Back porch

In the novel Secret Life of Bees, the bee represents the mother figure. As the story progresses the bee goes from representing Lily’s mother to August who takes care of Lily, but ultimately it illustrates a caring “mother” who is affectionate and tends to Lily like her own. Throughout the novel Lily longs for a person in her life to take care of her and do all the things mothers do. From the beginning of the novel she says how you could tell at school which kids had moms and which did not. Lily…

Etruscans are often viewed as the “proto-Romans”, but is it true? Well considering that the Etruscans were a rich society that favored the arts and trade. As well as being a civilization that made some ground breaking work in architectures, I would say calling them “proto-Romans” would not be that far off. Though with that said, considering how close they were in proximity to early Rome and how similar their art and architecture was to the Roman styles it might not be so much that they were…

are being devalued to discover themselves instead of living under others’ shadow. As for Janie, during this seven-year depressive marriage with Jody, she gains an inner strength, and one day she stands up for herself to Joe in the presence of the porch sitters. This act is Janie 's first outward sign of her inner strength. For the first time, she refuses to live under Joe’s control; she refuses Joe to belittle herself to satisfy his own pathetic self-esteem. She says to Joe :” You done lived…

suppressed passion. In addition, the brooch could possibly indicate her want for something bigger and better. Next to her the older gentleman is looking straight ahead with pursed lips and clutching a pitchfork. He is standing almost aggressively, with his back stick straight. His pitchfork is incredibly pointy and straight as…

nerve tuh say whut you mean." (Hurston 109) and sparked something in Janie. Their journey began when Tea Cake and Janie left and started a life together. They faced judgement from people such as the porch sitters, who had no right to judge what choices being made. Janie faced the doubt resting at the back of her mind that would constantly lead her into acting in a scared or jealous fashion. One of the challenges that took a toll on them was the…

My friend and brother, who sat in the back seat of the car, hastily replied, "Yeah." I sighed shakily, and the butterflies turned to wasps; angrily buzzing in my gut. As I stepped out of the car, a small group of three or four dogs approached us with their tails wagging and tongues lolling. My friend pointed out these were not the dogs for us, as they already had owners. My friend then pointed to a small, rust colored dog cowering in the corner of the porch. He wore a bulky blue collar,…

When I was young in Mastic Beach, we spent Saturday mornings on the porch eating pancakes made by mom and naming all the birds that flew by. When I was young in Mastic Beach, the scent of paint lingered on dads clothes as he taught me how to make the images in my head appear on the canvas in front of me. The clay he brought home already sculpted into figures and applauded no matter how unrecognizable they actually were. When I was young in Mastic Beach, we made frequent trips to the beach at…

decided that he can come Maycomb every summer. The day he arrived this summer, right away he said to me, “Either you or Jem seen Boo Radley yet?” He joked, but what I said next surprised him like no other. “Yes, I chatted with him on the porch,” I said. Dill looked back and forth between me and Jem trying to figure out if I was pulling his leg…

my hair back. The fresh autumn feel and the excitement within me sent a shiver down my back. I could smell the salty ocean. I was standing atop the hill in front on my house over looking the ocean. My breath formed little clouds as I breathed out warm air. I watched as down below the sailors unloaded cargo where the ships docked. The tide was high and kept spraying them slightly with the ocean water. I grew impatient and turned and sprinted back up to the house. Mother sat on the porch with…

rosters, and other farm animals. I’ve just finished feeding the pigs, the last animals on my “ to feed list”. I had fed the pigs meat, then went back into the house after an hour. I went to shower , and had left the radio on in the other room.Once I got out of the shower, I had opened the door. I was towel drying my hair. Hung the towel back and finally went into the room to open my curtains. While I was doing that I had heard “We’re under hurricane watch , so get ready for a…