thorn may hurt you. Similarly‚ it is the same in life. There are many people who don’t look like what they seem. Miss Adela Strangeworth‚ a character in a story “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson‚ is a seventy-one-year old woman who wants to stop the evil from her town. However‚ her efforts made her become a condescending perfectionist with a god complex. Miss Strangeworth shows condescension throughout the whole story. She always thought “the town belonged to her” because “[her] grandfather
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heaven came down…..but after they saw her crazy acts with her friends most people they are like ‘’what on earth is that child is doing? And think of her as the crazy girl but to me she is known as Anna Gabrielle Frances C. Flores and the girl with a character. She has been the light and angel to her parents since the day she was born. Gabby became a very responsible daughter to her parents and an enthusiastic person to her friends. A 14 year old girl who lives in Cablong‚ Pozorrubio‚ Pangasinan just
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How big of an impact does being invisible to the world have on a person? We see in Ralph Ellison’s‚ Invisible Man the idea of the narrator as “an invisible man” (3). Throughout the novel we are trying to determine if we can figure out whom invisible man really is seeing as he is given no name‚ the college he went to is not said and we don’t know the locations of the places he travels other than he goes to Harlem. We are told “I am invisible; understand‚ simply because people refuse to see me. Like
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The scarlet letter was a book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850. The Scarlet Letter which was his greatest work ever is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting. Hester Prynne Although The Scarlet Letter is about Hester Prynne. We know very little about Hester prior to her affair with Dimmesdale and her public shaming. We read that she married Chillingworth although she did not love him‚ but we never fully understand why. The early
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A Possibility of Evil Character Sketch – Adela Strangeworth She is portrayed as an old lady who has too much pride and wants to be in the know of every tiny piece of gossip in town. In the beginning of the story‚ it gives the readers the impression that she was a sweet old lady who takes much pride in her rose bush and enjoys the town gossip too much. Ms. Strangeworth comes off as prideful‚ intrusive and blunt. Ms. Strangeworth was portrayed as prideful throughout the story when she took so
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As a child I was fortunate to know all of my grandparents. Of all of them my paternal grandfather was my favorite grandparent. He was a tough little man‚ barely five feet six inches tall. He was never excessively over weight but he had a little round belly. He had a beautiful mischievous smile which I found utterly charming. Welding had faded the color of his eyes to the palest blue I had ever seen. He was hardworking‚ just‚ fun loving and surprisingly reverent. Granddaddy was retired
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You may ask yourself who is this girl who’s applying to my college? Where does she come from? Why is she the way that she is? On the other hand‚ your sole concern may be whether this girl is fit to be accepted. For now I’ll disregard the latter and tell more about the girl. I’ll begin by saying that this girl frowns upon anyone who refers to themselves in third person and will continue by making one of the greatest fallacies in literature: shifting point of view. After sixteen years of living this
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Erin Evans Dana Maddock English 99‚ 11:00PM 9/25/2014 Devoted and Helpful We all have that one person whom we regard highly of. That person we look up to as a role model. But what is a role model? A role model would be someone who is devoted in most aspects of life to achieve success in the future and always willing to be help usually not caring what the task is. We do not necessarily see this person as particularly perfect but just a good goal of whom we hope to become someday
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This sketch is set in present day in the playhouse in a kindergarten classroom. The two main characters‚ Emmi and Lucy‚ are both five years old and are best friends. While glitter painting is another favourite of theirs‚ ‘pretend’ is their game of preference. Emmi: Do you want to play pretend? Lucy: Ok. This is our house and that is our dog and I am the wife and you are the husband. Emmi: How come you get to be the girl? You ALWAYS get to be the girl. Lucy: That’s because you didn’t
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The character sketch of Macbeth Macbeth is a very complex character. He has so many character traits. The most noticeable characteristic is that Macbeth is a very ambitious person. He also is a coward person as he always depends on others to make decisions. And one thing very important is that Macbeth is a incompatible person. The good and evil both exist in his characteristic. He is a incompatible person. From the beginning we can see it. At the Act
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