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Early Twentieth Century Colonel Sartoris
836 wordsWilliam Faulkner wrote many stories depicting society during the early twentieth century. In his stories Barn Burning and A Rose for Emily, Faulkner discusses how rich whites mistreat the tenant farmers who in turn abuse the blacks, tells about Colonel Sartoris Scopes dilemma when his father wants him to lie, and explains how Emily was mistreated by men. Through his works, Faulkner discusses society of the pre-Depression era by explaining the class distinction, adulteration of morals, and subord...
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Serial Killers Arnold Friend
1,101 wordsA famous short story is Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates. This stunning story describes how the seemingly perfect girl, Connie, is terrorized by the most abnormal man, Arnold Friend. Some would argue that he is the devil. Any argument that Arnold Friend is Satan can be used to say he is nothing more than a psychotic serial killer. While this prospect is horrific, it is considerably less disturbing than the devil knocking at your door. Though his persuasive behavior,...
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Abner Snopes Barn Burning
1,118 wordsYoure getting to be a man. You got to learn. You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you aint going to have any blood to stick to you. This quote from William Faulkner's Barn Burning does reveal a central issue in the story, as Jane Hiles suggests in her interpretation. The story is about blood ties, but more specifically, how these ties affect Sarty (the central character of the story). The story examines the internal conflict and dilemma that Sarty faces. When the story begins, Sarty an...
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Reaction To Kubuku Rides Again
1,029 wordsMy Reaction to Kubuku Rides Again (This is it) Kubuku Rides Again was written by Larry Brown in 1988. This intense story portrays a powerful theme of alcoholism and how damaging it can become. In fact, alcoholism is very destructive because in most cases the user is unaware of the negative affects and their own dependency that the highly addictive drug has caused. I loved reading this story because I could relate to it. I compared the destructive theme of alcoholism, and the dependency that is c...
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Allowed To Vote Sojourner Truth
1,180 words... partitioned for in this document is the equal treatment of men and women, and further on that notion is the equal opportunity for women to be allowed to vote. Stanton Adds that it is the duty of all women to speak out against any deprivation of their natural rights, on account of the oppression bestowed upon them by their male counterparts. Syntax: On page 84 Stanton uses one sentence paragraphs for the next 15 paragraph. She does this with the intention of punctuating the evidence she gives...
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Loneliness And Isolation Curleys Wife
1,047 wordsPeople sometimes go through periods in time when who you are does not matter. It is during these times that one might not know who he or she is. People, especially kids, go through phases in which they experiment with certain things to find out exactly who they are. Whether its the clothes you wear, the music you listen to or anything else that defines who you are, it might take you some time before you find the things that best defines you. Sometimes who you are might not be what others see as ...
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Men On The Ranch Curley Wife
1,059 words... st takes what comes to him. Why didnt Crooks stand up for himself? Crooks loneliness is making him self-conscious, almost to the point where all he does is apologize. Crooks loneliness has only sent him further and further from the amiability of anybody on the ranch but himself. Living a isolated life is the result of such loneliness. Living without the common necessities of life can only result in destruction of oneself from the inside. With no one to talk to and no one to relate to, Crooks...
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Mother To Son Crystal Stair
633 wordsHughes poem, Mother to Son, depicts a black mother advising her son to remain hopeful despite all the hardships one encounters in life. The mother informs her son that life has not always been easy for her, yet she is still carrying on. The poem communicates the message of staying hopeful despite the obstacles one encounters throughout life. Hughes employs the use of metaphors, such as a crystal stair, color imagery, such as a contrast between light and dark, and dialect to express this idea. Th...
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Rose Of Sharon Dust Bowl
1,200 wordsTHE EXTENDED FAMILY: A SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND HOPE In his books Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck captured the reality of the struggles that struck mankind in different forms and in various levels as he had observed during his lifetime. Steinbeck observed mainly Californians and migrants who had suffered from poverty and distress brought to them by the Depression and the Dust Bowl, the dust storm that brought drought to the Great Plains during 1932 to 1939. He began to write bo...
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Wizard Of Oz Side Of The Story
1,243 words... d the different speech communities I found within the shows I discovered the three categories that James Britton discusses in The English Language: An Owners Manual. By the end of my viewing process I became very familiar with expressive, transactional, and poetic language. Both shows used each of these three categories, although it was in two very separate mannerisms. As Britton stated, expressive language tends to be spontaneous and unrehearsed, and it represents the closest association wi...
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Dont Wanna Mad Pissed
266 wordsWhy you start' quit that having' ya dont wanna start me. Im goin crazy all my friends are lazy. You cant faze me, dont play with me. You dont know me, you dont owe me. I think ive seen you with your crew, your kinda weak like a little geek, damn you freek. You just flipped me off and it pissed me off. Here I come, im getting closer. Are you moving its sorta buy, I cant see you, your crew left you, its only us two. I finally see you, you aint no fool, im so sorry, I didnt know its you. I acted du...
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Suffer Loneliness Curleys Wife Crooks
417 wordsFriendship needs no words is a loneliness relieved of the anguish of loneliness. - Dag Hammarskjold. Without friends, people begin to suffer loneliness and solitude. In Of Mice and Men, the characters of Crooks and Curleys wife suffer loneliness stemmed from some form of rejection. Both of them are desperate to find an escape from their loneliness or some easy way to cope with their seclusion from the rest of the society. Crooks is a black man that experiences isolation because the society that ...
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On The Waterfront And High Noon
1,357 words... of the law, and true good is shown instead to be in the in the individual character and his actions. Society is clear-cut, black and white, good and bad. It is a deliberately anti-intellectual film, emphasised by the constant repetition of how smart it is to give in and run. The gratification of traditional ideals is complete when the obvious rightness of siding with Kane is supplanted by the desire to bring big business to town. It just seems so narrow minded and egotistic that not one pers...
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Deter Crime Juvenile Crime
1,212 wordsHow would you feel if someone in your family was brutally murdered by an adolescent? With the increasing amount of crime being committed by juveniles, officials are trying to come up with ways to prevent such transgression from ever occurring. More and more teens are committing crimes they know they can get away with because of their age. Juveniles know how far they can go before they really get themselves into trouble they cannot get out of. Usually when you are being tried as a juvenile the pu...
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Difference Between Right And Wrong Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
759 wordsIn many stories, the main character undergoes certain changes through his or her experiences. These changes occur because of a major event or journey in the characters life that causes the character to have a different perspective and think independently. Mark Twain shows this type of change in his work. The book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, shows the development of a young boy, Huck Finn, as he experiences many situations during a life-altering journey. At the beginning of...
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George And Lennie Mice And Men
879 wordsSteinbeck uses symbolism as the central element in his novel Of mice and men. The symbols are in the form of people, belief, and animals. Steinbeck uses effective themes during the novel. Using these, he illustrates friendships, an image of the depression, and events in which lead to the final decision at the end of the story. Symbolism within characters is widely shown throughout the novel. Candy demonstrates several uses of symbolism, his disability is the symbol of the migrant workers who wer...
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Kilt Two Men Store My Cracker Jack Big
619 wordsRuthie & her Cracker Jacks: So they got mad. An one kid grabbed her Cracker Jack box. So Ruthie got mad an chase em, an she fit one, an then she fit another, an then one big girl up an licked her So then Ruthie cried, an she said shed git her big brother, an hed kill that big girl... An then- an the, Ruthie said our brother already kilt two fellas. (455) Today at camp Pa bought Winfiel an me a lil box of Cracker Jack. Then when I was eating some kids they see and want some. But I didnt give ...
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Grapes Of Wrath Jesus Christ
857 wordsJohn Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California February 27 th 1902. He was the third of four children and the only son of John Ernst Steinbeck II, manager of a flour mill, and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck, a former teacher. Steinbeck said of his youth, (" We were poor people with a hell of a lot of land which made us think we were rich people, even when we couldnt buy food and were patched. " ) Steinbeck used the area where he grew up as the setting for many of his stories. He attended Sta...
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Grapes Of Wrath End Of The Book
2,427 wordsJohn Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath is one of the most influential books in American History, and is considered to be his best work by many. It tells the story of one family's hardship during the Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930 s. The Joad's were a hard-working family with a strong sense of togetherness and morals; they farmed their land and went about their business without bothering anyone. When the big drought came it forced them to sell the land they had lived on since befor...
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Rules Of The Game Unborn Child
707 wordsLetter 2 My Unborn To my unborn child... To my unborn child... in case I dont make it Just remember daddy loves you [talking in background] To my unborn child... To my unborn... [ 2 Pac] Now ever since my birth, Ive been cursed since Im born to wild in case I never get to holla at my unborn child Many things learned in prison, blessed and still livin Tryin to earn every penny that Im gettin, and reminiscing to the beginning of my mission When I was conceived, and came to be in this position My m...
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