Talia Hale Quotes

From the very beginning, the reader notices the psychological and verbal abuse that Sykes puts on Delia. It was a Sunday and Delia decided to get ahead on her work for the week by separating piles of clothes by color. Fear then came

A4. There are a few characteristics that Antonia exhibits that lead to Cather's admiration of her. One of them is Antonia's ability to be a hard worker. For example, after Antonia's father died, she helped her mother and brother work in the fields. One quote that proves this is "If I rode over to see her where she was ploughing, she stopped at the end of the row to chat for a moment, then gripped her plough handles, clicked to her team, and waded on down the furrow, making me feel like she was now grown up and had no time for me". This quote shows that Antonia was growing up and becoming a hard worker in the aftermath of her father's death because she only talked to Jim for a moment before going back to work. Another characteristic that Antonia exhibits that led to Cather's admiration of her is her

Delia is a hard working woman who uses her faith in God to guide and protect her from her husband’s physical and emotional abuse. She, as a protagonist, is physically weak but yet spiritually strong. Sykes, in the story, tormented Delia in many ways throughout the story. One incident was with the bull horn when he tried to scare Delia while she was sorting

In the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson there is a 13 year old girl by the name of Isabel she is an African American slave fighting for her and her sisters freedom, while the Revolutionary War is happening in New York city in the year of 1776-1777.

One theme in the story is physical and emotional abuse. Delia is quite often trying to work or simply minding her own business, when her husband, Sykes decides to pick a verbal fight with

Hamilton: “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a/ Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten” -He was born out of wedlock. -His birth father did not acknowledge him, his mother died when he was 10. -His cousin committed suicide. “I’m ‘a get a scholarship to King’s College” (“My Shot”) - He wants to go to college and for America to be independent from Britain “I knew you’d fight/ Until the war was won” ( “That Would Be Enough”).

Have you ever thought about giving a character in a story a gift? In Mildred Taylor's The Well, a drought strikes rural Mississippi in the 1900s. Racial tensions increase as only the Logan's well still has water. David, the main character is the protagonist. He is cautious, thinks through things and tries to not do anything that will get him hurt or worse. He has a brother named Hammer, Hammer is quick to act, quick to anger and is racist. Hammer is stubborn and seems to not care about the consequences that come will his actions. In the story, the Logan family is black, near them live the Simms family, they are white, but are poor. Charlie, the antagonist, is the youngest of the Simms. He is an arrogant and angry white boy, him and Hammer

Libby Day is a twenty two year old woman with a dark past and a hard life growing up. Libby is not your normal mid twenties woman, she walks past everyone with a mask on and hides her feelings and her past. The three conflicts in this book are Libby and her past, Libby and her brothers mistakes, and Libby’s present.

Which makes Isabel a brave person. In three different parts of the book, Isabel is being a brave person. Isabel sneaked out of the house in the middle of the night, knowing that if she got caught, she would get into a lot of trouble, but she had decided to go to Curzon, even if she thinks she will get caught. Secondly, Isabel delivers messages and talks to a Rebel officer, even when Madam tells her not to do anything anymore that deals with the Rebels and if she does get caught she will be up to no good. Lastly, when Isabel finds out Ruth is in the Locktons estate in Charleston.

Despite her husband’s abuse, Delia is a brave character throughout the story. Delia stands up for herself when her husband tries to belittle her. Whenever Sykes kicks over her basket of white people’s clothes towards the beginning of the story, Delia is quick to react: “She seized the iron skillet from the stove and struck

As a motherless child, Ophelia was rather unruly and boorish. She played rough with the boys and read books, rather than sewing as normal women did. Due to her disorderly conduct, she was sent to live in Elsinore, which is proven through the quote, “Someone must have spoken to my father about my unruly ways” (Klein 24). We posted the picture of Elsinore with the caption “Since my dad thinks I’m such a disgrace to the family, I have to move here.” to portray her move to the castle. Also, Gertrude’s opinion towards Ophelia is shown through the quote, “She is sweet of countenance, a most fair child, and a lively one, I daresay” (Klein 25), which is why the caption includes “At least I think Gertrude likes me.” She will be taught courtly behavior

The author once again shows Delia’s goodness and devotion to her marriage in Clarke’s market. Sykes began to order many items for Bertha, his mistress, knowing Delia was riding by and would see him doing this. Delia avoids talking to villagers in an attempt to blind herself from the truth that her husband had been cheating on her for many months now. However, Bertha forces her to face the evil truth by showing up at her doorstep and calling out for Sykes. Sykes and Delia began to consistently fight. Delia tries to be friendly with her husband, but loses all hope when he rejects

R/s Sharon has no stable housing for Taliah (13). R/s Sharon has four other children that are scattered out. R/s Sharon left Taliah with her grandmother and the grandmother isn’t able to care for Taliah because the grandmother can’t walk. R/s Taliah has no clothes. R/s Sharon is verbal abusive to Taliah and would tell the child “you are not going to college because you are going to get pregnant.”

As Delia and Sykes develop their characters throughout the story, it is apparent that they both mirror biblical icons. Delia is consistent in her faith and prayer, even when facing difficult

Ayesha’s relation to her people is that of a goddess-slaves relationship in which she addresses them as “these slaves are no people of mine, they are but dogs to do my bidding till the day of my deliverance comes” (Haggard 141). Moreover, the scenes of torture with hot image pot are proof of her tyrannical rule. Besides, She-who-must-be-obeyed wields terror and horror to the persons confronting her, whether it be a woman or a man. A good example is when she warns Ustane to be far from Leo. She “lightly struck the poor girl upon her head with her hand” leaving a scar upon Ustane’s face, “were three finger marks white as snow” (186). The above examples construct Ayesha as a dangerous queen who not only drives Ustane away from her beloved Leo