A Dozen Roses

The same as the setting for the Maggie’s story, the protagonists, Ellen and Archer, in The Age of the Innocence are living between the two cultures. Ellen is a supporter for the new culture. With the appearance of Ellen Olenska in the novel, it deeply brands with the mark of an unusual lady. “With brown hair growing in close curls about her temples and held in place by a narrow band of diamonds. The suggestions of this headdress, which gave her what was then called a ‘Josephine look’, was…

glass who knew all the answers and Ramses knew he wanted -"Helpless." "Is that how you feel?" asked Aloysius. "Helpless?" Disdain and boredom was ever-present, but Ramses caught an atypical lilt that he honed into like a shark after blood. Ramses rose out of the water and stalked two quick steps over. Gripping Aloysius's chin and reeling from the fact that he'd placed his hands on something his mind had already deemed impossible to touch, Ramses stared down into a plain of ice and said, "It's…

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This provided extremely cheap labor and such an abundant workforce it almost seemed ridiculous to use anything but slaves. “Nearly 4 million slaves worth close to $4 billion lived there just before the Civil war.”( Wahl, Jenny.) The value of slaves rose exponentially in that time due to the revolutionary cotton gin, an invention of the Industrial Revolution.This made mass- cotton producing a new, and insanely profitable, idea. “ The boom in cotton production and export during the 1820s and 30s,…

the rich and the poor and it is justified to assume that they want a change. After the Marquis confronts a mender of the roads about a trespasser on his carriage, the narrator takes note of the appearance of the poor people in the town, “The half-dozen who were peering at the chain were still among the wheels, like sheep; the wheels turned so suddenly that they were lucky to save their skin and bones; they had very little else to save or they might not have been so fortunate” (104). Without any…

upper-class taste, showing how she feels she is a superior who wound up in the wrong place: “The red claws of lobsters overshot the dishes; fat fruits in openwork baskets climbed in tiers from a moss bed; the quails had kept their feathers, vapours rose…” (45). The use of personification in “fat fruits climbed in tiers” and “quails had kept their feathers” brings the food to life and emphasizes how extravagant they are in Emma’s point of view. Emma romanticizes her experiences with the food at…

What is Arlington National Cemetery? Why does it matter to us in present-day American civilization? Many people ask these questions, and others that are similar, when the topic is brought up, because they lack an understanding of, or knowledge of, the answers. What those people don’t see is that Arlington is much more than a large patch of land filled with hunks of rocks and chunks of stone buried in the ground. Arlington is actually many other, more important things: a place of rest for some, a…

In the novel, the division into groups or the organization into classes is too remarkable. Society (or in this case men) is divided into a hierarchical way. But how can we perceive this? What is the aim of Conan Doyle? What the author tries to do is to build a link between one of the most important characters of the story and the topic I am talking about, the imperialism itself. This character is the Professor Challenger, essential to understand at least a half of the story. it must be said…

Forty strollers were double- and triple-parked on the main floor of the Fort Washington Library in Upper Manhattan. As another one came through the door, Velda Asbury waved toward a spot beside a book stack. STORIES FROM OUR ADVERTISERS Officially, Ms. Asbury is a library clerk, checking books in and out. But every Wednesday she doubles as a parking attendant during one of the New York Public Library’s most popular programs: story time. “Good morning, little people,” she called out, as the…

When no one came, Alma hid her disappointment as she wrapped the leftovers in the oiled linen and stored them away. With Gabe’s help, she was able to lift the pack up in the rafters, out of reach of the hound or other varmints. Alma was surprised to still not be ready to leave. Gabe seemed much better, but she knew another day’s rest would only help. The real reason was she couldn’t leave things the way they stood between Gabe’s people and her. If they weren’t going to come calling on her, she…