Something Awful

When you told me about this at first at the picnic I thought it would be fun. But it isn't. It's- It's awful. Susan was crying now.” This quote shows that Susan after the death of Mr. Griffin Susan tries to convince to go up to the mountains and save Mr. Griffin she was crying that Mr. Griffin was still up there all alone and tied and she was worrying about him up she thought of something awful that might happen to Mr. Griffin so because of that Susan started crying. All the examples in these…

In The Veldt, Ray Bradbury teaches readers the importance of how the way children are raised can affect them. The children in the story could have used their computerized happylife home to turn the nursery into a candy shop, or playground like average little kids. Instead the children chose to make their nursery a hasty desert wasteland filled with hungry carnivorous tigers. While someone might argue the theme of this story is kids rely too greatly on technology, they forgot that it’s really the…

Symbolism is a way to compare someone to something like In the book “To kill a Mockingbird” the symbol that stands out to me the most is the Scene in the book where scout talks about how you’re not suppose to kill a mockingbird.Chapter 10 Ms.Maudie tells Scout it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.I feel like the mockingbird symbolizes Tom Robinson. The mockingbird symbolizes Tom’s innocents, in the book Tom is accused of raping Mayella Ewell. During the trial he clearly makes it clear that the…

In the romantic time period, religion was extremely strict and taken seriously; furthermore, any wrongdoing was punished by extreme measures. These harsh conditions created judgemental communities full of fear. In his short story, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, Nathaniel Hawthorne explains the effects of these issues on people. He tells the story of a parson, Mr. Hooper, who chooses to wear a black veil upon his face. In the story, the townspeople accuse him of committing a sin assuming his veil…

says to Montag, “You want to give up everything? After all these years of working, because one night some woman and her books…” (p51). Montag was sharing his feelings and thoughts with Mildred, but she didn’t care about it. She does not want to try something different. Mildred is a conformist person. She is happy just with her TV. She doesn’t care about other…

I think Ramstad School should give the money we raise to the rainforest foundation, because this is a very exposed area, where thousands of trees and plants get cut down every day. It is very awful, and the rainforest is important for all over the world.…

of his fiancé. He wears his veil till death barely answering questions about why he wore it. Hawthorne’s elaborate use of allegory and diction portrayed his views on the judgmental Puritan ways around him. “And good Mr. Hooper’s face is dust; but awful is still the thought that it moldered beneath the Black Veil!” The black veil had represented a moral truth that Hawthorne wanted to express based on his life. Hooper…

states many of the quotes that got him through his life. By using your “gut, destiny, life, karma and whatever you have to trust in something,” Job says. Even if you have no idea where your life is going, trust that it will all work out. “Don’t lose faith” and “don't settle,” were also statements that he used to encourage others. Just as stated before, always believe something good is going to happen in the end and work at it like it’s the last chance you'll have to make it happen. Even if there…

old that has visions, but her “gift” might bring danger to her family. Karen is babysitting at lunchtime, and the kid runs off with his friends and goes missing, but with her visions she can help find the boy. Also when Karen is going to work, something awful happens to her. She wonders if anyone will ever find her. The setting takes place in a large town named Albuquerque New Mexico. The setting would affect the characters because if Karen never lived in Albuquerque New Mexico than they never…

I have never been this excited before, my sister and I will actually have a shot at doing something with our lives, although people will see us as freaks, and call us freaks im not worried. Mrs Elsa was the woman who gave Dot and I this opportunity. She is a wonderful lady very elegant. She is very beautiful, almost perfect actually. This place…