But when, because of their carelessness and laziness, ground drills and were abandoned. The army started to feel heavy to them since they started to hardly ever wear it. That negligence, and laziness, led them to asking the emperor to take away the breastplates and next the helmets. So when they went out and fought the Goths they had no protection whatsoever from the head to the chest, and were often beaten by archers. No one tried to replace the breastplates and the helmets.
Tibeats is envy about Solomon knows more than him and got Ford’s favor. Tibeats found fault with Solomon and attempted to lash him. Solomon refused to take the punishment and pushed Tibeats to the ground. Solomon took away Tibeats’s strap and lashed him. Tibeats was extremely angry about this and gathered two men, hanged Solomon on the tree.
Lilly Gregory MacLehose English Period 7 10/14/11 Speaking While Growing: Symbolism of Trees in Speak In the novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson the author explores the symbolism of a tree to the way Melinda is living her life. The main character; Melinda Sordino, broke an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, and almost everyone in the school hates her for this act. At the party she was raped by an older boy, and she is too scared to speak up and tell someone. Melinda is so desperate to hide from the world that she turns an old janitors closet into her own private get away. She withdraws herself from her friends and chooses not to speak up, and tell people that she has been raped.
In “The Lottery” Chris Abani shows how religion was a big part of his village. First, people have different views on what’s just and not just. This is way crimes such as murders are committed by some and not by others. One day in Chris’ village a man was accused of stealing and he wasn’t given a trial. Chris’ religious aunt slapped the man on his way out the store which showed that she thought the man was a disgrace.
She refuses to eat until she can try some of the rampion plant from the forbidden garden. Her husband worries himself sick until he finally gives in and ventures into the night in search of his wife’s rampion. The first time he is successful and his wife is absolutely thrilled. She soon begins to crave this plant more and more. Her husband is again forced to go steal some of the plant from the garden next door in order to satisfy his wife.
At the same time Paul’s comrade Detering went M.I.A when he came across a cherry blossom on the front lines and was paralyzed with homesickness. Detering was known to be sensitive as he spends most of the book missing his wife and farm back in Oldenburg. He essentially goes crazy and steals the cherry tree and within two days he runs away to never be found again. He walks over the bridge with his military equipment left at home and looks up at the case that holds his butterfly collection. Implying the separation between his youthful virtue and the cold-hearted exterior he attained from the
Jack and his “tribe” punished anyone who didn’t follow them. For instance, Piggy, Ralph and Samneric went to Jack’s area of the island to retrieve Piggy’s stolen glasses, however, Jack didn’t listen. Also, although Jack didn’t order Rojer, Rojer
Reading 1 1- It turned out to be less than ideal for a seat of government or for a military base: the swamps made the location unhealthy and hard to reach, it was located too far from the port to transport goods, and it was difficult to defend. 2- The Spanish forced many Taínos to labor like slaves to mine gold and produce crops; this work and European diseases quickly pushed the indigenous population towards extinction. 3- In 1511, they began to rebel against the Spanish, but their primitive wooden weapons, stone axes, and arrows were no match for Spanish firearms. After their defeat, many fled to the Lesser Antilles, smaller Caribbean islands to the southeast, where they joined forces with the Caribes, a fierce tribe of
On his way home, he is chased by Headless Horseman. Near the bridge, Ichabod noticed the horseman hurl his head at him. Next morning, Gunpowder is found at his master’s house without Ichabod. As he was school teacher, his absence was promptly noticed. Later on, after some investigation, people believed that he is taken by Headless Horseman.
He says his sorrow stems from old age—he has been waiting for Death to come and take him for some time, and he has wandered all over the world. The youths, hearing the name of Death, demand to know where they can find him. The old man directs them into a grove, where he says he just left Death under an oak tree. The rioters rush to the tree, underneath which they find not Death but eight bushels of gold coins with no owner in sight. At first, they are speechless, but, then, the slyest of the three reminds them that if they carry the gold into town in daylight, they will be taken for thieves.