Dumped off by his mother, Mae, in the middle of nowhere with two crazy old men and the promise that she’ll come back for him, Walter doesn’t know what to believe in. Eccentric and gruff, Hub and Garth McCaan are rumored to have been bank robbers, mafia hit men and/or war criminals in their younger days. The truth is elusive, although they do seem to have an endless supply of cash. But Walter begins to see a new side to his great uncles when he stumbles on an old photograph of a beautiful woman hidden away in a trunk and asks Garth who she
Continuing on in 1869, Anthony convinced the Workingwomen’s Association in New York to investigate the case of Hester Vaughn. Hester Vaughn was a poor working woman accused of murdering her illegitimate child. Vaughn was then pardoned and Anthony used the case as an example to point out the different moral standards expected out of men and women. She also wanted to place an issue for women jurors to make the cases a fair fight. In 1875, she attacked the “social evil” of prostitution in Chicago (susanbanthonyhouse.org).
92). Nick explains that Gatsby’s imagination of the great things that may become of their relationship surpasses the reality of anything achievable. One of Nick’s expectations is that Daisy confesses to Tom (her husband), that she has never loved him; something she cannot say as it is untrue. She had loved Tom at one point, so she could not say it. Gatsby takes Daisy and they leave the apartment where the argument is taking place.
| “He’s so dumb he doesn’t know he’s alive.” –Tom describing Wilson (p. 26) | Ironic because Daisy is found to be unfaithful to Tom as well, later in the novel. Maybe Tom is just as “dumb”. I don’t like him, he is ignorant and cocky. | Myrtle selects a new taxi after rejecting older ones. (p. 27) | She is not really wealthy; maybe she is trying to show off for Tom?
Tom doesn’t seem to care that his affair hurts Daisy, he proves this by take Nick (Daisy cousin) to meet his mistress “I want you to meet my girl” (pg24). He seems to ignore Daisy throughout the book until he suspects Daisy is having an affair with Gatsby, and then he seems to come unglued. “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife” (pg130). Tom’s ego takes a hit when he finds out Gatsby wants something that is
Passage Analyzed: Part _2__, Page __39-40__ Begins “It wasn’t nothing…” and ends with “hardly ever a nice fella…” DIDLS Overview: D: denotative and informal language conveying how George is arguing with Slim about Lennie. I: “seems kinda funny why you are traveling with a cukoo like him” shows how Slim doesn’t understand why George is doing this, and goes to show what he thinks of the “cukoo,” Lennie. D: “He ain’t no cukoo” conveys how George feels about Lennie. Yes he is very stupid, but George won’t let anyone say anything rude about his friend like that because even though he is dumb, he can’t help it. L: George uses restatement a lot to try and get his point across to Slim about how great Lennie is even thought he is dumb, because George loves him so much.
She married Roger out of social and economic necessity. When she commits adultrey, she conceals his identity from Dimmesdale. Roger chillingworth visits hester while she is in prison and they both discuss to eachother that their marriage never worked out. Hester says, " I have greatly wronged thee!",(72). Hester is the least sinful because she only committed adultrey and that she never told Arthur chillingworth was her husband.
I think he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over.” * This quote emphasizes how the upper crust 1920’s society of NY has substituted materialism with spirituality (or I guess you could say they could worship money..). Tom easily forgives Daisy for her infidelity because he doesn’t care about her or his marriage, he simply cares about the illusion of a marriage they put up together. In contrast to this, Gatsby cannot forgive Daisy for loving Tom rather than him because he wants their love to be flawless, the way he sees it in his dream – the American Dream. Chapter 8 #1 - “I jumped out of bed and began to dress-I felt that I had something to tell him, something to warn him about and morning would be too
Eric admits that he was responsible for getting her pregnant and had offered £50.00 from his dad’s office but that she had refused and told Eric that she did not want to see him again. Eventually when it becomes known that the inspector is a fraud, the Birlings are forced to look at their actions and treatment of Eva Smith/Daisy Renton. The younger Birlings are able to accept that their actions may have had bad consequences with Shiela acknowledging that there are more Eva Smiths/Daisy Rentons out there whereas the older Birlings are in denial of any responsibility or wrongdoing with Mr Birling excusing his behaviour on the grounds that there was no real inspector therefore no real harm had been done which leads Sheila to say to her father and mother that “it’s you two who are being childish, trying not to face the facts”. “An Inspector Calls” by J.B.Priestley is a great play with a very strong moral message running through it. The play conveys the notion of responsibility within society to the reader very clearly through demonstrating actions and
Chapter IV: ” My family all died and I came into good deal of money’’ (pg.70) It seem like Gatsby has had a whole lot of time to come up with a fake story. It seems realistic but why doesn’t he explain how they died? Why does Gatsby feel like he owes nick an explanation about his past life? Gatsby seems like a story teller He’s just trying to win Nick over but for what, what’s the purpose? 62 WORDS ‘’He’s a bootlegger, ‘’said the young ladies, moving somewhere between his cocktails and his flowers.