... in the story. She predicts that "evil" or bad things will happen in order to restore the balance of Yin and Yang. Since coming to Australia the Vo family has been very fortunate. As well as getting away from their communist county to a free one, Toan experiences success in school and later on as an actor. Vo Kin Tueyt believes that in order to restore the balance of good and evil something bad will happen, "good and evil, light and dark". Near the end of the novel something bad does happen, Linh and Miro are involved in a car accident while being chased by gang member. They end up in hospital and it is found that Linh has lost the use of her legs. This is a goo ...

... person Narrator, a young wisecracking girl, does not understand to point of this exercise. All she wants to do Is going spend he money on chips and ice cream and go look for boys with her friend sugar (109). they look at a toy sailboat which cost one thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars, they could not believe Somebody would spend that much on something that will brake quickly. It makes the narrator angry that Some people are able to afford a toy like that, when her family can barely take care of her. We see this When she notices a toy clown that does somersaults and pull-ups which cost thirty-five dollars. She tells us that thirty five dollars would pay ...

... affect every single one of us. What is the aftermath if you are to yell fallaciously “fire” in a crowded public place? An unimaginable chaos will result. Who is responsible for the injuries and possible loss of life? You are! All of us are responsible for our actions. It is understood that we have to bear the consequences of our actions. In many cases, a simple word can lead to disastrous catastrophes. Domestic violence, a serious problem in today’s society, is often initiated by “fighting words” - words that are so insulting which would cause immediate violence. The Bible says, “Do not accuse a man for no reason-when he has done you no harm” for “God ha ...

... death, which terribly devastated the family. “He must get away quickly because he could not face the dead body of someone virtually killed by him.” (Kiwon 493) as Sogun thought while running to his room to pack. He could not help feeling the guilt of virtually killing Sokpae so he left the family. Sogun had thought that running away would make him lead a guilt free life. While leaving the house the voice of his grandfather stayed in his mind. He remembered his grandfather saying: “Everything in here is yours.” (Kiwon 494) Sogun knew what he did was wrong and what he did wrong led to Sokpae’s death. And for this he left so that he could ...

... the friends have to deal with the fact that the unfortunate event was no accident. An extremely well written book, is a wartime story about New Hampshire schoolboys as they approach maturity and learning how to handle adult responsibilities. The story begins with minor incidents among friends. As the plot becomes more complex the story takes on new meanings. has many intriguing allegories. Leper, Gene’s friend, is treated as an outcast by his peers and is shunned by society. Leper’s isolation forces him to enlist for military service. The tree from which Phineas falls and breaks his leg is also allegorical. This tree is the place where Finny and ...

... Mrs. Joe serves as the tyrant for which Joe is made helpless. Joe, unless he is a scared character, does not recognize the friend he has in Pip. Without Joe as a major role in Pip's life, Pip also seems very incomplete. Second, Mrs. Joe also serves as the comical interlude of an otherwise sombre story. "When she had exhausted a torrent of such inquiries, she threw a candlestick at Joe, burst into a loud sobbing, got out the dustpan -- which was always a very bad sign -- put on her coarse apron, and began cleaning up to a terrible extent. Not satisfied with a dry cleaning, she took to a pail and scrubbing-brush, and clean ...

... "a disloyal traitor". The thane of Cawdor was greedy, and wanted the throne of England for himself, and as a result was murdered. But his murder wasn't really disheartening, because the Thane of Cawdor, deserved his fate. He was leading a battle, in which many lost their lives, for the sake of greed, and deserved to die because of his flaw. Duncan was the King of England, and was murdered by MacBeth. He was murdered, because in order for MacBeth to fulfill his plan and become king, Duncan would have to die. Duncan's fatal flaw was that he was too trusting. For example, he thought that none of his friends could really be enemies. If Duncan was more careful about h ...

... society marriage is the status all the women strive to achieve. Money and looks are essential for a good marriage, youthfulness also counts. If a woman never got married, because of lacking money or looks, she would go and live with a married sister or brother. If she did not have any brothers or sisters to live with, she would become a governess. ‘Pride and Prejudice’s’first sentence, ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,’ introduces the theme of marriage, and money, in an ironic way. Jane Austen starts off using intellectual sounding words to introduce the hunt for a rich husband ...

... 45). She was spared the gripe about the head and neck, yet she and her daughter, Pearl, must endure public humility for the next three hours in the burning June sun (Gordon 26). Her crime was adultery against her husband, known as Roger Chillingworth, who had went out into the world to seek his fortune in medicine. It is really shocking that she could do this, seeing that she lived in the Puritanical village of Salem. In fact, she seems to be a feminist in this aspect, daring to rise up and challenge the laws about women (Crowley 63). After this incident, she was taken back to her prison cell and there she waited until the magistrates decided to release h ...

... defines tragedy in an almost scientific kind of way. To him, every tragedy must fit into exactly the same mold in precisely the same fashion. He writes: tragedy is (1) a form of a literature that (2) presents a symbolic action as performed by actors and (3) moves into the center immense human suffering (4) in such a way that it brings to our minds our own forgotten and repressed sorrows as well as those of our kin and humanity (5) releasing us with some sense (a) that suffering is universal- not a mere accident in our experience, (b) that courage and endurance in suffering or nobility in despair are admirable- not ridiculous- and usually also ( c) that fate ...