... her religious prejudices. She tells the reader about the way people perceived Darl, " I always said Darl was different from those others. I always said he was the only one of them with his mother's nature, had any natural affection." page 20, "and he's the one folks say is queer, lazy and just pottering around the place no better than Anse," page 23. Cora's husband, Vernon, is directly the opposite of her, he is a simple, honest, and credible person. His section isn't littered with side comments and thoughts like Cora's, he just simply stated the events as he viewed them. Previously Anse Bundren said "We be ...

... and in the King's service. Chaucer was appointed controller of customs in the port of London in 1374(Harvey ). His experience in all these positions helped develop his fascination with people, and his wide knowledge of English life. Chaucer found his characters in the world about him and in the world books and brought them eternally alive through his own creative powers. He presented his characters in the jumble and haphazardy of life, with a mild apology for his neglect of rank. All was to seem fortuitous, and yet all the ranks and vocations, the trades and the professions were there.(Rowland 248) Many believe that ...

... love in face of the war, Ondaatje, an East Asian, glorifies Kip (an East Indian), as the ideal male while chastening the Caucasian race. Born in a family of tradition and values, Kirpal was the second child. The family customs dictated the first son to join the army, while the second would become a doctor and the third, a businessman (Ondaatje,1992). "He was the second son. The oldest son would go into the army, the next brother would be a doctor, a brother after that would become a businessman. An old tradition in his family" (Ondaatje, 1992, #201) The tradition however, was transgressed due to conflicting pr ...

... though he enjoyed the good life. He was fat, and obviously enjoyed good food as well as fine clothes. He wore a fur cloak adorned with fancy decorations, and other expensive apparel. It was required that a man go to school to become a monk, and the Monk had attended school to become part of the religious order. However, he was more interested in hunting than studying. He was good to his horses, and had greyhounds as well. His friends were hunters also. The Monk even preached against ideas and traditions that called hunters unholy. The Monk used church money for his own personal use. He had a big home and ...

... over to where they're building the apartment house and get some sand...Charley: Listen, if they steal any more from that building the watchman'll put the cops on them!...Willy: You shoulda seen the lumber they brought home last week..."(50). As one can see, Willy is almost encouraging Biff to steal in order to make a new stoop. However, when Willy finds out Biff has been stealing other things, like the school's football, he seems shocked. "Willy: What is he stealing?...Why is he stealing? What did I tell him? I never in my life told him anything but decent things."(40). Because of the lack of morals, Willy ...

... about what occurred in the lives of the American Indians. Marius Bewley has said that the book shows moral values throughout the context of it. He says that from the very beginning, this is symbolically made clear. The plot is a platform for the development of moral themes. The first contact the reader has with people in the book is in the passage in which the two hunters find each other. "The calls were in different tones, evidently proceeding from two men who had lost their way, and were searching in different directions for their path" (Cooper, p. 5). Bewley states that this meeting is symbolic of l ...

... police of our time except that this police can see you every single second of your life through special devices that look like T.V.'s called Telescreens. This Telescreens are placed in the houses of people, outside buildings, parks, walls, anywhere they could be put and are always turned on. The Telescreens are constantly giving you information of the wars won and also telling you what to do and always watching every movement you do, no expressions are admitted in Oceania other than hatred or the one “Big Brother� tells you to. The second branch is called “The Ministry of Love� where people were punished, to ...

... is something that can be scientifically proven wrong, they simple explanation for a coincidence (superstitions 1-4). Here are three most common superstitions and how they came about that have been passed on through history to this very day. The most popular superstition is that if a black cat is crossing a person’s path it will cause that person bad lucks before his or her journey is over. If this occurs the individual can take twelve steps backwards to ward off the bad luck (cat-report 6). This belief originated in ancient Egypt where the cat was considered sacred and to kill one was sacrilege. It is believ ...

... him is that his arrival is eagerly awaited, "they wondered what could be keeping Gabriel: and that was what brought them every two minutes to the banister to ask Lily had Gabriel come?" (Joyce, 176). He is obviously significant to Miss Kate, Miss Julia, and Mary Jane. Soon after Gabriel arrives, insight is gained into the type of person that he is. He asks Lily if she’ll be married soon, to which she replies "The men that is now is only a palayer and what they can get out of you" (Joyce, 178). Gabriel blushes immediately. He feels bad for bringing it up, and tosses her a coin in thanks, and as an indirect apo ...

... in terms of each influence. One of the most significant influences from Vonnegut's life on his personal philosophy has been his participation in World War II. During the war, Vonnegut served in the American army in Europe and was captured by German soldiers. As a prisoner of war, he witnessed the Allied bombing of the city of Dresden, in which more than 135,000 people died due to the resulting fires (Draper, 3785). This experience had a profound impact on Vonnegut. From it, he developed his existential personal philosophy and his ideas about the evils of technology. He states, "I am the enemy of all technological p ...