Something Awful

In the “The Minister’s Black Veil” Nathaniel Hawthorne changes an ordinary black veil into a powerful symbol representative of the intangible barrier that exists between individuals. The veil is worn by the minister, Mr. Hooper, as a physical display of the psychological barrier. The black veil stands for fear and mistrust, that every person deals with while dealing with their own veiled sins. There are four main ways in which the meaning of the veil can stand for: the assumptions of the…

violence, rape and brutalities inflicted on her people. In the 1820s the Black War was beginning, it was a time of violence between the British colonists and Aboriginal Australians in Tasmania. In 1829 the Black War was such a big problem that something has to be done. Augustus Robinson a government-backed conciliator was set out to capture all independently living Tasmanian Aborigines and convince them to move to an island close by. He convinced the Aborigines to do this by promising them…

In And Then There Were None ten people were stranded on an island and they were being killed one by one and you didn't know who would die next. In contrast, in “The Temple,” a woman hears a noise outside and you don't know what it is. They both use suspicion to add to the story and to make it have the gothic feel. However in And Then There Were None the suspicion is built up with each death while in “The Temple” suspicion is built up with sounds the woman is hearing. The tone of And Then…

and now I have to work to pay for rent, bills, and food. It’s a lot on my plate at the moment, but I’m making it work somehow. This wasn’t the life I had planned for me or my daughter. I feel awful bringing a child into the world like this. When I was in high school, I wanted to get a degree in something, have my own place,…

not want to but they are good convincers Bloomsday is a 12k race that makes Spokane famous. People come from around the world to race in it. So I was very jubilant when I was told I was doing it. I heard of that dreadful hill before. That horrific, awful, atrocious beast that was waiting to be demolished by shoes of some 56,460 people as they run up it. Thousands of people waiting to start the 34th annual Bloomsday. They released the…

Aldous Huxley shows how ignorance and pure happiness should not be the basis for an entire society. Multiple times in this book, people are able to gain happiness at the snap of their fingers. If they don’t feel like doing something, or are having a problem within their life, they are able to escape life and be happy without dealing with the problem. Unfortunately, this may be the direction we are going in, and Huxley tries to show this in the book. In the book, people are able to leave the…

Parliament what an awful thing slave-trading was. An example can be Thomas Clarks, who decided to interview 20000 slaves on the conditions they lived. As expected, the result showed the horrible ways slaves were…

from happiness (Page 1046).” Hawthorne is indicating that, in fact, Mr. Hooper is acting as a lesson for the people of his town. When the narrator says, “By the aid of his mysterious emblem – for there was no other apparent cause – he became a man of awful power over souls that were in agony for sin (1047).” He also implies that the people are discomforted because Mr. Hooper is a reminder of sins they have committed and are ashamed of. The minister continued with his sermons and masses the same…

It is a brilliant look into the future and something we all should avoid. It is a great read, however it is not a casual book. It is definitely very wordy and vocabulary test worthy. It has great themes and concepts that can coincide with high schoolers, but more for the older and more advanced readers…

Turning into an American can be awful for your wellbeing. A developing assortment of mortality research on settlers has demonstrated that the more they live in this nation, the more awful their rates of coronary illness, hypertension and diabetes. And keeping in mind that their American-conceived youngsters may have more cash, they have a tendency to live shorter lives than the guardians. The example conflicts with any thought that moving to America enhances each part of life. It additionally…