When you think of a story you think of the ending, maybe a happy ending, maybe a sad ending. But in all story’s, it must come to an end. In Penny in the dust by Ernest Buckler, and Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl , the endings are very different. In Penny in the Dust a boy named Dan, his father gives him a penny which was very special to the boy but he loses it, then the father looks for it and finds it. The boy explains he was make believing that they got their automobile that they had dreamed for, the father kept that penny to remember that memory. In Lamb to the Slaughter a man confesses that he has had an affair to his 6 month pregnant wife. The wife then proceeds to go down stairs to get a leg of lamb and hits him in the back of the head killing him. She covers her tracks before the she calls the cops, they couldn’t find the murder weapon because it is the leg of lamb which is in the oven cooking. They then eat the lamb, which is the murder weapon. The wife gets away with the murder due to the cops eating the murder weapon. There are many differences and similarities in these two…
There are two categories of vitamins needed in the human body. The first are water-soluble vitamins, such as B/B-complex and C. The second category is fat-soluble vitamins, such as vitamins A, D, E, and K. Water-soluble vitamins are absorbed in the intestine. Once the intestine absorbs them, the circulatory system carries them to certain tissues. Fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed in the intestines also, but the lymph system carries the vitamins to the various parts of the body. These vitamins are responsible for maintaining the structure of the cell membranes. The water- soluble vitamins, including Vitamin C and all of the B complex vitamins, are not stored in the body are quickly depleted by bodily processes, or excreted in urine and perspiration.…
The unnamed narrator in Edgar Allan Poe’s “A Tell- Tale Heart” and the chambermaid in the Grimm Brothers “The Goose Girl” both possess strikingly similar characteristics. Both show aggression and use violence to get what they want but are very careful of how they go about it and covering it up. In Poe’s story, the unnamed narrator kills an elderly man that he is caring for because the old man has a foul looking eye that is covered with a white film. This is what is slowly driving him insane but afterwards he ingeniously decides to hide the body incase someone heard the noise of the olds man body. This is so he does not get arrested for his murder and when the police do stop they believe his story and do not suspect anything, until he gives them a reason. The chambermaid on the other hand forcefully and violently makes the princess, who she knows wont stand up for her self, switch places with her simply because she wants to live the life of the princess. She also makes the princess swear to secrecy so she never has to worry about her true identity being unveiled. Later, she cleverly kills the princess’s talking horse, which was the only witness to what happened between the chambermaid and the real princess’s.…
Joyce Carol Oates uses characterization and the coming of age effectively in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, “Four Summers”, and “The Girl with the Blackened Eye”. She uses it to connect the three stories to each other. Connie and the girl in “The Girl with the Blackened Eye” are connected because they were both violated by a man. Connie and Sissie were both connected because they were both influenced by their families’ ways on how they lived their lives.…
Earnest Hemingway demonstrates this side of the battle of the sexes in many different ways and in multiple pieces. Hemingway creates an image of a stereotypical woman who is seen, but not heard, and is dependent on the male figure. In “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” the narration switches to multiple viewpoints, including a lion’s, but the woman never narrates the story. “Hills Like White Elephants” is just another example of a woman agreeing to a man’s wishes when it is clear that she does not want to do what he is asking of her. Also, Hemingway often uses hair color to represent the nature of the women he writes about. For example, the “dark women” are usually brunette, flawed human beings, but always pull through for the male character at the end, and the “light women” are typically blonde, angelic, but are deceptive.…
‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ by Ambrose Bierce and ‘The Red Convertible’ by Louise Erdrich both recount sorrowful tales of men during times of war. The stories differ in that ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ is a story written in reverse, where the readers do not truly know the plot until the end- whereas ‘The Red Convertible’ is just a man recounting the story of his long lost brother. However despite their differences, both of the stories continue to build up hope in the reader only to find nothing but a sorrowful story at the end.…
Night by Elie Wisel and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck are both books that have differences and similarities in the relationships of their main characters. These characters are Elie and his father, which are two Jews trapped in a concentration camp for the book Night. The other book Of Mice and Men includes two other characters, who are Lennie and George. These two characters have very close friendship, and take care of each other. These two relationships differ and coincide, in how they treat each other, and in how they care for one another even when they don’t have to. The relationships of the characters in both books are both fairly close, but still face many hardships along the way.…
Everyone should strive to improve their performance. Organisations also strive to improve the performance of the whole of their workforce. As an individual, the purpose of continuously improving our performance at work is to make ourselves a more valuable employee who is more efficient and reliable. As a consequence of our improved performance, the organisation will also be more efficient and effective.…
How does Hemingway portray Mrs. Macomber in the beginning of the story? What is the difference between his portrayal of her then and at the end of the story?…
It is his works, such as Hills like White Elephants, which subtly address modern issues that bring forth the question of morality and purpose to a general population (A Farewell to Arms, 3). It is his short, direct style, exemplified by his six word story “Baby shoes for sale, never worn.”, allows for a clear and deep expression of emotion (A Farewell to Arms, 4). His involvement of incorporating the reader through active reading breaks an emotional barrier set forth by usual text. This action allows for the reader to directly examine Hemingway’s characters, and thus reflect on their own behavior. Hemingway’s mastery of language, subsequent to his fluency in the Romantic languages, allows his works to be overall reflective of human behavior and relate to the reader in an emotional context (A Farewell To Arms,…
How often do you read a book that is almost identical to the movie? Not very often, right? Well, it wasn't that way for Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. The movie and book had a lot more similarities than I thought they would.…
The fem fatal Margot Macomber in Ernest Hemingway’s short story “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” struggles with the possibility of losing her masculinity, and regains her control over her relationship by…
The way Hemingway introduces the main characters is rather unusual. For one, very little is revealed about the physical qualities of the two main characters, beyond their gender. In fact, the reader doesn 't even learn their names until later. This literary technique creates within the reader a unique sense of identification with the characters having the conversation. Rather than sympathizing with the emotional state of the characters, the reader more readily empathizes with the very heart of the argument itself.…
In short stories "The Lady with a Dog" by Anton Chekhov and "Araby" by James Joyce, elements of the setting coaxed characters of "Araby" and "The Lady with a Dog" to indulge in unreasonable love and dreamy self delusion.…
There are many versions to the famous fairy tale Cinderella. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s German version of Cinderella, “Aschenputtel,” is a household story of a young girl named Cinderella who eventually marries a prince. This specific version of Cinderella gave birth to the Walt Disney version of Cinderella that most Americans know today. However the stories are very different. The Grimm brothers’ version is much darker and gory then the classic American version. Small differences like this shed a different light on Cinderella and her journey to a “happy” ending.…