... that Tilden would sing to it and take it for long walks all day, just talking to it and treating it as his own. “Tilden was the one who knew. Better than any of us. He’d walk for miles with that kid in his arms. Halie let him take it. All night sometimes.” (p. 124) Dodge would not allow this abomination to grow up and live in his family, so he drowned it, and buried it in the backyard. We can guess that this is when the farm ceased to be fertile, and fell into disuse. This is a symbol of the death of honesty and the birth of the family’s terrible secret. Why exactly does everything go wrong for this family? We don’t know exactly when th ...

... as a smart man because he observes his enemy to watch for all of there sudden moves. is very smart for doing this because this way he knows everything about the enemy before it makes its move. is also smart for bringing a iron sheild with him to fight the fire-breathing dragon. is smart for doing this because being the intelligent man that he is, he knows that he will need it if the dragon is to breath the fire on him. 's intelligence is well spoken for him because he knows what to do in all sorts of situations without having to think about them. The last one of 's qualities is that he's strong. is talked to be one of the strongest men alive of all his na ...

... some degree of the pain and hopelessness he is suffering from. Dan Ross introduces us to a man who is "young and shabbily dressed"(107), and when we observe his face we see that it is "pale" and "wears a haunted look"(107). We wonder what this man has suffered to allow these emotions to so obviously appear on his sad face. When we here him speak we hear a voice that is "flat and hopeless"(108), "weary and agonized"(110). These are all indications of a troubled soul, but it is when we look into Joe's eyes that we begin to comprehend the depth of his despair. When the young man with the "tormented eyes"(110) bestows upon a child "a glance of infinite sadness"(107), t ...

... mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. "It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed. One of the most important qualities of Catch-22 is its experimentation with the experience of time ...

... were a great family, my dad, and I. My mother was never there though. That led me to do a lot of stupid things, but my dad was always there to try to understand why I did them. Until one warm, Saturday at my grandparents house. It was my dad and I, having a great day, watching cartoons! Everything was going great, until my dad wanted to go on a motorcycle ride. Now, I had always loved riding the bike. Something was wrong today; I just didn’t want to go. So he went, and stayed out for a long time. I told grandpa and grandma I was worried but they told me to settle down. I was so scared and my whole body ached. I told grandpa and grandma that I WAS sick. They said i ...

... definitions of love and marriage until she is strong enough to find a relationship on her own which satisfies her personal definitions of love and marriage. Nanny, Janie’s grandmother, leads her to believe that love comes after marriage though love is secondary to the security marriage provides. Nanny feels marriage was simply for security and to start a family. “Taint Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have baby, it’s protection.”(pg. 14). Nanny says this to Janie before her arranged marriage to Logan. Nanny wants Janie to be financially set with her life before she dies and leaves Janie to fend for herself. Nanny wants her ...

... A key parallel between the Party and Stalin’s Communism is the use of technology and communication to control the economic, social, and personal aspects of life. Stalin and Big Brother achieved total control, not only of social and economic aspects of the state, but also of their people’s personal lives. They did this first and foremost by constantly observing the people. Both Stalin & "The Party" believed in total control over their "party members". The objectives of the Spies, the Ministry of Truth, Thought Police, and the telescreens in Oceania are mirrored in Stalin’s Russia by the actions of the KGB, and all the technologies they used to monitor people. ...

... the scope and content of the stories that make it to the front page and the nightly network news. As Kurtz makes clear, the president and First Lady are convinced that the media are out to get them, while the journalists covering the White House are constantly frustrated at the stonewalling and the lack of cooperation they encounter while trying to do their jobs. In the middle is the White House press secretary Mike McCurry, a master at defusing volatile situations and walking the fine line with the press. Though less paranoid and cynical of the media than Clinton, he often finds himself on both ends of personal attacks and vendettas that veer far outside th ...

... person that the reader can no longer sympathize with. He begins to be caught up in the superficial aspects of life, such as material wealth and social status. The reader begins to scorn Pip's treatment to the man that was once his only friend in life, Joe. Pip does undergo a change of heart towards the end, and he becomes more likable. For the majority of the novel, Miss. Havisham remains constant. Her hatred towards men is easily visible. She manipulates people to her advantage without a thought to their heart and feelings. Her treatment of those around her stays very much the same until before her death, when she shows extreme remorse and pain for her actions. It ...

... and most certainly unpeaceful realms. As hobbits will do, Bilbo found himself on enchanted paths, wishing he had never gone. He hoped to indeed live up to Gandalf's standard of him, since he was the one who chose him to journey into the desolate lands of Smaug, a golden- red dragon who had stolen hoards of gold and silver wrought by the dwarves/ But. what was the use of a Hobbit in the journey Bilb had answered his own question, when he summoned the courage to save the dwarves from perils along the way, such as goblins, giant spiders, and elven dugeons. He did this all with the help of a Ring, enchanted to make the wearer invisible. "Bless my soul, a hobbit CAN b ...