Simply Mortified

considers that a ‘far gone pregnancy’ would likely indicate the last trimester, yet Trueblood’s wound is fresh enough to illicit gnats. The incrongunity between the events gives the reader further indication that the story is false and that Trueblood is simply entertaining

Pride and Prejudice, a novel written by Jane Austen during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century is often thought of as simply a love story and although on the surface this is true, it is in fact much more than that. Austen focuses greatly on the class system and lack of social mobility allowed in England during this period (the Napoleonic Wars, 1797-1815) and the pride and prejudice that these social divides reveal, as well as the personal pride and prejudice shown by individual characters

The Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance, and the Age of Wonderful Nonsense are all the names given to the 1920s era (Roaring). People flocked to cities to be part of this great industrial boom that was taking place. The 1920s was a period of economic prosperity and glamor, but in time, the glitter of the era would be brushed away to expose the grime that lay just below the surface (Roaring). The people responsible for this great reveal were called Progressives. The Roaring Twenties

someone who truly cares about and loves babies from the bottom of their heart and bite them; from here I had to bring them to the wizard, where he would transform me back into my human self. When I passed you earlier today, I just knew you were the one simply by the way you carried yourself. It was easy to get in the box, since I am invisible to anyone without a true love for young

Social norms are rules of conduct that materialize based on a society’s values. Social norms are not always the same since different societies have different values. Without social norms there would be chaos; social norms make society’s behavior predictable, for the most part. Most of our society likes predictability; it helps to make us feel safe. Each person is taught social norms through contact with other human beings. The family is one of the first avenues by which children begin to form their

Graphic novels and comics have commonly been perceived as a form almost exclusively created for and enjoyed by men and boys. However, there are ways in which that has been contradicted by female graphic novelists whose works feature thoughtful, well-written, and realistic portrayals of women. With that being the case, women and girls have increasingly gravitated towards graphic novels due to the world of comics having become more gender-inclusive over recent time. Before looking at the ways in which

Intro People always greatly and negatively impact each other, though they believe it to be for the greater good. In the 1950’s European and American imperialism tore asunder what tranquility there was in the Congo. These countries may have not been aware of their influence at the time, but the outcome nonetheless was drastic. Cultural misunderstandings were the ultimate catalyst for the Congo’s destruction. In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Poisonwood Bible published in 1998 she exposes how cultural

In the 1960’s foreign-born indians only made up .5% of the entire foreign-born population, Ashima Ganguli was a part of that marginality. There was very few people with who Ashima could claim she belonged with, with whom she shared a culture and this is especially evident since Ashima began as the main character in the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri which depicts the struggles that foreign born immigrants and the children of foreign born immigrants can have not only in American society but in

In the 1960’s foreign-born Indians only made up .5% of the entire foreign-born population, Ashima Ganguli was a part of that marginality. There were very few people with whom Ashima could claim she belonged, with whom she shared a culture and this is especially evident since Ashima began as the main character in the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, which depicts the struggles that foreign born immigrants and the children of foreign born immigrants can have not only in American society but in

find success in Boston. Many of Alex’s classmates at this point were starting families and had stable occupations all over Boston and the globe. It was nights like these, that Alex felt ashamed. Wandering alone in the brisk winter night, searching simply for a bench to sleep on, he would try to forget about the friends he