A Handmaid’s Tale | Important Quotes Important Quotes | This is a compilation of a list of various important quotes from the novel “A Handmaid’s Tale”. It also includes a brief explanation of the importance of each quote for a better familiarization and understanding of the lines in the novel. The compiled notes have been formatted in the tightest possible way to save paper‚ ink‚ space and money. | Compiled by Khanh Nguyen | Khanh’s Guide to Happily Ever After © http://on.fb.me/happiness_fbp
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The kindness on strangers Blanche is a fading‚ but nevertheless attractive Southern belle‚ whose pretensions to virtue and culture only thinly mask her alcoholism and delusions of grandeur. Her poise is an illusion she presents to shield others‚ and most of all herself‚ from reality to try to make herself still attractive to new male suitors. Blanche arrives from her hometown of Auriol‚ Mississippi at the apartment of her sister‚ Stella Kowalski (Kim Hunter)‚ in the French Quarter of New Orleans
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The one act of kindness that has stuck with me for many years is when I bought gifts for the mothers and children of The Moriah House. I feel that everyone should by for the Moriah House because it lets you see a safe haven for the mothers and children of abuse when they get to start over. Free from abuse. I came to hear of the Moriah House was when I was in school‚ my humanities teacher brought it up in class. She told us we will have to buy a gift for the families of the house. She went on
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The Power Of Kindness I hate fish. No matter what kind of fish‚ I will avoid eating it at all costs. But that early afternoon in a tiny town named Zacapuato‚ Jalisco‚ Mexico‚ I learned to eat every crumb on my plate‚ even if it is fish. Our hosts were generous‚ heart-warming people who had offered my grandparents‚ my sister‚ and I a place to stay for about 5 days during our 3-week trip. My sister and I had the opportunity to take a trip down to Mexico with our grandparents to become fluent in Spanish
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This story is not mine and I couldn’t think of any kindness that I had received so I asked my friend for help. Luckily‚ I was at my friend’s house and her mother had kindly helped me out. Though this is an act of kindness‚ I would like to tell you about one that my friend’s mother has experienced. I will tell this tale as though I was in her shoes. When I was 18 years old and just fresh out of school‚ my parents got into a car accident and never made it back. I stayed at home for only 3 months till
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My Antonia By. Willa Cather Important Quotations 1. “During that burning day when we were crossing Iowa‚ our talk kept returning to a central figure‚ a Bohemian girl whom we had both known long ago. More than any other person we remembered‚ this girl seemed to mean to us the country‚ the conditions‚ and the whole adventure of our childhood.” Explanation This passage from the Introduction is the first the reader hears of Antonia. The narrator of the Introduction‚ who grew
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Kindness is such a simple thing that so many teens and adults alike have a hard time doing. The desire to be socially accepted sometimes outweighs the pros of being kind to others. In Palacio’s book Wonder‚ readers are introduced to a character named August
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Othello – important quotes 1.1 * Roderigo to Iago‚ saying you had my purse / As if the strings were thine * Iago: I know my price‚ I am worth no worse a place * Othello‚ described by Iago as loving his own pride and purposes * Iago describing Cassio’s skills: mere prattle‚ without practise‚ / Is all his soldiership. * Iago tells Roderigo that Othello has seen Iago fight At Rhodes‚ at Cyprus and on other grounds / Christian and heathen * Iago on serving Othello: I follow
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The Quotes Humans are measured not through their words but their deeds. The abstraction of deeds is dance itself. ~ Chinvat – the Ninth Bridge Winner − Special Jury Award‚ Hungarian Pan Art Festival (from the promotional flyer) In life as in dance: Grace glides on blistered feet. ~ Alice Abrams Beside the fire‚ as the wood burns black‚ a laughing dancer in veils of light‚ whose dance transforms the darkness to gold. ~ Adu Abd Allan ben Abi-l-Khisal ben Abi-l-Khisal
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Kindness can be seen in many perspectives. There are people that think it is necessary and then there are selfish people that think to their selves that they did not do anything for me so why should I? Kindness is something everyone should offer to those around them. Being kind to others shows to others that you are a positive individual and that you are generous. Showing compassion to others brightens their moods and enlightens their day. Kindness is an act which can start off as a gesture and can
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