Dada Has a Flashback

When, much to his surprise, he discovers how the lake in the woods was still the same, how the bedroom still smelled of lumber, how the girls were still fifteen, as if “no years have gone by” and the only thing that changed was the man. That it is his son who sneaks out in the morning to the sweet outdoors now, who explores the streams, who gazes with childish awe at the thunderstorms, who runs out in joy and relief to go swimming in the rain. And that it is time to move on and realise that he can’t relive those moments as the figurative ‘right’ to do so, has moved on to the next generation. That in this moment he can only be the father, no longer the son. “The Brown Wasps” has the writer experiencing sorrow and despair due to a place, that is primary to his being, being non-existent and thus, the essay focuses more on the effects of time on the world around the man, rather than the man

Cassie’s mission is to escape the aliens and save her brother; Ben Parish’s is strikingly similar. Benjamin, age 17, was captain of the varsity football team, a prodigy in all things school, and he had a smile that could charm anyone. But brilliance and charm alone can not get him out of his current situation; sergeant and squad leader of a military unit assigned to eliminating alien infected persons. While in training at the military’s Camp Haven, Ben meets a very young boy named Sammy. Sammy is the same age as Ben’s now dead sister, five years old. He swore to himself that he would not let anyone hurt Sam, like the “others” murdered his little sister. No matter what the stakes, Benjamin will try to help Sam escape the alien compound that is Camp Haven.

The Wasp Factory is a novel that focuses heavily on the power of gender. It is a novel that associates masculine power and feminine weakness to animality. Within the novel, males are characterized as skilled, cunning, smart, and powerful; they are associated with dogs. On the other hand, women are viewed as stupid, docile, and frightened; they are associated as sheep. Each of these characterizations is made clear by viewing what Francis Cauldhame is (sheep), and what she desires to be (dog).

Lily, a fourteen-year-old white girl, lives alone with her father, a peach farmer, in Sylvan, South Carolina. As the novel opens, she lies in bed, waiting for the bees that live in the walls of her bedroom to emerge and fly around, as they do most nights. T. Ray, her father, is abusive and does not believe her story about the bees. Her nanny and housekeeper, Rosaleen, believes Lily but also thinks Lily is foolish for trying to collect the bees in a jar. Lily recalls her very last memory of her mother, Deborah, who died when Lily was a small child. Lily thinks that she played a horrible part in Deborah’s death. In a flashback, readers learn that T. Ray told Lily that she accidentally shot Deborah while Deborah and T. Ray were fighting one day.

One member, Anne Chisholm Dessert Oliver, from Brandon Manitoba, Canada tells her story of her experience as a member of the WASP’s. Oliver, a French Canadian with dual citizenship knew at an early age she wanted to fly. During a trip to Colorado with her father, Oliver experienced her first flight at the county fair. It was at this moment she decided she wanted to become a pilot. Oliver’s father worked in the seed business and eventually moved to El Centro, California, where Oliver would eventually begin her journey as an iconic female pilot. Oliver and a friend bought shares in a small plane and began to take private lessons. During this time, she had heard of the

As the women walk through the house, they begin to get a feel for what Mrs. Wright’s life is like. They notice things like the limited kitchen space, the broken stove, and the broken jars of fruit and begin to realize the day-to-day struggles that Mrs. Wright endured. The entire house has a solemn, depressing atmosphere. Mrs. Hale regretfully comments that, for this reason and the fact that Mr. Wright is a difficult man to be around, she never came to visit her old friend, Mrs. Wright.

At the Wabash railroad tracks, as the drifters were coming in, grandma set out food for them. Then the sheriff finds out. She said, that she is a one-woman crime wave, and that she was running an unregistered soup kitchen, but Grandma said “Go look it up O.B., See if there is a law against feeding the hungry, but I have to tell you, you've talked so long, the evidence is all ate up.”

Ms.Desmond was going to be a teacher,but soon joined her husband Jack and made a business. One day Ms.Desmond developed some car trouble and decide to go to the movies while her car was

In “Ida & the Bees,” Ida Adkins explains that her love and devotion to her owner drove her to stay by her master’s side during a Union raid. As the Union soldiers plundered through Marse Frank’s possessions it was Ida who took action to protect what she had come to love. She intentionally angered the bees that drove away the soldiers and was rewarded with a gold ring for her bravery. In stark contrast to this, Eliza and George Harris in Uncle Tom’s Cabin ran away from their respective plantations out of distaste for their owners. George describes how his “life is bitter as wormwood” (14) due to his master. Eliza

Ida is desperate for justice that is due for the death of Hale. Ida gets upset when she learns

Mrs. Hale’s husband walks upon a crime scene that he was not expecting to see, bringing Mrs. Hale to the home of her old friend that she had lost touch with over the years. Upon entering the house, Mrs. Hale looks back at all the times she thought “I ought to go over there and see Minnie Foster”

One day at the gas station a stranger pulls up in his white car and Nancy knew he was not local; she left the gas station as her uncle made small talk with this man. While

When Mr. Hale walked into the Wright home following John’s murder, he found Minnie sitting alone in the living room. In an effort to make conversation following

Mr. Nuttel had a few mental issues like he was not supposed to be excited or scared or he would freak out. The aunt walked into the room and she introduced herself to Mr. Nuttel

The wasps had managed to take up space in the woman’s spare bedroom for at least three months. The woman’s son had discovered the nest when he went to search the room for an item he needed. The room had been closed off, except for an open window.