A Short Story : Summary Of Phileas Fogg

Lionel Dufour starts his job by 2:45 every morning. By 7:30, everything is in order and the factory is packaging pickled foods. The employees work around the clock to make pickled pig lips, feet, and sausages. Lionel has been repeating the same process since he was around ten and was helping his father. Even at the mere age of ten, he stayed up until late hours of the night

Mallard both lead distinctive lives due to their beliefs, environment and health. At an early age Janie married Logan Killicks because of her grandmother’s dying wish (Hurston, 15). Janie soon left Killicks and married Joes Starks a prosperous man who’s desire was to become rich and well known (Hurston, 29). Starks passed away and Janie married a younger man than her named Tea Cake (Hurston 116). Janie left her home town with Teacake and had the privilege to travel to new places and experience freedom, love and happiness (Hurston, 131). A hurricane arrived to the muck and Teacake was bitten by a dog with rabbis, Teacake tried to kill Janie, and in self-defense Janie killed Teacake. After Teacake’s death Janie was able to “pull her horizon like a great net” (Hurston, 173). Janie accomplished her dreams through perseverance and was satisfied. On the other hand Mrs. Mallard was a house wife that constantly obliged her husband’s orders and felt trapped. She was also “afflicted with a heart trouble” (Chopin, 1). A railroad accident occurred and Mr. Mallard was pronounced dead. Mrs. Mallard began to seek for freedom and said “free! Body and soul free!” (Chopin, 15). Mrs. Mallard was going to exert herself to a life filled with freedom and happiness however, Mr. Brently returned and Mrs. Mallard then died “of a heart disease”(Chopin, 21). Mrs. Mallard was going to fulfil her ambition to lead life with privilege but, unfortunately she died before she could begin.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was tailored to cripple the immigration of Chinese into the United States, because they were deemed inassimilable and seen as uncivilized, unclean and filthy, creating an anti-Chinese fervor (Zia). This era promoted resentment towards Chinese which further escalated, with the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 that extended to other Asian groups. Nonetheless, this did not prevent Chinese immigrants from entering the United States. Chinese found loopholes in the law that allowed them to bring their family members as ‘paper sons’. The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco destroyed municipal records, which catalyzed immigration from China by allowing Chinese-men to claim US citizenship and bring their family from China

The Westing Game written by Ellen Raskin is a mystery. This book is about a man named Samuel W. Westing (a.k.a. Windy Windkloppel, Barney Northrup, Sandy McSouthers, and Julian R. Eastman) creating a game to find the one that had murdered him. The murderer is among the 16 chosen heirs ( Turtle Wexler, Flora Baumbach, Christos “Chris” Theodorakis, Doctor Denton Deere, Alexander “Sandy” McSouthers, Judge Josie-Jo Ford, Grace Windsor “Windkloppel” Wexler, James Shin Hoo, Sydelle Pulaski, Angela Wexler, Madame Sun Lin Hoo, Jake Wexler, Theo Theodorakis, Doug Shin Hoo, Otis Amber, and Berthe Erica Crow) and the one who finds out the murderer will win $200 million. Each pair of Westing heirs gets a set of clues and try to figure out what is the

Sweat beaded down his wrinkled, exhausted forehead. Butterflies had flown through his stomach. This was planned for decades, but worries scattered through Matthaus and Angelika’s brains. The day came where Angelika and Matthaus would have to make the hardest decision in their lifetime which would bring tragedy across the family. “Come my sons Dietrich and Dagobert, Myself and Angelika have an important announcement. Cough! Cough!” says Father Matthaus. Dagobert and Dietrich prance to the throne room where Father Matthaus and Lady Angelika were waiting. With stutters, Matthaus says, “I would like to announce that I will-I will be-withdrawing from my throne as I have grown much too old.” He does not have to continue because they both know that only one of them will receive the riches and fame. In complete silence, Dagobert and Dietrich part ways to each of their rooms. But as Dagobert enters his room, the hunger and thirst strike upon him, that hunger for royalty and fame. At that point, he had started to plan out his journey to the throne.

Source: CAPPELEN DAMM AS, Oslo 2008 – ''Access to English literature, VG3''. Anthony, Burgess, Mikkelsen & Sørhus. Chapter 1, page 23-24.

In the story Eckles was going on a safari expedition back in time. He was told the rules that he had to obeid by. If he didn’t he would have to pay a very hefty fine of ten thousand of dollars. The safari people had a time machine that would take them back into time so they can hunt dinosaurs.

Kevin gave Howie a fierce glare, however, he did not want to agitate his father even more, so, he sulked away. He needed his dog, Cromwell, to receive the exercise that he couldn’t provide alone. He had to persuade Howie to see as he did. Then, a radiant lightbulb went off, a glowing orb of hope. Kevin had an impeccable idea, and he was certain Howie would be swayed.

Mother tended to blame others for Mugg’s awful actions. In paragraph three, the narrator says that Muggs had bitten a Congressman who his father called to see on business. The narrator's mother never liked the Congressman, she said that “Muggs could read him like a book;” also mother said that the congressman's horoscope sign could not be trusted. In paragraph four, the author explains that Muggs was irascible in the mornings. Then goes on to tell a story of when Muggs chewed up the morning paper just has his brother Roy was coming down stairs. Homever the narrator told the end of the sorry saying “Muggs bit Roy viciously in the leg.” In paragraph seven, the narrators says that the police were called because of Muggs biting Mrs. Rufus Sturtevant.

"Man I hate that stupid Mr Stanley," he muttered. "I'm going to get him back!" Lennie pondered his revenge. Then it came to him in an instant. All he needed to do was to get home to his computer. He began to sprint, as fast as a bullet, through the streets, getting closer and closer to his house. He didn't want his parents to see him so he silently climbed through his bedroom window near the corner of the house. He logged onto his computer and immediately got down to work. He worked and worked. He worked until his skinny, little fingers down to the bone. His prank was going to go down in

On a cold wintery 10 degrees day in December Blaize decided he was going to go on a cruise ship with his friends to the Bahamas where the weather has been 75-80 degrees . Blaize and his friends Seth, Matt, Leonard, and Cameron all enjoy many of the same things. The cruise was to visit the Bahama islands and Cuba. On our way to the Bahamas we went through some extremely rough waters. The captain came over the loudspeaker and we were all told to “go to your rooms and stay in them until told otherwise” in a firm frightened voice. We all thought, “why, what is happening but we did as we were told. After sitting in our room for over an hour Seth, Cameron, Leonard, Matt, came up with the idea to explore the ship. When we opened the

While Mrs. Mallard remembers Mr. Mallard as a kind and tender man who loved her, she also viewed him as the oppression that marriage put upon women and men. While Mr. Mallard was kind and loving to his wife, he was also controlling and overbearing. Josephine, Mrs. Mallard’s sister and Richards, Mr. Mallard’s friend is there to break the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Richards has learned of Mr. Mallard’s death at the newspaper office, not wanting to believe the information that was received, Richards waited for the new to be delivered for a second time before enlisting the help of Josephine. They are both there to support Mrs. Mallard and their support shows that they care for Mr. and Mrs. Mallard.

I don’t even know where to start. I knew you would leave eventually, but I never thought it would be before me. Your first year here was my first year in an actual choir, so of course you get the credit for turning me into the singer I am today. You always made choir, fun no matter what was going on with my life I could walk into the choir room and for forty minutes I could forget and just sing. You are the kind of teacher that says “I’m here to talk if you need it” and means it. I always knew I could talk to you if I wanted to and if I didn't want to talk I could just sing.

Heath walked into the room with his three-piece suit freshly ironed and his hair combed into a neat look. He was the boss, anyway. What good was served if you looked bad in front of your employees? Heath had built his company from the ground up, starting with an old computer he had built and his parents’ garage as the workspace. He was, with the help of his now ex-best friend Trent, able to slowly grow the business into what it is now. Who would have thought that a young kid like

For the tenth anniversary of her husband's death, Mrs. Alving is preparing the grand opening of an orphanage named after him to serve the nearby town. When Pastor Manders accuses her of failing to provide Oswald with enough moral guidance, he reminds Mrs. Alving that she has left her husband during her first year of marriage, but that he turned out all right after she returned to him. This prompts Mrs. Alving to tell the truth that she had kept hidden. Mrs Alving's deceased husband Captain Alving was a well-respected upper class citizen. To the public eye he was a good supportive husband. However, behind the façade he was a promiscuous, lazy dissolute man. As the story unfolds, the audience becomes aware of Captain Alving's infidelity with the maid. To add to the controversy, a child is also produced,