Alias Grace Essay

Nikita Mears is a covert operations operative trained by the secret government organization known as Division. She was recruited after escaping her abusive foster father, becoming a drug addict and living on the streets. Foster Father,”hey daughter you want some drugs.” Nikita respondes,”NO!!.” And Nikita was sent to death row after killing a police officer, upon where her death was faked. With the downfall of The Group, Nikita was pardoned from all crimes and wrong-doing, and retires from government

rebellion, along with the boy tribute from her district. During her time in the arena she helps to fan the flames a rebellion against the government, putting herself and others in danger. However, she ultimately overthrows it. In the television series Alias, Sydney Bristow is a graduate student who is secretly a spy for the CIA and a double agent in a terrorist cell called SD- 6. Before joining the CIA, Sydney worked for SD-6, under the impression it was the CIA. However, her fiance was killed by the

in his throne with his right hand clenched into a fist, holding up his cleft chin. “Your grace,” he asked, “is everything all right?” The King answered humbly, choosing an unburdensome subject matter to discuss. “My eldest son will soon wed.” “The prince has chosen an excellent maiden to be his wife,” Gawin said formally as if his Seeker’s ability did not play a significant role in the betrothal. “Has his grace, finally found a suitor for your eldest daughter, Princess Kathrynne?” The lines around

runaway criminal who believes that crime is a justifiable. In “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” Flannery O’Connor uses characterization to display a loss of morals, imagery to portray evil in society, and symbolism to emphasize the struggle of obtaining grace to prove how life is nihilistic without religion. Characterization is used not only to amuse readers, but to also display an understanding of human nature, in this case a decline in values. June Star is described as critical with a nasty motormouth

make it better.” (Delinsky, 18) In here, the main conflict which is the dissonance caused by the incident escalates as Grace starts to face social discrimination and social obligations. She starts to feel the weight of the unprecedented accident her stubbornness caused. In here, the sense of guilt is very impregnable. However, the addition of the strong guilt Grace feels, adds more spice to the story and continues to dig further the readers’ hearts and minds. With the mind-blowing conflicts

large scowl-faced girl was named Mary Grace. Mary Grace, a round character in the story, seemed to have a personal vendetta against Mrs. Turpin, one that Mary Grace was not afraid to show. Grace's mother, Mrs. Hopewell rambled on about how educated her daughter was, but that it was a shame she never smiled or expressed gratitude. Mrs. Turpin expressed how grateful and blessed she is, until she is struck in the head by the book Grace was reading earlier. Mary Grace whispers, “Go back to hell where you

Second Commander Henslowe stood at King Gabriel Wylie side, briefing him on the severity of the sickness and the plight it has become. “It has spread throughout the Northern Hills, killing the livestock and destroying the crops,” he spoke in a dire tone with his back to the members of the king’s council, the royal seeker, and his apprentices, placing horse pieces on the inflicted areas of a map of the realm. “My men have done everything the Royal Seeker Cornwallis has advised. And still, the death

Will Grayson, Will Grayson, written by John Green and David Levithan, is a beautifully written story about two teenagers named Will Grayson who are attempting to navigate the ups and downs of their polar opposite lives, lives that turn into a intertwining roller coaster when the two meet. First there is Will Grayson, John Green’s Will Grayson. “Don’t care too much and shut up.” Those were the words that Will lived by, until one day he didn’t. After a school-board member made a fuss about having

Flannery O’Conner grew up in the backwoods of Georgia, where she found her inspiration for her writing. Her Southern heritage was not the only thing that influenced her though; often her Roman Catholic faith would impact her stories as well (Ellis 35-36). She described herself as a “Catholic peculiarly possessed of the modern consciousness” (qtd. in Hubbard 38) and stated that “the best of [her] work sounded like the old testament would sound if it were being written today” (qtd. in Kreyling 85)

How do you think of God? Is He more fatherly, or kingly? Does he rule from a distance, or with his hands all intricately inside? Does he walk beside you, looking over your shoulder, or does he look down from above? Is he the engineer or the artist? The bible-thunker would say all of the above. He is God, and he can be anything he wants to be. But what do we focus on instinctively? What is your initial thought of God? Mine? The disapproving dad. The frustrated coach. I see God as the coach constantly