... on a common ground in some areas. To start off I'll talk about the book written by Gilbert L. Wilson, Waheenee. Known as the Buffalo Bird woman, Waheenee was part of the Hidatsa which was one of the settled agricultural tribes living on the upper Missouri river (Wilson 42). She was born in 1839, 2 years after the devastating smallpox epidemic which wiped out half of the tribe at that time. This caused the survivors to move north where they found Like-a- Fishhook Village. Waheenee at the age of six lost her mother which her great-grandmother and her grandmother raised her. So Waheenee had many mothers th ...

... They are usually treated as equals with men and there are few jobs from which they are excluded. In China, women are expected to stay at home and are not permitted to be in a work force that is held exclusively for men. The women of America receive fair wages and have earned the right to work with men. In China, women are assigned the role of housewives and must stay at home to clean the house and raise the children. Women in America receive educations that will prepare them for the high paying jobs of a professional. The women in China are known for taking orders from their husbands. Another feature t ...

... store to get it fixed. The salesperson was not successful in opening the screw, so he showed her how she can take pictures without the light meter (64). In this case, Tannen's source is herself. This could have a great effect on the interpretation and create a bias. One can not know what was going on in the salesperson's mind. By providing her own evidence in an example, Tannen limits some of her open-mindedness and replaces it with bias. The context of this example can affect the interpretation because the reader knows nothing about the salesperson except for his profession. The man might have feared ...

... at the age of two, Poe was raised by his adopted father, John Allen. Poe had an unhappy childhood. His relationship with his father was a troubled one, filled with great tension and strife. Through the passing years this relationship degenerated into a complete dissolution between father and son. Poe spent one year at the University of Virginia, then served two years as an enlisted man in the army . Poe also attended West Point Military Academy for a short time, after his Army stint. Poe grew very fond of writing and published his first book of poetry in 1827 at the age of sixteen. Poe is considered one ...

... southern coast. The family was in the lower division of the middle class. Charles Dickens' father, John, was a clerk at the Navy Pay Office in Portsmouth. Dickens's mother was very affectionate and rather foolish in practical matters. John was a vivacious and generous man, but often lived outside the boundaries of his tight pocketbook. Later in life Dickens used his father as the basis for his fictional character, Mr. Micawber and his mother as Mrs. Nickleby in the Brothers Cheeryble (Constable 25). In 1814 John Dickens was transferred from the post in Portsworth to one in London. Three years later th ...

... and denies and disgraces the only man whom she loves most dearly. All her relationships occur in a period of months, as Brett either accepts or rejects certain values or traits of each man. Brett, as a dynamic and self-controlled woman, and her four love interests help demonstrate Hemingway’s standard definition of a man and/or masculinity. Each man Brett has a relationship with in the novel possesses distinct qualities that enable Hemingway to explore what it is to truly be a man. The Hemingway man thus presented is a man of action, of self-discipline and self-reliance, and of strength and courage to ...

... that his family is content with what he is doing, but the only thing that Gregor accomplishes is to alienate himself from his family. Not only is Gregor alienating himself from his family, but he is also alienating himself from society. Gregor goes on many trips for his job, and instead of going out to meet people, he stays at the motel and does nothing. For this reason Gregor doesn't have a friend or a girlfriend that he can find support in. He follows the same routine everyday of his life and fails to look ahead into the future. By secluding himself like this, Gregor's life becomes like the life of a co ...

... total opposites and in search of the same goal, Catherine. Edgar is the calm element contrasted by the stormy element of Heathcliff. Edgar represents beauty with his "blue eyes and even forehead", while Heathcliff is the ugliness as "the little black haired thing". Edgar and Heathcliff both show love for Catherine but for different reasons. Heathcliff loves Catherine because she is "wild and a free spirit" and wants to be with her forever, yet Edgar loves Catherine because she is his wife and he wants to protect her from the evil Heathcliff. Heathcliff who is as "rough as a saw-edge and hard as whinestone", is an o ...

... in a world quite different from the one familiar to the ordinary men he meets. Windmills are thus transformed into giants, and this illusion, together with many others, is the basis for the beatings and misadventures suffered by the intrepid hero. After the knight's second sally in search of adventure, friends and neighbors in his village decide to force him to forget his wild fancy and to reintegrate himself into his former life. The "knight" insists upon following his calling, but at the end of the first part of the book they make him return to his home by means of a sly stratagem. In the second part the hidalgo le ...

... parents and a sign of maturity. Another reason for teenage drinking is it represents a daring gesture. According to Dr. Joseph Franklin, �The way drinking starts is, one kid dares another kid to take a drink of alcohol, and the kid doesn't want his friends to think he is a coward so he does. Then the rest of them follow.� In the book, Between Parent and Teenager, it states the substance abuse is the number one cause of death amongst teenagers. Studies show that among high school students age 14 - 17, 60% of the students use alcohol once a week, 75% use it at least once a month, and 85% have used it on ...