... are: Lengel, who is the store manager; Stoksie, Sammy's buddy and a cashier; and Queenie plus her two followers, who are unusual customers at the supermarket. The setting of the story is in the early 80's in an ordinary supermarket, which is located in a small quiet town, north of Boston. Most of the customers are old and conservative, with a few tourists here and there. A & P is surrounded around Sammy, a teenager, who is about to become an adult. The story, basically, shows the first step of his metamorphoses. The events of the story are seen through eyes of the main character. The reader is able to experience his points of view, his feelings a ...
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... thinks by himself that he is a really terrific liar, and notices that this is actually pretty awful. He returns to his school, Pencey Prep. When he's in his room, in the Ossenburger Memorial Wing, he's trying to read a book, but Ackley, a guy that sleeps in the room next door, comes in through the shower curtains and disturbes him by picking up and laying down everything in the room and asking stupid questions. Finally, Stradlater, Holden's roommate comes in in a big hurry and makes Ackley think of leaving the room. Chapter 4 --------- Stradlater tells Holden he's going out tonight with Jane Gallagher, who used to be Holden's neighbour when she was young ...
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... (Oates 151). The reader sees no affection between the two. In fact, the tone of the story illustrates a lack of acceptance and even disappointment by Flo and shows that there has always been a distance between the two. The title is derived from a patient Rose met at the nursing home whose only communication was spelling words. After meeting this patient, Rose dreamed that Flo was in a cage and spelling words like the old patient she met in the nursing home. Rose tells Flo about her visit to the nursing home and is obviously trying to influence Flo into going to the home. Flo is suffering from some sort of dementia, perhaps Alzheimer's. In this story the author doe ...
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... that Hermia should obey her father. He leaves with Hippolyta, Egeus, and Demetrius, to discuss some wedding business. Alone, Lysander and Hermia discuss their situation, and the plight of all lovers. Finally, Lysander comes up with a plan -- the two crazy kids decide to meet the next night in the woods to run off and elope! Suddenly, Helena enters, and Hermia quickly changes the subject: Well, Helena isn't too sure about this whole 'fair' business - considering Hermia stole her boyfriend! Helena asks Hermia to teach her how to 'sway the motion of Demetrius' heart.' Hermia assures Helena that she has done nothing to lead Demetrius on. Helena, on the other hand, ...
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... depicted as the perfect wife and mother. The best aspects of The Odyssey are the exciting adventures Odysseus goes through and the explanations and descriptions of the conditions and scenery. Homer did not explain or describe things as clear as he could have; however, this was a good thing. It served to leave something up to the imagination and creativity of the reader. Odysseus struggles with extremely menacing foe such as a giant cyclops, Polyphemus, who eats Odysseus' men like bite-size candy and a six headed beast, able to devour men whole. Homer allows the imagination of the reader to come up with the details like the color and size of the creatures and w ...
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... concerned for his soul…. But I want him to be a man, too…” (22). It becomes Grant Wiggins’s responsibility to teach Jefferson how to change his attitude and gain the courage to stand and reach salvation. Grant becomes responsible to help Jefferson walk towards death like a man, and does not have to do anything about his soul. It is through the close relationship that Grant and Jefferson develop through their conversations that finally deep down in their hearts they believe in heaven and God’s promise about heaven. They learn about the world and its difficulties and how many people are anxious to reach heaven because they have n ...
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... from the other. Now these young boys must face their original problem; being stranded from all contact of civilization coupled with the hatred of the two “tribes.” This is extremely dangerous because the tension between the two groups is at a high and everyone fears for their lives. Although I can’t explain the ending of William Golding’s book (because I am not sure what exactly happens) I’m sure it is vaguely similar to that of Gary Paulson’s book Hatchet. The theme of the story Hatchet is determination, perseverance, and survival. Brian Robeson, whose parents are divorced, flies to visit his father in the Canadian wilderness. His pilot has a heart att ...
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... the future. The dream that consumes their thoughts on all hours of the day comes with a heafty amount of responsibility George could have abandoned Lennie whenever he wanted to. While blowing off steam George admits, “If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an work, an no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want.” George feels the responsibility to his Aunt Clara. Also while talking to other ranchers George reflects on a time when he and Lennie were working together for the first time. George told Lennie to jump into the lake, he did and nearly drowned. George ...
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... in search of his magical friends. He first went to the moon to look for Berthold. This was much like Gulliver's travels to Lilliput, however, Gulliver did not go there intentionally. Once on the moon, Munchausen set out to look for Berthold. He discovered many things in his search. While being locked up for trying to romance the queen, Munchausen accidentally stumbled upon Berthold. He then moved on to search for the next of his companions. Munchausen fell off of the moon into a vulcano where Vulcan, who was a Greek God, lived. He then sat down to drink tea with Vulcan and discovered that Vulcan's servant was none other then Albrecht. While in the home of ...
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... is when the boys are cramped into the trenches. Some of the soldiers were shell-shocked because of the constant bombardment. When one of the boys was wounded, he was taken to a hospital where there were many wounded soldiers. Some soldiers had to have parts of their bodies amputated in order to survive. When Kemmerich was in the hospital, Müller ask for his pair of boots. The boots was a visible reminder to the boys of the cost of war. Paul then has to face his own conscience when he kills one of the Frenchmen. He doesn’t see the face of an enemy but just a face of another human being. He tries to comfort himself by promising to help the fallen soldier's fami ...
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