The Hired Man

In one of the final chapters of the book Ruthie out of anger tell about how Tom killed a man. So Ma out of fear goes to meet Tom, there they discus what Tom should do. Although Ma is worried about Tom and his safety where he goes, Tom makes a speech about where he would be. One part being “An’ when our folks eat the stuff they raise an’ live in the houses they build- why, I’ll be there.” (Steinbeck, 537) Tom makes mention of a house as a single location; while Ma is not concerned with that, as she is more concerned about Tom’s safety saying how is she going to know if he is hurt or killed. This can be taken as even though her fear of breaking the family apart, she is worried whether Tom can be safe. Showing how even though a person can leave a “home.” They still take part of the home a carry it with them for the rest of their life.

Mary begins the story as a doting housewife going through her daily routine with her husband. She is content to sit in his company silently until he begins a conversation. Everything is going as usual until he goes “ slowly to get himself another drink” while telling Mary to “sit down” (Dahl 1). This shocks Mary as she is used to getting things for him. After downing his second drink, her husband coldly informs her that he is leaving her and the child. This brutal news prompts the first change in Mary, from loving wife to emotionless and detached from everything.

Mary Warren is a young girl, 18 years of age. She lived as a servant to John and Elizabeth Procter. She is one of the many girls that went into the woods to “dance”. After the girls were caught they tried to take the attention of of themselves and put it on others. This caused a big commotion, that in the end caused many people to lose their lives. The girls were saying that people are witches in order to save there own lives. Marry being one of these girls was not completely happy with what she was doing.

Like Joy, Mary went to university to help her family’s situation and had Tony and Wes at a young age. Her mother, Alma died when she was 16, shortly after Mary had Tony, due to her kidney failure transplant. Mary was married to Bernard, an alcoholic, and ended up leaving him. About eight months after they had Wes, Bernard was banging on their front door late at night. On page 24 it says, “Bernard continued to bang and scream. He stood the other side of the door in faded jeans and plain white T-shirt, his beard scruffy and his eyes bloodshot.” He was trying to see his son, but Mary just peered at him, disgusted. Finally, he left their front door, and it was the last time he tried to see his son. Mary was a hardworking, and independent mother who took care of two children by

When Warren's parents came to visit him at his new job as a bank teller, they were clearly amazed. They believed that they had saved his life, and had "saved him from their thistle-strewn farm and it's red dirt." But the mood of this poem changes from cheerful and positive to gloomy when it's said that Warren is "hard and serious, like a young bear in it's teller's cage. " He feels out of place in his job, and that it isn't the place for him. He had done what his parents wanted for him, so that he could make them proud, but he did not speak up about how he

A Case of Murder by Vernon Scannel is a poem which deals with a very

In “A Good Man Down,” Lee Jenkins demonstrates writing techniques such as: appealing to logos by logically supporting Thomas’s reputation as a good man, appealing to pathos by creating a mournful tone that appeals to the audience’s empathy, and appealing to ethos by using first-person experiences and quotes to establish the article’s credibility. Logos, pathos, and ethos are significant elements that contributed to the writing by conveying the heartbreak experienced by the small town of Parkersburg after the untimely death of a good man, Ed

In “The Story of an Hour” we see Mrs. Louise Mallard receives news of the death of her husband. The

¨Dad however, wouldn’t talk about Mary Charlene...He was the one who found her body in the crib, and Mom, couldn't believe how much it shook him up…‘he was in shock or something, cradling her stiff little body in his arms... he screamed like a wounded animal’...He started having dark moods,staying out late and coming home drunk and losing jobs,¨(Walls 28).

Author also surprises readers, when he introduces conflict between a couple that used to love each other deeply. Diverting the story from love to betrayal, author develops an irony. In the story, reader sees two examples of betrayal. Ms. Maloney, while talking with her tired husband, finds out her husband no longer want to keep their marriage. Without giving any kind of reason, Patrick betrays her wife with a decision of breaking marriage. Mary shocks, when her husband, boldly, says, “ This is going to be bit shock of you”(P. Maloney) Author creates a total opposite picture of Patrick by describing him as a husband who used to give her wife surprises; he is now giving her shock in the middle of her pregnancy. Mary, who was previously shown as “anxiety less”(Dahl), with “a slow smiling air”(Dahl) and “curiously tranquil”(Dahl), had began to get upset and now inculcate her eye with a “bewildered look.” After betrayed by her husband, she, without any argue, she goes to the basement to look for frozen food. She decides to have leg of a lamb as a last dinner with her husband, but she smashes the frozen leg in to Patrick’s head with killing him. Mary betrays her husband by killing him and takes revenge of her betrayal. Later, Author confirms her as a murdered with the statement of “I’ve killed him”(Mary) from her own lips. Dahl, in the story,

I am Mary warren and Mary Warren, confessed Salem witch, born may 25,1675 in Water-town, Middle-sex, Massachusetts I married Joseph Pierce December 30, 1698 in Water-town, Middle-sex, Massachusetts.In Salem I am the oldest of the group of girls who are led by Abigail Williams. I am an indentured servant of john and Elizabeth proctor.Mary goes through great lengths to avoid punishment and persecution.Mary warren is weak and feeble and scared and she is the most frightened by this situation.Mary Warren died September 10, 1732 in Water-town, Middle-sex, Massachusetts.

Mary was a horrible role model for her two children.She had two sons whose names were Tony and Wes Moore.She partied instead of parenting her children, along with “hiding ” Marijuana in her family's home.On page twenty Mary blatantly lied to her own child’s face.She looked At Wes and said, “Mommy got some bad news about school, and I want to go see some friends

Abigail’s lies. Mary tries confessing her “sin” but the judges don’t believe her and now

Mary is very manipulative in that she is able to create the character of the poor, pregnant wife, whose husband has just been murdered. She is able to convince the police to take pity on her, to mix her a drink and then to even eat the evidence, the leg of lamb that she has left in the oven. "Why don’t you eat up that lamb that is in the oven" (Dahl, p. 17). Mary realizes that if the police find the evidence she will go to jail. Her quick thinking and manipulative character results in the police officers eathign the evidence and therefore she cannot be charged of this crime. These actions show the complex character that Mary Maloney truly is.

Beginning Mary Warren’s narrative, she first comes off as a timid person. “Abby, we’ve got to tell” (Miller 18). After a group of girls, including Mary, have been discovered dancing in the woods, Mary pleas to the others that they must reveal what they have done, or