The Rude Awakening

In Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, there is a constant theme of protection for Emily Grierson, because she was a woman living in the south after the civil war and the requirements that were placed on women enable to be honorable. That is to say that, women needed to be protected by the men of the community during that time in history and women’s actions were constantly under watch to see if a woman was honorable and worthy of protection or not. Within the story, there are many instances in which this

The clockwork of Nature does not stop for any Man. In the classic novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Dimmesdale conceals an abominable truth. Avoiding subjugation to the conservative Puritan's Society rule, the reverend feigned obliviousness all the while Hester, the person he committed adultery with, fearlessly bared her shame upon her bosom. The society held Dimmesdale to a higher standard; as a result, their influences hindered his ability to take responsibility for his actions

head-filled with glee.” This image portrays the speaker as innocent and joyful. Then the speaker notices a boy staring at him, the speaker believes there’s little difference between them, that the kid “was no whit bigger.” The speaker gets a rude awakening after the boy “poked out his tongue.” A seemingly playful meaningless gesture is met with the boy calling the speaker “N****r.” Cullen contrasts these two experiences because it depicts how racism comes out of nowhere and effects those you wouldn’t

The novel, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen is about a family of seven that consists of Mr. Bennet, an English gentleman who lives in Hartfordshire with his imperious wife, along with their five daughters; the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. The novel focuses on an entertaining story of love and life that goes on among the priority of English people during the Georgian era. There were two main love story that were focused in the novel

As I did this, I would draw the flower closer to my face to inhale that intoxicating amazing smell that all beauty cosmetic companies want to bottle up for buyers. This was my usual routine how I sniffed flowers as a kid until one day I got a rude awakening. I was going to smell a flower just like I usually did so I dipped my face straight into one of these blossoming flowers only to receive a painful unpleasant experience of direct contact with nature from a bee pollinating the flower that stung

Alexander 1 Gregory Alexander Cushionberry ENG11106A 14 November 2017 In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s performed his most acclaimed speech “I Have a Dream," during the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Thousands of people from across the nation gathered around the Lincoln Memorial to listen to the words of one of the top civil rights leaders during that era of racial disarray. This speech altered the mentalities and lives of African Americans living in the United States during the Civil

1. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce Theme: Time can be the perception of each person at each different event in their life In this story one of the key factors is time and how Farquhar sees it.While mere seconds for the soldiers can be hours for the man about to be hanged, time is perceived to be different for each individual, “Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell.” The idea that time can feel slower at one point and faster at another throws

1. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce Theme: Time can be the perception of each person at each different event in their life In this story one of the key factors is time and how Farquhar sees it.While mere seconds for the soldiers can be hours for the man about to be hanged, time is perceived to be different for each individual, “Its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell.” The idea that time can feel slower at one point and faster at another throws

The perception that our capacity (as youths) to learn and our capacity to lead are mutually exclusive, and that to fulfill our potential to serve the country we must surrender our profound potential to leadership, that we can be the engine that drives innovation and solves complex societal problems but our capacity for leadership and wisdom is somehow limited is a false and suffocating judgment. This ideology has destroyed the youths’ ability to be present in our nation’s leadership. The youths present

proper paperwork; I blurted out, “But isn’t that for poor people?” The nurse took my hand and said, “Honey, I hate to break it to you, but you are poor!” I was shocked but went downstairs and finished my application anyway. Okay, so it was a rude awakening to discover we were poor, and we often had to deal with the stresses of deployment, but I never experienced violence. Nevertheless, that does not mean that it did not happen in the military because domestic violence is of continuing concern in