... fathers were, they were forced to guess. Rayona and Pearl were also similar because they both had a tough time getting along with the kids they had to go to school with. Neither of them were able to make friends very easily. Rayona's trouble was that she was part African American growing up in a Native American community. Pearl had trouble because of the fact that her mom committed adultery and the kids laugh at her. Both of the children were also social outcasts in their community. The community was different from them didn't accept them. Rayona and Pearl were also similar in another way. Through the toug ...

... which is masculine." (p.30) This was considered improper to the older fishermen, as it was spoken of like a place or a contestant. The old man always referred to the sea as a female, like a mother. "He always thought of the sea as la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her." (p.29) He saw the sea as a woman, a woman that gave or withheld favors. She was unpredictable beacuse "The moon affects her as it does a woman." (p.30) The sea was like a second home for the man, who fished every day. La mar provided the man with food, a living, an enemy, and a friend. When he was out on the sea fi ...

... of romance has been significantly altered in the minds of men as time progressed. The original definition of romance is: a fiction; a falsehood; a love affair. Now I am sure that you all know that everyone has a different definition of love. Some see love as being able to endure me, some see love as being able to please me, and others see love as being able to obey me. All of these are true to some and violently wrong to others, but that is the beauty of love, it is available to all. Romance is therefore a relative thing. The fact is that romance, or Eros, is different things to different people. To me, romance is ...

... but in my paper I investigate if it’s a real desire of infatuation for Estella, or just a first big crush which lasted through out his teenage years. Pip’s love for Estella is usually a one-way street, at least in his eyes. From the moment Pip meets her, he feels an attraction towards her. At the same token, Estella’s outward feelings towards Pip are confusing and cruel. From slapping him in the face as hard as she can, to making him feel as low as dirt saying he has coarse hands and thick soles and such, Estella is able to crush Pip inside. He feels as though he cannot let Estella know how ...

... her uncle pretending not to be crippled by standing erect at the counter. Although I liked many other scenes in this book, such as when Maya Angelou writes about how much she loved pineapples, this is my favorite scene that I can recall. Maya Angelou's Uncle Willie interests me the most in this book. He interests me the most out of all the other characters, because it makes me think about how my life would be if I were crippled like he was. At this point the only ideas that intrigue me, are being crippled like Uncle Willie and what Uncle Willie would have to do if the Klan was coming. The reason why what Uncle Wi ...

... for him, he was dead wrong. Lear refuses to recognize that his two eldest daughters are evil and only his youngest truly loves him. This is the secret in the story; the two older daughters hide their wickedness behind a mask of kind words, and Lear allows the secret to remain a secret, by his unwillingness to accept the fact that his daughters do not love him. What follows plunges Lear into the depths of hell, and then through his eventual realization of this secret, he is able to redeem himself. Shakespeare writes this story in a manner that the reader understands the cause of Lear's problems, but Lear him ...

... back from training exercises and the whole way the characters fight against their own limits and the odds. The novel is set at a marine base in the Carolinas. The climate in the novel is fair and mild. The year is most likely in the 50's or 60's. The time is between large wars. World War II has ended a while back, and the Korean War is about to start. The reserves fought in World War II and one of the officers in command threatens to send a person to Korea. The time and setting lend to the plot and theme in the way that it shows that the march is taking place in America in the peace time. It advances the whole ...

... Poseidon's enemy. Therefore, as the Phaecians' ship is just outside the reach of their harbor on the journey home…Poseidon sends the ship crashing into the rocks. Alcinous then speaks of a prophecy that his father told him of-that the great god Poseidon would punish them, crash one of their ships, and raise a mountain blocking their harbor. Back on the island of Ithaca Odysseus awoke. He awoke to meet Athena disguised as a shepherd boy. Odysseus asked the boy where he was because he currently has no idea, he thought the Phaecians did not bring him to his desired destination. The boy tells him Ithaca. ...

... along with her hare friend young Pikkle Ffolger, journeys into Mossflower woods to find her true calling in life. On their journey, the two friends are captured by cannibal toads, and are rescued by a band of shrews. They become good friends with the shrew leader, Log-a-Log, and decide to help him on a dangerous quest for the tribe's Blackstone, which will completely restore Log-a-Log's control over his tribe. They travel in shrew logboats across the bottomless lake, and encounter the Deepcoiler (A huge sea serpent). They reach an island where the Blackstone is supposed to have been left. However, danger and myst ...

... than any other character in The Oresteia in the way she manipulates the events leading up to Agamemnon's execution in the play "Agamemnon." Her scheming ways and clever word play make her intimidating in the eyes of the people of Argos. She is looked upon with revulsion because of the manly way she acts. The chorus leader states in line 35 "spoken like a man, my lady, loyal, full of self-command." (Aeschylus 116). Odysseus of the quick wits was held in high esteem for such craftiness, yet intelligence and wit, while exulted in a man, are threatening characteristics in a woman. In the kingdom, Clytaemnestra h ...