Nick said, "After that I felt a certain shame for Gatsby.." (177). Of all the people that claimed to be his friends and acquaintances, only one man, who hadn't even given his name showed up. This reminded Nick of the first time he went to a party at Gatsby's house, Nick said, " I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was the one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited--they went there." ( ) Of all the things Gatsby had done for these leaches of people, after he died, no one wanted to be associated with Jay Gatsby.
Walter wants it so he could become owner of a Liquor store, whereas Beneatha wants to go to go school to become a doctor. Mama gives him the remaining $6,500 of the insurance money, telling him to deposit $3,000 for Beneatha’s education and to keep the last $3,500. Walter agrees, but we come to find out when Bobo arrives that he did not put the money in the bank for his sister that he used all the money for the liquor store and that Willy Harris run off with it all. When this happens during the play it is tough to feel bad for Walter because throughout the play he has not been good with money from when his son asks for 50 cents and he gives a dollar and then has no money, or by him constantly spending money on alcohol. This also drives a very big wedge between Walter and Beneatha because she was entitled to some of the money that was lost during the business transaction.
When Evyn first saw Eleni, with her red lipstick, black pants, and high heels, she thought Eleni looked nothing like a college professor and a mother. Evyn made the assumption that she went partying every night. That is an example of her being judgemental. After her father, Birdie, reminded Evyn that her new combination lock was 5, 10, 15; she forgot, making her forgetful. An example of Evyn being unintelligent was when her so-called friends, Andrea’s group, calls her Evelyn and doesn’t talk to her unless it’s to ask about updates with Ajax, she doesn’t realize that they’re just using her.
As the “Narrative” continues, so does Mrs. Auld’s transformation. Douglass begins chapter VI by stating that Mrs. Auld had never had a slave of her own and before her marriage had “been dependent upon her own industry”(page 32). He goes on to claim that because of this Mrs. Auld had been “preserved from the blighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery” (page 32). As the chapter goes on Douglass describes in more and more detail the kindness and gentleness of his new mistress. She teaches Douglass his A B Cs and began to teach him words until her husband becomes aware of this abnormal treatment and thus bringing about Mrs. Auld’s transformation from a sweet and caring woman to a cruel and cold slave owner.
In the book, it shows a clipping of a newspaper article. In the article it says that a “boat-load of healthy, likely Negroes,” one of whom happens to be Octavian’s mother, has arrived and are up for auction. This article was nestled between an article about horses, and an article about new shipments to Boston and shows how common the auctioning off of human beings was during this time. Octavian’s mother is pregnant with Octavian when she arrives on the ship and Octavian is a slave all his life until his mother’s death, when he finally breaks free of Mr. Gitney’s grasp and runs away. Slavery plays a big a role in the story, but is an unfortunate part of American history.
Some how in order for me to be the greatest nurse I had to get my grade point average up and a high ACT. My mother and I have always had an awkward relationship. She had never said congratulation or I am very proud of you. I always took things to heart so when i had decided that I was going away from home to go to college she took things to heart and all you would hear was discussion of how irresponsible I was. Graduation finally came, never did I hear those words till the day I moved into my room this
She told him that a certain amount is for him, and the other certain amount is for Beneathas education. No matter how much mama did not like the idea of him opening up the liquor store, she couldn’t see her own son in the condition he was in. Walter being caught up on his liquor store, he did not listen to what mama had told him, and gave all the insurance money to his partners for the liquor store. The following day, one of the partners came to his house and told Walter that the other partner had run away with all the
A Raisin in the Sun - Lit Analysis In the play “A Raisin in the Sun”, there are clear variations between the ideals of Lena and her son, Walter. Due to Lena’s upbringing with liberation from slavery, and old-fashioned beliefs, her sons’ obsession with becoming wealthy is very disturbing to her and that causes friction between the two among other things. Throughout the play, there are many times where Lena and Walter do not see eye-to-eye, and the reason for this starts with the fact that Lena was born of a generation of slaves. Lena mentions time and time again how she lived a very different lifestyle. “Son-I come from five generations of people who was slaves and sharecroppers- but ain’t nobody pay ‘em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn’t fit to walk this earth.
“You mean to say you don’t know?” said Miss Baker… “I thought everybody knew.” “I don’t.” “Why ——” she said hesitantly, “Tom’s got some woman in New York.”… (Fitzgerald) . And the conversation between Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy also demonstrates this when Daisy and Gatsby are telling Tom that Daisy does not love him and is leaving him, on pages 129-133: “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out. . .
The speech of Nathan’s wife and the demands of the country are the same ‘выделено желтым’. It proves the idea that there is no such a thing as country, the rich are a country. At the end of the war the Vassals lost all their sons and Patience was given ‘a widow’s pension, as well as a touching6 inducement to marry again;she died of grief7’. 6- irony 7- gap-sentence link. To oppose the sorrowful events that occur in poor families the narrator uses hyperbole – Nathan and his wife ‘died of over-eating’.