The Great Gatsby – Chapter 2. About half way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile‚ so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land.1 This is a valley of ashes2 — a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and‚ finally‚ with a transcendent effort‚ of men who move dimly and already crumbling through
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Atticus demonstrates courage when he defends Tom Robinson even though he knew that they were going to lose the case simply because Tom was black. In the book to Kill a Mockingbird A man named Atticus defends a black man named Tom Robinson; Atticus is defending this man in court because he was accused of raping a white women even though he did not do it. Atticus talks to scout right before the trial when it starts surfacing at school and Atticus states “‘ This case Tom Robinson’s case‚ is something
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Usually when people are sad‚ they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry‚ they bring about a change. Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad‚ but it’s the middle that counts the most. Dying seems less sad than having lived too little. However long the night‚ the dawn will break. Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Behind my smile is everything you’ll never
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The Good Earth was written by Pearl S. Buck‚ an American novelist and writer‚ who spent most of her life in Zhenjiang‚ China. Growing up in China‚ Buck was exposed to lives of both the poor and the wealthy. She saw that the attitudes between the two status levels were very different. The poor felt they were only entitled to what they worked for‚ while the wealthy felt that they were entitled to anything they wished. The main character in Buck’s novel‚ Wang Lung‚ was raised in a poor home; however
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The pit of her stomach contorted with disgust. Her bulging‚ bloodshot eyes burned holes through his burly figure‚ the shadow of the carpark her cloak of invisibility. All blood and colour had drained from her callous hands‚ gripping the steering wheel as if it were Taylor Hoffman’s neck. She felt steams of anger seep out of her body as she replayed all his empty promises and sweet nothings. “It’s only you… there’d never be another… nothing matches my love for you…” Liar. Taylor Hoffman was with
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Mr Birling ‘heavy looking‚ rather portentous man’ ‘a hard‐headed practical man of business’ ‘Yes‚ my dear‚ I know – I’m talking too much.’ ‘perhaps we may look forward to a time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together’ ‘The Germans don’t want war’ ‘unsinkable‚ absolutely unsinkable’ ‘mixed up together like bees in a hive’ ‘community and all that nonsense’ ‘a man has to mind his own business and look out for himself and his own.’ ‘I know the Brumley police officers pretty well’
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“girls‚ felt-skirted as I knew from pictures‚ later in miniskirts‚ then pants‚ then in one earring‚ spiky green-streaked hair.” (p.13) “something could be exchanged … some deal made‚ some trade-off‚ we still had our bodies.” (p.14) “red shoes… red gloves… everything except the wings around my face is red: the colour of blood‚ which defines us.” (p.18) “”blessed be the fruit” said cara grove to ofglen” (p.46) jade pall smells like a nostril “jade smells like a fart in church.” this shows
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1) How does Oedipus treat those who are reluctant to obey him throughout the play? What does this tell you about his character? From the very beginning of the play we see that Oedipus‚ like many in power‚ does not handle well people who are reluctant to follow his lead. He often threatens to harm those who are reluctant to obey in some way or he publicly insults them. He makes a general warning statement about those who are reluctant to obey him because he is the king. He says that he will wish a
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This story makes me think about how believing in yourself and working hard can basically help you achieve any goals you have in mind. Jake Cullen had stopped believing in himself for a brief period of time in the beginning of the book. He thought he had no chance of becoming the first string quarterback for Granger High. He kept getting down on himself for worthless thing like overthrowing a ball to Calvin‚ there #1 receiver‚ in one of Jake’s first practices. He continued to get down on himself
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Return of the Forsaken Truth In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ the couple‚ John and Elizabeth Proctor‚ undergoes a series of complications that only continues to aggravate the already thinly veiled relationship they have. Their strife begins with John Proctor‚ a stern farmer of good faith‚ who is only concerned with any matters that either benefit or potentially scar his reputation. John‚ however‚ is of good faith only in the faces of the public. He conceals one dark secret to the public; he had
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