... on their trips. I for one, was somebody who wanted to do something productive during my vacation, rather than just going out and letting my mind rot to waste. Finally it hit me that I should ask my uncle for job. As soon as I asked him, he went into shock, he thought that I was just a little brat and that I would be the type to just live off my parents the rest of my life; so he gave me the job. That next following monday morning was the worst morning ever. My back was hurting because I had slept late from the night before. It was 7 o' clock in the morning and I was thinking to myself: "What am I doing here, w ...

... these anonymous forces are a lot more evident in The Metamorphosis, they are also seen throughout The Trial. In The Metamorphosis, the anonymous force is whatever, or whoever, changed Gregor Samsa into an insect. In The Trial, the struggle is more complex. Joseph K struggles to find the true meaning behind his arrest. He searches for answers related to his case, but no one can give him a clear answer as to why he was arrested. Not even the inspector that arrested him, "These gentlemen here and myself have no standing whatever in this affair of yours, indeed we know hardly anything about it. We might wear the most ...

... dwell in cliffs faced to catch the winter sun and shaded in summer, with enough floodplain to grow something and a source of water. These two story stone dwellings in cliffs were built large enough to fit 30 people in them. There is one odd fact about this: the Anasazi supposedly carried roof beams more than 50 miles from the forests of Mt. Taylor and Chuskas. These Indians lived as small scattered families of hunters and seed gatherers. They developed agriculture, learned to make baskets and irrigate. The Anasazi religion was very different compared to other religions of the world. Anasazi Indians chose to bury the ...

... dog. He weighed one hundred and forty pounds, and he carried every one with utmost pride. Buck had everything he could want. Little did he know, he would soon have it all taken away from him. One night, while the judge was away at a raisin grower's committee meeting, the gardener, Manuel, took Buck away from his home. Buck was then sold, and thrown in a baggage car. This would be the beginning of a new, cruel life for Buck. On his ride to wherever he was going, Buck's pride was severely damaged, if not completely wiped out by men who used tools to restrain him. No matter how many times Buck tried to lunge, h ...

... because her mind tends to wander a bit. Catherine is quite fond as books so long as they are far from educational. She has a high amount of creativity however learning is not something she is fond of. She loves books that have a mystery to them. Along with fantasy novels, Catherine feels she would be fond of music lessons. She tries them for one year and of course does not like them. Her mother is not one to hold her child to something they do not like, so she allows Catherine to quit. The day that Catherine left her music teacher was "the happiest day of her life" . It is not that Catherine despises music, she ju ...

... patrol in order to search out and destroy any Vîet Công soldiers that they encounter. The patrol lasts for a few hours and Peewee and Perry are just about to camp, when a mutual friend of Peewee and Perry drops out of formation for a second and steps on a land mine, killing him instantly. Perry is so upset by this and needs Peewee to help him talk out his feelings of grief for the loss of the friend. Peewee and Perry have a few days to rest, because they have a weekend pass and it grants them 48 hours of freedom. They go to Saigon and have a few drinks and generally have fun, before they have to report back to the ...

... use of his imagination and scholarship" (Rogers 37). Another critic mentions: "In itself, The Hobbit began as merely another story for amusement" (Kurska 56). Also in the book it mentions mysterious creatures and whether each is on the side of good or evil. Some of the creatures in the book are dragons, dwarves, elves, goblins, hobbits, trolls, and many more creatures that prove The Hobbit is a fantasy world. True it is an impossible world in which dragons talk, wizards perform Magic, evil creatures lose their flesh - blood forms, and magic rings of Power rule and corrupt (Evans145). Magic comprises part ...

... aware of her position in society as opposed to the whites, she knew that enfuriating her audience was the wisest thing to do. When criticizing slavery she chose her words very wisely. In her poem “On Being Brought from Africa to America,� for example, she does not blatantly protest about slavery and call her readers savages like Douglass would do. Instead she and realized has realized her position in serialized her position in society as a slave and In her literature she criticizes slavery through rli Although, Phillis Wheatley was an abolishnist writer, she passive than a lot of her literature didn’t always re ...

... and the physical breakdown are all part of twentieth century warfare. With all the effort of preparation, discipline, and anticipation, false hopes were created for the young individuals, which leave the battlefields with numerous emotional and physical scars. Paul Baumer is the main character in “”, and Robert Ross is the main character in “The Wars”. Both boys were at a very young age when they were exposed to World War 1. The war was getting worse as the days went by, and the soldiers were dying quickly. The commanding officers felt it was best to convince young men to enter the war t ...

... Juliet then wakes up and finds Romeo dead. This then causes Juliet to kill herself. This is all a chain of events suffered by youth that were caused by adults’. Another victim of the Capulet and Montegue conflict was Mercutio. When Tybalt and Mercutio were fighting, Mercutio was badly wounded by a sword. He then cries, “A plague a both your houses,” blaming his death on the house of the Montegue and the Capulets. The feud was probably all started by the parents who then passed it down to their children who were taught to hate one another. This shows another example that young ones can ...