of which being freedom. Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping conveys the idea that freedom is attained by breaking away from society‚ through the symbolism of the crossing of the railroad bridge at the end of the novel. The main characters‚ Ruth and Lucille‚ are sisters who experience a lot of loss in their lives. Before they were even born‚ their grandfather dies while working on the railroad that connects the town of Fingerbone‚ Idaho to the rest of the country. When they are little‚ their mother takes
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an important entity that interconnected all of the main characters of Housekeeping. Sylvie‚ on the other hand‚ was a ragtag thirty-five-year-old woman that had recently come back to this house to care for her nieces Ruth and Lucille. Before Sylvie’s return‚ Ruth and Lucille had lived relatively normal lives‚ being very average at school‚ playing outside on the frozen lake‚ just getting by in the small town that is Fingerbone. It wasn’t until the passing of their grandmother that they had found themselves
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belief. However‚ money is made so morals and ethics are ignored. Another example of this immorality is Edward Foley‚ Lucilles Millers attorney. He says‚ "We dont want to give away what we can sell‚" (p.27) referring to information about Lucille Miller and the death of her husband. Edward Foley‚ a man only looking to benefit himself‚ shows no respect or regard for the Lucille Miller tragedy. Two people are killed and one person is sent to an institution for life; yet‚ Edward Foley tries to utilize
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which conflicts with his social position then he would have to proceed in a secretive manner to not jeopardize himself. For Ruthie and Lucille‚ both are outsiders in the town Fingerbone and being an outsider means they did not have many choices avaliable. Throughout the book Ruthie had sided with Lucille’s choices because she did not want to be separated from Lucille. In The Republic‚ Glaucon talked about the three goods “Tell me‚ do you agree that there is one kind of good which we want to have not
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in Literature Nicholas Payette Word count: 600 Short Analytical Writing Assignment 4 Compare the role of the mother (matriarch) in Rich in Love and in Soul Food‚ focusing on how the mother unites and divides the family—think about how Lucille noted that a family without a mother is vulnerable. While both subject have a lot common and share multiple themes‚ the matriarch’s at hand do differ in the ways they influenced those surrounding them. Big mama was the rock of the family and kept
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Even though this isn’t actually Billy Withers himself I think the song does him some justice. The song “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Billy and covered by Octavius Womack is easily one of my favorite songs. I listened to the cover version since it was one of the most popular versions of the song on youtube I could find when searching and I liked it a bit more than the version that made me search for it on the radio. What originally got me into blues music was the fact that I had just started driving and
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. It was published in 1995. It’s an adventure book about a girl trying to save her city‚ Clifton by running to Indianapolis to spread the news about diptheria. Jessie Keyser is the main character. She is a 13-year-old girl living in a frontier village of Clifton‚ Indiana. At the beginning of the story when Jessie hears from her Mother that there’s a disease in Clifton‚ the Author shows how Jessise’s intimidated and scared wether or not the residents can survive. As the story
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dangerous problem: yellow fever. Fourteen-year-old Matilda (Mattie) Cook lived above a coffeehouse in Philadelphia during the late 1700’s. She shared the home with Lucille‚ her widowed mother‚ Captain William Farnsworth Cook‚ her grandfather who was a retired sailor along-with King George‚ his parrot‚ in addition to Silas‚ her orange cat. Lucille wasn’t the best of cooks‚ so she hired an African-American woman named Eliza to prepare the meals. The coffeehouse that the Cook family lived above and owned
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Heat 1 Preliminaries Wind: 0.2 1 2 3 4 --- 167 Anderson‚ Anniekay 502 Ritch‚ Gabriela 4 Bennett‚ Shannelle 522 Love‚ Melanie 552 Wray‚ Shalysa Heat 2 Preliminaries 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 12 12 12 14 Clifton Hunter Layman Scott Cayman Academy Hope Academy Triple C 13.77Q 14.73q 17.26 19.45 DQ Clifton Hunter Cayman Prep JG Blazers Triple C Layman Scott Hope Academy Cayman Int’l Cayman Academy 13.57Q 13.70q 13.77q 14.60q 14.72q 14.75q 15.61 16.55 Wind: 0.1 262 Ramgeet‚ Tianna 107 Bennett‚ Valeska
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fell to the flat floor on my back. And there I had blacked out. But just before I had‚ I have realized that the documents were actually developed by Clifton Gregory. I woke up outside‚ and I spoke to myself “I’m alive?” I whispered I had realized my arms were tied to a tree outside my house by strong rope. “Foolish boy.” A man said. It was Clifton‚ I could tell because he looked beat up and he also had a deep buzzcut‚ most likely from
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