They still don’t catch on until he drops the bomb that he’s already been to visit. He enjoys their shocked reaction, but doesn’t stick around. In this chapter we find out that Lizzy (the fathers favorite) is the second daughter. We also find out that one of the other daughter’s name is Kitty and she has an annoying cough and is really sensitive about it. The other girl’s name that we didn’t know is Mary, who is a bookw ...
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Scarlet Letter Essay
Number of Words: 504 / Number of Pages: 2
... from her society, her lover, her husband, her child, and her own best self. She did it all in the name of sanctity, for true love, and she paid the price. Dimmesdale was changed by the affair in a way that “ [he] grew emaciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet had a [tone] of decay.”
As a believing Puritan, Dimmesdale saw himself as “predestined” for damnation. Hawthorne explained how the poor man “kept silent by the very constitution of [his] nature.” Dimmesdale wanted to be with Hester, but he was weak. Hawthorne spoke about Dimmesdale’s b ...
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The Scarlet Letter: Evil And Mistriss Hibbins
Number of Words: 843 / Number of Pages: 4
... Hibbins. At
the last scaffold scene, "The crowd gave way before her, and seemed to fear
the touch of her garment, as if it carried the plague among its gorgeous
folds." Here, it says that the townspeople were so scared, that they
thought her evil was contagious.
Mistriss Hibbins also effects the way some of the characters think
in the novel. In one part of the novel, Mistriss Hibbins tells Pearl, the
daughter of Hester Prynne, that Dimmesdale, who is her father, is the
"Prince of Air". "They say, child, though art of the lineage of the Prince
of Air!" In this quote she was telling Pearl that Dim ...
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One Hundred Years Of Solitude
Number of Words: 416 / Number of Pages: 2
... setting is a newly settled village, which is deep in the jungle, away from the world that has condemned them. is an almost magical story where the past, present and future seem to merge into one. It tells the story of a family, rather than an individual, and how two people’s mistake results in their descendant’s downfall. If the setting was in an urban environment, the story would have made no sense, or at least lost a bit of its effect. Instead, these people start from scratch and build up their own civilization. Over the course of a century, civil wars occur, along with tragedies, angels ...
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A Man For All Seasons
Number of Words: 837 / Number of Pages: 4
... Cromwell desperately needed evidence that More actually said something to someone, so he could prove that More would commit an act against England. To do this Cromwell created a story that said Thomas More and Richard Rich had said words about the King and in doing so, More would be sentenced to death. This was established in the court where Richard Rich lied.
The second of three steps is the descent into darkness for Thomas More. This begins with the need for happiness and power for King Henry VIII. The result of King Henry's needs is that he decides to abandon the Catholic Church and creates his ow ...
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Comparison Of The Scarlet Lett
Number of Words: 1192 / Number of Pages: 5
... story accusations are "thrown" at others from the community who are believed righteous. Ultimately in this story the sin is "coming" directly from the black-man or the devil. The girls are believed to have formed a pact with the devil and are now attempting to lure others to come with them. Overall, in both works sin is the major theme and how sin affects the lives of the people and their communities.
The scaffold in The Scarlet Letter is extremely important. The most pivotal scenes in the book take place on it. The scaffold is a place of public humiliation. The lawbreaker must stand in front of ...
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1984: Abolute Power In 1984 And Government Power In Today's Society
Number of Words: 389 / Number of Pages: 2
... by the telescreen.
The Party even controlled the thoughts and ideas of the people. A thought crime is any thought or idea about going against Big Brother or The Party. To the government a thought crime is considered one of the worst felonies. “Thoughtcrime dos not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death (Orwell,pg27).”To prevent thoughtcrimes people must use the concept made up by The Party. This concept is called doublethink. Doublethink is having to different conceptions of one thought. Each conception completely contradicts each other. If the Party says that 2+2=5 but one knows that 2+2=4 the conce ...
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The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts
Number of Words: 1020 / Number of Pages: 4
... a twisted realm of mirrors, and
they were all shattering one by one. In the night he heard a "sound so
soft that it might have been simply a thought..." and quickly attacked the
trespasser. This is where the problems for Juana and her family began.
The fear that had mounted in Kino's body had taken control over his actions.
Soon even Juana who had always had faith in her husband, had doubted him
greatly. "It will destroy us all" she yelled as her attempt to rid the
family of the pearl had failed. Kino had not listened however, and soon
Juana began to lose her spiritual side and for a long time s ...
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