Sarah Good

Imagine someone sitting at home on their couch, watching TV when Sarah McLachlan pops up with a dog in her lap that looks healthy and happy. The commercial starts, the song “Angel” plays in the background, and words start to pour across the screen. “Every day in America thousands of animals suffer from cruelty and neglect… thousands were rescued last year, but for thousands of others help came too late…” through these words, the screen cuts to pictures of animals that have been rescued, animals…

Rodeo Thompson Sarah Jane Whiteling Sarah Jane Whiteling was born in the mid-1800’s, a tough time in history to be alive. She lived in Pennsylvania with her husband, a son, and a daughter. Sarah was accused and found guilty of killing her entire family by the method of poisoning from common rat poison which contained arsenic. Her sickly husband was the first to die on March 20, 1888, followed by her nine-year old-daughter, Bertha in April and her two-year-old son, Willie in May of the same year.…

Sarah is spotted by the Terminator, which aims its laser sighted pistol at her. Reese fires on the Terminator, hitting it with several blasts and knocking it to the floor. He tells Sarah "Come with me if you wanna live" and Sarah sees the Terminator impossibly rise to its feet. Reese and Sarah escape through the back door of the club, with the killer chasing them -- as he chases them, we learn that…

that a writer needs, and this is how the geography and history of America have made an impact on American literature. When beginning to read From the Private Journal of a Journey by Sarah Kemble Knight I learned that it was a private note she had wrote in her journal which was later on published. I learned that Sarah is a very direct woman that wants to get to the point with no fooling around. To me she seamed like a real tomboy. What I also liked about her was that her note was very easy to…

the well-known character Sarah Jane. Looking into the narrative form for this episode, it starts with a narration from Sarah Jane herself - although not known to the audience yet - and then transitions into a television ad from which one of the recurring main actors to this season is introduced. The episode does well in not cramming every main character into the audiences mind straight away but gives the full feature length episode for each character to be developed. Sarah Jane Smith as an…

ourselves. Sometimes our heritage can be redefined with new generations. Each person can perceive their heritage differently. Some people are proud of their heritage while others want to leave it in the past and start over. What’s good for one person may not be good for another even within the same family. In 1973, Alice Walker who is a novelist, short story writer, poet and a political activist, wrote “Everyday Use”. “Everyday Use” is a short story that follows two sisters, Maggie and…

In a tragedy, the tragic hero is the protagonist that the author uses to give his/ her point of view on the inappropriate tendencies of humans. The tragic hero ultimately causes his own suffering because of basic human characteristics, but through the hero’s defeat, humanity is validated and is proved to have a better outlook. Three main theories of the tragic hero are the Aristotelian model, the Shakespearean model, and the modern tragic hero. Each model has five defining characteristics,…

“A White Heron”, written by Sarah Orne Jewett, depicts the struggle of a young girl trying to understand the true nature of the feelings of attraction that emerge in the adolescent years. These feelings, she soon discovers, are often at odds with the values that one holds dear, which often leads to a conflict. In “A White Heron”, Jewett applies contrasting images of light and darkness to depict Sylvia’s struggle with and eventual victory over the deception of human attraction. This struggle…

“A White Heron” was written by Sarah Orne Jewett in 1886. “A White Heron” allowed Sarah Orne Jewett to reach artistic maturity. “A White Heron” was Jewett’s best known short story. Sarah Orne Jewett’s first ambition in life was to become a doctor, however her poor health had prevented this is happening. Jewett’s father would take her along with him on his medical calls to help build her strength back up. While on the trips, Jewett found her writing material. Once graduation, Jewett began…

Sarah Orne Jewett’s short story “A White Heron” follows a nine-year-old girl Sylvia who lives with her grandmother, Mrs. Tilly, and her cow in the countryside. One evening while Sylvia is walking the cow home, a hunter who is searching for a rare white heron to add to his bird collection approaches her. He accompanies Sylvia home hoping to spend the night. While staying the night with Sylvia and Mrs. Tilly, he shares his hope of catching the bird. Sylvia has previously seen the heron so she…