About how her father went to war when he was only a teen and how when he came back he made delicious but also sorrowful tasting Litmus Lozenge candy. I think the most important character was Winn-Dixie because he brought everyone together and he helped Opal with her problems. I think the most important scene in this book is when Opal gets Winn-Dixie. I think that because everything starts to happen after Opal rescues Winn-Dixie. If I could ask the author 1 question it would be... “ What inspired you to think of this book? ¨ I wonder what made the author think of this story line and the characters in this…
She belongs to the HYPERLINK "http://www.jljackson.org/" \o "Junior League" \t "_blank" Junior League and is in tight with other high-society ladies. She's been best friends with Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt (villainous characters) since grade school. But as the story progresses, Skeeter becomes more and more distanced from this safe social status and goes, as they say, rogue. She breaks all the rules and crosses dangerous lines – and we love her for…
The author uses indirect characterization to describe each of the five important characters in the novel. Kingston takes on so many personas that makes it difficult to really know her character traits, throughout the memoir she is sometimes rebellious, verbally lashing out against her mother as a teenager, imaginative, curious, and also anguished. She really…
Have you ever wanted to read a book that set you into a different time but reminded you of life today? Or how would you act if someone said this to you. "There ain’t much a feller can do when he’s married to a born whore" (Metalious 4). An interesting quote from a book right? How would if feel if this person was calling someone you know a slut? Or better yet who would right that. Well it is very simple my friend this is a story from a book I greatly enjoy a best-selling novel known Peyton Place by Grace Metalious. In this story, the locals are cruel and judgmental to those who are having some difficulties in their life or fall under the category of lower class. And gossip, as you can tell, was very popular subject due to this. Then again this isn't new at all, at least in some point of life we can relate to this. Everybody talks. This novel attempts to portray how life is in a town in New England. You know how small towns are in TV show drama hold many secrets and is relived through the through the lives of the residents; the main accounts you will hear about is from three women who have to deal with life through secrets, lies, and abuse, and 'other' road blocks. Sounds mysterious right? Scandals, differences social class, and murder. Something worth reading right correct?…
Mrs. Strangeworth’s public personality was like her beautiful rose house. Everyone in town everyone around the neighborhood would greet her wherever she would go. She was known as a helpful and happy person in the eyes of other. She seems also to worry about other people’s health. Everyone knew her around the small town and everyone seemed to like her. She was a Perfectionist following everyday routines.…
A few good illustrations to prove the theme of the story is on sexism, is when she says the following “But Miss Glory wouldn’t let me say a thing against her mistress.” This comes to show that she was being ruled by someone superior than her, since Margaret was an African American. A few paragraphs later, it shows Margaret setting down a tray and then a lady asks “What’s your name, girl?” Mrs. Cullinan she replies “She doesn’t talk much. Her name’s Margaret.” This shows how Mrs. Cullinan takes over the conversation, not letting Margaret come up and have a chance to talk to the lady. Margaret was being treated not as a maid but as a slave in the house. With no rights whatsoever, she quit her job and left. Both stories talk about the power of a person having against the town or in the house. The males have all the power, the women’s weren’t allowed to be part of selecting the vote in the lottery and in “Finishing School”, Mrs. Cullinan was the leader of the house and gets everything they way she wants…
The conflict of man vs. society is quickly revealed from the beginning of the novel. Through a recalled account of past life events, the reader is allowed to grasp an understanding of the life of Janie Crawford. Her life’s trials and tribulations have compelled her into the woman she is, a woman of self-determination who has abandoned the idea of the need for a male presence, as a result of three unsuccessful marriages. Coming into her own, Janie battles with society’s ignorant definition of gender roles and relations versus her personal views of self progression and independence. From her financially driven first marriage to the death of her last husband, she has taken on the flaws of others, specifically a man, to help her search for personal happiness, which has only hindered her progression. Janie once took on the same views as society but due to her personal experiences that allowed herself growth, she broke free of the biased, realizing that the development of an individual identity amounts way more than simply compromising for the like of others.…
Miss Maudie is one of those complex characters who plays a very influential role. Miss Maudie’s complexity and influence are shown through her three traits of optimism, patience, and selflessness. She maintains her positivity after her house burnt down and she lost most of her possessions. Her enduring patience to answer all of Scout’s questions greatly influences Scout’s life. Miss Maudie sustains her selflessness even through the tragedy in her life. All characters, in every novel, can be characterized by their traits. Most of these characters also play roles that greatly affect the lives of other…
2. Miss Maudie discusses some of the town’s problems with the children. She says: “The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets—“ Secrets seem to be a theme in the novel. Even a small town holds many secrets. What are some of the secrets from the story thus far? How might the secrets affect the story?…
conclusion, the setting of the story, Miss Strangeworth's respect to her town and her nice…
To start things off, the lives of Sarah and Elizabeth are quite peculiar and interesting to me. Amy Hill Hearth first met the one hundred year old sisters, Sarah (Sadie) Delany and Elizabeth (Bessie) Delany when she was a reporter for the New York Times. When I found this out, I automatically thought this was going to be a good book because one, it is about two sisters who are over a hundred years old, and two, because Amy Hill Hearth is a reporter for the New York Times, which is a prestigious newspaper. In order to contact the Delany sisters, Amy had to call them, but to her dismay they sisters had never installed a phone in the Mount Vernon home, in New York. Now that is just weird. How do they not have a phone, in order to do almost anything in this society, you need a phone, not having a phone is like living in a cave, being secluded from the world. The occupations the two sisters had are also interesting. Elizabeth was a well known dentist in Harlem and also the first black woman to teach domestic science at public high schools in New York City. , and Sarah was the first black home-economics teacher at a public high school in New York City. Since…
1. Where does this story take place? How do we know (provide evidence from the story)?…
The book has a significant circle of characters who after an initial reading seen to fit into set roles within the context of the story, in essence they seem placed in order to develop and motivate the main character Melanie.…
In the novel Tom Jones, two female characters had a great impact on the story. They were Miss Sophia Western and Miss Molly Seagrim who differed in very many ways. These traits became distinct when matters concerned with physical appearance, family, and their feelings about things as well as the people around them were discussed. Both girls were comparable in that they were beautiful, but this was where their similarities stopped. The ways in which they were beautiful were different.…
4. Henrietta Lacks story possibly would have been different if Ms. Skloot wasn’t apart of the story because she gave insight into what peoples face expression and demeanors were in hopes to give a better understanding of the story. For instance her being at certain events like the faith healing on page 289 she gave her perception of how Gary was looking and how worried he seemed to be about his cousin Deborah. I feel as if with out her being in that scene to identify how…