A Man Lay Dead

Christmas, there were no excited whispers wondering what gift they’d receive, no licorice whips for the little one to enjoy. This year, as the last, Christmas would not be a happy occasion. With pity in their eyes, Mary and Cynthia watched their mother lay there, each, wondering if there was something they could do, someone they could call on to help. Uriah had ridden over every week to check on them; many times, bringing them what little he could spare from caring for his own wife and…

William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying is a novel written with different characters’ point of view revolving Addie, the main character. Addie’s section is a flashback claiming that jewel is her favorite son because he is the son of a minister, but she had already died. She states that she never liked her husband or her children, except Jewel. With the imagery and descriptive thoughts of every character that the author provides us with reveal the themes of poverty, death, and the suffering of the…

The three Gospels share some similarities. They all tell the story of women going to the tomb of Jesus looking for His body on the first day of the week after Sabbath. The stone that was covering the entrance of the tomb was moved so the women could enter. The women were given the message/command to tell the apostles that Jesus has risen, and He is headed to Galilee before them. The women were frightened by the news and of the source(s) of the news. The three Gospels also contain…

This scene in the book The Road by Cormac McCarthy, shows a man and a boy who are two survivors in an apocalyptic world. After the economy collapsed in a world war, major natural explosions and accidents occurred which burned and destroyed just about everything in the world. Even though they are not related the boy calls the man Papa. The boy is about years old and is pale, tall and skinny for his age, probably because he does not eat regularly and is borderline starving. He is dressed…

nature. Later on, he explains how a man saved him from being hit by a train, ”I was going to be run over and killed so i tried to climb up onto the concrete.””But then the man with diamond patterns on his socks pulled me up”(182). This is when the man saves Christopher, and he learns that people will help others if in need. Christopher learned many details and lessons…

Faulkner narrates the lifetime of a woman named Emily Grierson, who lived in Jefferson, Mississippi, in the 1930’s. She was a respected woman who seemed to live a great life; however the image of her great life wasn’t only but a deception of what really lay within her attitudes. Specifically two of the situations described by Falkner prove that Emily suffered from mental disabilities, which unfortunately were never evaluated, diagnosed,…

Do you remember the shot heard clear are the world. Who do you think fired first? The battle took place at Lexington on April 2, 1775. This event happened right after Paul Revere's ride. The Red Coats were led by Major Pitcairn and the Colonist were led by Captain Parker. People say that the first shot fired in this battle could be heard clear around the world. This event leads up to the Revolutionary war. I believe that the colonist fired first. Some people may think the Redcoats fired…

has lived by the lake since childhood; she loves the lake like a seagull, and is happy and free like a seagull. But a man happened to come by, saw her and, for lack of anything better to do, destroyed her, like this seagull here” (Chekhov, 109). Trigorin tells Nina a story, which is based off of her. In total, the story explains how Nina was searching for freedom, but then a man, Treplev, destroyed her, meaning that…

(middle of the Hero). Flying Snow or in other words the evil one wanted the king dead but it didn’t go her way so she kills Broken Sword for ruining her chance to do so through Nameless and kills Broken Sword but then ends up killing herself as well. Nameless attempt to kill the king but didn’t and said “a ruler must know when to use a sword and when to lay it down. A ruler must know when to use a sword and when to lay it down” (ending of Hero). The hero in the movie (which was twist) was…

corner of hell that his old naive self had willingly entered. Allied planes tore through the open sky with kamikazes right on their tails. Gaping holes left in the ground by heavy artillery were full with stagnant water and the rotting corpses of dead soldiers, their weapons bent and rusted displaying a haunting past that time wouldn't forget. Everyday was a repeat of the one before. Everyday people died. Everyday grief and anger hung around the soldiers like a cloud of irritated hornets.…