Short Story - Red Dress: How A Girl's Home And School Environment Determined Her Attitude Towards The Dance
.... were required to work the blackboard
compass." She would also envision the worst case scenario, that she had
her period prior to being called to the front of the class, even when
impossible. This shows that her self-esteem is really low, and she could
not deal with the dance.
The dance was an experience in itself. Her attitudes towards the events in
the dance also show her attitude. When she met Mary Fortune, she was
"grateful for her attention, her company and her cigarette." This shows
that not many people pay attention to her and that she doesn't have many
friends. Her mentality is that if you can't deal with rejection, .....
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Summary
.... All living
things mature, all things change, wherever time is a variable identities are
changing. Janie is no different from these things, she too has a changing
identity that can be traced throughout four main parts in the book.
Janie is a young girl who at first docent even know her own identity.
Being rose by her Nanny in a house full of white people, you could see how this
could have been the start of an identity crisis. Janie was always treated like
a white person during her youth, the people Nanny worked for dressed Janie as if
she was white, they sent Janie to school with the other white children, and
Janie's friends w .....
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The Outsiders
.... easily lose themselves in. It forces the reader to realise that in
many cases teenagers have no choice in what lifestyles that are born into in
this case either becoming the rich kid or the kid from the wrong side of the
tracks.
The novel has been incorporated into a Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 movie
adaptation, starring many popular young actors of our time. The use of both text
and movie creates a more vivid understanding and appreciation of the novel for
there are no major variations between the two texts.
I believe "The Outsiders" is a relevant novel to study as in today's society the
concept of violence is an ever present t .....
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Rumors : Summary
.... up
the stairs_ no, wait, down the stairs. Down the stairs. But he's all
right," (13). Finally, Chris manages to explain to the doctor that Charley
had not really hurt himself in the first place and that she felt sorry to
have bothered him at the theater. After hanging up the phone, the Gormans
put Charley in the shower to wash off the blood, wrap a towel around his
head to stop the bleeding, and go back downstairs to wait for the rest of
the party guests. Lenny and Claire Ganz arrive at the party first.
Coming straight from a car accident, the Ganz's ask why Charley has not
joined them for the party. Ken Gorman explains that Char .....
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The Secret World Of Walter Mitty: Walter Mittys Life Sucks
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Lord Of The Flies: Symbolism Of The Conch
.... At first
everyone thinks that this is the best method to maintain order but soon they
find out how quickly the power of the conch is abused by Ralph and Jack. On pg
89 While Simon is trying to speak Ralph and Jack try to get him to sit down. "
'Sit down' 'Shut up' 'take the Conch!' 'Sod you' ' Shut up!' " This shows early
on that the Order is starting to fall apart, fortunatly Ralph doesn't become a
corrupt leader he keeps his head on straight which causes the others to get
restless. They want to have fun but Ralph being the leader doesn't have a choice
some things need to be done in order to stay civilized. Jack on the other ha .....
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Tom Sawyer: Summary
.... drunk and asleep so Injun
Joe blamed the murder him (Muff Potter). They knew if crazy Injun Joe found
out they knew, he would for sure kill them. Tom wrote on a wooden board
"Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer swear to keep mum about this and they wish they
may drop down dead in their tracks if they ever tell and rot", then in
their own blood they signed their initials TS and HF.
A few days after that incident Tom, Huck and Joe decided to go and become
pirates because no one cared for their company anymore. They stole some
food and supplies and then they stole a raft and paddled to an island in
the middle of the Mississippi River. They s .....
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The Scarlet Letter: Dimmersdale Is A Coward And A Hypocrite
.... his problem is enormously
complicated by the fact of Hester's marriage (for him no technicality), and
by his own image of himself as a cleric devoted to higher things. Unlike
other young men, Dimmesdale cannot accept his loss of innocence and go on
from there. He must struggle futilely to get back to where he was. Torn
between the desire to confess and atone the cowardice which holds him back,
Dimmesdale goes slightly mad. He takes up some morbid forms of penance_
fasts and scourgings_but he can neither whip nor starve the sin from his
soul. In his agony, he staggers to the pulpit to confess, but his words
come out generaliz .....
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Wuthering Heights: Summary
.... because he never understood
heraffection for Heathcliff; and Heathcliff, because he never understood why
she married Edgar. Cathy has a mind of her own and some of Catherine's
willfullness. She is also capable of great sympathy towards Linton, whom she
marries and finally Hareton Earnshaw.
Heathcliff is a strange mix-ture of the refined and incouth; slovently, yet
dresses and acts like a g gentleman. While being dark with the look of a gypsy,
he is quite handsome. His son, linton resembles his mother, Isabella, as he is
blonde, pretty, feeble, adn effeminate. It is ironic thtat Heathcliff's son
should be so weak and sickly .....
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The Scarlet Letter
.... a trait of the Romantics. One of Pearl's
favorite activities is playing with flowers and trees. (The reader will
recall that anything affiliated with the forest was evil to Puritans. To
Hawthorne, however, the forest was beautiful and natural.) "And she was
gentler here [the forest] than in the grassy-margined streets of the
settlement, or in her mother's cottage. The flowers appeared to know it"
(194) Pearl fit in with natural things. Also, Pearl is always
effervescent and joyous, which is definitely a negative to the Puritans.
Pearl is a virtual shouting match between the Puritanical views and the
Romantic ways.
To m .....
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The Sword In The Stone: Kay Gets What He Deserves
.... to Kay, he certainly had a better personality and was
kinder than Kay. With Merlyn's `education', the Wart learned not only how
to lead well, but also to be a better person, and Merlyn taught him much
about how to treat other people with respect and to relate better with them.
When the Wart meets Robin Wood and Maid Marion, he learns through Marion
that women are no different to men and should be treated equally. He is
also taught the pointlessness of violence when he requests a joust between
Sir Grummore and King Pellinore. Before the joust, Wart thinks that it is
noble and brave to fight, but after seeing the Grummore-Pellino .....
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Short Stories - "Spelling" And "Differently": Female Relationships
.... 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, Munro makes the
reader use more of ones imagination in developing the story. Although
Munro is not explicit, the story is about .....
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