Rattlesnake

Hurston seems to be warning that one's own evil will one day come back around to bite you. Delia symbolizes good, while Sykes represents evil and good ultimately triumphs. The story evokes the classic symbol of evil, the snake, when Sykes hides a rattlesnake in the white clothes in an attempt to kill Delia. The white clothes, meanwhile, symbolize goodness. A secondary theme of the story is that of oppression, as Delia is a person whose life is made difficult by her race, social standing and…

Carissa Gipson Finally we found some trees and wherever there’s trees there’s water. We got out of the car and I could tell that my baby Gina wasn't doing so well. It felt like every step was draining the life out of us but I didn’t want to die so when Jenny fell to the ground with exhaustion, I helped her up but she was almost burnt by the ground. We made it to the trees I pushed the tree branch aside and saw the Gina was staring at something as I turned around and screamed with joy. There…

campsite” said Gina. “I hope it has supplies that we can use.” We started walking to the campsite in the scorching hot weather I didn’t think we would make it 1½ miles to the campsite. My throat felt like a desert also. While we were walking I saw rattlesnakes and could hear him warning us to get away. We finally got to the campsite 1 ½ miles later. There was lots of water, hats for a little shade and food. We saw a backpack there so we stole it. While I grabbed it it tore some blisters off my…

hardships with maturity. Jody enjoys spending time caring for animals and expresses a loving heart. Jody spends afternoons playing with little animals, caring for those who are injured or are in need of help. For example, after rescuing Flag from a rattlesnake, Jody takes time to gently…

The Stitching Hour is the ninth book in the An Embroidery Mystery series. Marcy Singer is looking forward to celebrating the first anniversary of her embroidery shop, The Seven-Year Stitch. Then finds out the vacant store next door has been rented to Claude and Priscilla Atwood, who plan on opening The Horror Emporium. She is trying to get out of her mind how all the screaming coming from the building will effect her business and also the classes she teaches in the evening. The Atwood's are…

The hot sun blazed on the sunny day. School was starting again. But not any school. No no no. An unordinary school. Rosemary High School. Relics, sorcery, and more were seen and taught in this school. However, a lot of evil brews here. The man clutched the piece of parchment in his hands. When darkness comes. Bring the light. Find them that is like a viper’s bite. 2 years. In 2 years, and no one has found out this mystery prophecy and what it means. Since the prophecy was found lying on the…

in my closet. It took me weeks to recover. I really don’t want anybody to tell me how to overcome that fear because I can’t .I have been told multiple times that black snake are good but every time I see a dead one I am just as scare as it was a rattlesnake. Biopsychosocial approach include three terms that are all in play when it comes to explain that one individual will develop phobia. The first is biological due to the fact that one may have some genes that cause him to react that way. The…

“Sweat”, a short story by Zora Neale Hurston, is a text about a woman by the name of Delia who is a hardworking wash-woman trying to get out of the abusive relationship with her husband. The story begins with Delia in her home, late on a spring night sorting all the clothes that she has to wash for the next week. Most nights Delia will work late so that she is able to finish all the laundry in time. As she is sorting through the clothes she notices that it is getting late and Sykes, her husband…

Because fear can be helpful imagine this a person trapped in isolation safe and keeped from the outside world then one day he is let out. Then he finds a rattlesnake he would have no fear of it because he doesn't know the consequences so he approaches it and gets bitten and dies from the venom. In that situation he had no fear so it can be dangerous without fear. This maybe a stretch but it make sense the person…

Gold Rush Californians from all over the world have had their dreams of fortune crushed once they realized all of the gold had been taken right under their noses. Bret Harte, the author, wrote many tales including the “Luck of Roaring Camp”, ”Outcasts of Poker Flat”, and “Bulger’s Reputation” in his book “Bret Harte’s Gold Rush” that are based off of his experiences as a prospector. The miners in “Luck of Roaring Camp” tried their best to change their habits, however they eventually failed to…