Rattlesnake

Sykes was there before her. To Delia’s dismay, Sykes had brought home a rattlesnake. Rattlesnakes, and snakes in general, are symbolized as evil and foreboding. The reader can speculate that by bringing the rattlesnake into their home, Sykes has brought evil with him. He asks Delia to have a look in the box and she is instantly petrified. She asks Sykes to get rid of the snake but he outright refuses. Although the rattlesnake had just eaten when Sykes caught it, the snakes starts to grow hungry…

Sneha Arora Mrs. Coates English 10 Honors 31 October 2016 Anticipating the Forthcomings Superstition is an unreasonably gullible reverence for something that is thought to be supernatural and humanistically unreal. In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, superstition is an important thread that appears throughout the course of the book. Originally, the two main protagonists of Twain’s novel, Huck, who is thirteen and the son of a white drunk, and Jim who is a black slave…

Does someone who shoplifts a candy bar get sentenced to death? Do American people get thrown in prison for practicing their religion? Is it illegal to speak your mind? The answer to these questions is obviously no. These are basic human rights given to us by the constitution and to take these away would be unconstitutional. This is the same for the right to own and carry guns as well. However, Molly Ivins, author of the article “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, Get Rid of Guns”, argues that it is…

Some of these endangered species are the prickly pear cactus, massasauga rattlesnake, and the eastern ratsnake. The prickly pear cactus is mostly known to the area of Point Pelee and the surrounding areas, and is quite rare because very few cacti can withstand Canada's harsh temperatures but this one can. The next endangered species is the massasauga rattlesnake, this is one of Canada's most unique and endangered species due to cottage building and timber harvesting…

In Willa Cather's novel My Antonia, Jim learns life lessons through the people he encounters. People today can benefit from the knowledge Jim learns. Jim Burden learns manners and respect from Mrs. Harling. Mr. Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant, teaches Jim to be open hearted and giving even in the worst of times. Jim’s grandmother teaches him morals and life skills. Therefore in My Antonia Jim Burden’s personality is formed by the people he meets. Mrs. Harling is a woman of many things. One of…

held captive and they were trying to break him out Tom knew that he was free but still want along with his unnecessary plans. “... A prisoner’s got to have some kind of a dumb pet, and if a rattlesnake hain’t ever been tried... to save your life.” (p. 262) After Tom tries to convince Jim to tame a rattlesnake Huck realizes that these imaginative adventures are immature and unnecessary. Huck learns from Tom on how he is an immature boy and to not act like him. Tom really helps Huck grow in his…

There are two significant components that make up the short story “Sweat", written by Zora Neale Hurston, that assist the reader in interpreting the character of Delia Jones. First and foremost, the use of biblical allusions exemplifies the morality matters present in the short story to the audience. At the start of the opening paragraph, the reader is made known how Delia is a God fearing woman, “Sunday night after church, she sorted them and put the white things to soak,” (Hurston 386). It is…

big bull whip her husband liked to carry when he drove." Another form of oppression that Sykes displays is how little value Delia is to him. The lack of value that he has in her serves as the initiator to all of his other abuses. Also, the actual rattlesnake that Sykes brought home serves to abuse Delia psychologically, because she fears the snake. In addition to being yet another problem Delia has to face, the snake serves as a symbol of all the bad things Sykes puts Delia through. All the…

Kindred and Coexisting As humans develop, the need to expand increases. Some of this increase causes the destruction of nature on the very foundation in which the new buildings and complexes stand. In the two pieces of writing, The Serpents of Paradise by Edward Abbey and Wasteland: An Elegy by Mary Oliver, the authors examine their own personal experiences with nature. In order to show that humans should treat nature with care, the authors narrate their story in first person, but choose…

We all know or have met at least one person who is shorter than average, feels threatened by this and chooses to act out, possibly using humor or anger to prove their point. Before, I had thought this phenomenon was only present in humans but my beloved Boxer, Hank has proved me wrong and his choice is to use aggression. Hank is thirteen years old. He has always been very loving, playful and affectionate. I have several nieces and nephews, which he gets along great with all of them, at all…