The Turning Point in Celia Rees' 'Pirates'

Melton McLaurin’s book Celia, A Slave is the account of the trial, conviction, and execution of a female slave for the murder of her “master” Robert Newsom in 1855. The author uses evidence compiled through studying documents from Callaway County, Missouri and the surrounding area during the middle of the Nineteenth Century. Although much of what can be determine about this event is merely speculation, McLaurin proposes arguments for the different motives that contribute to the way in which many of the events unfold. Now throughout the book the “main characters”, being Celia, her lawyer Jameson, and the judge William Hall, are all faced with moral decisions that affect the lives of two different people.

The film that I chose to watch is Frankie and Alice. The true story of a go-go dancer in Los Angeles in the 1970’s. The story explores the character of an African American young lady name Frankie who experiences bouts of blackouts. When she comes too, she does not recall anything that has happened and usually finds herself in the custody of the police. On several occasions Frankie is taken to the psychiatric hospital. Because Frankie does not pose an imminent threat and have no medical urgency, she is usually discharged after a short assessment and even shorter observation.

The merchant claims that he knows nothing of long-suffering wives. Rather, if his wife were to marry the devil, she would overmatch even him. The Merchant claims that there is a great difference between Griselde's exceptional obedience and his wife's more common cruelty. The Merchant has been married two months and has loathed every minute of it. The Host asks the Merchant to tell a tale of his horrid wife.

Although the use of historical fiction to understand the past had various drawbacks, historical fiction such as Bound by Sally Gunning proved to also have numerous benefits. Set in pre-revolutionary America, the story of Alice Cole was effective in teaching its readers about indentured servitude and certain aspects of colonial life leading up to the Revolutionary War. However, some drawback in using historical fiction included readers focusing on storyline rather than the history, and romanticizing the time period. Despite a few drawbacks, the use of historical fiction such as Bound to teach about the past had many benefits including showing the social dynamic and daily life, enhancing understanding of setting and history, and creating relatable characters that allow the reader to connect and better remember history.

THE GLASS CASTLE: TWO MAJOR TURNING POINT Development is one of the biggest factors in the Autobiography The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls about Jeannette Walls. Many characters throughout the book go thru some kind of change whether it be major or very minor such as Jeannette and Lori finally escaping the filth family once and for all, or Dinitia bullying Jeannette to being her friend because she helps her with homework; wow, what a genuine friendship that must be.

Nancy was known for her patriotism. While her husband was fighting at war she dressed up like a man and entered British camps pretending to be dumb minded so she could gain information. Her most famous act had to do with six British soldiers. The soldiers killed Nancy's last turkey and ordered her to cook it for them. She decided to give them some of her corn liquor, making sure that the soldiers she planned to capture were drunk. While the turkey was cooking, she sent her daughter to go get some water from the spring. She also told her to warn her father who was working in the field, by blowing on a conch shell they had hidden for this reason. While the soldiers were eating and drinking wine, Hart began sneaking their guns through a hole in the wall. She had gotten two of the guns through but she was caught while trying to take the third one. Nancy quickly aimed the gun at the soldiers and threatened to shoot whichever one moved first. She stayed true to her word and shot one of the soldiers who moved toward her. The rest of the soldiers were unsure of whether to make a move or not, but they decided to try

The slaves including Douglass were treated cruelly. They starved and even had to steal and beg for food. This can be shown when Mr.Covey would “break” him making him more like a beast of burden than a human being. He says turning him like a "beast-like stupor", treated like an animal and even becoming one. However, one day Douglass he looks out onto the Chesapeake Bay and acknowledges the ships. This is important because the imagery of the white ships would lead him to be ambitious to escape and be free. He contrast the ships are free to go anywhere as he can not. It symbolizes the freedom from slavery to Douglass. He is angry for them being free, as he is becoming an animal. The Chesapeake Bay would inspire him to plan an escape. In the progress, now knowing to read and write plans to escape slavery by writing fake permissions to travel to Baltimore in canoes. This is also important because it shows Douglass’s life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man. Other example, when he gets in a fight with Covey which would be a turning point for his life as a slave. At this moment, Douglass becomes psychologically

At his beginning of his book Douglas is a slave in both body and mind Fredrick went through four turning points. His first turning point when he realized what slavery is through the point the death of his mother.

The play ?Trifles?, by Susan Glaspell , is an examination of the different levels of early 1900?s mid-western farming society?s attitudes towards women and equality. The obvious theme in this story is men discounting women?s intelligence and their ability to play a man?s role, as detectives, in the story. A less apparent theme is the empathy the women in the plot find for each other. Looking at the play from this perspective we see a distinct set of characters, a plot, and a final act of sacrifice.

During the Medieval times of England, society was created as a pure patriarchy by the Christian church, and nearly everything was made male-dominated where the men held the power and their female counterparts held little to no power at all. Arthurian texts such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight showcase many of the characters mostly following these traditions with the men being portrayed as strong-hearted knights who follow a code of chivalry, and the women as passive and submissive beings to the men. However, Arthur’s half-sister Morgan Le Fay is featured in Sir Gawain, and she does not play any parts given to her as a woman, as she is portrayed as an enchantress and an evil, manipulative woman, which is an archetype that was given to women who did not follow their given gender roles. Morgan Le Fay subverts the traditional roles for women by having her own power in the play, and overall presents herself as the antithesis to the church and the patriarchy of the Medieval times.

Finally, the reader is introduced to the character around whom the story is centered, the accursed murderess, Mrs. Wright. She is depicted to be a person of great life and vitality in her younger years, yet her life as Mrs. Wright is portrayed as one of grim sameness, maintaining a humorless daily grind, devoid of life as one regards it in a normal social sense. Although it is clear to the reader that Mrs. Wright is indeed the culprit, she is portrayed sympathetically because of that very lack of normalcy in her daily routine. Where she was once a girl of fun and laughter, it is clear that over the years she has been forced into a reclusive shell by a marriage to a man who has been singularly oppressive. It is equally clear that she finally was brought to her personal breaking point, dealing with her situation in a manner that was at once final and yet inconclusive, depending on the outcome of the legal investigation. It is notable that regardless of the outcome, Mrs. Wright had finally realized a state of peace within herself, a state which had been denied her for the duration of her relationship with the deceased.

A horrible epiphany of the truth about the plantation strikes the grandmother which then leads her family and herself to a mishap. It is significant that the story reveals how nowadays, circumstances are getting worse because before, everything was fine and this produces a positive effect to the young characters such as the grandchildren. Having said that, this is also the reason why they get into a misadventure where they encounter their vicious murderers.

Pirates of the Caribbean was the first film of Pirates. The whole movie was about Pirates, their lifestyle such as stealing a boat from other people which were shown in the movie when Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) stole a boat from the British people. Other fascinating facts which I found about pirates were shown in the movie when they showed a couple of punishments for pirates who committed crimes and of course the myth of mermaids which for me was inaccurate. This movie was released in 2003 and was directed by Gore Verbinski.

When reading all of the feelings and events added together, two themes stuck out. One theme is that Anne was lonely. In the inside of her book she stated that “I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support”. This shows that so far in her life she really did not find the right person to open up to and talk about her most personal thoughts. Another theme I found was being completely

Faulkner makes the image of Nancy changes throughout the story. At the first few paragraphs, Faulkner describes Nancy as a tough woman who is vigorous even though people disdain her skin. “She would go down on her hands and knees and crawl through the gap, her head rigid, untitled, the bundle steady as a rock or a balloon, and rise to her feet again and go on” (Faulkner). This part portrays Nancy’s physical vitality as a strong woman. She has swift moves and she is good at keep her head steady. She is also a sloppy woman who can lean her head around the porch, “without any clothes on” (Faulkner). She usually shouts to the white kids she serve, and she does not care about that too. Furthermore, when she is on her way