1) When the main characters grandmother says‚ " Hold it‚ let me leave the room‚ lightning’s going to strike" she is referring to the popular belief that if you lie‚ lightning will strike you. In the story‚ we can infer this when the main character tells us‚" She always said Granddaddy was the biggest liar God ever blew breath into." When we read this we can infer that the grandmother’s actions were influenced by the fact that the grandfather was a "liar." 2) When Mr. Hall came to visit‚ the events
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See You at Harry’s conclusion I thought quite a bit about Knowles’ usage of “impossible” in See You at Harry’s‚ and found two different conclusions to ponder. Frist‚ when I considered this word from an adult’s perspective defining is as something that is unable to happen‚ I did not find the usage as convincing and felt that it took away from my already questionable believability of Fern. Even understanding that the word was not being used in the literal sense‚ I felt that the use of its synonyms
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Judith Wright Judith Wright‚ born in the country town of Armidale‚ but grew to become one of the most influential modern thinkers through her poetry. Wright writes poems that expand further than just love‚ she wrote poems expressing the issues that deal with the spiritual and cultural fracture. Her views of the disintegrating culture and the physical environment surrounding her world are portrayed through the various techniques. These elements of techniques are such as Wright’s idea for her poems;
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Susan Glaspell’s Trifles explores the loss of companionship and the psychological effect that isolation can have on a person through the quiet conversation of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. Glaspell writes‚ “MRS. HALE [Not as if answering that.] I wish you’d seen Minnie Foster when she wore a white dress with blue ribbons and stood up there in the choir and sang. [A look around the room.] Oh‚ I wish I’d come over here once in a while! That was a crime! That was a crime! Who’s going to punish that?” (Glaspell)
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“Trifles” a Woman’s Life in the Early 1900’s In 1916‚ a woman’s place was in the kitchen. That is the setting for Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles. The set is described as gloomy with faded wallpaper. Glaspell is painting a picture of the life of the absent Minnie Wright. Throughout the play‚ the reader discovers‚ along with the female characters‚ that Minnie lived a lonely life of neglect and abuse. As this was written before the passing of the nineteenth amendment‚ women had little to no rights
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go well. I am coming to save your friend’s life‚ and my own.” This is a quote from the first note Miranda receives from the anonymous person in the book When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. A 12 year old girl named Miranda lives in New York City in the 1970’s. She gets notes from an anonymous person who can predict the future. The notes ask her to cooperate to the directions given in order to save someone’s life. She must choose to follow the mysterious directions or simply ignore them. Miranda has
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play a center role in Trifles as they dictate how the characters behave‚ emphasizing the differences between men and women in this time period. The men are labeled as the workers/investigators who are dominant in this society while the women are subordinate/lower status individuals that are confined to the home and feminine concerns. Mr. Hale even claims that he “didn’t know as what his wife wanted made much of a difference…” when referring to Mr. and Mrs. Wright (1108 Trifles). Mr. Hale is blatantly
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BACK WHEN I KNEW YOU presents with an excellent concept. The tone is reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock film or a Twilight Zone episode. The concept skillfully takes an ordinary couple and places them in an extraordinary situation. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. The tone is foreboding and ominous‚ perfect for the plot. One can easily envision this as a film. While there are elements that can be further clarified‚ overall the script delivers a tense thriller. The script offers the core
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Under what conditions do cells gain or lose water? Did water move into the cell or out of the cell while it was surrounded by hypotonic solution? The water moved into the cell‚ because there was less water inside the cell than outside (there were fewer water molecules inside). 2. In which direction did the water move though the cell membrane when the cell was surrounded by the hypertonic solution? The water moved out of the cell because there was a higher concentration of water inside
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“personality” of its own. b. When the sister came out and told the brother that supper was ready and the saw looked as if it “leaped” out of the boys hand‚ it seemed as if the saw was a friend of the boy that did not want to be abandoned‚ so it pulled away from the boy in anger‚ causing injury to the boy. The saw and the boy were in essence “friends” because of the time they spent together sawing firewood‚ and when faced with the boy leaving was upset. 2. What do you make of the people who surround
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