Middle Passage

The passage from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper introduces the reader to three characters. The narrator who we are not given a name, her husband and her brother. The narrator has moved into a mansion for the summer. She feels that this mansion is haunted because they got it cheaper than expected and it has not been lived in for quite some time. The narrator is also suffering from some kind of sickness but her husband and brother who are both physicians do not think there is…

What is the “word?” We first see this “word” appear after Lily and Selden’s intense conversation in the library, where Selden was “groping for the word to break the spell” (p. 350) but can’t seem to find it. At first, this unknown “word” did not stood out to be anything particular, but as we progress to the end of the novel, this “word” reoccurs. Wharton never specifies what the “word” is, but its appearance in various contexts in the novel does allow readers’ to come to their own…

only seen as condescending in nature, but more importantly, it is a way to break Nora’s supposed obedience toward Torvald. As shown in the following passage: “Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother” (Ibsen 27), Torvald indirectly insults Nora and demonstrates how he…

her. The outfit would usually take a more conservative stance in the presence of her family members, while it may be shown in a more revealing or provocative light while she is with individuals closer to her age range. The story shows this in the passage that states “Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home” (Oates Page 899). Due to the level of…

Tao Te Ching book is filled with mini lessons of life. It was an enjoyable, quick read, and something that I was able to take a lot from because the passages contained practical writings of wisdom for the modern day person. Because the passages varied topics, the following paper will be written with the same notion. The first stanza of passage 2, to me, explained that each persons’ view point is different (“…people see some things a beautiful, other things become ugly…”); however, each view…

The passage, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou, has shown that passion can influence people's lives greatly. In the story it states, “she began the first of what we later called ‘my lessons in living’ … ‘Take this book of poems and memorize one…

beginning of scene eleven is one of the most significant passages in Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire". In the aftermath of Blanche's rape, the audience is unsure what repercussions Blanche and Stanley may face and how the other characters will respond. In his final portrayal of Blanche, Williams creates sympathy for his fallen heroine and explores some of the play's key themes, examining his society and the problems it faces. In this passage, Williams explores one of his key concerns in…

It’s okay. I don’t think we should go up there. It’s okay. (106)” McCarthy uses short and simple sentences to draw the reader's attention to the urgency and foreboding feeling of apprehension that the boy is feeling in regards to the house. In this passage there is dialogue between the father and the boy, reminding the reader that something is wrong. Which allows the reader to have an insight of the feeling. “Then he raised the hatch door and swung it over and let it down on the floor behind.…

Ana Winds are known for being hot and extremely powerful. Due to the conditions of these winds they bring destruction to the areas that they affect. In the passages “The Santa Ana” By Joan Didion and “Brush Fire” by Linda Thomas real life experience of the Santa Ana are revealed. Joan Didion and Lina Thomas both use imagery in their passages to express what the Santa Anas were like. “For a few days now we will see smoke back in the canyons, and hear sirens in the night” (Didion, Paragraph 1).…

feels without him having experienced that sort of remorse or pain first. His actions reflect this due to the fact that he doesn’t even acknowledge the negative effects of his actions until he truly starts to understand Mrs.Dubose later in the chapter/passage. To go into more detail, To Mrs.Dubose the Camellias represent her “snow on the mountain tops”, they represent her innocence and in turn pleasure and happiness in the midst of everything dark in her life and Jem the destroying them helps…