An object that appears a lot in the novel‚ Love Medicine‚ is alcohol. Many characters struggle with alcoholism. Some of the characters exhibit using alcohol as a social activity and others exhibit it as an addiction that leads to most of their actions. The presence of alcohol is the main factor that leads to the behavioral acts of the characters. In Love Medicine alcohol is portrayed as a form of medicine to relieve pain and agony but in the long run leads to more problems. Alcohol is introduced
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Roseli Marti Garcia‚ Arlene TR 8:25-9:50 AM 26 March 2013 “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich Separated by War The short story “The Red Convertible” is told by Lyman Lamartine‚ one of the two main characters in this short story and one of the many characters that are involved in the novels of “Love Medicine” by Louise Erdrich. That is why the story is symbolic because it
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Optimism as a Theme for Candide Just as on the title‚ Candide‚ or Optimism‚ Optimism is also used as a major theme. Voltaire’s satire of philosophical optimism is one of the major issues of Candide. Throughout the story‚ satirical references to "the best of all possible worlds" contrast with natural catastrophes and human wrongdoing. According to Wikipedia‚ "optimism‚ the opposite of pessimism‚ is a lifeview where the world is looked upon the as a positive place. Optimists generally believe that
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The book The Farming of Bones is a constant reminder of loss and regret shared by almost all of the characters. The story is a tragic event in itself but the character’s pain doesn’t start with the massacre. Throughout the story‚ water is a reoccurring entity not always shown in a positive light. This is what makes the ending scene difficult to interpret and the significance varies between readers. In the ending scene‚ Amabelle is laying naked in the river “waiting for a new dawn” not really
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tie him up to a mast of the ship and not to untie him even if he orders them to. He does this so he can listen to the sirens‚ also his men are ordered to fill their ears with wax so they are deaf to the sirens songs and won’t jump into the water and drown. This shows that odysseus is able to escape death with his plans‚ because no man ever lived to tell the
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like child’s play (Andrews 2013). When they wanted to impose a punishment‚ Pirates had many different methods. One practice was to tie individuals to the bottom of their ship and then proceed to drag the people with their boat‚ often causing them to drown (Andrews 2013). Another faster form of punishment was just to leave people stranded on an uninhabited island (Mackie 2005 pg. 37). These are just two examples of how real pirates would eliminate their enemies‚ and there were also a number of other
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and pollute the air as well Practice Safe Outdoor Burning When conditions are more favorable for burning brush and debris‚ never leave a fire unattended‚ and always make sure a fire is completely out! To ensure that a fire is extinguished: 1) Drown the fire with water‚ making sure that all materials‚ embers and coals are saturated‚ and 2) Stir the remains of the fire‚ add more water and stir again. Additional Tips • Never burn garbage. • Burn only woody material such as leaves‚ grass and
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illnesses. The living situation was unbearable they were cramped in small areas with little or no ventilation they were being suffocated by the crowdedness. The odor and sickness led to many of the slave’s death. Their where cases the captains would drown slaves at sea so the owners could collect the insurance money. Thousands of African slaves were ended up dead. Some of them will commit suicide’ by jumping off the ship‚ others would starve themselves to death. When the Europeans caught on to what
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Johnny a lot of the time is a happy person. Even tho he killed Bob doesn’t mean he a bad person right? He may think he is and some other people may think he is‚ but in my opinion he’s not he killed bob for Ponyboy and himself. The socs were trying to drown him and while they were doing that the other socs were beating up Johnny and hurting him. So he killed bob because it was self defense. They didn’t think it was that’s why they ran away‚ but really if a police officer showed up they
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slaves were happy and they stimulate their content behavior through singing. Douglass proves this position false as he describes the mood and intention of their chants by saying “Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy” (30). This misinterpretation drowns the reality of their sorrow hearts and
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