“A Puritan Death: John and Thomasine Winthrop” Did a foundation in the Puritan faith have a bearing on how many European immigrants handled their day to day affairs and dealt with the many struggles they would face in life and death? This is a question answered by J. William T. Youngs in his article “A Puritan Death”, as we are given a glimpse into the lives of John and Thomasine Winthrop. Through account entries kept in a journal by John Winthrop himself, Youngs walks us through a vivid picture of the relationship the Winthrop’s sought after, with the God they feared and loved. A relationship which sought to honor him in personal daily life, in interactions with those around them. A relationship which instilled within them courage to face difficulties and death with understanding and dignity.…
In 2003, Andre Thomas viciously attacked and killed his ex-wife and her two children, and was sentenced to death row. His defense argued that he was not eligible for death row because of his mental state. The court ignored the argument and passed it off, saying that they were using his illness as an excuse to “get out of” maximum punishment. As demonstrated in this case, mental illness is not given the attention it deserves when determining a sentence. Cases such as these have aroused concern how fair the criminal court is towards the mentally ill.…
"Girl in an oven" by- Sarah Jeanette Smith is about a young girl that as a freshman in college who started working as a forest service firefighter. She wanted nothing else than to be treated the same and receive the same task as the men in her team since she was the only woman. So with will power and determination, she proudly proved to them that she can successfully the task's they do and at the same pace. When I read this story I instantly connected with it as you know my grandfather owns a company and as a kid, he would find work and tasks for not only me but my cousins to do. We would work alongside of him and help him as needed and do as he say.…
Octavia Butler’s novel, Parable of the Sower, supports my thesis with the experiences that Lauren has throughout the novel. In the novel, Parable of the Sower,…
One important trait that Mrs. Walker possesses is her violent nature. To begin with, Mrs. Walker is well known in her neighborhood as a “termagant woman” whose temper is obvious. When people walk past the Walker’s home, they often witness Mrs. Walker’s anger. “Her voice was often heard in wordy warfare with her husband; and his face sometimes showed signs that their conflicts were not confined to words” (p. 238). This is the first hint of her tendency toward violence.…
Tasked with one-half of keeping the balance between good and evil, Mary-Elizabeth was a powerful part of an ancient order known as An-Dílis. Her counterparts, the evil Cinn-Olc, wiped out her family and her people while trying to kill her. Defeated and alone, Mary hid amongst humans until she met Thomas, a lost and abused child of both Cinn-Olc and An-Dílis. On an angry quest disprove his past critics wrong, fearing nothing and no one, Thomas was Mary’s antithesis. An unbreakable bond formed when these paradoxical best friends realized the powerful effects they had on each other.…
He becomes consumed with the idea of revenge against Arthur Dimmesdale for the adultery he committed with his wife Hester. “One conflict that is present through the book is the idea of good versus evil, which is presented through Roger Chillingworth. Chillingworth’s actions in the story are in a sense the only true evil acts done. Over the seven years, Chillingworth devoted his time to fuel Dimmesdale’s self torture with no remorse or compassion”…
In the story of Teresa of Avila, The Book of Her Life, Avila’s account of hell opens with her description of a narrow pathway which appears dark and narrow. The ground, she said, “seemed to…consist of dirty, muddy water emitting a foul stench…” (A Vision of Hell, and a New Monastery, 759) When Avila arrives at the end of the pathway, she describes a small aperture in the wall which is her place of confinement. Avila also experiences an inferno burning in her soul along with excruciating physical pains that cannot compete with the, “suffocation of her soul, as if her soul was tearing itself into pieces.” (A Vision of Hell, and a New Monastery, 759)…
Faulkner implements the use of stream of consciousness, that is said to have evolved “quite a bit from [Joseph] Conrad,” another stream of consciousness author (Ross). Both Conrad and Faulkner liked to go about their writing in a poetic manner. The sacrifice of proper grammar and concise descriptions for long sentence structure packed with compound adjectives gives the reader a sense that Absalom, Absalom! is a “prose poem of magnificent complexity” (Johnson, Kalmanson, 18). An example of this being his description of where the “dim hot airless room” that Rosa was telling Quentin the story (Faulkner, 1).…
The main contention of the book A Lesson Before Dying is the inequality between white and black people. Throughout the book we see a change in the characters’ attitudes to this situation forced upon them by society. The author’s details suggest the ability to change the world through your beliefs and what you know is true. Jefferson and Grant’s realization helped to spark the country’s awareness to how wrong the oppression the majority of people were giving to African Americans everywhere. Jefferson’s realization that he could die a man and a martyr, Grant’s refusal to be a bystander to the constant racism, and the society’s reaction to victories similar to these helped carry out the civil rights movement that changed America forever.…
The Crucible: Act 1 Brief Plot Summary: The Crucible takes place in Salem Massachusetts in 1692. Within the first pages of the book we learn that Betty, the daughter of Reverend Parris, is very sick. Parris is struck with grief, as rumours of witchcraft have been suspected due to her “unnatural” sickness. He kneels by her bedside praying for her to get better. It 's at this point were Parris’ niece, Abigail, is introduced.…
Bigger Thomas is intended to be the embodiment of the vicious prejudice cycle seen in America during his time period. His whole life is essentially the constant cycle of hate, but only fit into one lifetime. His raw and animalistic fear at what the whites will do to him if he lashed out then causes him to lash out, and be portrayed as violent, which then causes a torrent of racial divide, and just as peace and understanding are being uncovered, they become cut short by ignorance. His life beings in fear and violence that is repeatedly lashed at him, like a whip, and he eventually uses violence to break the hatred, until he realizes that this flood of pride from breaking the prejudice only causes more violence, and is slowly introduced to the…
They approached, and offered. Some sweet words of what he wanted to hear, and it was hook, line, sinker, Tisket took the bait. He knew he shouldn't have, but he…
Becket, though not directly following the same direction of Murder in the Cathedral, pairs well with the play. The abstract poetic style of T.S. Eliot properly befits the time, purpose, and subject of the work. Though superb in verse, such lofty technique often escapes the grasp of modern man. Murder in the Cathedral relates Thomas Becket’s intense agony concerning the conflict arising between loyalty to King Henry and to God. The four tempters, the antagonists of the work, assault Thomas with excuses and rationalizations of every kind.…
Tom’s desire is to leave this reality and explore new things, but was faced with living in a crowded apartment and working in a warehouse. Amanda’s desire to improve her children’s lifestyle has motivated her to give her to change her circumstances, thus finding a gentleman suitor for her daughter Laura. Laura desire to avoid reality is altered when she struggles to please both her mother and father. Due to the characters situation, the play’s setting plays a big part in representing the characters desires and…