The Man Had Stopped Crying Hours Ago

" No, I'm sorry Lily, I am not," but Lilly wouldn't have it, she ran up the stairs and slammed her bedroom door. Stefan let out a heavy sigh as the dust fell in the sunlight from the ceiling.

Lily starts off stuck living in an unloving, abusive household and decides to free herself from the negative atmosphere that she had been living in her whole life. Lily is perpetually abused by her father. He forces her to kneel on Martha White's, gets exasperated every time she speaks, and yells at her for no reason. Lily is not the only one noticing the terrible treatment, Rosaleen does too. Once after Lily had to kneel on the Martha White's Rosaleen said to her, “Look at you, child. Look what he’s done to you” (Kidd 25). Noticing the unloving treatment Lily gets, Rosaleen knew that their household was demoralizing place for Lily to be in, which is why she didn’t question when Lily when she later runs away. Lily one day realizes she needs to do something about her horrible life at home. While sitting in her room she hears a voice in her

In this journal I evaluate why lily decided to leave, question why T-ray is so abusive to Lily and predict where lily where go next. What I have learned from this book is that you don’t need to keep your problems a secret, just tell someone and they will help

She had gathered about 40 other third children to come, but they had all gotten shot by government officials (p. ). Before Luke found out that Jen had died, he had snuck into her house like he usually did for their secret meetings. The alarm went off and he disabled it like Jen had taught him to. Once he got into the third children chat room that Jen had created, the front door to the house burst open and Jen’s dad stepped in. Jen’s dad, Luke later found out, worked for the population police (p. ), the people that, without prior notice, barge into people’s houses and make sure there are no illegal third children living there. He was on the third children’s side, though. He offered to get Luke a fake I.D. and send him to a boarding school for boys, and Luke accepted. I felt really sorry for Luke because he would never be able to see his family again. The people who had raised Luke would never be in his life again. Luke probably missed his mother especially, because she was the one that would always sit down with Luke in the attic and talk to him and comfort him. Also, the day he was going to the school, Luke’s mother had made him two eggs for breakfast, which she had to work 40 extra hours for in the factory (p. ).

An affectionate hand stroked over the top of his head. “Are you okay, baby?” a voice whispered from beyond the realm of Tom’s thoughts. “Do you wanna

"Make yourself comfortable. And I will go to my place." The guy told her and heading for the door, he left the room.

Lily finds out that August has known who her mother was, and that Lily was her daughter. Lily was very hurt by this but August knew she was not “ready to know about her. [August] didn’t want to risk [Lily] running away again. [August] wanted [Lily] to have a chance to get [herself] on solid ground”(236). When August gives Lily time and space to come to terms with her mother leaving her with T-Ray, she moves on in a way. She understands that her mom must have had a reason for leaving her. Lily also gets closure when August tells her the full story of her mother being at the Boatwright Household. August explains to Lily that she left T-Ray and Lily because she was depressed, and just not herself. August tells Lily “after she’d been here three months and was feeling a little better, [Deborah] started talking about how much she missed you. Finally she went back to Sylvan to get you”(254). Knowing that her mom was coming back to get her, allowed for Lily to get rid of some of the hate that she had for her mom. Now Lily knew that her Mom did love her, and did not want to leave her alone with T-Ray. Although Lily gets rid of some of the hate for her mom, she still had some of it. She still hates her for not bringing her along with her to the Boatwright’s in the first place, and for leaving her with T-Ray for those couple of months. August explains to Lily that her mom had made a mistake

Zach explains his interest in Lily as well, and shows his affection by giving Lily a beautiful notebook, since he knows of her deep love for writing. During this scene, Kidd creates a loving and compassionate tone by explaining the actions the two does after the notebook exchange. Lily is gleeful and appreciative of Zach’s kind gesture and “[throws her] arms around him and [leans] into his chest” and Zach bashfully responds to this sudden action by “[folding his arms] around [Lily]” (Kidd 135). The two stands there, “in a true embrace” (Kidd 135). However, this tone shifts and becomes into one of sadness and sorrow. After their sweet moment, Zach explains his feelings to Lily and confesses his true emotions. Zach states that he likes her “better than any girl [that he knows], but [she] has to understand, that there are people who [will] kill boys like [him] for even looking at girls like [her]” (Kidd 135). Kidd changes the tone dramatically by stating the dark truth to their forbidden relationship, using sorrowful phrases such as “kill boys like [him]” (Kidd 135). In doing so, it allows the readers to sympathize with the couple’s story of loving and longing for someone, but being torn apart due to society’s cruel and judgemental standards. This scene reflects society’s racial standards and sees interracial relationships and marriages as shameful, since Zach explicitly states that colored men will die for even looking at white women in a romantic way. Lily responds to Zach’s statement and apologizes for her behavior, but as the novel progresses, so will their feelings for each other. Kidd utilizes the shift in tone to convey Lily’s love and adoration for Zach and vice versa, but sullenly explains how both are unable to publicly display their affections. Given these points have been noted, Kidd’s use of descriptive comparison and a shift in

Lily had to believe she was a person worthy of love and a family. It was this character trait of Lily’s that got her through this

He slowly got on his knees as tears started to flow from his eyes. She was visibly disgusted at the sight of his crying, sending a powerful kick towards his stomach, causing him to cough up spit. He coughed violently as he held onto his stomach. She looked down at him shaking her head as she pulled him up by his head.

Society is built up of a group of individuals who are organized into a community based off of similar beliefs and values regardless if that is religiously, culturally or other purpose based. In every society there are rules and regulations established, norms created and punishments carried out for members participating in deviant activities. In the movie Cool Hand Luke directed by Stuart Rosenberg, Lucas Jackson the main character is painted as a non-conformist after destroying parking meters while under the influence and thus is sentenced two years in prison. In the new environment Luke soon learns that this correctional prison consists of numerous rules that must be abided by and if not, must be faced with harsh punishment.

There are many movies that make the contrast of the lives of prisoners and their guards. So often do we see a colorful group of people who struggle under the control of a tyrannical leader, struggling to keep both their spirits and sanity up. Cool Hand Luke is not an exception to these films. However, it does contain a main character with a nonchalant type attitude that irks his superiors and earns respect from his fellow prisoners, which is not often seen. This leads to him becoming a very popular character in the prison, specifically to his new admirer Dragline.

“I’ll leave this right here. Just dive in, you two,” she said. She put the tray down

Lily was led to August, May, and June who make Virgin Mary Honey in Tiburon, South Carolina. Lily became attached to the three sister and began to have a mother-daughter like relationship with August. Lily soon opened up to August about what had happened to her mother and found out that August had known her mother and known about her. Lily knew what her mother was like and her questions were finally answered. Lily finally had become whole. The love she lacked with her father now she had with someone who was not even related to her or even of the same race. Lily has fallen in love with Zach and realized it when she said, “I was crying, I realized, for Zach" (Kidd,128). Lily had changed because of the love that now filled her and her atmosphere. Lily become religious staying with the sisters. Lily and the sisters attended church in their barn every Sunday, but they worshiped the Virgin Mary. This helped Lily grow throughout the story by giving her a belief system. Not only did Agust give her a religious outlet, but she gave her a hobby as well. August showed Lily how to be a beekeeper and what being one entailed. This gave Lily a reason to want to wake up in the morning. Lily had realized she was loved and knew it when she thought about, "No one had ever asked me this before. What did I love?” (Kidd, 128). Between the love and the faith that grew inside Lily, she no longer seeked every answer

Bobby waited for the elevator door to close and then hurried over to her. “Are you ok?” he asked. He grabbed her elbow to steady her.