... of trouble. As much as she needs her help and as much as she respects her, Blanche strongly disapproves of her sister's new life. Stella tolerates Blanche's continual criticism of her husband, home and friends very well. From this and many other incidents throughout the play we see what a tolerant and adaptable person Stella is. Stan and Stella's relationship is far from ideal. Stan is a violent man. On occasions he hits Stella, but comes after her to satisfy his sexual needs. This is not to say that Stella is unhappy in her marriage to Stan. She has adapted to the way of life in "Elysian Fields" where it's accepted that women have arguments with their husbands a ...
... us to be rescued' Again the stars spilled about the sky. Eric shook his head, earnestly. `Listen Ralph. Never mind what's sense. That's gone-' `Never mind about the Chief-' `-you got to go for your own good.' `The Chief and Roger-' `-yes, Roger-' `They hate you, Ralph. They're going to do you.' `They're going to hunt you to-morrow.'"(1) Here, the reader is basically told on what the two groups have to offer. Ralph's group is based on being rescued, while Jack's group is pro-hunting and other games in the wilderness. From the start, Ralph tries to keep the fire as the key-stone in the group. He knows that fire and smoke is use ...
... Atticus Finch. The actions of the children in this novel certainly do have their share of symbolism. For instance, the building of a snowman by Jem and Scout one winter is very symbolic. There was not enough snow to make a snowman entirely out of snow, so Jem made a foundation out of dirt, and then covered it with what snow they had. One could interpret this in two different ways. First of all, the creation of the snowman by Jem can be seen as being symbolic of Jem trying to cover up the black man and showing that he is the same as the white man, that all human beings are virtually the same. Approval of these views is shown by Atticus when he tells Jem, "I didn't k ...
... Mrs. Burden. The first major hardship the Shimerdas faced was the death of Mr. Shimerda. He shot himself in the mouth and committed suicide. This hurt the family tremendously. Antonia was given the responsibilities that her father had and growing up for her changed in a matter of seconds. She could not join her fellow classmates in school because she had to tend to the work around the house. She became the head of the house. After time, the Shimerdas had a new log home built for them by the neighbors. The family continued to get their necessary items from outside sources and started to build a new life. Later, the Burdens moved to a town called Black Hawk. They ...
... tells Huck to live a good life so he can get to heaven, by doing good for others, but at the same time she own slaves. The Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons are examples of aristocrats that are not as they appear. Like a stereotype of an aristocrat they live in nice big houses, wear nice clothes, and own nice things. On the other hand they could be considered exactly the opposite. The Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons are soul enemies and the two families have been feuding for years but instead of settling it as gentlemen they go to violence as the answer. Violence in this case does not help the situation but instead makes it worse and the two families become e ...
... book, one must first look at in America today, secondly explore possible causes for , and finally find solutions that will help stop . First off, in order to curb the rise in it is necessary to realize how serious this problem truly is. According to the Chicago Tribune, “There are three million crimes committed on school campuses every year. That's sixteen thousand crimes per day - one crime every six seconds.” Even more frightening is the fact that thirty-five percent of high school students in high crime areas report carrying a firearm regularly. Juvenile arrests accounted for thirteen percent of all violent crimes in 1996, and thirty perc ...
... the supreme test, a flight or a flee, and finally a return. There are more parts they do not necessarily fall into the same order, examples of these are symbolic death and motifs. The Cosmogonic Cycle is an interesting way to interpret literature because is Universal or correlates with any time period and any situation. The Call to Adventure is the first of the Cosmogonic Cycle. It is the actual "call to adventure" that one receives to begin the cycle. There are many ways that this is found in literature including going by desire, by chance, by abduction, and by being lured by an outside force. In The Adventures of Huck Finn, Huck is forced with the dilemma ...
... The story of Dirk Pitt of Dragon is a story of how a older man of the ninetee -hundredths can overcome evil. Beowulf of the story Beowulf is an example of how even hundreds of years ago, heroes used the same traits as today. Heroes of every culture of all ages share courage, intelligence and strength. Courage is a prominent feature of all heroes. Within these three books, each character, Mark Sway, Dirk Pitt and Beowulf, display signs of Courage. Mark Sway was a courageous boy at his age of 9 years old. Mark would never quit from continuing with an idea of his if it was for good: "`We can't let them take the body, Reggie. Think about it. If they get away ...
... When Jack reveals his findings to Judge Irwin, his father, he ends up killing himself before Jack has a chance to talk to him father to son. Although, for the most part, Jack's goal as stated at the beginning of the book was that he was to pursue truth and knowledge, he needed to leave this alone because it was a pursuit of knowledge, but it had no positive motive behind it, and, as we have encountered in previous books throughout the year and throughout this one, truth is not always a good and noble thing. In this case the truth led to what destroyed the Judge and Jack was pursuing the truth. The Cass Mastern story provides an interesting parallel to the ongo ...
... the shrew leader, Log-a-Log, and decide to help him on a dangerous quest for the tribe's Blackstone, which will completely restore Log-a-Log's control over his tribe. They travel in shrew logboats across the bottomless lake, and encounter the Deepcoiler (A huge sea serpent). They reach an island where the Blackstone is supposed to have been left. However, danger and mystery await them on the island. Meanwhile, at the massive Redwall Abbey, two searats have come to stay. The brothers and sisters think they will only bring trouble, but the Abbess is slow to turn any creatures away from their gates. The searats, Dingeye and Thura, turn out to be more trouble than the ...
