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The queen’s alternative punishment for the knight consisted of having a year and one day to find the answer to the all important question “What is the thing women most desire?” Her persuasion of king imposed a contrasting punishment that resulted in discipline which was too light for the knight’s acts. The knight’s action of raping a maiden was an atrocious action Chaucer depicted by stating, “And of that maiden, spite of all she said, by very force he took her maidenhead.” As an acclaimed…

Margaret Atwood’s book, The Handmaid 's Tale, takes place in Gilead, a society that is completely controlled to protect the people from freedom and in their opinion the sadness that goes along with it.With the power that the Commander has not all the rules apply to him. The Commander power allows him to not be controlled but is controlling to people who are inferior to him. Offred is a Handmaid; a Handmaid’s job is to conceive a child with the Commander. In Gilead, fertility is a dying ability…

Looking back to the colonies where they’ve sent those women who didn’t have the ability to fertilize a new born leads to societal conflicts seen today. The novel explains the deception of women’s maternal body have become conspired against forces. Dorian Cirrone article suggest that to limit the number of people born with specific ethnic groups by controlling the reproductive capacity and activity of women. These range from forced sterilization to the massive mobilization of birth control…

One’s growth determines one’s ability to do something. Although a person may not be able to achieve their goals immediately, they have potential to do so in the future. This is shown through Christopher Boone, the main character in Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He says “I can do anything” (221). Anything refers to achieving his dreams and goals, and he can do anything because he exhibits the potential and ability to do so. Nevertheless, people who do…

Carver describes how a relationship has split apart due to the man leaving, and having to fight over their baby. In which these characters are unknown, but the feud escalates further. In the next short story, “Death by Scrabble” by Charlie Fish shows a couple playing a tense game of scrabble which builds up anxiety, because the weather…

In the book the contender Alfred Brooks strives to be someone in his dim lit world. Being somebody seems next to impossible for Alfred but he still would like the chance. Alfred doesn't want to be the best there ever was he doesn’t wanna be a superstar or a celebrity he just wants to be known. Alfred wants to achieve this dream and live his life but there is a bunch of things getting in his way. One of these is Alfred's run down sad neighborhood. This is a poor community filled with jobless…

Christopher sees everything, remembers everything, but cannot prioritise. On the day he is told his mother is dead, he records his Scrabble score, and notes that supper was spaghetti with tomato sauce. He can cope with facts, with concrete detail while emotions confuse and alarm him. In all it’s literary glory, there are still areas in the book that did give me mixed emotions. Throughout…

The Vizier is the pharaoh's right hand man. The job is usually handed down from father to son so that means that you are very unlikely to land this key position. Potters scrabble in a field with your clothes caked with mud, or work at a rickety potter's wheel with clay spraying everywhere. A weaver will slave all day in a gloomy stuffy weaving room on your knees all day. If you are a weaver and you take the day of you will get lashes off the whip 50 times. A soldier likes facing his or her…

What is Crack? Crack is highly addictive freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It became very popular in impoverished inner city neighborhoods in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami in late 1984 and 1985. The rapid increase in use and availability during this time period is referred to as the crack epidemic. This drug offers a short but intense high to its users. How is Crack Ingested? Crack is heated and then smoked. It got its main name because of the crackling sound it makes when…

Biological I am a person without a biological self-care plan for myself. Presently I, work full time and attend night school; taking two classes per semester. Having a busy schedule I am exhausted by the end of the week; I do not exercise and try not to do activities which include sweating. My cooking and eating habits are not the healthiest. I am conscious that I should be working out and exercising; watch what I eat more carefully. I do take care of my mind/stability by living each day with…