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Joy Luck Club
... In China, women are expected to stay at home and are not permitted to be in a work force that is held exclusively for men. The women of America receive fair wages and have earned the right to work with men. In China, women are assigned the role of housewives and must stay at home to clean the house and raise the children. Women in America receive educations that will prepare them for the high paying jobs of a professional. The women in China are known for taking orders from their husbands. Another feature that is found to be different in China from America is the different roles women take in the home. The author explains that a Chinese woman is expected to be a goo ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Everyone Is Not Prejudice
... the jail for Tom Robinson's lynching. After the
lynching Mr. Cunningham does not seem very prejudice as he did before.
"Get aside from the door Mr. Finch"
Likewise the Ewells are Prejudice because of the decisions that
they make. They accused Tom Robinson of Raping Mayella. Mr. Ewell spit in
Atticus's face at the court house. After Tom was dead Mr. Ewell told Mrs.
Robinson that she couldn't walk down the street anymore.
"You Niger Lover."
Furthermore the jury is also prejudice because of the way that they
treat Tom Robinson. They automatically believed that Tom was guilty because
he was black. They didn't pay much attention to the trial.
The Cunninghams, Ewe ...
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Of Mice And Men: The Importance Of A Close Friendship Between Two People
... did
not know his own strength.
Curley, the bosses' son is a bully. He does not like Lennie because
Lennie is big. Curley doesn't like big people because he is small himself. He
believes he can boss people around because he is the bosses' son. His wife is
a flirt. She wants everybody at the Ranch. Curley doesn't like that so he
tries to keep her in the house.
Slim is like the head of the ranch because he knows what is going on and
everybody likes him. He is the kind of guy you would want as a friend. He is
called a Jerkline skinner. He is a person that is very easy to get along with.
So he becomes one of George's good friends.
The saying "The need fo ...
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The Life Of Ava
... things take a turn for the worse in Atlanta: her shop suffers because her former lover's wife barges in to confront Ava and informs everyone that Ava has the HIV virusS; the invitations Ava once received to speak in pulpits stopped coming; and all the loved ones she knows during her ten years in Atlanta just smile at her and walk in the opposite direction, Ava Johnson decides to sell her hair salon and moves to San Francisco but wants to summer in Idlewild, the small town in northern Michigan where she grew up.
Now just a half-abandoned dot on the map, Idlewild offers the only safe haven for Ava, now nearly 30. Telling herself she's just visiting her older sister, ...
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A Separate Peace 2
... himself. When other students get suspicious of what really happened, they hold a mock trial in attempts to find the truth. Phineas continues to lie for his friend and conjures an elaborate story to clear Gene’s name. This evidently shows that Phineas would much rather lie to others and to himself, to protect the good name of Gene.
When Gene sees that Phineas would much rather lie for him, than to believe it himself, he becomes extremely guilty for his actions. A moment, which occurred during those few seconds, has now caused him to see the pain he has inflicted on Phineas and how much Phineas really cares for him. This guilt continues to come out ...
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A Rose For Remembrance
... be perceived as the town. The new Board of Aldermen, Homer Barron and in what is called by Faulkner “the next generation with its more modern ideas” (qtd. in Kirzner & Mandell 81). The descriptions of her house “lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps--an eyesore among eyesores” (qtd. in Kirzner & Mandell 80) showed a comparison of the past and present while also showing a representation of Emily herself.
“The house smells of dust and disuse and has a closed, dank smell.” (qtd. in Kirzner & Mandell 81). A description of Emily in the following paragraph discloses her similarity to the house. “She looked bloated like ...
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Fried Green Tomatoes Human Nat
... Humor is and integral part of human nature. It has the ability to lighten almost any situation and put people at ease. Humor is a common bond between any person on earth, from the very wealthy to the impoverished. Idgie Threadgoode is the perfect embodiment of humor. Her wisecracks and tall tales helped her to face a number of less-than-comfortable situations throughout the novel. A prime example of her use of humor was with Smokey Lonesome. When Smokey first comes into the café for a bite to eat, he is so nervous that he can’t stop shaking and he most certainly cannot eat. Idgie, seeing his discomfort, introduced herself and proceeded to tell Smokey a joke. ...
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All Quiet On The Western Front: Alienation
... includes discussions among Paul's group, and Paul's own
thoughts while he observes Russian prisoners of war (Chapters 3, 8, 9) to
show that no ordinary people benefit from a war. No matter what side a man
is on, he is killing other men just like himself, people with whom he might
even be friends at another time.
But Remarque doesn't just tell us war is horrible. He also shows us
that war is terrible beyond anything we could imagine. All our senses are
assaulted: we see newly dead soldiers and long-dead corpses tossed up
together in a cemetery (Chapter 4); we hear the unearthly screaming of the
wounded horses (Chapter 4); we see and smell three layers of bodi ...
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The Queen Of Air And Darkness
... to say he is wrong, so Gawaine goes berserk
and attacks him. He does not simply beat him, but chokes him and slams his head
against the floor until Gareth pulls him off. If Gareth had not been there,
Gawaine very well might have killed his younger brother. Gawaine even kills a
women when worked up to a rage. These rages are a product of the unhealthy
childhood he endured.
The next child, Agravaine, is probably the least well adjusted of the
four. He tends to be sadistic and self-centered. The children were told the
tale of the King of Ireland by St. Toirdealbhach; the tale where the king gets a
head wound and can not be excited, but then he dies while tryin ...
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Chivalry In Chaucers Canterbur
... alludes to it, with characteristic Chaucerian irony. These numerous references provide the reader with a remarkably rich image of the culture and class structure of late fourteenth century England.
"Wel coude she carye a morsel, and wel keepe / That no drope ne fille upon hir brest. / In curteisye was set ful muchel hir lest."(General Prologue, 130-2) Here, in the description of the Prioress, Chaucer mocks her etiquette by so specifically describing it, and in doing so he also mocks her conception of sophistication. For Chaucer, sophistication represented more than table manners and "Frenssh… of Stratford at the Bowe."(General Prologue, 124,5) Curteisye req ...
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