Olive

Mount olive , the third novel of The Alexandria Quartet ,published in 1958, according to Durrell's description is a naturalistic novel in which the narrator of Justine and Balthazar becomes an object that is, a character. Mount olive is the name of the principal character in the novel and is symbolic of peace as in the Bible, the Mount of Olives is the place from where the dove got the olive leaf to Noah in the ark when the flood waters receded. The Mount of Olives also was a place that Jesus…

Soon after, we see the first two exchanges in dialogue between he and Olive. The dialogue between them is from this past time, too. It shows readers what Henry acts like when interacting with his wife. However, this is the man Olive sees frequently. On page five, after Olive learns Henry has hired Denise to work at the pharmacy the conversation between them reads: “‘Mousy,’ his wife said, when he hired the new girl. ‘Looks just like a mouse.’... ‘But a nice mouse,’ Henry said. ‘A cute one’”…

The flapper in the 1920’s was a new type of girl never seen before.She was typically a young girl who was of a middle class. The flapper wore heavy makeup, shorter and more extravagant dresses and had more fun. Flappers often times did thing that was frowned upon by society. Flapper culture was inspiring for young girls and yet it was frightening for people who wanted to preserve the image of “The Gibson girl.” The Gibson girl was a woman who had longer hair and dresses that concealed most of…

Oldies may say these girls are over the top, brainless, useless, irresponsible, disrespectful, or flamboyant, but these girls believe that they are the new generation… the next big thing… the “New Woman.” We’ve noticed that Flappers are actually starting to seem threatening towards those against them. Who knows, it could just be because of the new look, flappers representing a new moral order, or even the older generation still might value their olden ways. I know that if I were one of the…

During the Roaring Twenties, people had many different reactions to flappers. To some, the flapper portrayed a magnificent breakthrough for women; for others it was a curse word, an embarrassment to society. Before and continuing into the 1920s, the Victorian era was at its peak. The older Victorian generation was described as “prudish, hypocritical, stuffy, [and] narrow-minded,” which is why many thought that they hated the flapper (Murfin 496). They were not able to accept the change coming…

An Eye on the Olive Branch, the Other on the Arrows: Special Operations Forces and Persistent Engagement Preface Prior to the Truman Presidency, Presidential Seal of the United States offered little ambiguity to our would-be enemies. The Eagle faced sinister (to its left) with a baleful eye fixated on the clutch of arrows. On October 25,1945, less than three months after Japan suffered atomic weaponry, President Truman signed Executive Order 9646, altering the Presidential Seal for future…

Flapper is an interesting read about the Jazz Age and the women who rejected the original roles that their mothers and grandmothers did. These young girls took on a more masculine lifestyle; the girls smoked frequently, drank, and wore short hair. But their behavior did not relinquish their feminine ways, it provided an adaptation to society to what a woman should be and what a woman should not be. The flapper modeled herself in opposite to the 'Victorian Ideal', which was apparent in her…

bring about both sadness and happiness. This may be the case for Olive Oatman. The Blue Tattoo, by Margot Mifflin, examines hardship after hardship present in Olive’s life. From the massacre of her family to her health struggles near the end of her life, Olive forges a path unknown to our culture of comfort. One key hardship that changed her perspective was the death of her beloved younger sister, Mary Ann. This event is critical to Olive because she loses her only connection to the caucasian…

Hester Prynne and Olive Penderghast are different in many ways and alike in some. Olive is a invisible high school student and Hester is a frowned upon adulterer. They way they act, dress, the people in their lives, and their societies are all very similar yet different. One aspect of their lives is for sure, they both desire to determine their own identity rather than allow others to determine it for them. Olive Penderghast is invisible to most people at her high school. She wants to change…

agree on which restaurant to go to. She wanted to go to Red Robin, but I wanted to go to Olive Garden. She became very upset and was not willing to talk about the situation. She continued to yell at me about how it was unfair if she didn’t get to pick the restaurant. I told her that we needed to come up with a compromise. We agreed to eat at Red Robin, and then next time we went out to eat we would eat at Olive Garden. We were both happy with the compromise and were able to enjoy our lunch at…