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Hopewell also possesses this sanctimonious quality, distinguishing herself and a few of her workers as “good country people” rather than “trash.” Being equipped in social class standards, Mrs. Hopewell has immense expectations for her workers, “She had plenty of experience with trash. Before the Freeman’s she averaged one tenant family per year” (O’Connor 439). Mrs. Hopewell classifies people into two categories; this is based on her own judgment as to what qualifies someone to be “good country people” or “trash.” Considering her morning gossip sessions with Mrs. Freeman and her hypocritical attributes, the reader can determine that Mrs. Hopewell’s judgment may not be the best; thus, her perception of what social class people represent is not the most

As the story continues, his sympathy for Bartleby’s predicament develops. Throughout paragraph 90, the lawyer discovers that Bartleby resides in the office and feels pity towards how Bartleby sustains such “ miserable friendlessness and loneliness.” Readers can acknowledge how the Lawyer struggles with maintaining the changing attitudes he feels towards Bartleby: “melancholy merge into fear” and “pity into repulsion” (137). The Lawyer intended to fire Bartleby for his refusal to work, but did not, for he feared of being portrayed as a “villain” (138). According to Jack Getman, the Lawyer has “become a different, more appealing person, one who is more responsive to the needs and rights of his workers” (Getman 738). It is evident that the Lawyer undergoes many changes in the interest of Bartleby.

The Play is a great example of our Canadian Identity as it shows that even being separate and barely even knowing people we still can create and have a good time. The play also shows that even being lost and confused about who we are, we don’t assume right away of the current Scenario. In the Book, Barb With the help from Tonto and Rodney broke into Janice’s Home. In a normal situation, Janice would call the police as she would think they are breaking in to steal from her, but instead she hears them out and listens to

Educating Rita by Willy Russell explores the value of education, but also the wider education that takes place and how to use that education to your greatest benefit; not only during the school education but also the looking at the surrounding world. Rita, an uneducated lady, is unhappy with the limitations of her social class and feels that to escape the limitations she needs to get a properly recognised education. She therefore decides to do an Open University course in English literature. This she believes will greatly increase the horizons of her life and remove some of the limitations that she feels are imposed upon her. She wants to learn everything but soon discovers that even education has its limits. Frank, her tutor and lecturer,

The concept of balance is central to Herman Melville’s “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids.” The first story of the diptych reflects the opulent and extravagant feasting of a group of lawyers in London, while the second depicts the laborious, cold, and bland life of workers at a paper mill. These polar opposites perfectly illustrate this idea of a worldly equilibrium would have resounded well with Melville’s Romantic, educated, and upper class readership. Though there is much to be learned through this historical context, viewing the juxtaposition of success and struggle through a modern lens yields another perspective that Melville could never have foretold.

indeed a person who has a lot to say and Frank listens and responds to

     Ecstasy, or 3, 4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine, was first synthesized and patented in 1914, by the German drug company Merck. The original purpose of the drug was to be an appetite suppressant, however in 1970 it was given to clinical depressed patients to open them up and talk about their feelings. Then in 1986, Ecstasy was determined to cause brain damage (http://faculity.washington.edu/chudler/mdma.html).

After his father’s passing Tom Poppell was able to secure his thirty- one year reign as sheriff and rule the county with a strong iron fist. His endless rule allowed him the opportunity to exert “his will and shape the county” the way he imagined in order to keep both races separate. The thrill for power over the county was the sole motivator in his line of work. He worked on his own time, lived by his own law, and McIntosh’s citizens acknowledged his dominance by stating “’you weren’t scared when you saw him coming, but you could feel the power’” when he was nearby. This power is without a doubt evident and it is the reason the majority of the citizens’ idolized Poppell.

The two people involved in the so-called crime, Tom Robinson and Mayella Ewell, are at the very bottom of Maycomb society. Tom is black and Mayella one of the poorest of the poor whites. However, neither of them fits into the stereotypes held by the people of Maycomb. Tom is honest, hardworking and dependable, as Mr Link Deas's shouted testimony and his demeanour in court

We don’t look up to nobody. Grampa’s grampa, he fit in the Revolution. We was farm people till the debt. And then—them people. They done somepin to us. Ever’ time they come seemed like they was a-whippin’ me—all of us. An’ in Needles, that police. He done somepin to me, made me feel mean. Made me feel ashamed. An’ now I ain’t ashamed. These folks is our folks—is our folks. An’ that manager, he come an’ set an’ drank coffee, an’ he says, ‘Mrs. Joad’ this, an’ ‘Mrs. Joad’ that—an’ ‘How you getting’ on, Mrs. Joad?’” She stopped and sighed. “Why, I feel like people again.”After the Joads arrive in the Weedpatch government camp in Chapter 22, Ma discusses the effects of life on the road. It has, she reports, changed her. The open gestures of hostility the family has suffered at the hands of policemen and landowners have made her “mean,” petty, hardened. In Weedpatch, however, for the first time since leaving Oklahoma she is treated like a human being. The camp manager’s kindness rekindles her sense of connection in the world: “These is our folks,” she says. Ma’s speech underlines the importance of fellowship among the migrants, suggesting that, given their current difficulties, one cannot afford to bear one’s burdens alone. Throughout The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck emphasizes the importance of the self-respect and sense of dignity that Ma displays here. The unfair treatment the migrants receive does not simply create hardship for them; it diminishes them

Rita Dove was born August 28, 1952. She was born in Arkon, Ohio. Her spouse was Fred Viebahn, her mother was name Elvira Hord, her father was Ray Dove, and their beautiful daughters name was Aviva Dove-Viebahn. She has officially started everything she loves to do and will continue to do what she loves to do, she really enjoys making poetry and quotes.

Many elders of color will share their stories with you if given the opportunity. Stories on how the United States changed their lives in both a positive and negative way. Stories describing their upbringing, family, traditions, culture and religious beliefs. I was lucky enough to interview Rita, an elder of color. From her stories, you are able to see how she has battled with life from all different angles.

Significant experiences in the lives of individuals often form opportunities for intellectual, emotional, social and Philosophical growth. Such can be achieved when an individual is forced to transition into a new environment and adopt new ideas and values, which they are unused to. These experiences may not be foreseen by an individual and as such, an unanticipated experience may make the individual react with freedom of thought whilst moving into a upper-class in society due to varying factors such as education and self discovery. Such may be observed in The play Educating Rita, by Willy Russel where the individual Rita and The forgiveness project's interview with John Carter where, in contrast the individuals move into the world, through various forms of personal growth. Perhaps most successful in showing the ways in which a character may respond to a forced, unforeseen transition into a new world of freedom is through education.

is not quite good enough. Rita wants to be of a higher status than her

The Effect of Summer School on Rita in Educating Rita by Willy Russell 'Of course; you don't do Blake without doing innocence and experience, do y?' When Frank explains to Rita that after summer school they will study William Blake, Rita says that she has already studied Blake and implies in such a way that she almost disgraces Frank. Before summer school Rita has only been taught Frank and has only learnt his ideas, when she gains her own confidence she then challenges Frank on his views to do with poetry by telling him about William Blake. This confidence reflects the effect which summer school ultimately had upon Rita. Willy Russell was born in Whiston, near Liverpool, England, in 1947.