Seeing how Fitzgerald simply puts it‚ Daisy and Jordan Baker both have donned gowns of white‚ which again‚ stands as a symbol for their wealth and poise as the upper class. Later on in the story‚ Nick’s acquaintance from college takes him to meet his mistress in the valley of ashes. Fitzgerald goes on to describe the desolate land and states‚ “ Occasionally a line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track‚ gives out a ghastly creak‚ and comes to a rest‚ “ (Fitzgerald‚ 23). Among the inhabitants of
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Dog‚ sleeping on the cold tile floor of the kitchen. He isn’t eating‚ nor is Plum. Dogs’ bad dreams are coming back‚ recounting his life. He dreams of his foster mum‚ Black Nose‚ and her death. He dreams of how he left the dump‚ in search of a mistress. Dog encountered many problems in his puppyhood. Dog then dreams of how Plum became his owner‚ and the friends he made and lost. When Dog wakes up‚ Plum and the family are packing to go on holiday. They are going with a caravan‚ which Dog stays
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In the reading "Learning to Read and Write" by Frederick Douglass‚ he tells the tale of how he‚ a slave‚ learned to read and write. He explains that he lived with the Hugh’s family and that the mistress was his teacher. Upon his arrival to the Hugh’s family‚ he describes his mistress as "a kind and tender hearted woman‚" as she instructed him in his studies. She continued to do so until she was told he‚ was to no longer be instructed by her or anyone else. As she had adopted her husband’s precept
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thought they were a perfect combination of the ideal wealthy couple. Daisy has been brought up being a pretty object. She was an object to Tom; however‚ he did truly love her. When Tom’s mistress‚ Myrtle‚ called out Daisy’s name‚ Tom became outraged and hit her. He felt it was permissible to have a mistress‚ yet he still honored Daisy by not allowing Myrtle to talk about her. Throughout the novel Tom manages to speak sensitively to Daisy. For example‚ when Tom and Daisy are in the kitchen eating
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I believe there can be a turning pint in a person’s life after which nothing will ever be the same. Such is the case in Arthur Miller’s play‚ Death of a Salesman‚ when Willy Loman’s son Biff reaches a "point of no return" after discovering that Willy is having an affair with a woman in Boston. The shock and disillusionment from this revelaation made Biff see his father in a new light ande he would never be able to return to a life in which he trusted or respected his father. The quote "often
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Compare your Responses to ‘Kid’ by Simon Armitage with you Responses to one poem Carol Ann Duffy and tow from the pre-1914 Poetry Bank Poets use features of form‚ structure and language to force the reader to respond in different ways to different poems. Different methods of language are used by poets to produce different feelings about a speaker or generate descriptions of certain people. ‘Kid’ by Simon Armitage is a poem focusing on the partnership of Batman and Robin. It is a monologue from
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Victorian dichotomous model of female sexuality. Rossetti’s paintings of mistress or harlot-type stunners also indirectly arranged the pattern of Victorian female sexuality into a dual opposition between the chaste ideal and the immoral deviant. In formal terms‚ the mistress is often brought up close to the foreground of the canvas and painted on a larger scale than were the other figures. The bare neck‚ chest‚ and arms of the mistress figure plays prominently into her depiction‚ and she is often very
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Her mom dies‚ but she goes to live with her mother’s young mistress‚ a pretty nice lady (for a slave-owner) who teaches Linda how to sew and read. Now things go downhill after her mistress dies‚ twelve-year-old Linda has to go live with a new mistress‚ five-year old Emily Flint. She went through her childhood taking care of her little brother since her parents had passed away. She grew up wishing that she could be free. Her mistress had promised their grandmother that they would be free but a
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without the knowledge that it was and illegal activity. The coach at the University of Arkansas was also not fully aware that his actions f hiring his mistress was in contravention to any rule by the board (Birtch & Chiang‚
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when the drawbridge is up to let barges through‚ the passengers waiting trains can stare at the dismal scene for as long as half an hour. There is always a halt there of at least a minute and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan’s mistress.” While people are waiting for the train‚ between West Egg and New York they are surrounded in a place where Fitzgerald names the “valley of ashes.” The opening chapter of the Great Gatsby details the rich and American values. The second chapter
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