... the dominant figure in the house, while the woman had to be subservient. It was an off thing to see my mother down at the barn. She did not often come out of the house unless it was to do something - hang out the wash or dig potatoes in the garden. She looked out of place, with her bare lumpy legs, not touched by the sun, her apron still on and damp across the stomach from the supper dishes.1 The narrator had problems coming to terms with the role in life that she was expected to lead. She wanted to work outside with her father doing the work that she deemed important. The mother tried to get the narrator to work inside doing work deemed appro ...

... In First Knight Sir Launcelot started his courageous deeds with fighting a man three times his size and bets him. Then he rescues the queen, rescues the queen again and just to make thing better rescues her one more time and still manages to fight in wars and save Camelot from invasion. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight performed by both Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the fact that The Green Knight went to Camelot and challenged the Knight of the round table by saying to them… You haven’t a man that could match me, your might is so feeble … This ax, as heavy as he’ll need, to handle as he like, And I will abide the first blow, bare-necked as I sit… Any man ...

... injustice. He devoted his life to the 'freeing' of black people in America in both the political as well as social sphere. In his collection of essays, the Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois speaks from both personal and objective accounts of the position of the black man in American society. As the excerpt of the introduction notes, the book is based on the premise that "one may know the soul of the race by knowing the soul of one of its members." In effect, Du Bois seeks to expose his own soul through his tribulations as a black American. But he speaks of a double consciousness whereby the Negro can only see himself through the "revelation of the other world." T ...

... include Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two- Bit, that were also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor kids. The socs go around looking for trouble and greasers to beat up, and then the greasers are blamed for it, because they are poor and cannot affect the authorities. I hope you would enjoy and learn something about the book from reading this analysis. Plot Development The plot development in the book, “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, was easy to follow. In this part of the book analysis I will give some more details about the plot dev ...

... in turn kill Tea Cake to survive. Janie kills the body of Tea Cake, but not the soul of Tea Cake, which lives on in her. She continues to love him and finds herself in the end. She lives on as a wise, self-actualized, strong woman who has found peace. Thanks to Tea Cake, the man who knew himself and was happy, hence making Janie peaceful and satisfied. Janie matures with each life-lesson. She grows mature into a woman, but her soul remains as a child. Janie's light colored skin was contributed by her father, a white teacher who raped Janie's mother as she was a student. Janie's smooth, black hair is kept at a very long length, tied in a rope draped down her back. Th ...

... the story negin? Show evidence to support your answer. The setting of the story take place in Maycomb County, Alabama, during the 1930's. The neighborhood overall is very poor, with farming being the major way of making a living. (Cotton-farming) 3. What do we know for certain about Boo Radley? The Radley place and its mysterious inhabitant are described ub great detail. Scout was telling the story about Boo Radley, she said Radley was locked up as a teenager for once getting in trouble with police. Radley has been in the house ever since, although some people are convinced he come out at night. 4. Why is Boo fasinating to the children? At the summer, when Dill ...

... frame, producing a vivid image of sheer arrogance and power. Before Tom is even introduced, his expansive house is seen, an ostentatious mansion fit for a postcard. Tom later remarks matter-of-factly “I’ve got a nice place here” (12). Nick’s first actual encounter with Tom is a paragraph saturated with words of strength and authority: sturdy, supercilious, enormous, and aggressive, to name a few. Tom’s physical body is described as “cruel” and this describes more than just his body, but his demeanor as well. His voice, “…a gruff husky tenor…” (11), added to his rough image. Every one of his actions is ...

... comfort them, just as he had once needed comfort in his life. The death had a different impact on the mother, Beth. She went into what seemed like a state of denial. She hid her feelings from everyone and kept trying to give the impression that nothing happened and nothing was wrong. Cal once noticed this about his about his wife Beth before they had separated, there is an addiction here; to secrecy; to a private core within herself that is so much deeper than he ever imagined it to be (pg. 253). The death changed the way the once happily married couple acted towards each other, so much that they could no longer stand living with each other. ...

... The small town was made up of two major races, the whites and the Negroes. The whites, being the dominant race, disapproved of the black population and was weary about any association with them. The Negroes were out casts of the town and were considered the lower class of Maycomb, even lower than the true trash of the white community, the Ewells. The Negroes were referred to as ‘niggers’, ‘trash’ among other dehumanizing names and they were stereotyped as violent, unclean and were unfit to blend with their community. In Maycomb, Negroes were generally assumed guilty of any crime that a white man accuses them of because of the stereotyp ...

... may have been for his lost wife. Donne was very well educated and grew up surrounded by the church and the arts. These influences no doubt helped to shape his views on love and the passing of life. Each stanza of "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" is tied together by an " a - b - a - b" rhyme scheme. This is not surprising because of the calming effect expected of this poem. The steady back and forth motion of the rhyme calms down the reader, much as a hug that rocks you back and forth calms you. This poem's purpose is to offer peace to those who read it. The steady use of rhyme provides a rhythmic, serene environment. In addition to a well-developed ...