Lucy And Bratt's Journal Analysis

Lynn grows up with her mother in a time when clean water is scarce. If you live near others you are at a high risk of drinking cholera contaminated water. Thankfully Lynn and her mother have a pond all to themselves away from the city. Lynn’s mother has taught Lynn to show no mercy, when it comes to their pond. Kill or be killed. Because they choose to kill to survive, Lynn has never been in contact with anyone other than her mother and their neighbor Stebbs who keeps to himself. In a series of unfortunate events Lynn ends up accidentally shooting her mother. Now all alone Lynn must do twice as much work to survive. However, she and Stebbs begin to communicate and Stebbs convinces her to help a city family they find barely alive in the forest. The family consists of a five year old girl named Lucy, her mother Neva, and Lucy’s teenage uncle Eli. Lucy goes to live with a Lynn, who slowly grows fond of the little girl. Over time Eli and Lynn grow closer romantically. Everyone becomes very shaken when Lucy becomes extremely ill. Thankfully Vera, Lucy’s grandma, shows up, but her arrival

My old journal got taken away when I got locked up in this box. All I get is a bible. The bible looks like its been handed out before to others that have passed in this God forsaken rat hole… I can’t keep my sanity much longer. I’m losing it! All I get is a little pea size hole that gives off some light, if that. Most of the time it’s filled with mud. I have come to believe that the mud is from the vehicles moving outside. It splashes up onto the wall. Sometimes worms will inch their way in the hole and that’s the only meal that has any personal delight. The taste of some what warm meal…

The homesteads were sparse in these parts, and Devon’s home was about as remote as it could be. His parents had always assured him that living in the countryside was the good life, and that they preferred the quietness to the bright lights and rackets of town centers and cities. But lately Devon had become obsessed with the idea of leaving the village for the excitement of the capital. When not on excavations, his father often spent time working in a research facility in Tridentport. And when he was home, he told stories, thus planting seeds of

A sexually transmitted infection (STI) borne from the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium, chlamydia is the most frequently notified disease amongst young Australians, as evident in Figure 6.17. Here, the significant distinction between notification rates of the disease when compared to other STIs is also palpable, as is the 10 – fold prevalence increase of chlamydia, from 104 in 1991 to 1,663 in 2012.

There, they reenergize by getting some food. Lucynell, who is tired, walks into the diner, puts her head on the table, and falls asleep later resulting in her snoring. Tom then orders Lucynell’s food for her and leaves. Before leaving, he tells the waiter to give Lucynell her food when she wakes up and that he will pay for it right now. It’s unclear as to why Tom left Lucynell there. Was he not ready for love, commitment, or marriage? Was this all a game to him? It could be either of these things. But nonetheless, Tom leaves and drives away. He doesn’t leave any note to either Lucynell or Ms. Carter, and leaves Lucynell in the diner alone surrounded by people she doesn’t know. Ms. Carter trusted Tom, and Tom let her down. The story ends with Tom driving away in the direction that the motel is, Ms. Carter thinking that they’re both happy together, and Lucynell sitting in a diner

In both articles, infants’ gazes are crucial to the experiments conducted. Whether reacting to disappearing objects in Baillargeon's article or identifying with someone of the same skin color as said in Spelke and Kinzler’s article.

Dewey Dell does not have control of her hormonal feelings, nor does anything about the situation, and therefore serves as an advantage for Lafe. This situation is parallel to the same way Esch responded to the first time her and Marquise had sex. Esch describes this experience as follows: “Marquise asked if he could touch my titty... And it was easier to let him keep touching me than ask him to stop, easier to let him inside than push him away..." (Ward, 23).

Van Helsing exhibits veritable care and comfort to all parties when dealing with Lucy's sickness. As his greeting to Lucy on his first visit Van Helsing articulated his charm by saying "my dear young Miss, I have the so great pleasure because you are so much beloved. That is much, my dear, even were there that which I do not see."(123). A more than flattering quote which exemplifies Van Helsing's true kind-heartedness and concern with Lucy's comfort. Throughout Van Helsing's care for Lucy, he repeatedly compliments her and treats her with the utmost respect, care and attention. In addition to just saying such pleasant words to Lucy, Van Helsing actually means them and proves so by saying "she charm me, and for her, if not for you or disease, I come." Van Helsing illustrates his affection for Lucy once more, and explains that for her alone he would gladly part his schedule and come to her aid.

This scene is the culmination of Jude and Lucy’s relationship from its inception through its destruction and finally its revitalization. Jude and Lucy from the beginning had a profound love for each other that was destroyed, as Lucy got deeper into the anti-war movement, and Jude became more absorbed in his work and his jealousy of Lucy’s inattention towards him. The climax of the destruction of their relationship is when Jude gets sent back to the United Kingdom and Lucy is alone in the phone booth at another protest. At the end of the movie, Jude is singing on the rooftop and Lucy is on the street trying to get up to the roof. The police are in Lucy’s way so she goes to the roof of the opposite building. Once Lucy gets to the roof, Max points Lucy out to Jude and again, Taymor pauses on Lucy. This pause can be seen as the final and most important pause because of what it represents. On first glance it just seems as though Lucy and Jude have rekindled their love, but on second glance, the viewer can see the progression of the couples freedom. As a couple, they are now able to further their relationship with a greater understanding of each other advancing their freedom. Their relationship can also be viewed as a metaphor for society and the politics that influence it. Jude and Lucy had to be destroyed before they could further their

During Leota and Mrs. Fletchers conversations, they boast over the control that they believe they have over their husbands. Mrs. Fletcher who has become pregnant for the first time is not sure if she wants to terminate her pregnancy. She is not concerned about the opinion of her husband Mr. Fletcher and says “Mr Fletcher can't do a thing with me” in regards to who makes the decisions in their lives. Although Mr. Fletcher is the breadwinner, he is not the decision maker in his household. Leota on the other hand is confident in the fact that she can make her jobless husband, Fred, seek work out in another town.

Mercy mentioned that she was going to drop her granddaughter off at home since Lucy did not come to pick her up as she promised, but Lucy’s daughter Precious refused to go home stating that her mother “ has become more irritable than usual, because she yells at her at every given opportunity for no good reasons.” Mercy added that Lucy’s daughter Precious reported that she is “becoming uncomfortable in the house because she noticed that her mother is no longer able to sleep rather toss and turn all through the night as evidenced in the last time they slept in the same room.” Both Lucy and her mother Mercy reported that they are unsure as to what generated these problems, but she has been experiencing these symptoms daily for the last three weeks. Lucy stated that she does not drink nor smoke, has not experienced any loss, nor have any legal issues. Lucy mentioned that she is unhappy with her current presenting problems as is it creating inability for her to live her normal life such as; spending time with her family, friends, or keeping a job. When asked by the therapist about her previous Outpatient Mental Health, Lucy stated that she has not has a mental health diagnosis nor have any medical problems. Lucy is currently not on any medication nor

While outside, Bernard asks John about his childhood growing up in the reserves. John was always taunted by the other children because of his different skin tone and the fact that Linda was known for sleeping with an abundance of men. The children even went as far as pelting him with stone, hoping that John would leave them alone. John also remembers a time where the women of the reserve would hold Linda down and whip her for bedding their men. Despite this, he found company in the books that Linda gave him as she taught him how to read and write. Popé, Linda’s more frequent lover and an abusive figure in John’s life, gave John The Complete Works of Shakespeare while bringing Linda mescal, which has acted as a source of comfort in John’s lonely life. After hearing about John’s childhood, Bernard invites both John and Linda

All humans begin the first nine months of their lives in their mothers womb. Starting within the womb, and then on, from the moment of birth there is an intense connection to this woman, a woman that nursed you with her bodies nutrients and made your health her own. However, as we age, all children need to learn to separate themselves from this human attachment. There comes a time in our lives when we need to cut the metaphorical umbilical cord . With the cutting of this cord, comes the need to create new desires and expectations of ones life that aren’t based on maternal instincts or inputs.

In this passage in chapter 16, John, Professor Van Helsing and Lucy’s late fiancé Arthur, finally see the ‘New Woman’ that Lucy has become. This is the

He repeatedly insists that Lucy press charges against her attackers while she maintains her defence of saying he wasn’t there, and “you don’t know what happened” (134). With Lurie continuing to bombard her with commands to inform the authorities, Lucy finally offers an explanation for not wanting to go to the police: “ʻWhat if this is the price one has to pay for staying on? … They see me as owing something. They see themselves as debt collectors, tax collectors. Why should I be allowed to live here without paying? Perhaps that is what they tell themselves” (158). As suggested by Barnard, Lucy is “accept[ing] her fate as a symbol of the redistribution of power in post-apartheid Africa and sees her rapists as gathering apartheid debts”, as her attackers were black (Barnard 74). Lucy also says that her decision to stay silent is “Freedom of speech. Freedom to remain silent” (Coetzee 188). With this reasoning, she is silencing herself as a rape victim and accepting the consequences of the attack by deciding to keep one of the attackers’ children she becomes pregnant with , in addition to marry her black neighbour