Panem: A Short Story

Lacking in compassion, Anse fails his offspring and provides them with no guidance or support during their long adventure. Stealing from his children, Anse attempts to “‘swap [Jewel’s]

Lonely. She knows that Curley has gone to a brothel and we get some insight into what

In the film, Precious mom has a strong hatred towards her daughter causing a life full of emotional abuse for Precious. I myself, felt as though she was just upset with her all the time because they lived in poverty and it was hard on her

Throughout the story, the woman is never identified, only being referred to as “ the woman” (40). So we never have a sense of her identity outside of the fact that she is a wife and a mother with a mental illness. She also tries to find herself and her identity. “She was a young queen, a virgin in a tower, she was the previous inhabitant, the girl with all the energies. She tried these

She was a mentally strong and brave women for the actions she took

were in hiding, she risked her life knowing that if she was ever found out,

She is now a lower class female, an orphan, and unmarried. She isn’t off to a very good foot in her teenage life. Most teenagers in her class are already married, but she has a bad reputation because people know she slept with John Proctor. Her only outlet to her anger is to get people killed. As she is blaming people, people are being hanged on her account.

As Rayon McIntosh proceeded to check the money, Denise and Rachel became angry and began verbally attacking and threatening Rayon’s life. It was then that one of the women spat on Rayon and slapped him, Denise then jumps over the counter to confront Rayon as Rachel walks around to the back. Rayon goes to grab something to defend

“Minny made us put that pie story in to protect us. Not to protect herself but to protect me and the other maids. She knew it would only make it worse for herself with Hilly. But she did it anyway for everybody else. She didn’t want us to see how scared she was” (Kathryn 273). She is treated awfully and needed to do what she can for herself even if there was any risk to come out of it. No matter what, she is going to fight back when it comes to something that is very important. “Truth is, I don’t care that much about voting. I don’t care about eating at a counter with white people. What I care about is, if in ten years, a white lady will call my girls dirty and accuse them of stealing the silver” (Kathryn 218). She strive positive change to happen in the future. To use her voice and make it be heard from all around. With all the struggles going on, Minny had a wake up call. She was not going to be treated like garbage. She knew she had to be strong and not care what comes her way. Minny finally knew her true value and no longer be pushed

Annika doesn’t go out of her way to contribute, but instead nods her head, seemingly agrees with the group, yet returns to her department and complains how the group never accomplishes anything. Rumors fly throughout the organization and dis-information reaches Roxanne, who, so far, has not confronted Annika nor shared what she knows.

This entitlement affects how she treats those around her. She treats Cash and Darl like they are the product of what wrong has been done to her. Jewel, on the other hand, is treated like he is the product of her embracing the individuality she deserves. Furthermore, she claims that the other four children are the debt that she owed to him when she says, “ I gave Anse the children. I did not ask for them.

threatened to bomb his and Ursula’s school, who is someone she didn’t even know. She goes to

Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl named Leznupar. she lived in a tiny, little house in a tiny, little town. Her father and mother were simple people, who just wanted a simple life. Leznupar was the opposite. She was not the most well behaved girl, and she would get into trouble and out of it in an instant. Leznupar was longing for something fun to do and had no way to do it. So, she decided to get into trouble and mess with some people.

Lost in the mists of the Romney Marsh, Angela Marchmont stumbles upon the body of a woman whose face has been disfigured—presumably to prevent recognition. Who is she, and what was she doing out there in the middle of nowhere? The search for answers will take Angela from a grand stately home to London’s most fashionable—and disreputable—nightclub, and into a murky world of illegal drinking, jazz music and lost

Petra evolves into a more mature character under Dee’s tutelage -- and with the addition of a love-interest, her fencing master. Sparks fly between Petra’s earlier companions, Tomik a glassmaker, and Neel a gypsy/pirate who team up to rescue her. Astrophil, Petra’s talking mechanical spider, is an interesting