The Discontent of One’s Life The short story‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ called “The Chrysanthemums” demonstrates an interesting theme of great magnitude. The main focus of this short story is based around the isolation and dissatisfaction of Elisa Allen’s life. From the beginning‚ the main character Elisa is alone. While her husband is having a business conversation with some men dressed in suits and smoking cigarettes‚ she is tending to her garden of chrysanthemums. Not only she is alone physically
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Schools may regulate student speech that results in a material and substantial disruption within the school. Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist.‚ 393 U.S. 503‚ 509‚ 513 (1969). Garner Vo-Tech must show either that there was an actual disruption within the school or that officials reasonably anticipated a material and substantial disruption was likely to occur. Alternatively‚ the Court could expand the exception found in Morse that waives the disruption requirement and include speech that
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advertising his services as a tinker who repairs pots and pans rolls along down the road. He stops and asks Elisa if he can be any service to her but she is confident in her abilities and replies with a no‚ although she is interested in his adventurous journey and his way of business. The tinker quickly says‚ “It ain’t the right kind of a life for a woman” when Elisa shows an interest in his way of life. She finds this very demeaning but is quickly distracted when the tinker asks about her Chrysanthemums
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season. Designed by Peter Moore and Bruce Kilgore‚ the original Air Jordan II was unique in that it was made in Italy giving the shoe a luxury feel. The Air Jordan II was originally retailed at $64.99. Air Jordan 3The Air Jordan III was designed by Tinker Hatfield. By that time Michael Jordan was ready to leave Nike‚ but the Jordan III changed his mind. It was the first Air Jordan to feature a visible air unit on the heel‚ the new Jumpman logo‚ an elephant print trim and tumble leather to give it a
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Fraser 1986 is about an ASB President of a school who used sexual innuendos during a speech in front of the school‚ in order to try and help his friend become ASB Vice President in the upcoming year‚ and therefor got suspended. Seventeen years earlier Tinker vs. Des Moines 1969 is about siblings who wore armbands to protest the Vietnam War. They were sent home and were told they couldn’t come back until they agreed to remove the armbands. These two compare well because both are about students who attended
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How is Gender represented in your TWO prescribed texts and ONE related text? In the texts of ‘The Chrysanthemums’ by John Steinbeck‚ ‘Folk Hero’ by H.M. Tolcher and ‘Ode to Barbie’ by Romanie Moreton the concept of gender is supported and challenged in a variety of ways. Men are typically portrayed as hard-working‚ rebellious and fulfilling a job in a male dominated profession. In contrast to this‚ females are depicted as fragile and emotional‚ having the role of the housewife. The authors of the
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In this album‚ there is a song entitled “1-800-273-8255” The title of the song is the national suicide hotline phone number. This song is about depression. “I made this song for all of you who are in a dark place and can’t seem to find the light.” (Tinker) The first verse of the song is in the point of view of the caller wanting to end their own life. The second verse is in the point of view of the suicide hotline worker‚ and the final verse is in the point of view of the caller realizing life has
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omniscient point of view helps the reader see the changes Elisa’s goes through after the visit from the tinker. When the story begins‚ Elisa is described as wearing a manly looking outfit. The narrator even describes her body as “blocked and heavy.”(321) As the tinker talks‚ Charles A. Sweet Jr. points out Elisa’s calculated and conscious masculine efforts become more and more feminine (212). When the tinker leaves Elisa bathes herself‚ and looks at herself naked in the mirror‚ and then dresses up in a
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To Chris McCandless and many others of his ilk like Henry Thoreau and Jack London‚the wilderness of the west has a very specific allure. McCandless sees the wilderness as a purer state‚ a place free of the evils of modern society‚ where someone like him can find out what he is really made of‚ live by his own rules‚ and be completely free. Yet‚ it is also true that the reality of day-to-day living in the wilderness is not as romantic as he and others like him imagine it to be. Perhaps this explains
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