Threshing

Published in 1916, Susan Glaspell’s one-act play, Trifles, describes the investigation of Mrs. Wright, a farmer’s wife who is in jail because she was accused of murdering her husband, but had no apparent motive for murder. While searching for evidence at her house, three men look for obvious facts and motives, but are unsuccessful. On the other hand, two women, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, pay close attention to trifles and reveal many secrets about the Wright family, but decide to keep them a…

In the books The David Story, and The Iliad have connections that are similar but very different between humans and their god. In each case, we read the differences between their relationships with their god. In The David Story, David turns to Yahweh for advice, reassurance, and in some instances, desires Yahweh to intervene. Whereas in The Iliad, Achilles is overseen by the god of wisdom and military victory, Athena. The relationship between David and Yahweh was forever existing, while Achilles…

In a time of deep unrest during Gerard Manley Hopkins’ life, a point in which he both loved, yet combated with God, he produced the poem “Carrion Comfort”. The title of said poem was not given by Hopkins, but rather by his friend Robert Bridges (Gerard Manley Hopkins). Nevertheless, the title stands as an overall outlook for the poem to come, for it provides a sense of conflicting imagery, as well as a sense of darkness. “Carrion” as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary is, “the decaying…

In the novella intended for political satire, Animal Farm, the author George Orwell ties together his ideas about manipulation of language and an imbalance of power in a community. He plants the seeds of his ideas in the first chapters of the novella, where a veritable imbalance of power increases the desire for change in the community. In the middle portion of the novella, reform takes place, and manipulation of language is used to sustain such reform. Nearing the end of the novella, Orwell’s…

THE LAST MERMAID… Mara and the Little Dolphin Kay Life 419 Southwick Rd. B-7 Westfield, MA 01085 (413)562-6418 kaylife419@comcast.net COVER PAGE (KL COVER F) BLANK PAGE BLANK PAGE (Or Summary and Biography?) KL TITLE PAGE LEFT F KL TITLE PAGE RIGHT F (WITH THE FOLLOWING): - THE LAST MERMAID... IN THE TOP LEFT BUBBLE - Mara and the Little Dolphin BELOW THE TOP LEFT BUBBLE - By Kay Life IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT BUBBLE DEDICATION PAGE ON LEFT Dedication: Love to my wonderful…

The feasibility studies conducted by the World Bank of a proposed irrigation project often gives much emphasis to physical engineering and technical aspects of the local areas, since irrigation projects are superficially considered to be a technical development. As a result, most of the important decisions and project planning are solely made by the technical experts, neglecting the socio-cultural context of the locale (Cernea 1991, p. 43). To illustrate, in the sub-Saharan Africa the rate of…

The Book of Ruth is a refreshing story after the Book of Judges, as it ends with the 25th verse of 21st chapter: ”In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes”. But, the book of Ruth shows God’s perfect plan of redemption. The story has been set in a dark time of Israel’s history. The main characters are ‘Elimelech’ meaning ‘My God is King’, ‘Naomi’ which means ‘Pleasant’, ‘Mahlon’ which means ‘Sick’, ‘Unhealthy’. ‘Chilion’ means ‘puny’, ‘pining’,…

waterpower existed on the Swanson farm, a steam engine became the only plausible source of power for Charley’s mill. Revenue from the farm, gravel pit, and lumber business provided the resources required for yet another venture, as Charley invested in a threshing rig.36 Although no apparent records exist in regards to the…

Just a few lots to the west of the two Jennings’ farm was the Pelham branch of the Quaker’s the oldest such branch in Canada. The Friends, as they call their members settled in the Niagara region in 1786 many from New Jersey in Sussex County, the same county in which Hannah was born. As Quaker’s they disavowed anything to do with violence and hence took no active part in the Revolutionary War. This stance of neutrality had members suffer double taxation and the loss of some civil rights – and…

Zeus was the King of Gods because he overthrew his father and some of his brothers. He was also the ruler of skies and the earth where he had the power to create all natural phenomena related to air and the sky like storms. People refer him as the “father of Gods and Men.” Hera was the Queen of the Gods and the wife and sister of Zeus. She was known for being the Goddess of Marriage and Birth. She was also known for being jealous of Zeus’s many lovers. Dionysus was the Olympian god of wine.…