... John Henry West. She changes her name to F. Jasmine, and says that after the wedding, she will move away. She goes to a bar and meets a man, who she ends up hurting, trying to ward off his aggressive advances, this experience makes her more aware of her age and her lack of experience. At the wedding, she is dragged off screaming from her brother and his brides car because she wants to go away with them. Shortly after, she tries to run away from home, but her plan is thwarted when she is stopped by the police and brought back home. Much later, Frankie and her father move in to a house with her aunt, and u ...

... So in order to reject reality she turns to her dreams in which she has the life of ease and riches. Pride comes to place when she is complaining to her husband about the way hey live and how she deserves more than this. When they discover that they have been invited to a big party, she feels she must live up to her pride. Knowing without a doubt that they have no money, she wants to have a beautiful dress and along with the dress she gets a radiant necklace from Mrs. Forrestier. The incident in which Mathlide loses the necklace plays an active role in Mathlide’s pride. Mathlide refuses to endure embarrassment b ...

... lot of the prejudice activity was still taking part in the lives of many of these individuals. In The Color Purple, a woman by the name of Ceile was a victim of this horrible prejudice. She was and uneducated woman living in the rural American south. She had been raped by her father, deprived of her children she bore him and was forced into marriage with a brutal man whom she calls “ Mister.� Since her sister was taken from her, Celie's only true companion was God whom she turns inward and shares her grief with. The man Celie calls “Mister� gained a lot of power, strength, and almightiness by playing the pa ...

... Ralph blows the conch and produces a sound so loud that it is heard throughout the island. Moments later, boys began appearing from the forest in hopes of finding the source of the loud noise. All of the boys agree that in order to survive on the island, they must have some sort of leader. Jack and Piggy were the obvious leaders for Jack was bold and Piggy intelligent. "But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch" (Golding 21). The boy who had blown the shell, the one who had successf ...

... about the old man staying at the cafe. The older waiter takes up for the old man by explaining that the old man, “stays up because he likes it� (Hemingway 160). This is the initial time that the older waiter indicates that he identifies with the old man's feelings. This identification becomes more apparent farther in the work. For instance, the older waiter categorizes himself as being one, “of those who likes to stay late at the cafe�(Hemingway 161). With this declaration, the older waiter places himself in the same group as the old man. Hemingway's comparison of the old man and the waiter becomes unm ...

... the monster’s right to a true name, only referring to him using despicable names, such as “wretch,” “thing,” and “catastrophe.” Thus, the monster’s humane qualities, including compassion, loyalty, and intelligence contrast to the wretched traits of his creator, making the horrible references much more suitable for Victor. Unlike Victor, the monster shows great compassion despite his appalling appearance. For instance, he demonstrates his love for others during his time spent observing Felix and Agatha while in the village. He wishes “to return to the cotta ...

... where he changes from a Conformist to a Revolutionary. Guy Montag has never questioned his job before the day he met Clarisse McClellan. This is the first time where Montag is confronted with the idea that, he doesn’t understand the whole truth about books. Montag meets Clarisse as he is one day walking home from work, and they strike up a conversation. During their conversation Montag is questioned why books are illegal and why firemen burn the books. She also asks him if he had ever read any of the books that he burned. His reply was that it is against the law. Clarisse even asks, "… long ago [ ...

... slavery. His mother escapes, though, and demands to have her freedom bought back or else she would tell Tom's uncle the truth about him being black. Tom was faced with a decision of asking his uncle for money; he decides it would be a better idea, though, to rob his uncle to buy his mother's freedom and pay off his gambling debts. In the process, though, he ends up murdering his uncle and is eventually caught. The truth about him is let out and Tom is set into slavery and "Valet" de Chambre" is set free. The issue of slavery comes up throughout the novel. The reality of slavery is shown in many places in t ...

... characters find the strength within themselves to speak the truth. The first to commit a sin is John Proctor, the husband of Elizabeth Proctor. John is a good man until Abigail Williams comes into his life. John lives in a house feeling empty and thinking his wife does not love him. Lust is a very powerful feeling, and it tempts John right into bed with Abigail. Unfortunately once he commits adultery, Elizabeth does not forgive him. She finds ways to punish John and make him feel more remorseful. For example, Reverend Hale asks John to recite the commandments, and he forgets one, Elizabeth then says sarcastically, †...

... Many birds, fish, and humans were killed before this was realized. Farmers were putting this stuff on their fields by the truck loads, and the government had no problem with it. With each season, our fields were growing more deadly. The chemical plants that made the pesticides were also to blame. They though they were dumping harmless chemicals into our water supply. The relatively inert compounds when combined with other forms in the environment formed deadly compounds. In Silent Spring, Rachel talks about one case where the chemicals were caught in a storm drain, when they were flushed out, they mixed ...