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this actor and had never told anyone before telling Lenny. That wasn’t the only time she had the chance to be an actress either. “‘Another guy…. Says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural” (88). She had her heart set on being in a film but once again her mother ruined her chances of going. “‘All them nice clothes they wear’” (89), she says, wishing that she could wear the same clothes as an actress instead of the ones she had on the farm. She married Curley just to spite her…

In the Lamb to the Slaughter, I learned that in an instant, women can go from peaceful to violent killer. Mary Maloney, was the typical housewife, a wife that loves her husband, cooks, cleans, and her world revolved around him. Mary, at six months pregnant, seems to be harmless. Looks can be very deceiving. I was quite surprised. Mary completely snapped, after her husband disclose what is to be believe that he was leaving her. Humans are capable of abruptly changing in an instant. Mary’s world…

such as tickets to a show turning into diamonds. After the shower scene where the man in the commercial had used Old Spice the viewers saw him wearing white pants on a boat. The white pants is an emphasis on transition to a higher role in life. The commercial symbolizes power, money, thrill, desire and higher status with subtle hints such as the white pants or the diamonds. At the end of the commercial we also see the man say “Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a…

The FogHorn Personal Response Life, a simple four letter word that we are all living in right now - probably the only thing that we have in common with other living beings in the world. Life, at times, a thrill ride but at times, the biggest obstacle we have to face, whether we like it or not. Life, we desire to live our life as best as we can until, we realize that there are things we can’t control, and that is our desire. Ray Bradbury suggests, desire is a complicated feeling we all have in…

Can the drive and pressure to find love and acceptance corrupt even the purest of minds. For us humans, it can take years to find love and acceptance, but imagine being a revived, stitched together monster and fulfilling those needs. The creature portrayed in Young Frankenstein and in Mary Shelley’s novel face similar and contrasting events. To a degree, each character struggles with the acceptance by their creator, the publics scrutiny, personal experiences that shape their development and…

John 8: John 8 is going to show us a further conflict between Jesus, and the Judeans. While the initial conflict takes place between Jesus and the Pharisees, he will be attacked by a larger group of general Judeans (8:31). Chapter 8 represents the growing enmity between Jesus and people, other than the disciples, who have potential to follow him. He becomes more and more bold throughout the chapter, being able to confidently assert himself as a child of God, and not as an adversarial force…

The Cruelty of Society Towards Women in The Grandissimes Ashley Renshaw says, “Always stand for what you believe in because it might just be the change the world needs.” Like Renshaw, Aurora and Clotilde go to extreme measures to stand firm in what they believe in while encountering many obstacles along the way. In George Washington Cable’s book, The Grandissimes, Cable shows his readers the harshness society presses upon Creole women during the nineteenth century. Cable’s depiction of the…

Divorce Impacting Children Students may act up in school but there are many reasons for that. Some students may be going through stuff at home. It may not seem like it is not doing anything to them but it really is affecting them. Even though parents may not realize this but divorce does impact children and has a long term effect that can affect them for life, because it has a big impact because divorce can cause stress and anxiety, cause bad relationships with parents, and it causes poor…

They say it was the calmest night they had felt in ages, but I did not notice. Every time she was around I felt a constant fire burning inside of me I couldn’t put out. Until that night, the night the fire died, and I have never felt it again. It seemed as if it was like a Nicholas Sparks movie, but this ending is all too far from being happy. This ending is not the beginning of a new life, and it is not a miracle. This ending, is just that. An ending. It was a cold December night, and the…

Camera Lens of Humanity Human’s decision-making power has been lost; that power has been taken over by society – that remains what is controlling what individuals desire now. Instead of paying attention to personal desires, individuals are basing their cravings on the desires of others. The prevalent culture has individuals focusing more on purchasing the newest upgrade rather than appreciating what they already own; they must own the latest technology or fashion statement. People remain…