Mutual Friends

“The Ministers Black Veil” is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1832 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir. Like many of Hawthorne’s works, the setting of the story is a town in Puritan New England. The scene provides the backdrop for a psychological exploration of the themes of sin, repentance, and morality. Hawthorne uses their reaction in the congregation as a critique of the Puritan image of original sin, using the veil as a representation not…

Friendship is one of the most important things in a person’s life. Lennie and George, the main characters in the novella Of Mice and Men, demonstrate friendship through the way they treat one another like a brother, and the fact that they do everything together. George and Lennie will do nearly anything for each other and they are so protective over each other because the only want the best. The novella demonstrates how George and Lennie benefit from each others friendship through their shared…

However, his wife, Lady Macbeth, is introduced and shown to have similar characteristics and thoughts as Macbeth as she believes the “future is in the instant” as she receives the news that he has been granted the title of Thane (1.5.62). This mutual relationship shows that they are interconnected in one way which is the craving for power. For instance, Macbeth tells her that “Duncan comes here tonight” (1.5.64) and she replies with-“O, never/Shall sun that morrow see” (1.5.68-69). This shows…

material. The part that truly holds the juiciest information and is the one that really changes a person. However, to really understand the lesson you have to know the background. It all started the summer after my freshman year. I met him through mutual friends who thought we would be perfect for each other. I didn’t even know his name but I knew right away that they were right. We instantly connected over every little thing and had nearly the same personalities. We spent endless days…

In Woodrow Wilson’s war message of 1917, Wilson addresses to Congress the recent war events going on with Germany. His goal of the speech is to urge Congress to declare war on Germany. Throughout the speech his main points cover how Germany has been attacking America, ways to end the war, and how Russia is also a threat to America. In the structure of the speech, Wilson provides audience with evidence of attacks and ways to resolve the situation, which helps him convince the audience that the…

solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking” (253). Al-Anon (friends and family), Alateen (teenage children of alcoholic individuals), and Adult Children of Alcoholics (those who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional homes) help family members and friends of alcoholic individuals focus on the need to avoid enabling behaviors and care for oneself whether a loved one is drinking or…

his first year of high school. His start in high school was rough, and he even counts the days until he would have to leave. His first friend Charlie meets were Patrick and through him, he ends up meeting his crush, Sam. Befriending Sam and Patrick bring Charlie through thing he has never experience before. Throughout the novel, Charlie, his sister, and his friends fall in and out of a relationship. Each member desires the attentive of love from another person but it never able to maintain…

Equiano and Rowlandson cope with their situations by cherishing the things that they can value like family and God, in order to show the importance of support from God, friends, and family and how this can provide comfort and hope to themselves when going through hardship. For instance, Rowlandson loses one of her children: “I must and could lie down by my dead babe, side by side all the night after. I have thought since of the wonderful goodness of God to me, in preserving me in the use of my…

literally. All of which allow me to be accepting and loving towards all religions. In earlier generations, foreign religions and cultures were rarely encountered. However, in modern times this has changed. With increasing immigration, one of my friends may be Hindu, my boss could be Muslim, and the person in front of me at a Wonderland line could be Sikh. In such a diverse world, we must understand each others faiths so…

in his characterisation). The story takes place on Prospect Street, a white, lower-middle-class neighbourhood, where there are old houses aplenty. It’s a hot, bright day, and Allison, the narrator’s best friend, and the narrator were the only kids on the block. Therefore they were best friends ‘by default’, as he puts it. Allison is 10 and the narrator is 8, he looks up to Allison. We are informed that the children spent their Summer riding their bikes, playing board-games and pretending to…