Introduction Jeanette Winterson’s novel “Written on the Body” (1990) draws a realistic picture of twe ntieth century England‚ but in contrast to the majority of post-modern works that display chaos and displacement often accompanied by apocalyptic future visions‚ “Written on the Body” sets love and trust against individualism and control. The simple plot of the story as well as the overload of metaphors and imagery have misled some critics into judging the novel as trivial and romantic‚ but a closer
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In "The Story of an Hour" the main character Louise mentions how she was rarely happy with her husband but would have spent the rest of her life with him due to the social implications of divorce during her time period. If Louise didn’t feel as though she was forced to be with a man due to social standings‚ she would be able to live a life in which she was happy. Louise finds herself grappling with her feelings about her husband’s passing. Being forced to
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1960. It was a time in which African Americans lacked the same rights as white people. The novel is a social critique set somewhere in the 1930s. Atticus Finch is one of the major characters in the novel. He is the father of Jeremy “Jem” and Jean Louise “Scout”‚ he is also a lawyer in Maycomb County‚ Alabama. In a city reigned by social inequality and intolerance‚ Atticus represents justice and morality. Racism is one of the major themes in the book‚ since the story takes place in the 1930s
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Causes of Mrs. Mallards Death After reading Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”‚ readers are left in wonder as to what ultimately resulted in the death of Mrs. Louise Mallard. While the very end suggests heart disease as the culprit‚ further analyzation of the story points towards a few other‚ deeper and slightly more complex causes. The first thing we learn about Mrs. Mallard is that she has heart trouble. This heart trouble turns is both mental and physical and is both within her body and
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Harper Lee’s extraordinary and original tale‚ To Kill a Mockingbird displays the difficulty and struggle of the community in Maycomb County through the eyes of a young girl named Jean Louise Finch. The main character‚ Atticus Finch plays an important role throughout the novel. His wisdom‚ words and actions help guide the town through the harsh times of prejudice and injustice. He demonstrates powerful leadership through his three different roles as a father‚ a lawyer and a noble citizen of the town
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embedded within the text to tell the story. As a reader it is extremely vital to be aware of these narrative voices when reading the text because each narrator presents different emotions‚ ideas and knowledge. The three narrative voices are Scout‚ Jean Louise who is Scout as an adult and Harper Lee. Scout is telling the story from the point of view of a six year old child therefore she has a unique way of persuading her audience. A six year old child is obviously very young and this means she has very
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formed story. The tension and uncertainty of conflict engulfs the reader making them more interested in the outcome. In Alice Munro’s “An Ounce of Cure‚” the teenager struggles in her adolescent life to find her identity‚ in “The Story of an Hour‚” Louise wrestles with her own emotions‚ and finally in “The Chaser‚” Alan is conflicted with his desires for love. Each story mentioned contains unique forms of conflict. In “An Ounce of Cure”‚ the teenager experiences a type of internal conflict characterized
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as the story goes on‚ the reader is led to believe that Louise didn ’t much care for her husband. I say this because later in the story‚ when she attempts to picture a life alone without her husband‚ it said that "she had loved him-sometimes. Often she did not" (Chopin). The character becomes aware of conflict between the two a little over halfway into the story where‚ using the same reference as in the first question‚ it says that Louise "had loved him-sometimes. Often she had not"(87). She struggles
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Finch character. Atticus is extremely different is each of the novels‚ but Jean-Louise is the same naïve‚ child-like‚ troublemaker in each. “Go Set a Watchman” Jean-Louise is an adult woman who went approximately 20 years not knowing of her father’s racial prejudices. This becomes even more confusing after knowing the Harper Lee wrote Go Set a Watchman before To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee’s original conception of Jean-Louise was extremely childish‚ and then for the her second novel she decided to not
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Lisa’s Cat The day Muffin died was a huge disaster‚ at least to Lisa it was. The whole thing had happened on a sunny and enjoyable afternoon. Lisa Louise had just come home from school after saying goodbye to her friend who had walked with her. She rushed into the house‚ wanting to find her cat‚ Muffin‚ for a big welcome‚ only to find Muffin lying on the floor! She hadn’t seemed to look‚ well . . . very much alive. Lisa rushed to her side‚ but it had been too late; she only found the already hardened
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