The Stranger

In the chapter, Noon Wine, of the novel The Collected Stories written by Katherine Anne Porter, the Thompsons’ lives were uprooted by two strangers (Helton and Hatch); both are on different ends on the society spectrum. Porter uses these strangers to bring up topics like immigration and capitalism. Each character affects the Thompsons, particularly Mr. Thompson, in ways that could be translated as positive or negative. From beginning to end, Mr. Thompson’s views on foreigners, whether they are…

Strangers and Conformity After the United States Civil War, General William Sherman promised reparations. Such reparations never occurred. Throughout the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain demonstrates failed attempts to understand the experience of freed slaves. Twain uses strangeness to reveal that humanity is based on understanding reality, and inhuman treatment occurs when people conform by pretending to understand. People treat others humanely when they have something to empathize…

telling you" (Notorious.., 139). One day a stranger sees Smiley holding a box, and Smiley being Smiley starts to work the stranger for a bet. Smiley has this special trained jumping frog named Dan'l Webster that he claims can outjump any other frog around. When the stranger explains that he will bet, but he does not have a frog to jump against Dan'l. that is all Smiley needs. Smiley offers to go get the stranger a frog, and even asks the stranger to look after his box. Only a man that is…

more common sense. Also, poor little Pitty could have been left at home instead of being dragged along to this trip. Not many cats like a creepy car ride though the country after all. In “Good Country People,” another family has a run in with a stranger and mistakenly entrusts him with their trust and good nature. In the story, there is a woman known as Mrs. Hope, who is the mother of a girl named Joy. Though Joy prefers to be called Hulga. This pair is not two peas in a pot though. They are in…

People often think about first in prison. Some believe that it does not matter but i believe that it does. Because if you see someone just being not nice at all i'll remember that every time i see them. Thou some people don't see it that away. Win you meet a person for the first time you never forget that. One of the many reasons. Such as this you get cussed win you never done nothing wrong. You just met that person you will remember that every time you see that person. You will remember that…

then a “stranger” walks in the room. This was not a stranger new to the room but this man was a stranger new to the whole party. How did he get there if the walls are sealed shut and no one is allowed in or out? Strangers don’t just show up to parties especially when no one has seen them before ever inside the locked castle walls: “His vesture was dabbled in blood – and his broad brow, with all the features of the face, was besprinkled with the scarlet horror” (Poe). He was no longer a stranger…

that there are many interpretations of existentialism, be it more optimistic or pessimistic. The books The Metamorphosis by Kafka, The Stranger, by Camus, and Hunger by Steve McQueen all have similar ideas, with imprisonment, death, and a life crisis being major components of each story. As a result, they all have similar existential themes. Metamorphosis, The Stranger, Hunger all focus on grappling with alienation due a massive change in their lives, struggling with the void in relationship to…

In any public speaking situation, you will likely encounter people who disagree with you, whether you're trying to inform them about a general topic or persuade them to think, believe, or do something. Some of the counterarguments, critiques, and questions they offer may be excellent ones; others may reflect ignorance about the topic or the audience's distrust of you, the speaker. This week, your discussion is about how you deal with counterarguments and detractors in a real-life speech. In…

divided. The East End was blacks, the West End was whites.” So when Jeffrey went into the East End he broke an unwritten rule. According to the book, another unwritten rule Jeffrey broke was when he said hi to random strangers; It then said “people just didn’t just say that to strangers, out of…

The Effects of Inclusion after Ostracism on Individuals’ Levels of Belonging, Control, Self-Esteem, and Meaningful Existence Ostracism, which is the act of being excluded and rejected in social settings, is a powerful aversive experience. There is a growing body of literature in this area that shows ostracism to produce a number of negative short- and long-term negative consequences toward an individual’s wellbeing. The temporal need-threat model by Williams (2001) specifically explained the…