Writing Assignment 4 3/24/13 There are several themes in the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell; the most important theme however is loneliness. Mini Wright was very lonely because her husband isolated her; her canary bird symbolized Mini herself‚ and lastly‚ the jar of cherries symbolized her new freedom away from isolation. The use of symbolism in this story was Mini Wrights “cry for help”. A reader of this play has to analyze all of the symbols in order to feel the real pain Mini Wright
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How do Scout and Jem change and develop during the course of the novel? Firstly at the beginning of the novel scout and Jem are childish and play childish games. ’Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo radley come out.’ In the novel making Boo radley come out is seen as a childish game because boo never comes out. The adults of maycomb just leave him alone as he has not been out all of his life. This shows scout’s and Jem’s immaturity because they just think of what they want‚ which is
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Fear The Birds‚ the novella version is a more accurate and symbolic representation of how society was feeling at the time. The novella is a short story of a family living in euro England that is savagely attacked by birds. The film in the other hand is a loosely representation compared to the novella. In the film it is a town that is attacked by birds near a sea side town. The conflict starts with the town people being ignorant of the threat. In both the novella and the film of The Birds clearly show
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"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Maya Angelou‚ in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ tells her story of how and when she grew up. In Arkansas at the time of Maya Angelou’s childhood‚ many things were looked upon as bad or unfavored. Maya’s problem was that she was black and a woman. Her novel depicts her life in rural Stamps‚ Arkansas with her grandmother and in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ where her mother resided. At the age of three Maya and her four-year old brother‚ Bailey‚ were turned over
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time to be studying religion because it is so complex. Religion I believe is very important in today’s world. Being able to know many things about religion is good just because you have to understand why people are doing what they are doing. It is also important because religion is everywhere we look today and being able to understand it will help. Throughout my whole life I personally didn’t have a really good understanding of what I really believed. Everyone has many different beliefs and different
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Empathy Speaker: Scout Chapter: 24 Page #: 307/ 308 Quote: In the sudden silence that followed‚ Miss Stephanie Crawford called from across the room‚ “Whatcha going to be when you grow up‚ Jean Louise? A lawyer?” “Nome‚ I hadn’t thought about it…” I answered‚ grateful that Miss Stephanie was kind enough to change the subject. Speaker: Aunt Alexandra Chapter: 24 Page #:315 Quote: “Didn’t they try to stop him? Didn’t they give him any warning?” Aunt Alexandra’s voice shook. Speaker: Jem Chapter:
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and much more. She often talks about how sick the pain makes her feel day by day. “It is getting harder to talk. My throat is always sore‚ my lips raw… I know my head isn’t screwed on right. I want to leave‚ transfer‚ warp myself to another galaxy. I want to confess everything‚ hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else… Even if I dump the memory‚ it will stay with me‚ staining me” (Anderson 50-51). Melinda is constantly fighting the “evil” that
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whom this letter may concern‚ I believe that the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee should be nominated for the ‘Premier’s Book of the Year Award’. The novel has helped me shape an understanding of myself‚ others‚ and the world around me. Through various themes‚ that Lee has portrayed throughout the novel I have gained a greater knowledge about the various themes and techniques‚ such as: The loss of innocence‚ Racism‚ and the symbol of the Mockingbird. As I will explain in detail below and
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Dropped in a foreign land at the tender age of two‚ I was too young to remember life in my homeland yet too old not to forget the painful‚ permanent mark of an immigrant. As a first- generation immigrant‚ I had to learn English and take the helms of steering my own education without the privilege of my parents at home. Growing up‚ I remember my mother working two jobs and my father working graveyard shifts in to sustain our family. I watched as they struggled to ensure a better life for me. However
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views of women. In “If I Were a Man‚” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1914‚ the main character‚ Mollie‚ ventures through the world of her husband after wishing to be a man for a day. She accompanies her husband Gerald’s own conscience as he takes the train to work. In doing so‚ she not only hears what the men talk about when women are not around‚ but also learns of the men’s assumed authority over their fellow gender. Gilman highlights the oppression of women in “If I Were a Man” by illustrating
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