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Mildred Taylor's "Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry": Hardships Of The Logan Family
283 Words - 2 Pages.... Cassie lives with her Mom, Dad, Grandmother and three brothers. The
book mainly revolves around Cassie and the events that happen to her family.
These events make Cassie a much stronger person and help her to understand that
having land of their own is her family's source of pride and strength.
Cassie also found herself coming to conclusions about everyday life for
a black person and their family living in Mississippi. The land, the 400 acres
of land her family owned, was more important than anything. It was what kept
Logans together.It gave them their livelihood and their courage, and nothing,
not even Mr.Granger, could take it away from them. Or could he? ....
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SALEM
1216 Words - 5 Pages.... of power are prevalent. The abuse was broad spectrum and everyone from the accusing girls to the judge are involved. Abigail Williams is the leader of the girls. She begins this charade in order to save herself and the other girls from the punishment that they would have been handed down for them dancing in the woods. Abigail being a conniving girl sees the opportunity to save herself and seek revenge on people from the town who she feels "hate her and are trying to blacken her name in the community"(p.24 ). Abigail forces the other girls to go along with her plan by threatening them and forcing them to follow her "…either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, a ....
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The Beast In The Jungle: The Beast Of James
2435 Words - 9 Pages.... the reader. Taking a closer look at this, one
might say that James did this so that he himself would not be repulsed.
Perhaps James wasn't thinking so much of the reader as he was thinking of
himself.
In "The Beast in the Jungle" James has aesthetically hidden the
reality of Marcher's destiny by treating it as a symbolic crouching beast
waiting to spring. The reader will ask why James has done this? Wouldn't it
be more effective to speak plainly of Marcher's and Bartram's relationship?
The author could tell us exactly why John Marcher does not marry May
Bartram. The narrator tells us that Marcher's situation "was not a
condition he could invite a woman to share" and ....
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Wuthering Heights Summary
1119 Words - 5 Pages.... them that his father said that he was just tired and
growing too fast. Cathy tries to talk to Linton, but he ignores her,
causing her to get angry. She threatens to leave, and Linton becomes
terrified, and begs her to stay. He tells her to let Heathcliff know that
he is feeling better, and swears to Cathy that he really is. Cathy and
Nelly leave, promising to come back the following week.
Edgar is dying, and Cathy doesn’t leave his side until the day of
her appointment with Linton. Edgar tells her to go, even though she doesn’
t want to leave him. Linton once again acts cold and ignores her, and
Cathy demands to be told why he keeps begging her to come if he doe ....
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The Great Gatsby: Morality And Gatsby
366 Words - 2 Pages.... don't think that anybody saw us
but of course I can't be sure.” (Fitzgerald 151). Gatsby felt that he could
hide the car and with it he could hide the truth. The truth is that Myrtle
Wilson was killed and Daisy and Gatsby are the ones to blame. They cannot hide
that truth.
The friendship between Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway is a questionable
one and full of doubt. "He had seen me several times and had intended to call
on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it-
signed Jay Gatsby." (Fitzgerald 45-46) The two had lived next door to each
other for awhile however, they had never associated. Therefore, along with the
invitation to the ....
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12 Angry Men: Boy Is Innocent
413 Words - 2 Pages.... been a
an underhand cut. Not like the overhand wound found on his dad.
What about the old man claiming to hear the boy yell? How could
this be possible? The old man does not have that good of hearing. Also,
at that same time, the train was going by his house. This train is very
loud. How could an old man with poor hearing hear this? . This old man
is not a believable witness to the murder 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 ....
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Old Man And The Sea: Themes
1458 Words - 6 Pages.... He manages though to get a few bites in the
form of flying fish and dolphin of which he would like to have salt on.
This part of the story tells of a cold and harsh sea, that is, one that has
value and mystery as well as death and danger. It has commercial value as
well as the population of life in it. It is dark and treacherous though,
and every day there is a challenge. A similar story tells about a tidal
pool with life called `Cannery Road'.
This part of the story has to deal with figures of Christ. It
mainly deals with Santiago as being a figure of Christ and other
characters as props, that is, characters which carry out the form of
biblical themes. On the day b ....
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Character Analysis: Catherine Morland
947 Words - 4 Pages.... flowers. Catherine is never able to figure something out on her own. She needs to be taught something before she knows it. Sometimes she still doesn't learn because her mind tends to wander a bit.
Catherine is quite fond as books so long as they are far from educational. She has a high amount of creativity however learning is not something she is fond of. She loves books that have a mystery to them. Along with fantasy novels, Catherine (at age eight) feels she would be fond of music lessons. She tries them for one year and of course does not like them. Her mother is not one to hold her child to something they do not like, so she allows Catherine to quit. The day that C ....
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