Main characters‚ Sarah and Martha Carrier are the true heretics of the story. Kathleen Kent created Sarah and Martha to have personalities that were very rare for females at the time. Females of that time generally didn’t speak their minds; much less have a different opinion of society at all. They refused to believe what everyone else in their lives believed and stood by their own what they valued in life. They were so strong towards their beliefs that it cost them their life in the end. Kathleen
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In "The Things They Carried"‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ the author portrays the soldiers’ personalities through the things they carried on them. He also shows that some personalities aren’t fit for war‚ you need to be strong. Throughout the story‚ he builds the characters personalities‚ and shows us who these people are‚ through their luggage. The main character‚ Jimmy Cross‚ is the platoon’s leader. He is ordered to watch over everyone. Kiowa‚ a member of the platoon‚ is a very religious American Indian and
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Glaspell’s short story‚ A Jury of Her Peers‚ Martha Hale demonstrates both of these commonly confused words. Martha Hale‚ the wife of Mr. Hale‚ is a resident of the farm close to the property of the Wrights’. Mrs.Hale used to be good friends with Mrs.Wright‚ commonly known as‚ Minnie Foster. In the beginning of the short story‚ Mrs.Hale revisits the home of the Wrights’ and speaks with Mrs.Wright. Planning on reuniting with Mr.Wright as well‚ Martha finds outs that she cannot speak with him because
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Cross carrying the letters from Martha in his back is very unique because it shows how truly lonely he is and I believe every soldier can relate to the pain he is feeling. Another unique story from this chapter is the story of Jimmy Cross talking about how he would have forced Martha to do stuff and let him touch her knee all night. This story was more creepy which made it unique and different. Cross changes once Lavender dies. Jimmy Cross stopped thinking about Martha and burned all of her letters
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Martha writes to Lieutenant Cross and tells about her life at college and signs her letters “Love Martha” which feeds to his infatuation with her. Lieutenant Cross fantasized about Martha to help get him through the long days and harsh conditions and thinking he had someone waiting for him when he got home made it easier to be there. The beginning describes Martha and his feelings for her‚ and then it goes on to describe the soldiers
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into his foxhole and read his received letters from a girl named‚ Martha‚ that he absolutely adores. She sent him letters that he guarded with his dear life and kept secretly hidden from the other men. They weren’t by any means "love" letters‚ but he often imagined they were just for the spite of things. Jimmy read those letters every day and every night‚ paying no attention to what was going on around him‚ just focusing on Martha. Although‚ letters were the main source of his absence from the
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person keeping him from doing his duties during the war. Her name was Martha; she was a junior in college. He felt strong feelings for her but she did not feel the same. “To carry something was to “hump” it‚ as when Lieutenant Jimmy Cross humped his love for Martha up the hills and through the swamps. In its intransitive form‚ “to hump” meant “to walk‚” or “to march‚” but it implied burdens far beyond the intransitive (390). Martha was his burden‚ his means of escape. He knew in the back of his mind
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Disorders are classified as psychiatric disorder that causes the individual to develop other clinical disorders such as‚ Major Depression Disorder‚ Anxiety‚ and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as it relates to stresses from ones past (Grilo.‚ Pagano.‚ Stout.‚ Markowitz.‚ Ansell.‚ Pinto.‚ Zanarini.‚
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Professor Corin Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Before I read Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf‚ I did a little research on Edward Albee the playwright. I realized that the assigned play would not be the first I have read by Albee but the second. A few years ago I read A Delicate Balance. Once I finished Virginia Woolf I was able to compare the two plays‚ which helped me develop an idea about Albee’s writing and his style. Edward Albee’s plays are usually unapologetic examination of modern society
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