The Sound and the Fury

by their side and be loyal to them forever with an unconditional love. Another manifestation of the loyalty in George and Lennie’s relationship is when Lennie gets into trouble in the town of Weed, but George gets himself and Lennie out safe and sound. “‘So we sit in an irrigation ditch under water all the rest of that day. Gon on’y our heads sticking out from the side of the ditch. An’ that night we scrammed outta there” (Steinbeck 42). This again proves George’s loyalty to Lennie. George…

She decided not to. “Took you long enough. Where were you? Havin’ a shot with the old judge, or what was left of him once I left him dried up and spent?” Sam didn’t laugh. He stood there like an erect corpse. This wasn’t the feared downtown barrister, wordless, a strain in his eyes reminiscent of the old days of a near- gone and soul-lost man. Sweet Mary didn’t break the silence. She let quiet do what it did and come back to her. Listening to its mes- sage was a skill she’d learned from the old…

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God captures Janie Crawford’s chronological life story as an African American woman searching for the meaning and experience of love. Janie's evolving character is affected by the disadvantages she faces, due to her race and the societal precepts of relationships in the 1930s. Janie's roots with slavery result in the compliance of her grandmother's views of love, portraying the effects of society on one's opinions. Thus Janie is forced into her first…

Nowhere is William Shakespeare’s essential sense of humanity more apparent than in his infamous play, Macbeth, in which he reveals that the darkest of evil transpires in the form a human; accordingly, no matter how horrible the notion, the concept in nature, ultimately becomes understandable and pitiable, as it relates to ideals of human temperament and character. Macbeth, a once noble hero and worrier, falls from his state of grace to a tragic demise, losing his humanity, he transforms into a…

would be permanent. b. would soon be overturned. c. could never be enforced in the South. d. would be a total failure. e. was unworkable in the cities. 46. The most spectacular example of lawlessness in the 1920s was a. New York City. b. New Orleans. c. Brooklyn. d. Chicago. e. Las…

creative genius with the works he has produced. Some might even call him a great American author. He has created many amazing books that gained him popularity in his time and still today, also winning him prizes. Some of his major works being The Sound and the Fury, and As I Lay Dying. Teaching readers the truth about the people who surround a person may or may not take advantage of him or…

with her arms. Her element is fire the entire time she is on stage. At the end of her scene she shows two more extreme “systems” by falling to the ground again and getting back up to continue her last lines and runs off the stage. During the Sound and the Fury, three girls come out spinning around singing with extreme water movement and swaying all together. But they have fire in their voice when…

Yellow Card It is an average day at Cumberland Elementary; my face warms from the sun gleaming through the windows, and I sit in my desk in Mrs. Huffman’s second grade classroom. It is a rather cheerful classroom; chairs of all different vibrant colors stationed at each desk, my own being purple. A cushy rug with a checkered pattern displaying the alphabet fills space between the desks and the chalkboard. The wall to my left has the sticker board marking how many teeth each student has lost. I…

“Thank you, Sire,” muttered Perceval. Perceval wanted to believe the king thought highly of him, but to hear Arthur speak those words aloud meant something. But would the king understand what Perceval was going through? Perceval took a deep breath. “All right, Sire, I’ll tell you…” Perceval shared the details of his seaside honeymoon and Joan’s subsequent assault at the hands of the Picts. He hesitated to mention the part where he’d offered his body to the head-Pict to save Joan, but went ahead…

My heart was beating in fear and in excitement as I wondered what they were going to do to me. Why in fear? DUDE! I was captured by freaken ALIENS!! (Or maybe an advanced group of humans that the world doesn't even know made them but.... Aliens sounds way more exciting) they can do weird experiments on me! Like, make me sprout green eggs from my beautiful face or torture me or....... Even worse... Make me allergic to........ Chocolate..... I shivered at that thought. They can't be that mean.…