Wars of the Roses

Short Fiction Analysis: A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner A Rose for Emily is a short story by William Faulkner. This story is about a woman named Miss Emily, although she is already deceased in the story, her life is told from the perspective of a townsman. He begins the short as a curious prospector paying his respects to this “fallen monument”. Miss Emily is perceived as a grumpy ancient lady, who is unwilling to change, her house is the evidence that suffers the most from her stubborn…

first Indochina War, major problems occurred with both the Vietminh and the French. As the Vietminh were fighting off disease and many other issues, the French were dealing with the unfriendly Vietminh. The First Indochina War was caused by the tyrannical colonial rule of the French over the Vietnamese people. The Vietnamese people resented the tyrannical rule and political and social implementations of the French. Which resulted in tensions that escalated into the first Indochina War. The…

After the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed, which limited the annual number of immigrants under the quota system, the number of immigrants was drastically reduced. However, the number of emigrants began to increase again from 1945 and rose sharply after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was passed, which abolished quota system. Some groups of immigrants had similar circumstances and reasons with the emigrants who came to the U.S. during the period from the late 19th century and the…

As part of the terms of losing, the Prussians were to occupy Paris for two days. During this time, the Parisians closed all of their shops in protest. The National Guard was unhappy of the compromises due to the war and they teamed up with some of the Parisians to voice this. This ended up with the deaths of two generals. This didn’t stop until June when the leader was killed. It was not before the slaying of an Archbishop that helped the people during the bitter…

The colonists’ attitudes towards Great Britain underwent many changes during the period from the Great Revolution to the conclusion of the French and Indian War. Their attitudes generally got more aggressive towards the Old World after the Glorious Revolution, Europeanization of America, the peace treaty of 1714, and the French and Indian War. These large events and many other smaller ones built up these feeling in the colonies. The Americans’ unrest towards the British steadily grew as time…

“Miss Brill” compared to “A Rose for Emily” “Miss Brill” was published in 1922, written by William Faulkner with the main character being that of Miss Brill. “A Rose for Emily” published in 1930, written by Katherine Mansfield with the main character being Emily Grierson. Although both stories were written long ago the stories are just as prevalent in today’s society. Similarly both Miss Brill and Emily suffered from loneliness and their own delusions, on the other hand Miss Brill was never…

towards war does the speaker express? What, from the evidence of this poem, would you infer Hardy’s attitude toward war to be? Cite evidence from the poem. (pg 205) In the last stanza of “The Man He Killed,” the speaker tells us he thinks the war is strange, unusual, and pointless. In the last stanza, Hardy states, “Yes; quaint and curious war is! / You shoot a fellow down / You’d treat if met where any bar is” (17-19). From this, we can gather that the speaker doesn’t see the point of war…

of it all, we rose out of the ashes and began to rebuild ourselves to be better and stronger than ever. If you do not already know what happened on this day, here is an overview: On September 11, 2001, two planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York. Both of the buildings went up in flames and eventually crashed to the ground. Another plane went down into the Pentagram, destroying the west part of it and leaving a gaping hole. Lastly, a fourth…

began to crumble leaving nothing but fire and death in the streets. It was now that we realised that we lived in a world with no hope, no mercy, no law, with streets that pave towards nowhere but death and destruction. From the ashes of the old world rose D.E.N.T. , for some this was a good thing, they supplied us with weapons and taught us to fight, turned us into soldiers. They were…

In contrast, the average expenditures per consumer unit in 2014 was 53,495, a 4.7 percent increase from 2013. The bureau reports that in 2014 food cost rose 2.4 percent, housing cost increased 1.5 percent, transportation increased by .8 percent, gas prices decreased 3.9 percent, vehicle insurance increased by 9.8 percent, and health insurance rose by 8.2 percent (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.nr0.htm). Although America is one of the richest nations, many citizen are living below the…