The Last Letter Home

Have you ever heard the saying be careful what you wish for. you often hear the movies books and short stories. Theme is the meaning of the story. Short story Ransom of Red Chief by O'Hara in the movie Home Alone have comment themes. One example in the book that says crime doesn't pay if they had to give Ebenezer towards the $250 to get rid of the kid . I can prove this by the crooks wanted $2,000 and butt. They couldn't stand the kid and the dad made them pay for him.Another thing is for…

Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, Throughout the novel, the meeting place at the scaffold presents the three most important scenes. It symbolizes shame and sin as well as sight of redemption for Hester. Hester’s punishment comes full circle at the scaffold, as it starts with humiliation and ends with salvation for herself, Pearl, and Dimmesdale. Hawthorne’s story begins when Hester is brought to the scaffold. During broad daylight, Hester stands for the crowd to see, a letter “A” stitched…

include when Shug and Celie found Nettie’s letters, when Shug helped Celie discover her sexuality, Nettie witnessing the road being built through her village and when Celie realised that she has two children who are alive in Africa. Firstly, when Celie was supposed to be receiving letters from Nettie since she had left, Shug and Celie decided that Mr.___ was taking the letters straight from the mailbox to his hiding spot for them. After they found the letters, along came the strength for Celie…

became harder, and the mental strains became greater. The challenges never bothered me too much. Then I reached high school . My freshman year, I was lucky enough to earn my spot on the varsity swim team. My main goal that season: earn a varsity letter. I did my best throughout the season and never came close, but I had one more chance at the end: the sectional meet. My coach put me in the five-hundred freestyle, the longest race. I trained for this race the whole season, and I knew I was…

passage into bomb-shaken house, and the photo Bowen paints in the pursuer's psyche is not one of a sentimentality prompting youth home, yet rather one of an unfilled shell whose remainders of Mrs. Drover's past frequent it like phantoms. Once more, Bowen utilizes unsettling pictures to season the content with vulnerability, showing that Mrs. Drover no more feels at home and quiet in this spot: "Now the common lady, looking about her, was more confused than she knew by all that she saw, by hints…

is prevalent in the pieces by Cook and Thompson, as well as the primary documents consisting of letters sent home from soldiers that address and make mention of rum. The paper will argue the importance of rum as an integral part for maintaining morale of the soldiers within the trenches and the multiple, complex functions it served the soldiers overseas. Furthermore, the role of prohibition on the Home Front in Canada also provides…

” views his own racial identity, and how that affects the racial identification that the young black boys who look up to him experience. Hayes’ poem is, for the most part, written from the perspective of a young black boy who writes a series of letters to Michael Jackson. Although the poem’s primary speaker is the young boy, the poem features two additional speakers, both of which are white women. The use of multiple speakers strengthens the chief element Hayes is attempting to display…

the British. England and France were enemies. France had been humiliated by defeat in the French and Indian war, and was eager for vengeance, and the Americans needed an ally. The alliance would be beneficial to both countries. Franklin lived in a home outside of Paris, which became the center of American Diplomacy in France. He spent time with the upper classes, getting friendly and mingling with them. He won the French over with charm and charisma, gaining financial and military support for…

It has been a long time since I had the opportunity of writing to you, and I gladly avail myself of the present opportunity. I am not sure if this letter is going to be at your hands but I will write you a few words now that I have the chance. I want to you to know that I am among the living Greets my children from me. Tell Marco that he has to be strong. Tell him that I will be back to play again and explore the mountains as I promised the day I left to war. Tell my little princess when I come…

though out South East Asia. Throughout the war the American people started losing support because of all the men we were losing. All of the troops were finally pulled out of Vietnam, but not before the U.S. lost more than 58,000 soldiers. The movie Letters Home from Vietnam shows real film from the war, and shows what the American troops really endured. The title to the book, “The Things They Carried,” by Tim O’Brien is symbolic because soldiers carry, not only physical but emotional things…