... between my mother-in-law and my ex-husband. After the table incident, when Tom would go outside on the stairs to smoke, Amanda would follow him and start telling him he smoked too much. This shows us Amanda is really is a nag. In Scene II, Amanda seemed to want her daughter Laura to have as many gentlemen callers as she had when she was a young woman. She kept talking about having 17 gentlemen callers at one time. How she would set each one and talk to each one about the important issues of life. Amanda wants to know what each one of her children are doing each minute of the day, in scene III, where Tom and Amanda are having dissolutions about ...

... that an excess of pride or vanity is indeed a failing. Those characters who can recognize their flaw emerge as the true heroes of the story. In many minor characters of the novel, pride is a common characteristic. Mrs. Bennet, for instance, is extremely proud when it comes to her daughters marriages of mercenary advantage. She is so concerned that her neighbors have a high opinion of her that her own vanity will not even allow her to think of her daughters love and happiness. This is best shown with the case of Elizabeth Bennet s proposed marriage to the esteemed Mr. Collins, a man she did not love. Mrs. Bennet was so upset when her daughter refused Mr. Collin ...

... before the day he met Clarisse McClellan. This is the first time where Montag is confronted with the idea that, he doesn’t understand the whole truth about books. Montag meets Clarisse as he is one day walking home from work, and they strike up a conversation. During their conversation Montag is questioned why books are illegal and why firemen burn the books. She also asks him if he had ever read any of the books that he burned. His reply was that it is against the law. Clarisse even asks, "… long ago [did] firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?"(, page 38) Montag replies by telling her that that is nonsense, and that "Houses have alwa ...

... most chapter arranged narratives. This book is the first volume in a series, that chronicles the life of a small number of San Francisco residents. With each new chapter there is a personal development for the characters within. It is this sense of development that is most important for the continuity of Tales of the City. The development neatly meshes the character's lives with one another, till ultimately the product is a mass evolution. It is interesting to note that the writing style Mr. Maupin uses to guide the story forward is consistent throughout the book. Chapters inevitably commence with a character's response to the given situation. There are s ...

... Henchard is described "of fine figure, swarthy, and stern in aspect" and had a "walk of the skilled countryman" and "showed in profile a facial angle[…]to be almost perpendicular." (I,1). Also stated is that Mr. Henchard’s "elbow almost touched (his wife’s) shoulder" while walking beside each other, implying that he was a very tall man. (I,1) Saul from the Bible is also described as "as a handsome young man" who "stood head and shoulders above the people." (1 Sam 9:2) While both men were accompanied with someone of inferior status, Henchard with his wife and Saul with his servant, they were in search of something, Saul of his asses and Henchard of work, wh ...

... friends pg. xxii. Homosexual teens can not confide in parents, friends or even the church. Most Christian churches condemn homosexuality and back up the belief with the bible. Even though many interpretations of the major references are misread. The author talks with a girl named Renee and she said it was hard for her because of the reputation that is required of high school girls. A good reputations depends on "walking a tight rope between being too loose and too rigid, but in order to get up on the tightrope at all, you have to be popular, fun, and heterosexual" pg. 88. She feels tormented that she has to hide her real self to be accepted in this society. ...

... implies that “if I talk to you that should be enough” and to her advantage it usually is that way. Men meet many a lady, but none quite as rememberable as Miss Judy Jones. Unfortunately for these men, Judy’s personality leaves quite a bit to be desired. She is a very arrogant self-centered person, whose philosophy in life is, “do every thing for me”. She knows that these men who such desire her will sacrifice life and limb for her, and she not only excepts that, but also usually makes them prove it. Judy looks out for herself only, and does anything that will benefit her. This is typical behavior from the Jazz Age, however it is taken to an extreme in this case. ...

... all a chain of events suffered by youth that were caused by adults’. Another victim of the Capulet and Montegue conflict was Mercutio. When Tybalt and Mercutio were fighting, Mercutio was badly wounded by a sword. He then cries, “A plague a both your houses,” blaming his death on the house of the Montegue and the Capulets. The feud was probably all started by the parents who then passed it down to their children who were taught to hate one another. This shows another example that young ones can suffer from adults actions. Tybalt was another sacrifice to the Capulet and Montegue households. He was killed by Romeo while avenging Mercutio’ ...

... play, but also through that the build up the greed to have Macbeth cause what they foreshadow. This supports my thesis. Since Macbeth knows he is going to become king, he thinks why should he not become king now, instead of having to wait. Hazlitt stated that the reason for all of Macbeth s crimes were the witches, who surprised him, and he was impatient to verify their predictions, causing Duncan s murder (Hazlitt 11). Hazlitt noted that in this statement: "...and from the superstitious awe and breathless suspense into which the communications of the Weird Sisters throw him, is hurried on with daring impatience to verify their predictions (Hazlitt 11). This q ...

... trying to locate for years. The second island is only a few hundred miles away from the original , and they both were abandoned when a freak and tragic incident left nearly everyone on both islands dead. Not many people who knew about the second island survived so it took him a long time to find one of the old employees of InGen and get him to tell him about and the location of the island. With his information Levine made a team of five people to take to the island himself, Ian Malcolm Sarah Harding, Jack Thorne, and Eddie Carr, the top employee of Thorne. They were going to leave in two weeks when Thorne finds out that Levine has left for the island early wa ...