Krystal Brooks September 17, 2012 AP Literature (M1): 12th Grade Mrs. Horton In Fay Weldon’s reflective short story, “Ind Aff”, the narrator struggles to understand her love affair with a married man and realizes that she does not have inordinate affection for him as she thinks when her life is compared to the murder of an Archduke. The narrator ultimately realizes that it was Princip’s fate to kill the Archduke because he had two chances to shoot him and when she sees the attractive waiter at the restaurant, she feels as though it’s fate for him to help her realize she’s trapped and can do a lot better than this “man with thinning hair” (Walden pg. 206). The “black clouds swishing gently all over Europe” (Weldon pg. 202) foreshadow the approaching conflict between the narrator and Peter, her professor.
And the story of “Miss.Brill” is an English teacher living near the public gardens in a French town. The narrative follows her on a regular Sunday afternoon, which she spends walking about and sitting in the park. Miss.Brill observes facets of the lives around her. She sees the world as a play; as through her surroundings are a set and her fellow park-goers actors. A young couple has humiliated Miss.Brill because of her scarf that moment she notices that everyone looks at her as an ugly woman.
Just as the novel mentions, “he spoke as if Daisy’s reaction was the only thing that mattered.” (Fitzgerald, 2001: 192) Gatsby is nimble and ambitious in making money, which shows the “sagacity” of modern people, but towards love he gives us the impression of “a naive young man.” The reader may wonder what makes Gatsby great? Gatsby is great because of his loyalty to love. He has the desire to repeat the past, and the desire for money. For Gatsby, Daisy is the soul of his dreams. He believes he can regain Daisy.
Mason Tompkins Dr. J. H. Jones EH 104 January 21, 2015 Outline ❏ The story focuses on Miss Brill, and her weekly day at the park ❏ Miss Brill has heart problems, possibly an elderly woman ❏ “She felt a tingling in her hands and arms, but that came from walking, she supposed. And when she breathed, something light and sad - no, not sad, exactly - something gentle seemed to move in her bosom.” ❏ Miss Brill is either a widow or never married ❏ Miss Brill must be shy ❏ This was disappointing, for Miss Brill always looked forward to the conversation. She had become really quite expert, she thought, at listening as though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives just for a minute while they talked round her. ❏ Miss Brill doesn’t
The word that can sum up many of the themes in the book is position. The word covers themes like class, wealth, social standing, and others. Social standing was very important in The Great Gatsby. For example, Tom's social standing allowed him to treat everyone, including his own wife, like dirt, except on rare occasions when he felt like being helpful. Gatsby's social standing allowed him to be generous, because everyone expected it of him after attending or hearing about one of his lavish parties.
In part one: The hearth and the salamander the first meeting between Clarisse and Montag interest the readers on who she is and why she seems so infatuated with Montag. Her personality reveals to the readers that she asks a lot of personal questions including “Are you happy?” asking Montag. Clarisse loves nature, doesn’t watch television, and hates cars that drive fast. She questions him about his perception of the world, leaving him with the important question of “Are you happy?”
The husband is obviously not happy that the blind man makes his wife laugh more than he does while he is not even able to do so himself. At the end of the story, the woman acts very oddly when she wakes up and sees that the blind man and her husband are hand in hand and drawing the cathedral. When she says, “What are you doing? Tell me, I want to know”, “I want to know” (Carver 252) makes it seem as if she had authority over the two men and that she feels that something was going wrong that she wanted it to end. When a relationship begins, the two people usually watch each other carefully and always want to know what the other is doing, and to see if it will affect their new-born relationship.
We had made lasting friendships and had so many laughs and good times. From the relay races, to horseback riding, arts and crafts and Ashley conquering her fear of the "mobster in the lake," it was a summer we would never forget. I said goodbye to my beloved horse Summer and promised to return the next year to see her beautiful face and go riding once again. We all sang songs and cried as one by one our patents came to pick us up. It was an amazing time the summer of 1998 and the last time I ever went to camp Edy.
After looking at some animals, they walk to the park, now on the same side of the street, although still not quite together. They come to the carousel, and Holden convinces Phoebe to ride it. He sits on a park bench, watching her go around and around. They have reconciled, he is wearing his red hunting hat, and suddenly he feels so happy he thinks he might
The Drive behind the success of both Gatsby and Fitzgerald is love. “her voice full of money”(Fitzgerald) Gatsby and Fitzgerald fell in love with upper class woman that they would never be good enough for; they understood that their good looks and charm might be good enough for a while but they needed money to be with the woman they loved. The first thing Fitzgerald did after coming into money and success was marry his love. After acclaiming much wealth Gatsby as well persuade his love. “They were careless people.