Charles August Lindbergh

ugly happens because of you not staying in your place. Gabriel saying can I just see this picture that Casey's talking about because shes clearly really upset because of it. So Alexis showed them the picture Gabriel saying really Alexis that was last summer why would you put this up. If were not even going out anymore I don’t get it why would you let people think that we're something again when you know I'm seeing Casey. Alexis told him because I want you back I really do like I really messed up…

Fences Literary Analysis Jack Kelley P.1 In the play Fences, a fence itself symbolises what the family wants for each other and how certain characters want to live their lives. Rose, the main character’s wife, wants the fence because it makes her feel secure both physically and mentally. While Troy, the main character, wants it because it gives him control of his territory. The fence to Cory, Troy’s son, is a thing that would be both physically and mentally blocking him from his true…

The Ghost Story of The Piano Lesson In the play The Piano Lesson, written by August Wilson, the story is filled with history and nightmare represented by a piano, once owned by James Sutter. Sutter, the ghost in the play, haunts Boy Willie’s family because his family now has possession of the piano. The piano remains at Berniece’s and Doakers house in Pittsburgh. Sutter has recently die and Boy Willie has a goal to sell the piano and buy Sutter’s land. Boy Willie wants his own farm so he can…

The play, “Fences”, written by August Wilson tells the story of a tragic hero by the name of Troy Maxson. Troy is portrayed as a hard-working African American man, driven to provide for his family. Wilson writes in a way, though, that makes the audience feel that Troy does this more out of a sense of duty to his family, than for any other reason. Troy grew up a hero in a sense and experienced what it means to be truly great at something. He was a gifted athlete, specifically in the game of…

Fences symbolize different things for each character. To Troy the fence symbolizes a boundary separating him from his two lives, to Rose it represents something that holds her family together and to Cory, it represents the internal conflict he has about which side of the fence he wants to be on. Through the book the characters grow and learn more about what the fence means to them. The fence to Troy represents a seperation between his two lives. On one side of the fence there’s Rose who requires…

Despite offering a different character’s point of view, several of the dramatic techniques resident in Miss Julie are exhibited. Even more importantly, Strindberg again insists on placing the family of the play in the context of a Darwinian battle of the strongest. It is natural for us to expect similarities between The Father and Miss Julie due to the close proximity of their writing, but the points made about Strindberg’s later work help provide an additional insight into the playwright’s…

Strikes by industrial workers and unions were increasing rapidly in the United States during the 1880s. This was a time when working conditions often were dangerous and physically exhausting while wages were extremely low. The American labor movement during the industrial age included a mixture of socialists, communists and anarchists who believed the capitalist system should be changed. The capitalist society oppressed and exploited the working class, which had essentially built America. Since…

Throughout history there remains universal themes explored in life and fiction that are not dependent on time or place. In Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis it follows Gregor Samsa, a travelling businessman who transforms into a bug. As a bug, Gregor lives an unfortunate life full of loneliness, which is barely different than his life as a human. In Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron we follow the rise and fall of Harrison himself in a society where everyone is completely equal. Harrison,…

In the short story, “Ball”, by Sam Koperwas, the author teaches us that parents putting their dreams and aspirations on their kids is dreadful thing for the kid and the parent. In the part, where the son gives up on trying to make a basket, the father pulls him by his ear and slams the ball hard into his stomach. Then, the father rambles on about eating an apple everyday and saying prayers can help you accomplish tasks. The father continues with this statement, “Argue and I’ll slap your eyes…

In Franz Kafka’s short story, The Metamorphosis, the reader peers into the life of the Samsa family, seeing the metamorphosis of not only the hard-working son, but also of his three other family members. Over the course of the 100 years of production of The Metamorphosis, there has been many discussions on what Kafka was trying to convey in his morbid and saddening short story. Many discussions include the idea of humanity, and if Gregor still kept his humanity after transforming into a ‘vermin’…