Thomas Hardy

Throughout Great Expectations, the reader goes through a roller coaster of emotions for Pip and Estella. Pip and Estella have abusive guardians which spawns an effect on them in several ways. It not only affects the relationships with the guardians, but disrupts their relationship with others, and induces emotional and behavioral flaws due to their trauma. This trauma leads Pip to unconditionally seek love and attention and for Estella to become a cold heartbreaker. The actions that cause the…

Rose and Levi rode their horses side by side, with Cole trailing behind them. She’d hoped Levi would put off the ride for a few more days, but that was like asking the sun not to rise. She didn’t like traveling in the open. Anyone could see them and it only took one person to mention their whereabouts. How long could she and Cole keep their secret? What if the sheriff tried to arrest her? The wife of an outlaw wouldn’t get much sympathy and at twenty five, she’d have a long life ahead of her…

The poems “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy, “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen and “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” by Randall Jarrell all have an anti-war theme. They all have different settings of where the war takes place. Hardy’s poem takes place during the Boer War where many of the women and children died in camps. Owen’s poem takes place during World War I on the battle field and Jarrell’s poem takes place in a B-17 bomber during World War II. All of these authors have similar…

Hardy to Hardly: A Comparative Reflection of Current Events to their Respective Histories 1. “The Internet Still Thinks I’m Pregnant” by Amy Pittman (Sept. 2nd, 2016) 2. “New York Can’t Block Late-Term Abortion in Certain Cases, Schneiderman Says” by Vivian Yee (Sept. 7th, 2016) 3. “Passing My Disability On to My Children” by Sheila Black (Sept. 7th, 2016) 4. “America’s Shocking Maternal Deaths” by The Editorial Board (Sept. 3rd, 2016) With women using apps on their smartphones to track their…

them that they were free. Free of the anxiety, free of the drama, free of the constant work. They were almost free. They could do whatever they pleased. This staggering anticipation was not spread to everyone though. One junior was VERY sulky. Laura Hardy didn’t quite share the love of summer her fellow class mates felt. To her, summer was boring. Other than her almost constant dance practices starting in July, she would waste the…

It was Jeff Hardy vs. The Undertaker in a ladder match on Monday Night Raw. It was a classic underdog story. The Undertaker was nearly seven feet tall and was the Undisputed Champion. He looked like hell, and mostly because he was from hell. To me he represented all the kids in school who beat me up and bullied me. On the other side was Jeff Hardy, a weird looking guy. Someone who was different, someone who everyone thought he didn't have a chance to win. I saw myself as Jeff Hardy. The match…

In the movie Stand by Me, Gordon, Chris, Vern, and Teddy go on an adventure, seeking the dead body of a member in their local community. When Gordon, Chris, Vern, and Teddy hear that the body is near a fiver, they begin traveling on foot for two days. Finding the body of a missing boy would bring Gordon, Chris, Vern, and Teddy fame in their community. During their travels, the boys face many difficulties. Meanwhile, a group of older teenagers are looking for the body as well. The group of…

Have you ever wondered what would happen if cloning existed? The House of the Scorpion is about cloning and the many moral problems it would cause. In The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer throughout the story with the help of others, Matt changes greatly. Tam Lin changes Matt, Maria changes Matt, and El Patron changes Matt. Maria makes matt kinder. It is after El Viejo’s funeral and maria and matt are in the computer room. “‘So you have to promise to be good’ ‘okay,’ said Matt, who would…

Octavia, a heterosexual, African-American woman in her mid-40’s, wants to be able to change her perspective of how she views herself/role in her family as she refers to herself as the black sheep of the family; to establish relationships outside of her family, to maintain permanent employment, to take responsibility of her actions and stop blaming others, and to become self-sufficient – not relying on the assistance of her mother or family. She is a part of the Sanders family, a family of six…

commonly known as the original “Girl Sleuth”, is the lead detective of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. A young girl of 16 or 18 years of age (her age varies between stories), she was created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer, famously known for his The Hardy Boys detective series, and written by a variety of ghostwriters under the penname Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew 2015). Nancy Drew is a female, amateur detective who stumbles upon mysteries in the fictional town of River Heights where she lives…