Me and Mrs. Jones

There is an image in America of what a family should look like: one mother, one father, a couple of children and perhaps the family dog. The reality of what makes a family, however, is much more complex. In the book Plainsong by Kent Haruf, the reader discovers a variety of families, that are made up in a multitude of different ways. While some of these families are defined by blood relation, almost all of them differ in some way from the traditional conception of the family unit. The reasons…

when she says she did not eat any macaroons. Then she lies once again to Torvald, yet this time, I see it as she is lying in a protective and loving way. NORA: "It was necessary he should have no idea what a dangerous condition he was in. It was to me that the doctors came and said that his life was in danger." (1.193) 3. A. Torvald Helmer is Nora’s husband. B. Nil Krogstad is a lawyer that went to school with Nora’s husband, and he blackmails her because of her loan. C. Christine Linde was…

Holcomb, Kansas. On November 15, 1959, Richard Hickock and Perry Smith brutally murdered Herbert, Bonnie, Kenyon and Nancy Clutter in their farmhouse. Floyd Wells, a previous cell mate of Dick Hickock, told him previously of a safe that was hidden in Mr. Clutter’s home office. Dick and Perry’s motive was to rob the Clutter family; however, they had no intentions on leaving behind witnesses. Capote tells the tale of Dick and Perry’s roundabout with the police, but he has a paramount reason as to…

select was presented by mathematician Hannah Fry. Her speech was dedicated to exploring how complex social behavior can be analyzed and perhaps predict the site of an upprising or riot. The second TED presentation that I selected was delivered by Van Jones who is the founder of the Ella Baker Center for human rights and of Green for All, in Oakland, California. Their mission is to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Both speeches were engaging and…

and doesn’t let the reader out their grasp until the romance between Elizabeth and Darcy is finalized with an accepted marriage proposal. This element of the story has been reinvented through modern day works such as “You’ve Got Mail,” and “Bridget Jones Diary (Fairchild 45). But still, this is not the element from Pride and Prejudice that maintains the work’s timelessness the most. Fairchild explains that…

Roger marched into the store with his head held high. It’s his birthday and nobody could break him now. Roger pauses and gives attention to the King Size Cookies n’ Cream Hershey bar on the shelf, his hand extends into his pocket before he realizes he has no money, or not any real money at least. Roger pulls out the fraudulent money, and glances at it, he notices he has three, one dollar bills, and 2 quarters, after staring at it he puts it back into his pocket. At the register, the lady’s name…

Mr. Jones told us about the affair that broke the bond between him and Rose. Rose was erage at the fact that Troy cheated on her with another one and then it resulted in him having a child by her. When Rose ask Troy to break off the affair, Troy simply said, “I can’t do it. I sit up in her house and she makes me laugh.” What truly made Rose feel differently about Troy is when he ask her to raise the baby as her own. Racial discrimination is widely spread throughout the play in the form of…

EXERCISE 1 As Wenger and Potter (2015) assert, “stand-ups can serve several functions, so it’s important to know in advance what you’re trying to accomplish with an on-camera segment” (p. 284). Personally, I would need to prepare myself thoroughly and conduct some research of my own to learn more about the topic at hand. My goal as a reporter is to establish credibility on the subject and be able to project confidence to the audience (Wenger and Potter, 2015). According to Wenger and Potter…

determines their attitude, which can lead them to success. A legendary English singer/songwriter John Lennon illustrates the story, “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life”…

after working himself to death over the rebuilding of the windmill on the farm, his first instinct and thought were not about him but about the work and the farm. “It’s my lungs…it does not matter. I think you will be able to finish the windmill without me.” Page 113 chapter 9. Boxers hopes of retiring with Benjamin after the collapse displays the extent of his innocence, since as the reader knows Napoleon has no intention of providing for an old, no-working…