... of time because he served that family all his life, two generations. And lastly, the old generation of townspeople represented the simplemindedness of the past and the fact that they were okay with the Colonel�s decision.
The present was expressed through the narrator, the new generation of townspeople, and Homer Barron. The narrator was representative of the pas mainly through their words and description of what was going on. Homer Barron along with the townspeople represented the �next generation, with its modern ideas� (p. 120) in the present.
Miss Emily was characterized as a �fallen monument� (p.119) one of great refinement, an ideal of past values but fal ...
... were not prepared for the gruesome situation they would see and encounter. They did not realize that they would see "�coffins and corpses lie strewn about�" [Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front (Ballantine Books, 1982), p. 71.] The war would change them permanently, and unfortunately, they did not realize this until they were actually faced with its brutality. They began to realize that "�a broken arm is better than a hole in the guts, and many a man would be thankful enough for such a chance of finding his home way again." [Remarque, p. 52] When new recruits came to the front and witnessed the harshness of the war, they frequently heard com ...
... safety and sense of belonging that these men seek, they turn to each other. Friends provide the safety and belonging even in times of war. People betray their country in their everyday actions, they deceive their employer, they lie to others, they cheat, and steal; but, one always thinks twice before betraying the trust of a friend. Shinji and Reiko remain loyal to what is important, their friends. Not only do Shinji and Reiko choose their friends over their country, they also find happiness in choosing each other rather than continuing in a world in which the two could not be together. This perfect union between the two illustrates something people search for every ...
... might think him �out of control.� When he rides with Lazenby and the others in the car, Conrad restricts his anger because he does not want his friends to look at him like he is crazy. Even when Stillman makes annoying comments about Jeanine Pratt, he still keeps the anger to himself. Yet another example of Conrad as a troubled character is his first meeting with Berger. He basically keeps to himself because it was his father�s idea to visit a psychiatrist and not his. Berger, patient doctor, however, is willing to keep at it until Conrad finally gives in.
As the story progresses, there are many elements of change that switch Conrad from the depressed state ...
... and taken care of her children without ever thinking of herself.
I think she needed to spend the money on herself to be able to cope with her everyday life. She always put her children first, but this time she thought of her own self-identity.
The Need of Spoiling Yourself
A dilemma that many people are familiar with is the questions whatever to save or to spend the extra amount of money they have in their pockets. Everyone has a desire to spoil themselves every once and a wile, because of the need of feeling important, attractive and appreciated.
Mrs Sommers reacted in a way that most people would do in a situation like hers. When you at first find you ...
... Holmes investigated the whole house and he build up a plan to catch the murderer! Holmes had found out that there was an air-vent that was inside the house between the sisters room and the stepfathers. Holmes now was in the room that Helen was suposed to be in and suddenly the light was lit in the stepfathers room, and then Sherlock jumped and hit the bellrobe under the air-vent. Then there was a little whistle and then a scream and Holmes ran to the other room and there was the stepfather dead and with a speckled band on him. It was no band it was a Indian snake that the stepfather used to kill Helens sister and was going to kill Helen with it to but Holmes sav ...
... Materialistic attitudes are a result of the free-market economy in this country. Consumers are led to believe they need to have all the things that businesses are trying to sell and it is this desire for material possessions that drives our economy. While this type of economy has given us great opportunities to further our own personal wealth, it has also put many people on the path to making ours a selfish and unhappy society that is never content with it already has. The market society of our country feeds on economic growth, but excess consumption does not really satisfy people in the end. It only leaves you wanting more and once you are caught up in the o ...
... house. She fits
in very well.
Chapter 3: O-lan has the first baby and it is a boy. O-lan also tells Wang
that she will return to the House of Hwang to show the mistress her baby.
Wang Lung goes loco and plans to do a lot of thing to celebrate the birth.
He plans to die a basketful of eggs red and give them out so that everyone
will know he has a son.
Chapter 4: O-lan recovers easily from the birth and sets back out in the
fields working with Wang. It tells of Wang's lazy uncle and his problems.
It is becomeing Fall and it is harvest time. Wang Lung sells his harvest
and makes a big profit. He puts the extra money in a hole in the wall in
his room.
Chapter 5: W ...
... are hard to find. There was a time though when they had different beliefs. Before the war they still believed that education was the most important aspect of life. These youthful thoughts were washed away at the Front, where they came to realize that order is what matters. One of the men responsible for this was their drill sergeant, Corporal Himmelstoss, who was a short, mean man. He would force the men to do unnecessary work and torture them with pointless assignments. Paul, Tjaden, Kropp, and Westhus were especially picked on by Himmelstoss, but they were secretly defiant. The training that they received was especially harsh, but it is what has saved t ...
... by the title could be that of a gossip.
Since a gossip is someone who tells people's secrets, or in other words is
a secret sharer if the word secret is taken for a noun, it is a possibility
that this image might come to mind. Another image is that of a person who
shares in secrecy, therefore becoming a secret sharer, if the word secret
is taken for an adjective. This could be an image of a miser, who
generally does not share his wealth, but does so only in secrecy. A secret
sharer could also be an imaginary friend. It would be a person who is
secretive, and you share your thoughts with them. A Biblical
interpretation of the secret sharer could be that o ...