Grave

about three characters living in Massachusetts. Doug Fanning who was a war and a banker. Charlotte Graves is a retired teacher who losing control her life and Nate is a gay eighteen-year-old drug dealer. Reading this novel, I’ve notice all of these characters have in common is the fact that their lives are falling apart, in some way depend on each other’s help to fix their situations. Fuller hires Graves to be his history tutor, Fuller is in a relationship frenzy with Fanning who’s in love with…

“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing”. This quote was said by Gwendolyn after she and Cecily found out that their lovers (Earnest and Algernon) were lying to them about their real names. What Gwendolyn meant when she said that was that it does not matter if a person was truthful, kind or sincere as long as he was rich or good looking. That means that women at that time did not care for sincerity or kindness when looking for husband, but they only cared about…

The book The Emperor's New Clothes; Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium, by Joseph L. Graves Jr. discusses the concept of race throughout human history. He discusses how humans perceive race before Darwin’s discoveries, in colonial America, and looks at eugenics. He presents common theories and “truths” about race for the era in each time period. He starts the book by comparing the story the Emperor's New Clothes to how humans perceive race. He makes the connection through the mass…

“The Flower for the Graves” and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Eulogy for the Martyred Children” portray the same message; racism has gone too far. During the times of racial havoc, four girls were brutally murdered by “some brutal fool who didn’t know any better” (Patterson). The man who killed these innocent girls was influenced by the public ideas that black people were inferior to the rest of society and thought he did a righteous act. Yet, “the bombing proved to be a pivotal moment in the civil…

“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” This quote was written on Lily and James Potter’s grave in Godrics Hollow. This quote means that even after death you’ll still be living. That we never truly die, or we never really leave. I think this quote is beautiful in ways more than one. The idea that we can still see the ones we love even after death. To watch over them, and keep them from harm. It makes life more interesting. The way I live by this quote is that even if someone I…

Death and The Grave Haruki Murakami once said “Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of it. By living our lives we nuture death.” Thanatopsis, poem written by American poet William Collen Bryant , illustrates death as inevitable or natural, and something you shouldn’t be afraid of. William was only about 17 when he composed this beautiful piece of writing, and still had such a clear thought of what death meant to him. It’s safe to say that I completely concede with Mr.Collen…

First of all, I want to thank you for the phone call and leaving a voicemail. Taking the time out to help a Veteran was something I always wondered about this place. I always ask the question, is this a place for individuals to come every day for work as a lessee/lessor relationship, or does this place really have some sort of substance behind it for Veterans? Well, now I know that in fact it is a place for helping Veterans after all- when you called and thanks!! In addition, I perfectly…

Jeb did as he was told and secured a room in the hotel. He made sure to get one near the back and on the top floor so they would be as far from the prying eyes and ears of the more popular rooms as they could get. He wasn’t sure what it was that Ben was going to find out from this Darcy character, but he was sure that whatever it was they shouldn’t probably be talking about it where others may get an earshot of it. Once he had brought the saddlebags up in to the room and secured the horses…

Like movies, novels and music, poems are texts that people use to reflect on their lives and experiences. Poems can have an impact on peoples thinking, not only through the things they might say to their readers, but through the discussions that readers have with each other about poems. I agree with this statement and believe that it accurately describes how people can reflect on their lives after reading poems. In addition to this, I also believe that poems can also have an effect on…

A Bad Encounter At this point in my life I had just turned 19 and was working at Tractor Supply. It was Friday and my night off when I received a phone call from work. It was Emily, the cashier that was working that night. She said that something had been delivered with my name on it and I needed to pick it up. She wouldn’t tell me what it was. So I good-bye to all of my friends and went into work When I walked through the door, on the counter was a bouquet roses. They were bright yellow and hot…