Alma

Alma mainly kept to herself and focused more on her studies at Hawthorn West Central School, her grandmother did not allow her to do an extra activities after school. On December 30, 1921, Alma was sent out to run an errand for her grandmother, she was to pick up some meat and take it to a customer. After Alma did not return, her whole family went looking for her but had no luck in their search, she was

Eccentricities follows a woman named Alma who struggles with being seen as an outcast to society and that truth she holds keeps her back from being her true self, as well as her Dad and herself. While following the play, Alma would get worried or upset when others spoke of her when all she was trying to do was be herself. She believed that being an outcast was seen as a bad thing and for the time period, it was. With society judging her for how she acted or spoke, it hindered her growth and caused

only time she actually speaks is out of fear, she yells “No, don’t!” because Alma was about to toss boiling hot water at her. This proves to Alma that Elisabeth is human and she doesn’t want to be scared, doesn’t want to feel pain, and doesn’t want to die. It generally proves to her that Elisabeth exists. Elizabeth isn’t the only one that is going through torment she knows since Alma openly admits her doubts in life. Alma has some secrets of her own that she shares with Elisabeth. She seems to

on a sight-seeing tour.” Alma smiled, “It is beautiful. I never imagined riding down a big river like this. I’ve floated sticks down the creek, guess if an ant rode the stick, this is what he’d feel like.” “Kind of. Captain Jones says we should make fifty to sixty miles today. Water’s flowing good and there’s not that much traffic.” “How long ‘til we get to this here, Cairo?” “Cairo, Illinois. I don’t know,” he looked up and asked the boatman who was listening anyway. Alma was glad they hadn’t tried

variety of ways. Loneliness is different for everybody, but in this novel many characters experience individual struggles with the subject and have to overcome it themselves. Leo Gursky was living in Poland with the love of his life, Alma Mereminski before World War II. Alma left Poland and went to New York City during World War II alone to escape the war, and left Leo behind. She wrote him a letter and gave him her address, but never heard back. After a while with no response, she assumed Leo was killed

In the story “That Friday Everything Changed” by Annie Hart, Annie is trying to give people an idea, breaking tradition requires strength and bravery. The idea is shown by Alma Niles who is the main character in the story, and the whole story is expended on Alma’s discrimination. In Alma’s country school, after the health inspector came, he gave our school a big water bucket because of the water shortage in our school “And from that day on------ for all the boys------the most important thing that

love and guilt. Alma loves her daughter, Maribel, more than anything else like every parent does, so Maribel is the only reason they are in America. Alma does as much as she can to Maribel. Although Alma is a newcomer to America, she becomes stronger because of her daughter. There are a few conflicts in this book after they come here, including positive and negative side of struggle. Alma has been strong-willed after she had been a mother. ¨… It had taken us so long to have her, so

subtle exploration of the subliminal human mind and identity, Ingmar Bergman’s film Persona is a visual delight. The film is about two women, Elisabeth Vogler and Sister Alma, who personas fuse together and develop through speech, silence and expression. While Elisabeth, an actress makes an aesthetic choice to be silent, Sister Alma attempts to break the actress’s silence her by talking about herself. For Elisabeth, her silence opens the door to enter a new reality where she can escape from the world

Alma realized she should have stayed hidden behind the building. Now she might have to bite her tongue in two to keep quiet. Gabe had asked each man, including the ones with the big boat that had just been launched, about riding down river to Cairo with them. Only one had said yes, if they paid five each to ride. Alma knew they still had all three of her dowry coins, but Gabe laughed at the man and moved on. They were in front of a big flat boat near the paddlewheel river boat. Insects swarmed up

time to triumph the past chapters of life and to welcome new beginnings, and the resident at Brookhaven I had the pleasure to interview, Alma, showed me just this. Alma celebrates who she is, who she has been and is extremely grateful for what she has. Our conversation took place just before lunch at a dining table surrounded by her friends and fellow residents. Alma is vivacious and passionate, and although she has suffered from adversities, she still manages to see the positive in every aspect of