... 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? With this land, the Logans possessed something that no one could take away from them. Even though the Logans had th ...
... (freedom) from the British, as experienced through the eyes of some interesting and greatly entertaining characters. Amazingly in the midst of this historical event the story is filled with love and betrayal. This is a tragic situation, where there can be no winners. It does not have heroes, heroes do not exist in tragedies- rather it has real people with real feelings, who due to the nature of the system, and their beliefs brought about by years of conditioning must come face to face with brutal realities. The book painfully traces the genesis of the conflict, and as demonstrated with Mugo, everybody is affected, you cannot be a bystander, neither is the people ...
... feel like it. “...It was all panting and thudding against this like background of whirring farm engines...” (150) There seems to be no difference between the people being beaten by streets punks such as Alex and the police, who are supposed to protect them. The novel begins with the police doing little to protect the citizens, for how else could a fifteen year old kid and three of his friends rule the streets? They also seem to relish beating Alex for the reason that they don't get to do it often. However, by the third part of this book, crime is almost non-existent, but the police are far more brutal. Neither of these scenarios is the better of the two. ...
... is one of innocence. The reader is given the chance to view each character in their youth, a time when racism, prejudice and adult issues were not heeded. Kabuo and Carl are depicted as friends, they lived on the same property and attended the same school. "Is Kabuo home ? ". The two often spent time together "Look at this, Kabuo loaned it to me". Kabuo had lent Carl a bamboo fishing rod made by his father. Though this friendship was condemned by Etta Heine, it continued until such a time that the "real world" of maturity and prejudice and cultural differences removed was brought into their lives by the war. Hatsue and Ishmael also shared a very close friendship fo ...
... are perfect practicing physicians(l. 432), given that they know the cause of every malady and infliction the body can withstand(ll. 429,430). They appear to many as one to provide an extended hand to anyone in need. But there is a price to be paid for their services, and their eyes cannot oversee the wealth that is due to them. The Doctor then is the same as a witch doctor now, with their appearances different, but their intentions and thoughts the same. Stereotypes are seen only in the imagination. And it is in the imagination from which a television evangelist is characteristically similar to Geoffrey ’s Summoner. The evangelist is a deceiver to many. He quotes ...
... had read about these ideas in books, but instead of viewing these concepts as fantasy, she viewed them as reality, and later in life, acted as if that was the normal thing to do. Anything different, anything that deviated from her current life appealed to Emma. What was new was romantic, exciting, bold, and adventurous. She perceived Charles to be a character from one of her books when she met him. He was fairly attractive, but most of all, he was a doctor! He was a man of power to the meager peasant that Emma was. To Emma, this was a man who could give her romance. He could satisfy all of her fantasies. When Emma realized Charles was just an ordinary man ...
... though, to rob his uncle to buy his mother's freedom and pay off his gambling debts. In the process, though, he ends up murdering his uncle and is eventually caught. The truth about him is let out and Tom is set into slavery and "Valet" de Chambre" is set free. The issue of slavery comes up throughout the novel. The reality of slavery is shown in many places in the novel. There are two main aspects of slavery dealt with most realistically in the novel: sex, and violence. The reality of sex between slaveholder's and slaves is a main point in the novel due to the fact that "Roxy", a black slave woman, conceives the child of an influential white man. This a ...
... passed away to the cause of leukemia. As a result of Stradlater’s criticism on the subject, Holden destroys the composition saying, “All right, give it back to me, then,’ I said. I went over and pulled it right out of his goddam hand. Then I tore it up.”(Salinger 41) Holden admires Allie, and his baseball glove, and is forced to protect his honor. Next Holden is upset, and worried about Jane’s date with Stradlater. He fears that Stradlater is determined to steal Jane’s innocence. He explains, “If you knew Stradlater, you’d have been worried, too. I’d double-dated with the bastard a couple of times, and ...
... in Mississippi, one of the most important settings in Anne’s childhood would have to be the school. She talks so much of school and her teachers throughout her childhood. She often speaks of competition with Darlene over their grades, how she became homecoming queen, and how she started a trend with her tight jeans. She had many antidotes from her school life. She spoke of her embarrassment at lunch when she had such a poor lunch. She talked about how Adline and Junior would follow her around at school and how it embarrassed her. Mostly though she talked about her grades and what a good student she was. She told how she became the tutor for Wayne and his other ...
... He chose to be on the right side of the law. Valjean, a peasant, spent time in jail as a young man and came out of it hating society. He believed himself to be apart from it, and chose to live in hatred and crime. Fortunately, the action of a kindly old bishop prevented him from wasting the rest of his life. Valjean switched to tread the path of life on a more morally upright road. He became mayor, protector of society. When certain events occured in Montreuil, both of them took similar actions. Javert, thinking he had unfairly denounced the mayor, revealed his actions to the latter and fully anticipated being removed from his position as police inspector an ...
