Rachel

accepts Nate as being an alcoholic and drug addict, but Rachel tells Nate that he can defeat these hardships. Rachel believes in Nate when nobody else did, and she changed his life. She becomes the motivation Nate needs, and it works. He vows to turn his life around, but still nobody believes he can actually do it. Not only does he have to actually overcome these hardships, but he also has to do it while people are saying he cannot. Rachel gives him the motivation to defeat these challenges, but…

as Rachel, Rachel is a child and children as young as her are not allowed in the boarding houses according to page [121] where the book says, “Mrs. Bedlow said the words Lyddie knew were on her mind, ‘It won’t do you know she can’t stay here’”. Rachel is young and she can't work at Lowell for her entire childhood, because that could leave to intense sickness, which could lead to an early death. Working in Lowell would not work anyway for Rachel as seen on page [121] where Lyddie offers Rachel to…

pleasure than pain for the majority of people involved. This begs the question of whether or not an individual euthanization can be moral. Each case is different and should not be over generalized, but it must be for argument’s sake. According to James Rachels in “Morality of Euthanasia,” there are cases where euthanasia can be a moral action. The moral concept of utility allows for euthanasia when the death of someone would relieve pain of the overall community. The moral thing to do, according…

hard to find rational reasons regarding Jones’s behavior is morally permissible. Thus, James Rachels concludes that both Smith and Jones conduct despicable behavior in terms of moral matters and also, killing and letting dies are bad in all aspects of…

Changes in The Main Character(s) Rachel admittedly has a very distinct and somewhat off putting personality: she is self loathing, obsessive, petty, and feels purposeless. However, throughout the novel her character undergoes significant changes, and she ultimately becomes nearly unrecognizable in form and personality. Rachel self loathes to the extreme. Although she exhibits self positivity, she still goes as far as to say “I'm not beautiful, and I can't have kids, so what does that make me?…

1. In the novel Speak, the protagonist, Melinda, has her social status change over the summer, due to the fact that she called the cops at a houseparty. By calling the cops, Melinda gets many people in trouble. ”My brother got arrested at that party. He got fired because of the arrest. I can’t believe you did that. Asshole” (28). This excerpt shows that by calling the cops, Melinda’s social status changed in a very negative way. The novel hints at Melinda calling the cops for an important reason…

letters between Andrew Jackson and his wife. In a letter from Rachel Donelson Jackson to Andrew Jackson, dated March 21, 1814, she writes about the relationship of Andrew and Lyncia [Lyncola], “he [Andrew] is well talks very much of his Little Lyncaia [Lyncola]” In this particular letter we are seeing the Native American baby being treated as a family member not as a servant or slave. To further this assumption is the letter from Rachel Jackson to Andrew Jackson dated April 7, 1814 she writes,…

tells the story of a religious family travelling the south who meet two rich young men on the road. That night the leading character Rachel does snake handling, not for entertainment, as she tells the more serious young man, Mr. Pattinson, but as part of her faith and religious practice. After she pulls the rattler out of its box, the young man’s stares unnerve Rachel enough that she feels fear--something strange to her snake handling. For a moment she stops convinced that she will be bitten,…

In this essay, I am going to analyze and compare the following poems, " I Wanna Be Yours" by John Cooper Clarke and "Fight Song" By Rachel Platten. Although they both cover different topics, they are both effective. "I Wanna Be Yours" talks about the strong feelings towards the poets loved one whereas "Fight Song" talks about never giving up no matter how low, lost or hurt you feel. I believe "Fight Song" is more compelling than "I Wanna Be Yours" according to the use of personification,…

On Thanksgiving morning, Melinda's mother fails in cooking a turkey, her father decides to bury it in their pet cemetery. But Melinda wants to "make a memorial" for it (Anderson 71) so, she takes the turkey's bones to art class and she starts to use its bones to make shapes. Mr. Freeman; her art teacher is impressed and says that her work shows "pain" (Anderson 75) This shows that Melinda's unconscious is full of pain and remorse and it appears in her paintings and works. She cannot get over the…