After McAdoo goes off to war he leaves the grapevine and all of his land and eventually dies in battle. Julius doesn’t realize that while he’s telling his story he tells that after McAdoo’s death he takes over the grapevine and is living off the grapevine. When asked why he isn’t dead yet he says because he knows the old vines from the new ones. Julius isn’t as simple as he’s made himself out to be. He’s told this story of the grapevine being goophered for many years to keep people from buying the land.
It want be long till they die. The sun started to came up the warden said to mom tell the boys that if they keep their mouth shut they get the day of. The warden saw a car coming it was Stanley lawyer. Stanley lawyer got there and was shock she said if anything happens to him you would of wish u weren’t here. Stanley and zero got out of the hole the warden tried to grap the chest but zero pulled away and said its Stanley.
Roger throwing the stones at Henry is a foreshadow of him launching the boulder at piggy. The out of control fir on the mountain in chapter 2 foreshadows the entire island burning when the fire gets out of control in chapter 12. Personification “ the heat hit him” p. 10. - “ sleep enveloped him like the swathing mirages that were wrestling with the brilliance of the lagoon P. 14. “ Creepers shivered p. 86 Irony Verbal irony- in lord of the flies when piggy says “ acting like a crowd of kids”!
Our Gang’s Dark Oath (pg 4) Tom Sawyer calls Huckleberry Finn out and they are almost caught by the slave Jim, who is famous “because he got stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches” (6). Soon, Tom and Huck escapes and goes onto
Savannah Stephens English Honors Juror Seven Twelve angry men is a drama about a sixteen year old boy who allegedly killed his father. When the only people deciding your fate are complete strangers you hope that they take a second look at what the facts are. Juror VII stands out, with barely a background, rude actions, and a confidence that he’s never going to be persuaded. Slicks, self-centered, jerk who is a salesman who wants to be anywhere but in this juror meeting. He talks about how he made a fortune selling marmalade (Pg.).
When did the first Europeans arrive in North America? The first phase of European activity in the Americas began with the Atlantic Ocean crossings of Christopher Columbus in 1492 sponsored by Spain, whose original attempt was to find a new route to India and China. The Spanish wanted to find the shorter route to trade rich spices and other goods. The overall purpose of the settlement of the New World by Spain was to acquire new wealth. Although Spain had claimed the New World as its sole territory, it was not the only European country seeking new land.
As a part of his plan to go against the rules set by the government Thoreau refuses to pay a poll-tax given to him by a preacher as a way to show reader’s that it is not the government who protects one’s property it is man himself who protects his own belongings. Spending the night in jail opened up a slew of new ideas and observations of the world he lived in. Comparing the jail to human flesh, being confined did not intimidate Thoreau at all. To him it was “where the State places those who are not with her, but against her — the only house in a slave State in which a free man can abide with honor” (Thoreau 2.9). Acquainting himself with his cell-mate who was accused of burning down a barn, Thoreau believed the man was telling the truth when he said he was innocent suspecting that the man had fallen asleep drunk with a lit pipe in his mouth.
Joe, who immediately rose. ‘I tell you what, young fellow,’ said she, ‘I didn’t bring you up by hand to badger people’s lives out. It would be blame to me, and not praise, I had. People are put in the Hulks because they murder, and because they rob, and forge, and do all sorts of bad; and they always begin by asking questions.Living in this guilt ridden environment, Pip encounters the convict Magwitch in the churchyard. Pip agrees to help Magwitch in his elope by bringing him food and a file from the forge.
Here is High Noon’s plot in brief for those who didn’t see it: Marshal Gary Cooper is ready to leave the town for his honeymoon, but stays to save the town from bad guys. He goes around the town seeking deputies, but no one wants to help him. Even his brand new wife leaves him. So, he does the dirty job alone – kills the bad guys, whom he sentenced to prison a couple of years ago, after which a corrupt judge freed them. According to Hawks, Rio Bravo was made as a riposte to High Noon.
-When Bach went to change professions in 1717 his boss attempted to put him into jail, because he did not want to let him go. -When Bach was a church organist, he would write new pieces of work for each week and burn the old ones, thinking them merely scrap. This is why historians can never know the true extent of Bach’s works and talent. Although Bach died when Mozart was 5 he indirectly taught Mozart music. Bach had taught his son, Johann Christoph, all he knew about music.