Hannah's House Quotes

Thursday’s Child, written by Sonya Hartnett, illustrates the hardships and struggles of an Australian family during the Great Depression. Set in the rural village of western Victoria after the First World War, the grips of famine, poverty and poor living conditions are having their greatest effect on this already underdeveloped society. The resilience and courage needed to even survive through these harsh conditions were scarcely found; however, one brave family managed to catch this beam of hope: the Flute family. The high demand of mental, physical and emotional stability to fight to live requires individuals who are strong willed and dedicated to achieve their goal, and without the family’s bravery and desire

Throughout the novel Phoebe has redefined the female stereotypes by being intelligent. Even though Holden and Phoebe are siblings it is quite remarkable the impact she has had on him. Phoebe is a 10 year old young lady who is portrayed as an overly emotional and unintelligent woman by society. In chapter 10 while getting ready to go to the Lavender Room at the Edmont’s nightclub Holden contemplates calling Phoebe but he thinks other wise, he goes on to describe her characteristics. Holden says, “the only trouble is, she’s a little too affectionate sometimes, she’s very emotional, for a child. She really is” (Salinger 76). Anti Feminists would say that women have too many emotions compared to men, and it is these emotions that make them perceive

Hannah’s background as a Holocaust survivor is important for understanding the experience of the Holocaust. Her story provides unique insight on the Holocaust outside of concentration camps, dispels myths, and captivates the emotional aura of living during the Holocaust. Hannah’s story is one of resistance, danger, and the importance of family.

Family and friends are vital for fitting in. In the novel, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Kit Tyler travels from Barbados to Wethersfield, Connecticut to stay with her aunt, uncle and two cousins. Kit is nice to her cousins but her Judith Wood, her younger cousin, does not like Kit. In this novel, Judith Wood, cousin of Kit Tyler, shows signs of being obstinate and callous, but is also spry.

Janie was forced to get married to Logan by her Nanny when she was just seventeen years old. Logan defined marriage as someone who could be a helping hand around in the house and farm. “Ah aims tuh run two plows, and dis mah Ah’m talkin’ ‘bout is got uh mule all gentled up so even uh woman kan handle ‘im” (Page 27). Logan plans to buy another mule, so that Janie and him can both work around in the farm.

The single character that struck me is Jessica nicknamed Jess, Jess is a character that is a caring and protective of her conjoined brothers. As proof, “They’re okay?” I cry “Aren’t they? Richie’s okay and Clem’s okay and it’s all going to be fine, even though there hasn’t been a rehearsal operation. Right?” (page 215) This displays, Jess being protective of her joined brothers that is going to have their operation the next day. Jess’s biggest fear is that Clem, she fears that Clem won’t make it through the operation because compared to Richie Clem is the weaker and smaller baby. Additionally, “I’ve no idea, this is the first time, what I’m touching, except that it is cold and rounded and about the size of my hand. (page 26) This illustrates, the sense when Jess first touches Aunt Edie’s flask which contains Aunt Edie’s stillborn soul named Rob. As Jess finds out that, if she puts this soul near Clem’s body both of the babies will survive the operation of getting separated.

Although everything may seem like it fits perfectly, sometimes people just tell you what you want to hear. Ariana’s last two years have been filled with Kaitlynn sob stories about how she was wrongfully committed. After Briana Leigh’s confession her story all fell into place. This lead to Ariana taking a drunk Briana Leigh to a lake and drowning her. Ariana couldn’t believe that she ever thought Kaitlynn had lied to her. Just like always, Ariana formed a plan. This time, her plan was to get Kaitlynn out of Brenda T. so that they could finally move on with their lives like they always daydreamed about. When Kaitlynn finally does get out, they meet at the lake, where Briana Leigh Covington was killed. In this part of the book, Kaitlynn’s walls

     Towards the end, Kit shows loving affection toward the people she cares deeply about. She begins to realize her feelings for Nat when she sees the

Fay’s stomach grumbled,as he hadn’t eaten something decent in three days. In this context,”something decent” refers to something that isn’t found in the trash. He paced back and forth,not sure of what to do. He sat down on the grass near the lake.

Nowadays TV nudity is seen more often than not however, images of women who are normal or bigger in size causes women to feel more positively towards women with larger bodies, which may lead to improved self-image. Whether or not Hannah Horvath character is a role model can be debatable but many, but there is no doubt that Hannah, is very comfortable with her body and her sexuality which is not the norm of society. When Patrick Wilson’s character Joshua tells Hannah she is beautiful, her first reaction is disbelief. It’s not because she believes herself to be ugly, but because it’s “not always the feedback that she usually receives.

Hannah’s prayer is a passionate poetic expression containing aspects of prophecy whereas a majority of 1st Samuel is primarily a narrative about the leadership of Israel. As Fee and Stuart point out in How to Read the Bible for All it’s Worth “Hebrew poetry, by its very nature, was addressed to the mind through the heart (i.e., much of the language is intentionally emotive)” Hannah’s prayer uses poignant imagery to elicit emotional responses from the reader, such as the continual juxtaposition between the haughty, arrogant and the wicked versus the poor, honorable and righteous. Likewise, Fee and Stuart also note “The vocabulary of poetry is purposefully metaphorical,” the purpose of the metaphors within this passage is to remind the reader

In Three Poems, the entrance three paragraphs talks about Hannah’s story and how she got her inspiration for the poems. Her story is completely different from the fact that she was able to escape the persecution from Nazis before they got to her village. She was given the mission to parachute behind enemy lines and disrupt Nazi operations. Hannah wanted to save Jewish refugees and rescue British airmen. Eventually she was caught and executed in a Nazi prison at twenty three years old. The poem is very descriptive and tells us about her love for her homeland. She goes on to write, “We were drenched with the warmth of the sun’s rays, In our homeland, in our beloved home.” Eliezer has the same feelings toward his village. He is reminded that his

Hannah Myers stood in the middle of the dance floor in the now very busy night club. She was staring at an angel sent from heaven to torture her eyes. No one could rock ripped jeans, a tight singlet and long, blonde, shaggy hair like this guy could. Oh my. If only he would look at her the way she was looking at him. He's beautiful. Suddenly she was shoved by a fellow dancer and knocked back onto reality. She turned around and started dancing with someone more average and realistic looking.

One of the big issues in the book would be the parental obliviousness. Hannah’s parents seemed so oblivious to her situation. Granted her parents were busy running a store which allowed them to have a roof over their head and food on the table but it took away from them knowing that Hannah was bullied by her classmates, or that there were rumors spreading about her. Her parents were also unaware of how depressed Hannah was, or that she was even contemplating suicide. Hannah’s parents weren’t the only parents who were oblivious. Most of the parents in the story were either willfully uninvolved in their children’s lives, or lied to by their children.

I rub two fingers, hard, over my left eyebrow. The throbbing has become intense. “It doesn’t matter,” I say.