a “normal” person’s perception. For characters such as Amelia Evans‚ this lifestyle results in isolation and loneliness‚ but regardless‚ new relationships are formed. A novella that is based in a remote and desolate town of Georgia‚ Ballad of the Sad Café revolves around a broken community that relies on the existence of a small café to fulfill their day-to-day lives with a small shred of activity and excitement. Originally opened by Amelia Evans‚ a lonely woman with no family or husband‚ and assisted
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William Makepeace Thackeray and published in 1847. The story begins with Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies‚ where Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley have just completed their studies and are preparing to depart for Amelia’s house in Russell Square. Rebecca is portrayed as a strong-willed and cunning young woman determined to make her way in society‚ and Amelia Sedley as a good-natured‚ loveable though simple-minded young girl. Thackeray articulates his novel around the volatile friendship in between
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written by Charles dickens in 1869 and ’ the Treasure in the Forest’ written by H.G. Wells in 1895. A feeling of suspense is created the black cottage when the two housebreakers attempt to break into the Black Cottage. The climax in the story is when Bessie finally escapes from the cottage just as Dick and Jerry break the door down. HG Wells Treasure in the Forest creates suspense as the two explorers find the dead body of the Chinese man near the treasure. The climax of the story is when Hooker pricks
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requirements of personal interaction for all humans. Next‚ the setting of the story builds up towards the idea of the town full of misfits and how the café is a symbol of rebelling against Amelia’s inner loneliness and isolation. Finally‚ the description of Amelia evokes a reversed sense of her gender and negates her femininity‚ isolating her from our idea of what constitutes a woman. McCullers is not particularly subtle in her obscurity of gender roles. The Ballad of the Sad Café treats human problems with
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Introduction Description of client Amelia is a 23 year old Hispanic woman who has a variety of issues that range from her drug addiction which has caused her 4 children to be removed from her home‚ to a current unwanted pregnancy. Ethical challenge The pressing ethical challenge‚ for Amelia‚ is the unwanted pregnancy; pressing because she must make a decision in one week otherwise she will have gone past the safe termination boundary‚ should she decide to terminate. Additionally‚ her family is catholic
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person resulting in anxiousness. The phone call ends on a bad note‚ leaving a very confused Amelia who now has to choose between her mother and her boyfriend. Although concerned of hurting her mother’s feelings‚ the fact that she is a thirty-three year old woman who recently moved out of her mother’s house but her mother constantly tries to make her decisions‚ frustrates her. At this point in the story‚ Amelia is in a state of uneasiness‚ worrying about the consequences of picking one over the other
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The Pathetic "Lover" The Ballad of the Sad Café‚ by Carson McCullers (1951) suggests that there are two types of people in the world: the "lover" and the "beloved". The "lover" is a pathetic character so enamored by the "beloved" that it changes his/her attitude or personality completely. The feeling is so powerful that even though it causes the "lover" excruciating pain‚ he/she continues to love. The two main characters fall under this mysterious spell and it changes their lives forever. McCullers
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The father engaged in conflict with all of his daughters‚ especially Sara. Sara’s eldest sister Bessie was over 25 years old and was still unmarried. She met a man one day named Berel Bernstein and was immediately determined to win him over. Bessie convinced Mashah to help her clean and beautify the house to impress Berel by fixing the chandelier with gold paper‚ tacking lace curtain around the sink‚ and adding a white
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The Role of Women in the 1920s The 1920s was a time period full of fun and excitement‚ also known as the Jazz Age. It was a revolution of the basic morals and manners everyone was used to. After returning from World War I ‚ many were affected greatly. This caused people to want to have more fun in their life‚ knowing they may not have a long time left to live. This was specifically an immense decade for women politically‚ and socially. It was also a time period full of many influential women. Women
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white mother and a black father‚ Bessie Head grew up in the early stages of Apartheid South Africa. In Maru she reflects upon her own experiences of love‚ loneliness and prejudice. Prejudice spreads as one discriminates against another and creates false images. Love contradicts loneliness‚ which diminishes as the plot progresses. Prejudice affects love and promotes loneliness. Initially one may assume that prejudice is only between different races. However‚ Bessie Head displays tribal prejudice
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