Short Story: Brent's Illness

Montague tells the long history of Hill House. It was owned by Hugh Crain. He had two children, but their mother was killed in a carriage accident just before she arrived at the house. His second wife died from a fall, possible suicide. Crain's third wife died of tuberculosis. Shortly after, Crain passed away in Europe. His two daughters were left with the house, but many fights occur over who should get it. The older sister dies, and the young sister ends up owning it. She commits suicide, and Hill House is left to the Sandersons. The first night was fine, but many things begin to happen. The following night, Theodora and Eleanor have a terrifying encounter. While sleeping, Eleanor hears a pounding sound. She wakes up. The sound continues, so she rushes to Theodora's room. The room becomes ice cold, and the pounding becomes louder. After an intense amount of time, Dr. Montague and Luke arrive. Another thing is discovered by the guests. Outside of the nursery, a cold spot occurs. Nothing can be explained about the cold feeling, but it occurs every time they walk passed it. Over time, Eleanor sees and feels the presence of a superior "being". The following quotation comes from the chilling moment when Eleanor discovers no one is in her room: "God God-whose hand was I holding?" Over time, Eleanor becomes attached to the house. She feels like the house is talking to her. On one occasion, "WELCOME HOME ELEANOR" was written over

Although Jewett and Freeman both have poverty-stricken female protagonists, each women’s intentions are driven by different circumstances. Even though Sylvia’s house is described as “the best thrift of an old-fashioned farmstead, though on such a small scale that it seemed like a hermitage”, being poor is not what prompts Sylvia’s motives. She is driven by animal rights to seize the power to make her own decision to reveal the heron’s location. Whereas, the barn is much nicer than the house that Mother and the children currently live in. Mother interrogates father, stating, “you’re lodgin’ your dumb beasts better than you are your own flesh an’ blood. I want to know if you think it’s right” (C666). The sense of poverty within the decomposing house influences Mother to go against father and make the barn into their new updated living quarters. The circumstances that both protagonists were confronted with fueled their compassion to overcome the obstacles each were faced with.

The author's intention in the first three chapters is to show us how both mothers Joy Moore and Mary Moore support, care and how they want the best for their children since both Wes Moores father's disappearance influence their life’s. Joy tries her best to stay strong and hold the family when her husband suddenly passes away. For example, Moore states “My mother slept in the living room to stand guard she said. She didn’t want me and my sisters to be the first people a trespasser ran into if they entered the house” (36). This quote shows that she cares about her children’s and is scared if someone comes in, so she puts herself first by sleeping on the couch downstairs, so she can protect her children for the trespassers. Joy Moore decided to move to New York with her kids, so they could have a better life and it was safe their no

Nesbit, a close friend of Miranda’s family, died in her house. Before she died Miranda had a conversation with her. Mrs. Nesbitt told her that Miranda’s family could take all of her food, and take her furniture to burn during the winter to stay warm. This became a very stressful time for Miranda because someone that she was really close to died. Even though they were saddened by the death, they were still the beneficiaries of Mrs. Nesbitt’s stuff. Afterall they were very grateful to have her belongings.

It was two days before Christmas, when Josephine opened the door to her 12 year old son’s room. Chay was the oldest of her four children, and the one she related to most. As Josephine sat down on the edge of the bed, Chay opened his eyes slowly. The dim light that seeped through the partially opened door revealed tears in his mother’s eyes.

He turned to the streets, begging for scraps of food or clothing, trying to find some way to support himself. Those years of his life had seemed like a dark abyss in which he was trapped. He could see the sunlight above, but he had no way to reach it. He still remembered the looks of disgust and fear upon people’s faces as he crawled to them and begged for help. They would pull their children closer and cross the street as they neared him, or walk straight past him with their eyes fixed ahead, unfazed by his pleas. After some time, he lost hope. As the rich merchants and fine clothed women passed, he said nothing, curled up in a ball on filthy, tattered blankets, starved and cold, flea bitten and depressed. He had feared for a time that he was on the brink of insanity, and had taken to talking to the stones on the street to while away the lonely hours. He remembered hoping he would simply pass in his sleep during the night to escape his never-ending

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.

    The first obstacle Robert faced was the many surgeries he had take the tumor out, reshape his nose using his toes, and amputation of both his legs from his knees down. Robert’s mother, Mary Hoge, was very hesitant weather she want to take Robert home or not, because she could bring herself to understand that her son have physical disabilities. When she finally came to her senses, with the help of her daughters and sons she finally brought Robert back after five long years. Robert was finally brought home, and that is where the story begins.

During the court hearing, Lea’s mom, Mrs. Zamora, requested him to build whirligigs, and explains how Lea impacted those in her life. Lea “would have spread joy all over the world”, but Brent accidently killed her in the accident, instead (40). Brent’s action, which was killing Lea, affected others because he stopped Lea from spreading joy to the world. Also, when he was in Florida, Brent came across a group of children, who he called his “apprentices”. He started to mentor them, and while doing that, he “began to explain what a whirligig was” and guided them into building their own (97). He affected others by teaching his “apprentices” to build more whirligigs, so if his went down, another one can appear. A large part of the story was how Brent’s actions, good or bad, had positive or negative consequences on

Now, While the death of Abby and Andrew Borden is brutal, it as yet to be solved. On the hot morning of August 4,1982 in Fall River, Massachusetts, two people were killed, many people pointed the finger at daughter of Andrew Borden, one of the people murdered on that hot morning (Bee 1). In addition, Lizzie’s mother died when she was only three years old not long after, her father was soon married to Abby Gray, the other person killed that morning (King 1). Abby, Lizzie’s stepmother, believed that the reason everyone in the house became sick around the time of the murders was that they had been poisoned (Barclay 2).

Eleanor, the protagonist, undergoes a difficult childhood which cause many of her repressed feelings to be expressed through supernatural experiences that are ambiguous. She took care of her ill mother for 11 years, until she died. That affected her tremendously. For example, during Theodora’s supernatural experience, Shirley Jackson displays how Eleanor’s inner child managed to let her grow anger and jealously towards Theodora. Eleanor felt like Hill House was giving Theodora more

Tragic events happen to people around the world and everyone has their own ways to grieve and cope. In the sad but eye-opening novel, The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold 14-year old Susie Salmon is raped and murdered. The family is left to grieve, and readers see that the mother in the story grieves in the worst way imaginable. First, the mother began to leave her family psychologically, making Buckley feel neglected. Next, Abigail is selfish and drops her responsibilities as a mother in order for herself to be satisfied not caring about how her son is handling this ghastly circumstance. Lastly, she fails Buckley as a mother because he is left to learn about what life is, all on his own. Abigail has every right to grieve in her own way, but her

Lazybones is a memorable illustration of a strong and slender middle-aged woman named Elizabeth Hurst who pursued a happy homestead life but ultimately ends up trapped in the misery of a hash farm life. The reason for her misfortune is her lazy husband “Waltz Hunt”, who at one point she refers to as “Lazybones”. After marrying against her family’s consent, the couple rented a farm to live off the land and have five children together. Elizabeth struggles to take care of her home and family. She is barely able to sustain their life on the farm due to unfavorable ecological conditions and an unproductive and ignorant husband. She endures the brutal and tiring farm life on a daily basis with no hopes of things getting better. This pushes her into constant conflict on how to cope with her difficult life, her lazy husband, and their unfulfilling marriage.

  In the play, descriptive language teaches the audience more about the surroundings than what the characters are actually saying to one another.  "I've not been in this house--it's more than a year" (6), Mrs. Hale tells the county attorney.  It is a very run down house, and the audience discovers there are no signs of anyone really ever being happy.  The kitchen is dirty, and the women begin to feel uneasy about being in a house where there is nothing but darkness and coldness.  The darkness is to signify how alone and empty Mrs. Wright was feeling while living with her husband.  Mrs. Wright did not feel wanted, and she felt like all hope was lost which the audience recognizes with the help of Mrs. Hale's saying, "...he was a hard man, Mrs. Peters.  Just to pass the time of day with him.  Like a raw wind that gets to the bone" (11).  Mrs. Hale conveys these important details to Mrs. Peters, which proves that the environment in the Wright house was dark and dreary.  The audience can imagine living in house where there is nothing but solitude and misery.  The solemn atmosphere makes the readers start to understand how lonely and depressing living in the house actually was.