While Every Culture, Race, Community, And Family Have Their

Children are very impressionable during early years of their lives. They are drawn in by anything new, exciting and adventurous. They are easily convinced to believe anything. Even though they may understand it to not be true. As adults, we must be careful what we mold into the minds of children. They look to adult for answers to ease their curiosities and for the truths. In the story by Charles Baxter “Gryphon”, the students are encountered by the substitute, Miss Ferenczi, who enlightens them with untruthful tales and stories that spark their imagination. Charles Baxter, who once was an elementary teacher states, “a teacher can enter a classroom and teach anything facts or substitute facts without anyone knowing

Throughout the essay, Race, Culture, Identity: Misunderstood Connections, I found Kwame Anthony Appiah’s claims about social scripts to support my idea that we present ourselves differently depending on the circumstance. There are times when we try to play into the majority, as well as times where we try and fall into the minority; we choose which group we want to highlight depending on which will get us where we want to go.

Set up against the rampant industrialization of the 18th century, Charles Dickens classic novella “A Christmas Carol” endorses the notion that all people have a responsibility to ensure the safety and welfare of every member of society. By taking his seemingly irredeemable protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge on an other worldly journey. Dickens intends to convey to the complacent classes of the age, the necessity of various traits that are essential in life, such as the responsibility for those whom are less fortunate and other vital traits such as charity, generosity and simply caring for others. Dickens warns the reader of the consequences that will follow if these lessons are not taken into consideration.

One of the universal themes of literature is the idea that children suffer because of the mistakes of an earlier generation. In Janie’s case,

Miss Ferenczi’s tutelage represents a breath of fresh air and a new experience for her students. Everything about her is foreign to the students yet not inaccessible. Hope and truth are connected within Miss Ferenzci; her style of dress, lunch choices, and forthright speech are prime examples. Miss Ferenczi has found her own truth, herself, as evidenced by her nonconformist attitude, elaborate dress, delightful stories, and a touch of humility. She exemplifies that all adults are not like those the children are accustomed in their community. Miss Ferenczi’s symbolism of truth is foreshadowed by Tommy when he notices his substitute’s peculiar marionette lines reminding him of Pinocchio. Pinocchio is a wooden boy who wants to be real and is a liar. Miss Ferenczi may be a real, in the flesh, person, but she is very surreal to Tommy and his classmates; they’ve never seen anything like her. Also, Miss Ferenczi bends the truth and tells stories of myths in order to provoke the students’ sense of thought, imagination, and wonder. The truths the children seek are far beyond spelling and arithmetic, but constitute the character the students will eventually mesh with and emit.

Louisa is a minor character in the book Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt. Although she doesn’t have a main part in the story you get many mixed feeling from her. Louisa has mixed feelings on what happened to her brother, Franklin. “And as Henry watched, Chay looked straight at Louisa-who had also looked up and who was staring at him, her arms so tight around herself that she looked as if she was trying to crush her own heart(81).” As Chay walks out of the courtroom Louisa looks at him in an intense way.

It is said that right before someone dies, they see their life flash before their eyes. They are said to see the things most dear to them. However, no one on their deathbed regrets the amount of money that they have. In the moment of clarity, most realize that a number on a paycheck is not as important as emotional and mental possessions. People always tell each other that money can not buy happiness, yet most end up spending every waking moment thinking about money. Why do people waste their time and energy pursuing something that is not what they truly need? Often, they use social class to fill a void in their lives that can not be filled by materialistic possessions. Many people realize this, but it is often too late. Charles Dickens demonstrates the effects of social climbing in his novel, Great Expectations. This novel explores the connections and effects of human nature and society, which are the two most powerful forces that guide people’s decisions. Some may say that social climbing is good, but as will be proven, pursuing social class for the wrong reason can result in disastrous consequences. The motivation to obtain higher social status leaves those who pursue it dissatisfied with reality and with a wider void in their lives as shown by Pip, Estella, and Magwitch.

In this essay, I will argue that one of the underlying motives in Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is the reinforcement of Christian values in 18th century Victorian England. Dickens was very concerned with the accepted social norms of industrialized England, many of which he felt were very inhumane. Christian values were challenged, largely due to the recent publication of Darwin's Origins of a Species, and philosophy along with literature was greatly affected. In 1859, the industrial age was booming, making many entrepreneurs rich. However, the majority of the lower economic class remained impoverished, working in unsafe and horrific environments as underpaid

In this short story, Louisa’s internal independence plays a major role in who she is as a woman. Mary E. Wilkins Freeman describes Louisa as an introvert because she is someone who enjoys being alone. She spends fourteen years of her life being isolated at home, waiting for her fiancé to come back from his job in Australia. During those years, she learns how to be by herself through the hard times and the pleasant ones “Louisa’s feet had turned into a path, smooth maybe under a calm, serene sky, but so strait and unswerving that it could only meet a check at her grave, and so narrow that there was no room for any one at her side” (Freeman 66). This demonstrates how she is so use to not having anyone by her side. This is why she creates her own path through all the dark times she had to face on her own. In many ways this can foreshadow the ending of the short story. This shows how she always counted on herself and

In the book Hard Times Charles Dickens describes the hardships involved during the Industrial Revolution. Charles Dickens shows his disapproval of the Industrial Revolution by highlighting bad conditions workers had to face, the poor environment of the city, and the Utilitarianism. He emphasizes how many workers helped run the factories and the importance of how miserable these workers are. “So many hundred Hands in this Mill; so many

Family is like a Snickers bar- mostly sweet, with a few nuts. Throughout literature and in life this statement holds true. However, in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, all the family members are nuts. All familial units, with one outlier, are completely unsupportive and dysfunctional. The main character, Pip, lives in an abusive household. The Pockets have no clue what is happening in their home. Most female characters lack all maternal qualities. Because of Dickens’ unstable childhood, the sole representation of family comes from disconnected parents and their children taking control, creating the impression that family is useless.

Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned British writers with well-known and widespread work. Dickens was born in England in 1812 and died in 1870. During this time, Victorian England experienced an Industrial Revolution, which impacted his life tremendously. New factories and industrial machinery changed many lives of the lower class citizens. The family grew up impoverished and struggled to maintain a good lifestyle. The family’s financial situation was strained as John Dickens, Charles’s father, spent money that the family didn’t have. These societal factors were influential in Charles Dickens’s life, and the same themes present themselves in his works. When an author creates a work, frequently themes of their life events are incorporated into the theme of the book, consciously or unconsciously. Victorian Age industrial-influenced strife was a common theme in Dickens’s life and presented itself throughout Dickens’s books.

exuberance and innocence of typical children. Thus, when Sisi, a seven-year-old ENERGY student, received her

The fictional novel, Hard Times by Charles Dickens, concentrates on the Gradgrind family; of Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, his daughter Louisa, and son Thomas Jr. A major theme of friendship is portrayed in the books through the character of Mr. Gradgrind as he struggles with the idea of friendship between other characters. According to the Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle, it explains a detailed account of friendship and what it is to be a friend to others. In comparing the character Mr. Gradgrind in Hard Times, to the 5 basis of friendship written in the Nicomachean Ethics, Mr. Gradgrind cannot be a friend to others because he does not use emotion but rather factual evidence in his actions toward his children. The novel confirms Aristotle’s view of friendship with Mr. Gradgrind, proving that the standards need to be set up in order to have a proper friendship and relationship with others.

In the history of English literature, during Victorian age England had seen development tremendously .It is said that the sun never in England at this time. The richer got richer and the poorer got poorer. Everyday something was invented in London. The population of the city grew rapidly there was less space and more people, the streets got narrower. The upper class of the society discriminated the lower class of the society. The development of London rushed in such a manner that the industries required more workers. In this run of development and industrialization the victims were the kids who lost their childhood. Children are born as orphan are totally identitiless and end up working somewhere for a single meal of a day. Charles Dickens