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... it made his path split like a silk string to a spider's web, it went out in all directions. His mind snapped at that exact moment and went into "shell-shock". Tayo started very early trying to find his path, but yet his path paralleled Rocky's until the time when Rocky died. Tayo's path paralleled but was always a step behind, because he was trying to retain his heritage and still keep with the new ways. Tayo walked a thin line trying to keep his path and Rocky's close together because he loved Rocky, and yet could not understand Rocky wanting so badly to leave the old ways. Rocky believed in the white man's science, when all Tayo wanted to believe in was Native American science, for ...

... deathly ill. The doctor' s couldn't do anything for him and unfortunately he past away. Annie took this unbelievably hard for she had realized that Jimmie was the only thing she had ever loved. Annie's attitude then worsened even more because she felt she had nothing left. She would throw hissy fits at the nurses and kick and scream. Believe it or not, this is one of the character traits that I most admire about Miss Macy. She was aggressive and didn't let anyone tell her what to do. Even though she could hardly see, she lived her own life in her own little world. Another trait that I admire about her is that she was a dreamer. I know I am a big dreamer and can get lost in my ...

... with her. He loves her for her good and not her flaws. When Elka had her children, Gimpel loves them like his own. He knows that they are not his, obviously, but he doesn’t let that child grow up without love. He probably knows what it’s like to not be loved because he is an orphan. He doesn’t want that child to go through the pains he went through just because his mother wasn’t perfect. He is an extremely strong person for not hating this child or neglecting it. Most people would hate the child knowing it was not theirs, but Gimpel is different. He has compassion for all people, and it doesn’t matter how others perceive them. When Gimpel urinates in the bread, and then he bu ...

... He tells the truck driver who gives him a ride that he got in a fight with a guy at a dance and when he tried to brandish a knife, Tom hit him on the head with a shovel. The truck driver lets him off at his father’s farm but he finds it abandoned. He does meet up with an old friend Jim Casy who used to be a preacher. So Tom and Jim head down to his uncle’s to locate his family. A day later he finds them all about to leave for California. Tom decides to accompany his family to California although it means breaking his parole. Packed tightly into a truck, they begin their journey down Route 66, little realizing that they are part of a huge migration into an unwelcoming region of the U ...

... loves to sew, as women such as herself "derive a pleasure…from the delicate toil of the needle," but she feels she does not deserve the gratification. Though sewing could be "soothing, the passion of her life …Like all other joys, she rejected it as a sin." Hester no longer feels worthy to wear the finery she is capable of sewing for herself. All of the "gorgeously beautiful" things she has "a taste for" are sold to others, they "found nothing… in…her life to exercise [themselves] upon." Instead of applying her time towards "the better efforts of her art", which she would enjoy, she employs in "making coarse garments for the poor" in order to repent for her sin. Hester's "own dress ...

... He tells his friend that he has some wine for him to try, even though there is no wine and he is leading Fortunato to his death. "‘I have my doubts,' I replied; ‘and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain.'" Montresor tells Fortunato this lie to lure him into the cellar, but the reader doesn't realize his intention until later in the story when he shackles Fortunato to the wall. Whitey is an unreliable narrator for another reason. The reader can guess by the end of the story what happened to Jim in the boat. But Whitey just doesn't see what has happened. He thinks t ...

... more tied down. By looking at the relationship between Edna and her husband, Leonce, we see that men treated women as if they were nothing more than possessions or property. They had no respect for their wives, mothers, or even their daughters as they constantly treated them like housemaids who were there to answer to their every call. Even Edna's father thinks that his daughter is her husband's property. We see this when he says "You are far too lenient, too lenient by far, Leonce. Authority, coercion are what is needed. Put your foot down good and hard; the only way to manage a wife" (Chopin 663). This is her own father telling her husband that he needs to be tougher on her. Chopin is cl ...

... she had no taxes in Jefferson because before the Civil War the South didn't have to pay taxes and since her father had made a contribution to the town of a generous amount, Colonel Sartoris, mayor at that time had remitted her taxes, she felt that that promise or rather gift still stood good. "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all."(190). Miss Emily might have stayed out the public eye after those two deaths because she was finally alone, something she in her life was not used to. Emily's father never let her alone and when he died Homer Baron was a treat she was never allowed to have. Miss Emily's stubbor ...

... things like: "worries that you couldn't possibly help me with," and "Nora, Nora, just like a woman." She is almost considered to be property of his: "Mayn't I look at my dearest treasure? At all the beauty that belongs to no one but me -that's all my very own?" By walking out she takes a position equal to her husband and brakes society's expectations. Nora also brakes society's expectations of staying in a marriage since divorce was frowned upon during that era. Her decision was a secession from all expectations put on a woman and a wife by society. Nora secessions are very deliberate and thought out. She knows what society expects of her and continues to do what she feels is right d ...

... The brass railings really gave it a realistic feel to the whole thing. On the deck was a steering wheel and a bell and both of these things were used on numerous occasions. Also up there was another entrance/exit. As well as another by the cabin on the bottom as well as in the cabin. To stage right there was a movable rope holder that is a hug part of the ending. Lower stage right are typical supplies a ship would store, such as crates and extra rope. There are two exit/entrances used- one that is suppose to lead to the right end of the boat and another that is suppose to lead to the shore. Both of these are also wonderfully used. Upper center stage holds the main sail. Even ...