The Cow Lady

Two more pertinent points are made by the author, in regards to the grandmother, follow in quick succession; both allude to further yet-to-be seen gloom within the story. O’Connor writes of the grandmother “[s]he didn’t intend for the cat to be left alone in the house for three days because he would miss her too much and she was afraid he might brush against one of the gas burners and accidentally asphyxiate himself” (1043) and of the way she is dressed “[i]n case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady” (1043). These two observations are innocent enough on the surface but provide true intent on the foreshadowing that O’Connor uses throughout the story. It is these two devices, irony and foreshadowing, that I feel are prominent and important aspects of the story and are evidenced in my quest to decipher this story.

There she shares with them stories about her past and her present as well as they help with her chore of removing the eyes from a hogs head. From the way she talked about her preparation and canning of the “souse meat” as she called it, to her way of speaking in general, anyone who’s grown up in the more rural areas of West Virginia would almost feel like their reading a transcript of their own grandma’s words.

Southern family preparing to go on what seems to be a typical vacation. The story is humorous at first because the reader is unaware of how the story will end. The tone changes dramatically from amusing to frightening and plays an important part in making the story effective.

Bonnie Jo Campbell’s short story “The Trespasser” is a modern adaptation of Robert Southey’s fairytale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” In the story, a mother, father, and daughter arrive at their summer cottage and discover that it had been inhabited by trespassers—three men and a teenaged girl. The family explores the chaotic house and finds the various remnants left by the trespassers, particularly from the teenaged girl.

Even though we can surmise from the reading the grandmother’s family is being murdered just feet away from her, the author’s use of grotesque characterization makes it difficult to be sympathetic to the grandmother (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). When the grandmother “raised her head like a parched old turkey hen” it is difficult to sympathize due to this dehumanizing characterization (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012, p. 308). A picture is painted so vividly the reader can almost visualize the grandmother as a cartoon character shrieking as she called out in desperation for her “Bailey Boy” (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012, p.

The setting for this ghost story was at Sturdivant Hall, in Selma, Alabama in the 1860’s.

In the dead of winter, in the year 1936, snow as covered the frozen ground. There stands a big white and blue sign that reads, Winchester’s Manor. Standing on this land right in the middle of the wheat field is a coffee colored WOMAN holding a five-year-old GIRL. The woman is looking around and swinging a stick back and forward as if she sees something that is not there. The woman places the little girl who is wrapped up in a blue wool blanket on the snow-covered ground. Suddenly, she runs off as if she is casing away something, the little girl is crying and reaching out toward the woman.

Ms. Grierson lived a lonely life, not having a relationship with any of her kinfolk. After the passing of her father, locals hadn’t seen much of her until she met a construction worker from New York City on a work assignment in Mississippi by the name of Homer Barron. During their one year courtship they would ride through the town on Sundays. It was suspected

With the road trip resumed, grandmother thinks she has visited a plantation in the area. A successful effort to visit the plantation has its best chance by enticing the children’s interest in the plantation. Continued conversation suggests the presence of a secret panel, a ploy surely to arouse curiosity from the children.

The sun was warm and it was a crisp glorious day. I was headed to Winchester Kentucky for the 2016 PBR finals. I invited two of my friends to come along with me. Liz and I always go to rodeos together so we were dying to see the finals. We always competieted in barrel racing events in our hometown. She and I always practice together late at night when the crowds are gone. We always wore kick boot jeans and cowgirl hats. On the other hand Britt didn't have a passion for rodeos. She was more of a city girl. Always wore dresses and skirts abut never jeans. That's why I was surprised she wanted to come along. We dressed up in our favorite cowgirl hats and leather boots. On our way to Winchester we noticed some odd stuff happening on the roads.

As the family is driving along, the grandmother awakens from a nap and recalls “an old plantation that she had visited in this neighborhood once when she was a young lady” (189). This recollection happens while the family is driving through the town of Toomsboro, GA. The grandmother is extremely manipulative and selfish and coaxes the family into visiting the old plantation by lying to them with the possibility of finding hidden treasure. The name of the town is only a slight indication of the terrible tragedy that is yet to come. It is no

The house had an unusual smell to it that Bryan couldn’t quite his finger on it. Miguel had never minded any of the people in the village had always believed the story ever since they were a young child, but there showed no evidence of this so called “Witch”. old lady on the corner of Babylan St. because he always knew it was just a folktale,so they wouldn’t go into a stranger 's house.

This story is very heartbreaking and very as a grandmother is so attached to her roots and really wants her family to experience her culture and how her life, as they venture on a road trip toward Tennessee for vacation. The grandmother was very weary as there was a “misfit” on the loose. As she gets ready for the trip she decided to wear a dress, hat and flower as she wants to present herself as a “lady”. Here home state is Georgia as there is so much history in the cotton fields as states those are graves known as ‘gone with the wind”, as she wants this experience to be rewarding and along the journey there is extreme sadness and she and her family will fight for their life from the misfit, she had here fears to go on this trip and put

Even though the gruesome, ghastly and demonic story known as “The Landlady” ends in a disturbing way, it portrays many characteristics about the protagonist, Billy. There are numerous ways to characterize Billy, a 17-year-old kid on his first business trip in the strange city of Bath, England. Billy begins his journey to a hotel known as the Bell and Dragon but stumbles to a halt when he sees a seemingly cozy bed and breakfast that catches his eye. For a few pages everything seems great; unfortunately for Billy, he has some flaws which ultimately lead to his shocking death at the hands of a demented landlady. These are curiosity, a tendency to miss important clues, and gullibility.

“So kids, every Halloween, it is said that her ghost, roams the empty hallways of this very school, searching for another female student to take her place.” The students were now on the edge of their wooden seats, eyes wide, listening to every word Mr. Morris said. All of a sudden the loud bell breaks the silence, making each one of them jump.