Eudora Welty’s “A worn Path” talks about a elderly black woman by the name of Phoenix Jackson. Phoenix travels through the pinewoods all alone with her small cane and eyes blue with age. She encounters many hardships including disrespect. Phoenix does have a goal during her journey and it was to get medicine for her grandson because he swallowed lye. The theme of the story was that Phoenix would go through many hardships, disrespect, and loneliness for the love of her grandson.
Female dogs naturally require some period of time between the delivery of litters for their bodies to recuperate, but puppy mill conditions are often such that females are bred in every viable heat cycle. This “creates a state of overproduction in the females' bodies and creates health problems for both the mother and her puppies”. (Miles) Issues that can arise from overactive breeding are decreasing litter sizes, skeletal issues for the mothers (such as problems with their hips and spines), malnourishment in both the puppies and mothers, low puppy birthweight, and a host of other birth defects. Puppies are often also weaned from their mothers considerably sooner than they ought to be, which creates further issues with malnourishment as well as problems with social adjustment because they never get to bond appropriately with their mothers. Once taken from their mothers, puppies are packed and shipped all over the country, a process during which many die.
In turn this event began to eat at her father’s ability to stay present for his daughters, leaving only Tana to be there for Pearl. Years later, Tana has been given the Cold and Pearl is now left with no one there for her. This character is easy to sympathize with because she has gone through many hardships at a young age, and is left with no family to care for her Next, the author makes it so that the reader can easily sympathize with Tana. This is because Tana is used and attacked by her mother, who was unable to control her temptations. The Cold makes you thirsty for human blood and Tana’s mother manipulated her and appealed to her naivety by saying that she changed and was better.
The person in my house has told me," he said, "of your interest in my worthless oldest slave creature […] She should be married. She is fifteen years old and for these three or four years could have given birth. I am terrified constantly lest she conceive by some wild dog and bring shame to me and to our nameThe person in my house has told me," he said, "of your interest in my worthless oldest slave creature […] She should be married. She is fifteen years old and for these three or four years could have given birth. I am terrified constantly lest she conceive by some wild dog and bring shame to me and to our nameThe person in my house has told me," he said, "of your interest in my worthless oldest slave creature […] She should be married.
Opal doesn't have many friends. The person who owns it is a frail old woman called Franny Block, who soon becomes firm friends with Opal and Winn-Dixie. Later, they meet Gloria Dump, thanks to the Dewberry brothers, complete enemies of Opal. Gloria is almost blind, so Opal reads books recommended by Ms Franny to her during her visits to Gloria's strange wild garden.
The word ‘You’ suggests that the narrator is somewhat angry with the situation and feels that he is being punished for something he did not deserve. This has the effect of making the reader believe the narrator may be lacking control. The sense of lack of control is also present in ‘Come on Come back’ through the strong metaphor suggesting loneliness in the opening line; ‘Left by the ebbing tide of battle’. Smith builds on the idea of loneliness and reveals that the solder she has been describing is in fact a women. The use of the phrase 'girl soldier' as opposed to 'female soldier' is important as it suggests a fragility and sense of youth in the soldier, with a contrast between a child and a warrior.
Edgar Espana Kara Lybarger-Monson English MO1B February 29, 2012 Questioning Ones Power In T.C. Boyle’s novel When the Killings Done, Dave LaJoy the so-called animal lover and animal rights activist, who by the way hates humans, faces-off with Alma Boyd Takesue, the real animal lover that is trying to restore “Eden” to the way it was before being infested by rats and feral pigs. Both Alma and Dave are interested in animal rights but have different ways in doing so, Alma even though she’d rather not kill anything has to eliminate animals from Eden because she is dedicated to preserving the species unique to Eden’s environment and Dave, on the other hand, is on a determined mission to “save animals” even though the way he goes
“The Yellow Wallpaper” is the type of short story that intrigues the reader and isn’t exactly what it seems like at first glance. It is full of hidden meanings and leaves the road open to many different interpretations. But one thing every reader will probably agree on is that the mental health of the narrator of the story seems to be deteriorating towards the end of the short story. The author uses this to show exactly how she is being restricted by her husband and many other men in her life. Times were different back then, and unfortunately women weren’t treated as fairly as men were.
She often takes out her frustration on her chattering, sometimes irritating, younger daughter, Anne. She also criticizes Anne for talking too much and being too moody and uncooperative. Under the trying circumstances, it is not surprising that Anne thinks Mrs. Frank is far less than an ideal mother, and Anne does not want to grow up and be like her. However, when Mrs. Otto died, Anne stated that she feels ashamed for her past bitterness to her mom. Also, Anne said that Mrs. Frank landed in so many unpleasant situations because of her, and was irritable because of worries and difficulties.
Yes, she does heroic things sometimes, like rescue people she really shouldn't be rescuing, but she acknowledges her stupidity. She is not TSTL, she sometimes has a few mean thoughts, and she gets a little mouthy and talks back when she's nervous. The difference between Amy and other bitchy YA characters is that Amy is never malicious. She's just kind of a jerk sometimes, like me. Amy also has a tendency to get scared, to run away.