“BOOKER, YOU RUN, right quick, and go tell Homer he has to go fetch Mr. Jared. Tells him, Miss Lorelei done moved in and says this is her home now,” instructed May-bell. To May-bell’s shock and horror, there was the distinct rustle of silk organza coming from the doorway behind her. Her whole body went rigid with fear and her heart was thumping against her ribs with such force that she thought it would burst out of her chest and plop right down at Miss Lore-lei’s feet.…
The quote above shows how the mother found out about the affair when the narrator had said ‘She will throw one shoe,” showing her furiousness. Aside from angriness, the mother also expresses sadness when she found out because it was a happy family, but the affair ruined it all. From all of those quotes, you could see how the author expresses emotions and tones to identify the…
In 1831, when Charity and Henry had their first son, Henry and his father built a room onto the small cabin. A year and a half later, they had another son, whom they named Charles. The one extra room had sufficed, but now that Charity was expecting her third child, they were making ready to build another room to allow the family room to grow. Nancy and Eli were very proud grandparents- Charity often felt that her babies were getting all the love and attention they would have given their own children had they not died during that horrible yellow fever epidemic.…
Joy William’s, “The Blue Men”, is a story about a woman who struggles to face and accept her past while trying not to let it consume her. May, our main character, her son has been executed for the murder of a deputy and his drug dog, and is left to care for his son, Bomber. May is all alone, aside from her grandson, and these photos and postcards she carries with her in her purse. She is gradually becoming unseen to everyone around her, even herself. One night, on her way home, her purse was stolen from her, but later returned to her.…
Creative Piece ~ To Kill A Mockingbird ~ Additional Chapter ~ After the tragic case that struck Maycomb – misery was spread, people became less social, and less talkative. Maycomb was built over a dominion tradition that would last for generations. There was a social tension between whoever favors colors over justice, people became furious about their segregation. the public started to understand Atticus’s point and how Maycomb needs a new era of peace and justice. As long as the Ewells and whoever back them up are alive, this tragic style of life will remain.…
good in redemption. However, this suffering does show the redemption that accompanies these struggles, nor is there long lasting suffering within the characters. Instead, in the finale, the two brothers finally understand each other and the need to redeem oneself by having hope in life and in new beginnings. During Sonny’s performance the speaker states, “ I saw my little girl again, felt Isabel’s tears, and yet aware that this was only a moment, that the world waited outside, hungry as a tiger, and the trouble stretched above us, longer than the sky” (pg. 48). Demonstrating the need to redeem oneself, and the reconciliation between the brothers’ is what gives the two hope.…
Mary Maloney had now moved out of the house where she killed her husband Patrick. She moved into a small apartment where she was going to raise her unborn child she was a month away till it's due date. She didn't know its gender. So she decorated the nursery with Winnie the pooh characters. Mary thought about how she killed Patrick often and how she had gotten away with it so easily.…
John Downe, a weaver, writes a letter to his wife in 1830 recalling his journey to the United States from England. Downe’s purpose is to persuade his wife to emigrate herself and her children to the United States in order to join him. Downe adopts a joyous and pleading tone in his letter in order to convince his wife that his family will create a better life for themselves when they are no longer living in poverty. Using an excited and exaggerated tone, Downe informs his wife about his wonderful factory job in order to put the thought of leaving England in her mind. For example, “I have got a situation in a Factory, in a very pleasant vale about 7 miles from Hudson, and I am to have the whole management of the factory and the master is going to board me till you come in his house”.…
He was there, in her garden in the cold, shivering. She told him to go home, fearful for his health, but the boy said he did not want to live. He did go back home, but a week after Gretta had left he…
“Drown” During different stages in their lives humans tend to go through a multitude of struggles that they sometimes are able to find a resolution at the end of them. In “Drown” by Junot Diaz, the narrator is dealing with his struggle of finding his identity .The narrator shows his inner struggle of finding his identity through expressing his experience about his detachment from this mother, his issues with his father and jealousy between him and his friend. This struggle is one that is common with much of the youth in poverty stricken America today who are forced to have no kind of parental engagement within their lives.…
This loneliness she encountered did however prepare her for the great writer she would become. The expectations her father had for her were less than the ones he had for her brothers. It made her feel excluded from her brothers. She felt as “just the girl”, of the family that would eventually become someones wife, and that was her expected destiny. This was something she did not want for herself but her father did.…
The last time the teacher came into the shop, the tailor looked very stressed. For the first time the readers see a different side of the tailor. His family even seemed a little sad. He states that he is hot, and other than this moment the audience only sees happiness and an energetic side of him. The tailor’s procrastination caught up with him…
Syntax: “I think that woman gets out in the daytime! And I’ll tell you why--privately-- I’ve seen her! I can see her out of every one of my windows! It’s the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.…
The Ultimate Sacrifice Death and loss are the ultimate sacrifice. When reading a novel like A Tale of Two Cities, a lot of characters have to sacrifice things for the people they love unwillingly. Many characters in the novel have had troubling pasts that lead them to conflict which will ultimately end in a sacrifice. Charles Darnay, an impacting character, is related to the aristocracy, as learned when the reader finds out his real last name is Evremonde. Charles Darnay being related to the aristocracy is one of the main sources of conflict that leads to the ultimate sacrifice of death and loss for many characters.…
Of Mice and Men is a very interesting novella that focus a lot on the idea of dreams. The author focuses on the different types of minority groups like ageism, sexism and racism and how these thing can affect them achieving there dream. Crooks is affected on the ranch by racism. Crooks is not aloud to sleep in the same building as the other workers in fact he sleeps in with the horses. “They play cards in there, but I can’t cause I’m black“…