... her uncle’s deathbed Mrs. Reed promises to treat Jane like one of her own children. Jane’s aunt, Mrs. Reed, does not like Jane and has a very hard time doing this. She feels Jane was forced upon her family after the death of her parents. Against her husband’s request, Mrs. Reed does not treat Jane like a human being and is constantly criticizing and punishing her. In one example Jane was keeping to herself, reading a book when her cousin John Reed decided to annoy her. John then grabbed the book and threw it at her knocking her down and cutting her on the head, which bled and was very painful. Mrs. Reed then punished Jane by sending her into ...

... of the devils, is probed in such a fascinating manner. Milton uses the story of the fallen angels to open out on numerous eras, civilisations, myths and stories, allowing him to convey his own perception of the world's history, as the reader is guided through various points in time. Before we are introduced to the individuals, Milton depicts an enormous army of different species, each of changeable size and form. The image of a "pitchy cloud / Of locusts" to describe them as they rise from the burning lake is especially apt, given the destructive nature of, and biblical references to these insects. Milton states that they lost their original names after th ...

... The only white person he likes is Gordie, his younger brother. Gordie is the only one who tries to understand True Son, he's also the only one to call him True Son instead of John Butler, his real name. Once while he was living with his white family he tried to escape. When Gordie begged to go too, True Son brought him too. But Before they could get very far, they were caught. A while later, True Son became ill and did not seem to get better with the medicines that the Whites had. One night Gordie told True son that some Indians had been seen in the town. Once he was left alone in his room, True Son put on his Indian clothes and went out the window to meet h ...

... religion can be used to save you from the attack or presence of a vampire. For example, in the latter of the book Van Helsing uses a Host to prevent Dracula to enter his coffin. Another time, during the night Van Helsing and Lucy stay out near the courtyard of Castle Dracula, Van Helsing makes a (Holy circle) with the Host to keep vampires out and to keep Mina safe in the (Holy circle). Another time when the Host is used as a deterrence of vampires is at the time Van Helsing and the other men are going to leave Mina alone in the house. Van Helsing touches a Host to Mina’s forehead and it burns into her head since she, herself, was unclean. Another a ...

... stage, she was faced with much criticism and was called many names, so many that everyone started calling her alphabet, "'cause so many people had done named me different names." Soon she started piecing together what she knew of her odd identity. Then one day she saw herself in a photograph and noticed that she looked different, that she had dark skin, and she said, "before Ah seen de picture Ah thought Ah wuz just like de rest." From this point, Janie fell into somewhat of a downward spiral, setting her off of the path toward finding her own identity in society. Finally when she was older Nanny saw her doing somethings under the pear tree that she thought we ...

... that it is right for one man to own another. So, to the reader, the widow Douglas in some ways comes off as a hypocrite. In how she tells Huck to live a good life so he can get to heaven, by doing good for others, but at the same time she own slaves. The Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons are examples of aristocrats that are not as they appear. Like a stereotype of an aristocrat they live in nice big houses, wear nice clothes, and own nice things. On the other hand they could be considered exactly the opposite. The Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons are soul enemies and the two families have been feuding for years but instead of settling it as gentlemen they ...

... her choice), she can live alone. Each of the first two hypothetical endings would betray the point of the novel. Edna does not awaken to sex. She is liberated and does become a very sensual woman, but it is not to sexual expression that she wakens. Therefore, all options involving a lover fall short of fulfilling the meaning of her awakening. If she remains married or marries another, this would put her back (in terms of Webb) at the start of her circle: all the learning and struggling would be for naught. She would once again be a man's possession. Before rejecting the idea that marriage is equivalent to ownership in the world of the novel, remember how Robert spe ...

... Upper Canada, and finally to Loughbreeze beach. Each woman in the novel is connected to the water; it draws them in and will hold them there forever. The women have relationships with men that they are drawn too because of the man's individuality. portrays three women from different generations and shows how similar they are. The women are strong and passionate about their causes; they are bound together through generations of going . They leave their surrounding environments in an inner search for peace, compassion, beauty and love. Each woman connects to the other through her uncontrollable passions. The women in the novel are connected throughout each g ...

... has taught me is never to sit down with one of her novels and expect to walk away unaffected. The wonderful messages in her writings “will find a place in your soul, and stay there,” as so elequently stated by critic, Christopher Tilghman. Katie is the narrator of the story. About twelve years old, Katie is waiting for puberty to hit, waiting for prince charming, waiting for her father to come to his senses. Her father is a highly ranked and respected serviceman who moves his family to a Texas army base after the death of his wife. Katie struggles with the tradgety of her mothers death but handles her pain in a heartwrenching, stoic manner. Her abusive fat ...

... labour camps for eight years when the book starts. Shukhov was taken prisoner in a German camp. He escaped and was able to return to his country where he was sentenced for high treason. The officials believed he had surrendered to the Germans and had returned to spy on his country for them. He was originally sent to Ust-Izhma in which the zeks were normally kept. After a while he was sent to a special camp where they kept the political prisoners. These gulags were the repositories for Stalin's enemies, real or suspected. They housed many people taken in the great purges. It is estimated that the population in these camps was over 8.8 million from 1929-53. The re ...