Alexandra Ripley's 'Gone With The Wind'

1. “It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow.” In this quote the author is referring to the rose bush by the prison as being a symbol of the sweet moral lesson offered by Anne Hutchinson, a woman who preached to the Puritans without the male-dominated permission of the Puritan church. Like Hester Prynne, Anne was punished. She was sent to the prison. No matter how small an action is, the culture of a society can respond in rage, loathing disgust, even fear. It is behavior that is learned and passed on through religion and community. In colonial Puritan society people were socialized to be very strict and religious and to punish anyone who behaved in a way that was considered improper. Any kind of sin had an exaggerated evil in the Puritan’s eyes, especially ones regarding marriage and sex. Hester Prynne and Anne Hutchinson are both character representations of women who stood up for the rights of women to live their own lives in a strict society.

Nathaniel Hawthorne lived from 1804 until 1864. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He came from a family with a long history and he added a ‘w’ to his last name because he did not want to be associated with the history of the Salem witch trials, because the name Hathorne was tied to a judge in Salem. The Scarlett Letter was published in 1850. The Scarlet Letter was a way to address Puritanism and witch trials and deal with his families past. And

Kate the Great by Meg Cabot, teaches you to know that only true friends will always be by your side no matter what.

Everyday is a risk. People never know what effect their actions can cause. The simplest thing can be changed and make a big effect on the rest of the world. People come by risks all the time by what they might wear or what they might say, but life with out some risk is boring and to plain. In the second chapter of “The Unthinkable” by Amanda Ripley, the chapter introduces to a family who lived in New Orleans before the Hurricane Katrina Attack. The chapter introduces to an elderly man who has lived in New Orleans for a while and has become accustom to the surroundings of New Orleans. Now the situation that is happening is that he is not willing to leave to run away from the storm and his family is scared to take the risk of leaving him behind. Yes risk is natural in life, but there are some risks that shouldn’t be taken and then there are risks that can be avoid for the better.

Back in Maycomb, the recent court case between Tom Robinson and Mayella Ewell resulted in the Ewells winning the case. The court case only lasted a day, and was about rape.

In On The Run, Alice Goffman focuses on a particular group of young Black men living in a poor neighborhood, struggling to live a “good” and “fair” life. These boys from 6th street are segregated from resources that would be found in more economically advanced neighborhoods. A “resource” that they do run into more than often is over policing in their neighborhood. As they are disproportionately targeted for arrest to fill quotas, this constant behavior and events deemed as a norm (even little children play a game about cops catching and being overly aggressive to Black boys), hinders their process at advancing within American society. Systematic oppression against a minority group slows and puts racial tension progress at a standstill, as they are continued victims of larger forces. What truly works against them once locked up and released, is that they were not given a chance based on race, now it becomes based on race plus their criminal history. People in such situations are left with one option, in order for them to survive and provide for their families, they must do it through illegal activity. Locking people up and returning then into the same environment which had limited resources does nothing to solve larger powers at play. Laws and documents may exist that describe an “equal” and “fair” society, but without action, words seem to hold less value. The Declaration of Independence, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are both documents meant to symbolize

Additionally, the novel “Scarlett,” a sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind,” continues a story that was already over. Similar to Vince Gilligan’s comments on “Breaking Bad” being about Walter White going from a “good guy” to a “bad guy,” “Gone With the Wind” is not so much a “story of the old south” but a story about selfish and carefree Scarlett O’Hara going from a pampered, childish little girl to a mature,

“We need it to steer us all where we deserve to go in the next.” John Lewis writes a short, factual story about one of his childhood experiences titled: ‘Walking With The Wind.’ He relates this event to civil circumstances and social inequalities. His message is that people need to battle the ‘storms’ or arising disaster as a collective instead of individually. Not only will rising above the issue be much easier as a group, the next problem that appears will be more manageable.

Scarlett travels to Atlanta with her servant, Prissy after the death of Charles to stay with Melanie, her pregnant sister-in-law. While in Atlanta a battle breaks out and the town is in shambles. Melanie goes into labor.. Scarlett sends Prissy to go and get the Doctor who is caring for the wounded soldiers. Prissy tells Scarlett she can’t go out with all of the canons and shooting, but that she can “birth that baby; I birth babies all the time.” Scarlett goes out and returns without the doctor who is unable to come. In the book, Scarlett despises Melanie and wishes she and the baby would both die; while in the movie Scarlett is portrayed as being somewhat concerned for Melanie.

Gone Girl (written by Gillian Flynn) and The Girl on The Train (written by Paula Hawkins) are two mystery thriller novels and New York Times Best Sellers, both receiving ‘Goodreads choice Awards Best Mystery and Thriller’. Critics have addressed the newfound novel, The Girl on The Train as being a dub for Gone Girl, which was published three years prior to The Girl on The Train. The two of the books, have a story line basis to be classified as psychological suspense novels, typically containing the sense of crime or peril, centred on the main character’s unstable emotional states. The purpose of this lecture is to compare, contrast and evaluate the two texts, observing the effectiveness of the writers’ language choices throughout the books.

Although there are many subgenres of horror fiction, including bizarro, fantasy, surrealism, and magic realism, there are certain aspects that a story must encompass to be considered, “weird.” Magic realism is a branch of fiction that is often mistaken to be a work of the, “weird.” What differentiates the two genres explicitly include the authors concentration on setting and overall atmosphere, and the embodiment of themes that disrupt the readers perception of time, space, and their natural world. “The Werewolf,” by Angela Carter exhibits strong characteristics of magic realism, while H.F. Arnold’s, “The Night Wire,” is a genuine work of, “weird,” fiction.

Coping with the death of a beloved family member can be hard on the best of people. Coping may take time and following the steps of the grieving process which include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The most important step in coping with any loss is the final stage of acceptance. In the short story, “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield, the boss experiences the tragic loss of his son which causes him to fall into a deep depression and, by killing an innocent fly, he learns the power of acceptance.

In the short story “Elethia,” its author Alice Walker wrote about black people’s lives in the South of the United States during the Civil Rights Movement. In “Elethia, ”Walker wanted to show the reader the resistance of the black people at that time. Moreover, Walker wants the readers to see and feel the abuses that many black people suffered in the South of America due to their race and color of skin. Although her stories are different, Alice Walker wants the reader to see the beauty of her stories about the particular events that she wrote about.

Recognized with a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985, Anne Tyler 's The Accidental Tourist explores the complex relationships within families and their long-term effects on the quality of our lives. The Accidental Tourist introduces us to Macon Leary, a “kernel of a man that nothing real penetrates” until he meets Muriel Pritchett, with whom he opens up and shares his pain over the death of his son (Tyler 180). Their relationship transforms Leary’s emotions and brings him out of his cocoon of sadness and isolation. Macon comes to see that Muriel has dealt with a great deal of pain in her life, helping him realize that he is not unique in his struggle to cope with his own loss. Considered by many critics to be her best work at its publishing, as in many of Tyler’s other novels, The Accidental Tourist explores the idea that our family, the same people who “should bring us happiness,” are “just as likely to grieve us deeply, drive us mad” (Schaeffer). Consistent with her previous novels are the characters - “messy,” “quirky,” and “so predictable we want to shake them” (Schaeffer). Demonstrating the skill that later earned her a Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons, Tyler develops the idea that the “highest stakes” in life, are in the family where “through struggle and compromise and daily courage, we learn to persist and endure” (Schaeffer). Above all, The Accidental Tourist is a story about how the loss of a loved one at an early age, and

The classic movie Gone with the Wind is a love story that takes place during the Civil War and was made in 1939. The character, Scarlet O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) is the heroine in the film whose family owns a plantation in Georgia. She loves the attention from all of the gentlemen but has fallen in love with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) who is marrying his cousin Melanie Wilkes (Olivia de Havilard). Everyone attends the annual barbecue at the Wilkes house and that is where Scarlet meets Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). There has been talk about a war for some time and that’s all the gentlemen talk about at the barbecue, Rhett believes that it’s a waste of time to start a war while the rest of the southern men think otherwise. After the Northerners started enlisting soldiers to fight against the South, everyone started enlisting. Scarlet married Mr. Hamilton who died in battle. While in mourning, Scarlett leaves for Atlanta and stays with Melanie. At a charity ball, now Captain Rhett Butler appears and shares news of moving the “Yankees” back north. As time drifts on, the Yankees are getting closer and closer to Atlanta. Men are losing their lives fighting this war. Scarlet and Melanie are helping the doctor by tending to the wounded which is over hundreds of people. Scarlet finds out her mother is sick from one of the plantation workers that are helping the war by digging ditches. Melanie has a baby but gets ill while giving birth. The Northerners are making