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Elisa not having any attention is in her gardening area when a mysterious man approaches her. Elisa is interested in this man. The man wants to fix something for Elisa but her being so strong she refused. So the man changes the tactics and shows interest in her Chrysanthemums. Elisa not being complemented about her Gardner and now someone says something so she begins to act differently toward the pot mender. She becomes attracted to this man and wants to do more then just be a gardener. The pot mender says something about her flowers and she feels appreciated. The pot mender leaves and her husband is ready to go out with her for diner, she now has confidence to go out.

The poem Tuesday 9:00 AM by Denver Butson is a beautiful piece of writing that uses metaphors to describe the baggage everyone carries throughout life. The setting is extremely plain and ordinary, a bus stop on a Tuesday morning, but the word choice is very dramatic. The narrator tells the story from an omniscient point of view, while describing the various people and their personal afflictions who wait at the bus stop. However, the only descriptions are metaphors, that explain the emotional state each character is in. The poem itself is a short free verse with four stanzas and only one use of punctuation. Due to this lack of punctuation a stream of consciousness effect is created for the reader. Overall, the tone of the poem is morbid

An Hour Before Daylight, a memoir written by Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, was a brief recounting of his childhood experience of rural Georgia. Throughout the book that read like a diary, Carter provided interconnecting stories detailing the world he grew up in and how the rural society changed. He was born in Plains, Georgia as the oldest of 4 siblings. Carter lived there for the first four years until 1928 when his family moved to Archery, a town just beyond Plains. Unlike Archery which withered away after the arrival of cars and tractors, Plains was home to productive farms and devoted people. Carter detailed how important it was to learn the tools of the trade when it came to farming as a way to support the family. He talked about how he and his family interacted with those they employed. Carter’s memoir provided a first-hand view of race relations in rural Georgia through the explanation of what occurred during rural segregation, his recountings of his childhood relationships, the relationships between his family and the townspeople.

The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin is the tragic story of a woman whose newfound position as a widow gives her strength. She develops a sense of freedom as she embraces her husband's death as an opportunity to establish her own identity. The tragedy is when her newfound identity gets stripped away as the appearance of her husband reveals that he is still alive. The disappointment from this tragedy kills her with a heart attack symbolizing the many conflicts that she faced throughout the story. The conflicts the character faces within herself and society show that the social norms for women were suppressing to their strength and individuality as human beings.

Only days ago a peaceful morning turned deadly for baby Coyotito, first born son of Juana and Kino. While Kino sat relaxed outside, and while Juana was cooking breakfast, a unwanted creature entered their small brush home. This creature was a scorpion. Baby Coyotito did not understand or know about the dangerous thing that had just come into his life, just as his father did not know the dangers that came with finding something a valuable as a pearl.

“I don’t know how much longer I can keep this up,” thought Susan, “these awful nights of not sleeping. I didn’t get to sleep last night until 2 am, and then I had to be up at 5:30 am to get to the hospital for clinical. That’s not enough sleep. I feel like I’m stumbling through the day.” She said a silent prayer that she would not harm anyone during her clinical shift and continued driving to the hospital.

Dry September is a story where citizens of a Jefferson, Mississippi have heard a rumor that Will Mayes, a black man has raped a white woman named Minnie Cooper. The story explores the reactions of the town’s citizens as this rumor is spread. Individuals begin to make individual conclusions and assumptions drawing hasty ideas based on insufficient or miniscule evidence, even going as far as to make up some of the evidence to draw a conclusion. There is a relationship between racism and violence in the world of the text.

In chapter 5 Walter and his friend shocked the pasture by trying to lynch Richard. It shocked the pasture because he came from a town that lynching people was serious. When Walters laughed at him when he read, Walter had realized that he had a speech problem. On page 38 Walter’s uncle came to live in Harlem with Walter. All Walter knew was that his Uncle Lee has been in jail for a very long time. On page 38 the author explains that Uncle Lee talked outside of his mouth because “so the screws can’t see you talking” in other words, so the prison guards couldn’t see you talking. Also in chapter 5 Walter got caught reading comics under his desk, so Mrs. Conway (his teacher) gave him a book called “East o’ the sun and West o’ the moon” to read.

A feeling of entrapment caused by the environment may lead to a lack of belonging which may result in isolation. The feeling of isolation occurs when an individual feels separated from their surroundings by lack of control. Could an individual overcome isolation? “The Lamp at Noon”, a short story written by Sinclair Ross the protagonist has to overcome numerous obstacles in order to pursue happiness and belonging. In the short story Ross suggests that in moments of difficulties an individual relies on the presence of their partner to gain comfort however, if such needs are not provided one may adjust their feelings of isolation which may lead to a change of perspective, resulting in committing an irrational act of desperation. The idea

“That Evening Sun” by William Faulkner is a good example of a great emotional turmoil transferred directly to the readers through the words of a narrator who does not seem to grasp the severity of the turmoil. It is a story of an African American laundress who lives in the fear of her common-law husband Jesus who suspects her of carrying a white man's child in her womb and seems hell bent on killing her.

Spielberg usage of documentary footage for One Day in September in the opening moments provides us with archive footage from the news reporters; reporting the kidnapping of eleven Israeli men being held hostage by Palestinian terrorists. The News shows footage of the first rescue on live television, being called off. Then shows the hostage and terrorists being transport to the airport by bus. The explosion at the airport, the news coverage reporting that all the hostages are fine and the terrorist are all dead. There is another news coverage-reporting saying that “Our worst fear is realized tonight; reporting of the eleven hostages, two were killed in their room’s yesterday morning, and nine were killed at the airport tonight. They are all

Malo awoke the next morning, Sunday, and sleepily made some breakfast while talking to his wife about the events of the day before. As Mr. Malo once again recounted his heroic actions, he couldn’t help thinking about how, in a way, what he was saying was a lie, and he couldn’t help but putting his doubt into words. Continuing the story almost felt wrong to Mr. Malo, since he did turn away from the scene of the crime, and the only reason he chased after the man was that he stole his Worm Repellent, a crucial part of Mr. Malo’s life. Eventually, he expressed his true feelings about the situation to his wife, and she replied that the important thing was that he stopped the thief; but Mr. Malo kept on thinking that the only important thing that mattered to him was getting his Worm Repellent back, which almost made him feel guilty, for everyone, it seemed, was praising him. Then, Mr. Malo’s phone rang and he answered it; it was the cop that talked to him earlier and he wanted to present him a medal for his bravery shown the day

I have been raised to expect that there was a purpose to my existence. It was up to me to listen and decipher for myself what it is. Thus, it was incredibly difficult to read Chuang Tzu The Inner Chapters, with its various contradicting and incomprehensible short stories. I had to try and understand the mindset that not only is it unnecessary to worry about life, but that there is no purpose in life. I’ve always asked myself the question “In ten years is this problem going to matter or will I have forgotten about it?” Then I will decide whether it is truly worth my time. Taoism says this is the wrong way to live. Life is merely us existing.

“Hojoki” is the collections of essays written by Chomei in the Kamakura period. This literature is for Buddhist concept of impermanence. “The Tales of Heike” is the story of the Genji war, the fight between Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan. Both literatures have pretty similar main points of the topic through the Buddhism and the criticism of the life. However, we can also compare both literature for the societies of Japan in late twelfth century, Kamakura period, because they each have different points of view. In the Hojoki, it provides the change of the capital and the emperors through the nature disasters and personal life. The dates of conflagration, typhoon, famine, and earthquake in Japan are pretty specific in the essay.

In That Evening Sun, William Faulkner approaches the story through an anecdotal style that gives meaning to the story. The narrator uses the anecdote that happened to him to convey the story’s underlying meaning that people are restricted by social class and race, not realizing this meaning himself at the time. The era of racism pertains to the meaning of the story, discussing the aversion of southern white people to help those different from them, focusing on the restrictions that society has placed on social class and race separation and the desire to maintain the division.