Lily Owens‚ the main character of the novel The Secret Life of Bees‚ is a protagonist and narrator of her story. She is fourteen years old and lives in Sylvan‚ South Carolina with her father T-Ray. She is beaten and abuse by him and is forced to work on his peach farm. When Lily was four‚ her mother decided to leave Lily and T-Ray. Lily ended up killing her mother accidentally and neither her nor T-Ray has forgotten. Lilly soon discovers her own qualities after she runs away from home with Rosaleen
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Hughes’ “To Paint a Water Lily‚” creates two diverse “minds” of nature: above and below the pond’s surface. Each mind is corrupt‚ filled with blood-thirsty dragonflies and antagonistic water creatures‚ but are tied together with the serene symbol of the water lily. Hughes’ speaker calls upon the artist to capture the miniscule beauty that ties the vicious minds of nature together‚ building his argument through contrasting imagery between the water and the air and the water lily. The speaker begins his
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In “To Paint a Water Lily‚” by Ted Hughes‚ the speaker examines the complex aspects of nature by revealing the challenges he faces as an artist in capturing its real meaning. When he looks at the scene‚ he sees an exciting little world of constant movement and activity‚ hidden by the peaceful stillness of the water lilies that float at the surface of the pond. Ted knows that to paint the water lily and do it righteousness requires more than a simple description of the plant itself—he must also somehow
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there are exceptions. Such as in the case of the humble water lily. Star a water lily‚ is the subject of this story. “Good evening‚ Lilies! It’s time to wake up!” Shouted the pink flower called Star. “Hush. Hush. It is not. It is time to rest‚ like the best of flowers‚” Tiger another young lily states. “But the gems are out and so is the moon. Come on! Come on! If you sleep all night you will be awake all day!” “Do you forget water lilies do not have their gems out at night. I am not the one who is
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allusions to help have a better connection to Lily’s development. Lily is depicted as person who is learning from the racial‚ family‚ and life hardships she encounters. Regarding to indirect characterization‚ Lily was portrayed as a girl who was able to stand up to her abusive father because she is maturing. Kidd was perfectly able to provide this technique through the heated conversation between Lily and her father‚ T. Ray. While Lily experiences self-revelation‚ shouting‚ “You don’t scare me” (38)
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Lord of the Flies: Final Essay Exam By: Are the defects of society traced back to the defects of human nature? The defects of society‚ and how it relates to the defects of human nature can be explained with the savagery that drives the defects of society and the same savagery that drives the defects of human nature. In this story‚ Lord of the flies‚ Golding shows the id‚ ego‚ and superego within the characters in the book. Golding represents the id with Jack‚ whereas the id says "I want
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What Freedom Is To Me Since July 4th‚ 1776 the United States has a free country. Citizens of the United States have freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and many other things. Webster’s definition of freedom is‚ "the condition of being free of restraints." To me freedom plays a large role in my life. Three things that would be freedom for me are going where ever I wish‚ actions without negative consequences‚ and morality to my standards. The first example of freedom for me would be being able
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The Effect of Fear Fear can impact us in many ways. It limits us from doing things we want in life and even for ourselves. It constrains us‚ affects all our actions and decisions‚ and ends up ruling our lives. It may also lead us to do inadequate steps that may destruct others and us. On the other hand‚ fear stays as the permanent alarm in our lives that keeps us from doing reckless moves and actions. There exist multiple reasons that make this topic interesting. The various effects of fear on society
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Girls We hate because we fear‚ and what we fear is what we do not want to happen. One of the greatest fears in childhood is probably the fear of not being accepted by peers‚ and instead being frozen out. Many children are willing to go far to eradicate the possibility of being in a similar situation. Some children are even pushed so far that they show a side of personality‚ they never wanted to see because of the fear. This is a topic that the short story Girls deals with. Celia has always
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To lose the success you once had causes pain. Athletes‚ scholar‚ and a wife experience fear of failure everyday of their lives. Nora showed the fear of failure when she took a loan out to save her husband or when she told Mrs. Linde about it. Torvald also failed in this story by receiving a loan that he did not wish to have. The final failure in the story‚ Mrs. Linde and her decisions that changed her life. The fear of failure controls a person’s choices for things they do. Nora took the loan out
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