Jewel

each character possesses a vital role. The majority of the actions revolve around a single character, Addie Bundren. Addie, who is undoubtedly the main character, is a mother and a wife. Addie is a mother to her five children; Cash, Dewey Dell, Darl, Jewel and Vardaman. She is also wife to Anse Bundren. Although she died fairly early into the novel, Addie’s relevance to the plot remains. Initially in the introduction of the novel, Mrs. Bundren is ill. As she is dying, she is dictating orders to…

reveals that she had an affair with the local minister, Whitfield, and was impregnated by him. Her favorite son, Jewel, was a product of this affair. Addie ultimately reveals what she thought of her family: “Now [Anse] has three children that are his and not mine” (176). Addie’s big reveal confirms the suspicion that she only ever loved Cash and Jewel. Throughout the journey, Darl taunts Jewel by asking his who his who his real parents are, insinuating that Addie’s past still haunts her…

Jewel Bundren is the only character out of the whole family that didn’t want anything in return from the trip to Jefferson. That's why jewel is the only heroic individual throughout the entire novel. Although, at the very beginning he did seem very uncaring and selfish towards everyone even his horse though consequently…

the other narrators, and their perspectives and interpretations of Addie's death all seem to be a repeated occurrence in Darls own narrative. Darl also calling Jewels horse his mother, through this darl is offering the information more than simply asking. Jewel happens to acknowledge this by labeling Darl a liar. Later on, Darl tells Jewel to save the horses in the burning barn to…

These points are shown when Shylock refuses to give Antonio mercy, when Shylock says he would rather have his money and jewels than his daughter, and when Shylocks denies dinner with Bassanio. Although Shylock is the villain, he plays an important part of the play. This may be because his character teaches an important lesson. People often hurt others because they too have…

While both Ihara Saikaku’s Life of a Sensuous Woman and Feng Menglong’s Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger both feature female protagonist as courtesans throughout the stories, the portrayal of these women and the societal structures surrounding them differ. You can draw a connection between both storylines that they both emphasize the idea of the objectification of women, love, power, wealth and had significant effects on men. But how they objectify these each throughout vastly differ. In…

and the diction of “Smouldering while”(p.97), which demonstrate the discontentment Dewey Dell encounters with Darl due to his abilities as a clairvoyant character. Darl’s power of perception also enables him to sympathise with Jewel as when he informs Cash to “tell Jewel that”(p.97), which is repetitious, hints to the audience that…

1. Why characters are given multiple names. 2. Why Gadda seems to aim for the muddled. 3. Many of the cultural references. 4. What Gadda is trying to accomplish with these sexual references. 5. The appeal of reading about sort of gross, but everyday gross, characters. 6. The genre of the book- are we in a mystery? A book on philosophy? 7. Many of the Mussolini references. a. This book was mysterious in a way that rejected me from it’s text instead of in a way that left me wanting more. 8.…

more particularly the Emperor’s jewel would after the Emperor was asleep at the confusion of the guards changing was abroad Xiong snuck into the emperor's throne room and used his metal chopsticks to pry the large crystal out of its position where it had been fastened for hundreds of years and slipped it into his pocket and sold it to one of his friends who was a jewel dealer named Kumagaya Kiyokuni. Kumagaya was not aware of Xiong's secret and evil plan, once the jewel was in the jeweler's…

197). It also seems that Ah Soh was taking revenge on Mrs. Khoo since she was always bragging about the jewel and her pride took it too far and could not stand it anymore, which could be another reason why she bought the…