... a giant chain around her grave. On May 25, 1904 the whole town was engulfed in flames. Everything was destroyed in this blaze. The next day, some citizens went to her grave and to their horror the chain had been broken. Another legend was one about Casey Jones, a famous train engineer who was killed while saving his passengers lives. The last legend mentioned was about a race of giant Indians who supposedly lived on the land that Yazoo City was built on. Next, the book told about the childhood life of the author, Willie Morris. Willie, his dog Skip, and friends had many exciting adventures together in that small town. They ranged from school day pr ...

... bright and his moustache was thin and coarse. Juana: Kino´s young wife.She had dark eyes and she was always looking at him when he awakened. She was a patient, fragile wife- but Kino often wondered at the iron will in his fragile wife. She was obedient, respectful, cheerful and patient, she could arch her back in child pain with hardly a cry. She could stand fatigue and hunger almost better than Kino himself. In the canoe she was like a strong man. She always took Coyotito out of his hanging box and cleaned him and hammocked him in her shawl in a loop that placed him close to her breast. She sang softly an ancient song that had only three notes though endless ...

... treats Jim as nothing more than an object. We see the southern perception of black people in chapter thirty-two when Huck tells to Aunt Sally his story about the blown cylinder head. When she asks him if anyone was hurt he said "no'm. Killed a nigger." When she shows no emotion in her reaction it shows us how many southern whites looked at blacks. We also see at many times during the novel that Huck and Jim have a true friendship. The go out of their way at many times for the welfare of eachother and they develop a relationship to which they both contribute. Huck teaches Jim about diversity, priests and rulers in chapter fourteen when he reads to him about S ...

... so much expectation and hope. People get so excited at the possibility of love that they tend to be wearing rose colored spectacles if not blinders. They are exhilarated at the realization that, “hey, we both like apples dipped in peanut butter.” The little things are far more important than the bigger ones. And sometimes people pretend not to see the obstacles that are in the way from the start of a relationship because they want it to work so badly. “When we are leaving someone we say: how strange you are we cannot communicate we can never agree how hard, hard and weary to be together.” When you are in a relationship that is ending, the smallest thing bothers ...

... to reach womanhood her grandmother believed that there was no time to waste with immature love affairs. She arranged Janie’s first marriage with Logan Killicks, “Finally out of Nanny’s talk and her own conjectures she made a sort of comfort for herself. Yes, she would love Logan after they were married. She could see no way for it to come about, but Nanny and the old folks had said it, so it must be so.” (Hurston 20). Janie’s marriage to Logan proved that love can not be arranged. “She knew now that marriage did not make love.” (Hurston 24). In the early part of Janie’s first marriage, she was treated properly and only did basic house chores. After a while ...

... his family has strayed from the church and tribal traditions. Kumalo eventually learns to deal with this and while he is doing this, he makes a friend, James Jarvis, that changes the way he has looked on life. The tribal breakdown starts to show in book I, with the land that the tribe must use and how the people have used up the natural resources that used to lay there. The whites pushed them out of where they used to reside where the land is so good that it could be even referred to as “holy, being even as it came from the Creator.” (pg. 3). In the rural areas such as this the decay comes as a result of making the blacks live in confined areas where the land ...

... and beset by a ghostly band of doubts."(p. 882) Adolf Myers, or Wing, as the town people called him, was a dreamer, he wanted others to dream with him and experience what he did. "Adolf Myers walked into the evening or had sat talking until dusk upon the school steps lost in a dream."(p. 884) "In a way the voice and hands, the stroking of shoulders and the touching of hair were a part of the school Master's effort to carry a dream into the young minds."(p. 884) This is a man that was run out of a town for something that was not a bad thing. Nor was this something intended the wrong way. Mr. Myers did touch only to pass on something great, a dream. M ...

... to the guidance of his mother; however, her guidance was more dictation than recommendation. For instance, when he initially informed her of his desire to enlist, she heartlessly discouraged him, urging him not to be a fool. Once Henry departed his diminutive hometown, he arrived in Washington with great expectations. Henry believed enlisting instantaneously classified him as a hero. More than anything, Henry relied on his imagination to define war and its glorious battles, as Greek epics did. He often compared the enemy to beasts and dragons; he felt if he could conquer those savages of the South, he too could be a hero. The hero within Henry began as a ...

... we try and squeeze someone too hard they have a better chance of sliding through our fingers. Harris' stories made you laugh at the end but at the same time left you with a little more wisdom. #5 Jewett begins by describing a girl who is driving a cow that is a "valued companion" (text). This shows us that the girl can trust her rural friend while urban people cannot. Later the girl's past is shown to us and we can see how she is much more comfortable in nature. This is confirmed when the boy appears. Sylvia is terrified of him but later is interested in him because of his kindness. Because of Sylvia's bad urban history, she can see how wonderful rural life is an ...

... this reading was regarding the nannies themselves. As described in the story, many nannies come from other countries/cultures trying to make a living for their families and themselves. What I found interesting was that nannies take care of their obligations, then they come into our homes just like yours and mine, and they take care of ours. Many of these people are uncompensated for the amount of work done, some are treated like servants and yet others are treated with respect. There is no certain job security for a nanny, one day you may work and the next you may not. In conclusion I think it is important that we make time for family, yes you can have a ...