... For Willy, being well-liked equates with success. "Be popular and you will not want" is his interpretation of the American dream. The hero in "Fences," a "flawed giant" is a garbageman of fifty-six named Troy Maxson. Once a professional baseball player, he was unable to play in the major leagues because of his African-American roots. There is no aspect of his life in which he does not feel constricted or fenced in. Because he is black, he is not allowed to drive the garbage truck but must always work behind, lifting and dumping. The beginning of the play marks a strong victory for Troy, after complaining to the union about the injustice, and wins. Willy has spe ...
... of Modernist literature is the use of third person omniscient point of view. The reader joins the story after eighty-four days of not catching a fish and the narrator fills in the details. The narrator knows all about the old man and the boy. The reader learns of the relationship between Santiago and Manolin. "The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him" (10). From the narrator the reader learns that the boy takes care of the old man by bringing him food and supplies. The narrator tells the reader what Santiago is thinking while he is fishing. The third characteristic is a simple direct style with a basic vocabulary. The choice of words ...
... Patsy, who is married to Ding. Patsy is pregnant. The other main character is Dmitriy Arkadeyevich Popov, he is an ex-KGB agent who is now working as a ‘special consultant'. He will become very important later on in the book. Clark is the commander and in charge of starting a new European anti-terrorist group called Rainbow Six. Rainbow Six is split into two teams; Team 1 and Team 2. These teams are the best there is. They are based in Hereford, England, but any European country can call on them at any time. They run 3 miles in 20 minutes every morning at 6:00 am. Only one team will be on-call at a time. The team that is not on-call will be doing li ...
... loving somebody else was difficult for her. It is hard for a person to love if they've never been loved. Frank wanted to take her away from her terrible life. He knew Eveline was miserable. Eveline wanted to leave Dublin and marry Frank but something stopped her. The fear of leaving the younger children and having a new life scared her. she would have boarded that ship and never returned to Dublin. At that point in time women had obligations to their families. They were the homemakers who cooked, cleaned, and made sure the children were cared f ...
... reveal their inner devil. One of the characters that we see the most change in is Jack. By watching Jack we witness many acts of savagery. When Jack first starts to turn to a savage, was when he changed himself into someone different by putting paint on his face and acting like a wild animal. This is kind of like Jack's own way of initiating himself into a different person. Then after we see Jack as a different person, we see such acts as the death of Simon, the smeared blood on the children's faces, and the attempt on Ralph's life. All these things show how his inner demon's presence. Another place where we see the evil come out is in the words of the young ...
... to threaten and frighten those under him. He is always ready for a fight. His victory over Piggy represents the triumph of violence over intellect, as he smashes one of the lenses of the fat boy's glasses. The knife that he carries is a symbol of the death and destruction that accompany his every act. He does have some attractive qualities-bravery and resourcefulness. But his wrath, envy, pride, hatred, and lust for blood easily obscure these. He is constantly attempting to weaken Ralph's hold on the boys. He suggests opposite measures, he shouts abusively, he threatens, he is constantly demanding to be made chief. In all, he is a complete stranger to polite b ...
... herself. Twain establishes the hypocrisy of civilization early on in the novel to give the reader insight on the differences between the “proper” ways of nineteenth century society and the “improper” behavior that Huck is accustomed to dealing with. This insight that Twain gives to the reader is further expanded with the introduction of Huck’s Pap into the story. After leaving Huck for a little over a year, Pap comes back for Huck, figuring he may have something to gain. “That’s why I come. You git me that money tomorrow- I want it.” [29] are Pap’s words to Huck when they first reunite. Pap, the person most responsiable for Huck’s welfare, is ...
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... some of these superstitions, such as in chapter one when Huck flicks the spider from his shoulder into the fire. I am curious why this is bad luck, and why turning three times and tying a lock of hair with thread was thought to prevent the bad luck. I also wondered how a hair ball became a way to read fortunes. I thought it was interesting when they decided the snake skin represented good luck and bad luck. They received good luck by finding the eight dollars in the pocket of an overcoat, which was a considerable find for the time. Later the bad came, when Huck ran out of tobacco. He ran into a rattle snake on his way, which he kills and leaves near Jim's bla ...
... the Puritans regard her with much curiosity and suspicion: “ Children...would creep nigh enough to behold her plying her needle at the cottage-window...and discerning the scarlet letter on her breast, would scamper off with a strange, contagious fear.” In addition to the physical separation, a more intangible manner of exclusion also exists, in that Hester becomes a pariah. She is subject to derision and malice from the lowliest of vagrants to the most genteel of individuals of the community, though many are often the recipients of her care and attention: “The poor...whom she sought out to be the objects of her bounty, often reviled the hand that wa ...
