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Literary Devices Character “There was no emotion in her eyes, no sense of the person behind it… At the girl's throat was a necklace of human tongues … Just for a moment the girl looked at Mark Fossie with something close to contempt” (O’brien 105). From the introduction of her character, Mary Anne Bell, seemed like the typical American girl, but that changed within time. Her character at first was flat and dull; she behaved in the way any “girl next door” type would. Coming to Vietnam to her was like a little trip to visit her boyfriend, not knowing the true realities that lay ahead.

In addition to the Black Mary, Rosaleen showers Lily with love and support. Rosaleen treats Lily like she is her own daughter. Rosaleen accepts the way Lily is and has faith in her. "'Here you go. Happy Birthday" (28). Rosaleen cares about Lily and knows when something is important to her, like her Birthday. Lily never gets anything from T-Ray on her Birthday, but Rosaleen cares so much about her that she still gets Lily something. Rosaleen can tell when Lily is in pain or is sad like most mothers can. "'Well why don't we sit down on the side of the road awhile?'" (28). Rosaleen acknowledges the fact that Lily feels upset, and is comfortable expressing the need to rest and relax. Since Lily has known Rosaleen a long time she is comfortable expressing herself around Rosaleen and knows that Rosaleen will listen to her problems and insecurities. "'I was the only one who knew that despite her sharp ways, her heart was more tender than a flower skin and she loved me beyond reason'" (11). Rosaleen and Lily have a connection that most mothers and daughters have. They care

Lily’s first meeting with the black Mary occurs when she meets the Boatwright sisters: August, June, and May. At that moment Lily feels the nurturing of a mother and a deluge of emotions rain down on her. She could feel all sides of her, favorable and detrimental because “that’s what the black Mary did to me, made me feel my glory and my shame at the same time,” (Kidd 71). Lily, for being barely an adolescent, at first is not capable of grasping the concept of people being both angelic and corrupt. At the beginning of the story she sees T. Ray as the human embodiment of evil. Counter to her initial beliefs, Lily learns that people are not as simple as she wants them to be. This is largely the result of the mothering force of August, which is a more physical representation of what the black Mary embodies. The black Mary illustrates Lily starting to see the world from a multidimensional perspective. In the same manner as the black Mary representing a mother for Lily, she represents a mother-like figure to all the Daughters of Mary. While the other Daughters may not have been missing mothers, the black Mary creates a family-like binding between them, keeping them together throughout even them most poignant times. The black Mary is a mother to all and all Lily wants in the Boatwright house is to be seen as one of them. Ultimately, “they didn’t even think of me being different,” (Kidd 209). This acceptance

Power is the ability to control. This book is about Tom Robinson accused of rape. Tom is black and is going through an arduous time period for people of color. In this case Tom ended up being guilty.

Lizzie Borden is a citizen that lived in Fall River, Massachusetts who was infamous for being accused of the murder of her step-mother and father, a popular rhyme of this incident does exist and goes as followed: “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks, when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one”. What happened was an unknown person murdered her parents and the maid with an axe and gave them 12 Whacks to the head. Now the person who did the murder of her step-mother and father is unknown even to this day, people speculate that Lizzie Borden did the murder because of her poor relations with her step-mother, and she burned a dress because it had a quote on quote, ”Stain” on it while she was painting a

Luckily for Lily, she comes upon the Boatwright sisters once she reaches Tiburon. Because of the fact Lily does not have anyone to share her love with, she is compelled to stay and live with the Boatwrights. At one point in the novel, Lily and August are having a conversation when August asks Lily “What else do you love Lily?”(Kidd 39). Lily then thinks to herself, “No one had ever asked me that before. What did I love? Right off the bat I wanted to say that I loved the picture of my mother…but I had to swallow that back”(39). Lily does not feel comfortable enough yet that she says, “ I love writing poems, just give me something to write, and I’ll love it” despite the fact that Lily really loves August (39). She loves August so much that she would rather stay in Tiburon with the Boatwrights than be with her own father T. Ray. The loss of Deborah results in Lily going to obtain love somewhere other than her own home. This is also why Lily takes Rosaleen with her. Rosaleen is a black nanny who used to work on T. Ray’s farm. She has been there for Lily in the past but she cannot always be there one hundred percent because of her race. Due to Deborah’s death, Lily does not have a mother figure, however, he journey to Tiburon with Rosaleen proves to be a success as she finds the Boatwrights and strengthens her relationship with her nanny, Rosaleen.

Power is the ability to control one's life and the lives of other .in the trial of tom robinson mayella power is what ,in the end got tom convicted of rape .there are many ways mayella has power and doesn't have power .this paper will be about the ways mayella has and does not have power. Therefore mayella doesn't have much because of here as said “the ewells live behind the town garbage dump(doc A)”. This means they don't get much respect from the townspeople .mayella also doesn't have very many friends because she “lives among pig (doc E)”.

Chapter 9 in the novel represents major development of rising action in the story. To begin with Lily asks May about her mother, and she finds out that she stayed at their house. This is very important to Lily because she finally has proof that her mother has stayed with the Boatwrights. On page 173 May says, "Oh, yes Deborah Fontanel. She stayed out there in the honey house. She was the sweetest thing." This suggests that May knew Lily's mother which left Lily breathless, but the topic also upset May for some reason. Also, on page 173 it states "May had started humming 'Oh! Susanna... Something about Deborah Fontanel had set her off." Since May only starts humming "Oh! Susanna" when something bad has happened, the quote indicates that something about the mentioning of Lily's mother had upset

Instead of relying on another power that is above her, she takes her fate into her own hands and tries to save her own home. This self reliance develops early, and can also be seen much later in her life. When she is twenty-seven, Lily learns that her husband has a secret second family. She leaves him immediately and manages to annul the marriage. Although he had taken all of her money from their joint bank account, she does not go back to her parents in Arizona or try to find another husband to take care of her. Instead, she begins preparing for her future alone. “Since I obviously couldn't count on a man to take care of me, what I needed more than ever was a profession. I needed to get my college education and become a teacher . . . the time flew by, and when both the dispensation and the acceptance letter arrived, I had enough money for a year of college” (p. 90). Instead of wondering what to do and moping about her ex-husband, Lily is practical and knows what she wants to do next. She also mentions that she cannot depend on a husband to take care of her. If she did not have to fend for

During those times, segregation was still much alive, but besides their differences, Lily was still very attracted to him. On page 119 she thinks, “At my school they made fun of colored people’s lips and noses... I could pen a letter at my school to be read at opening assembly that would tell them how wrong we’d all been.’ This implies that Lily is straying away from her racist views and does not agree or understand the discrimination. Additionally, Zachary told her, “Lily, I like you better than any girl I’ve ever known, but you have to understand, there are people who would kill boys like me for even looking at girls like you.”

Lily is being naive in this situation because she does not understand her mother’s motives for staying. Sometimes love can block your emotions, even when they

Lily, like the other characters in the novel, is looking for meaning and purpose in life. Through her art, she comes closest to finding answers to her questions about existence and immortality. As a woman artist, Lily has been forced to abandon her traditional role in society, since,

Lily has several initiation experiences while staying in Tiburon with the Boatwright sisters. The initiation stage is primarily about how Lily responds and develops to the new world she’s been forced into. One experience that definitely changes Lily is her growing affection for Zach Taylor, an african-american teenager who works with August on the bee farm. Lily puts herself and Zach into danger when they hang out together and get into a serious relationship. This is Lily’s first time falling in love so she expects it to be carefree and easy like all young love should be. But, since they live in a world full of racial prejudice and segregation, most people would throw Zach in jail or worse for just being around Lily. This is shown when Zach

Her father is described as a neutral figure and her memory of him is hazy at best. This lack of a father figure led to Lily’s attitude towards men. Because of this Lily always denies herself suitable marriages because she always feels she can do better. Lily is conflicted between the man she loves and the man with money. She loves Seldon but she deems him too poor for her perfect marriage. After much thought, Lily decides to marry Peter Gryce who is exceedingly wealthy but is too late as he is already engaged at the time of her decision. Lily cannot decide between love and money both of which are important aspects of her life. She is unwilling to compromise between the two which eventually leads to her downfall. Lily needs to marry a man with wealth and a stable status in high New York society because she needs a source of income to supplement her own unstable wealth.

As time passes, Lily became curious about her mother’s life, so she decided to go on a journey to