The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a play about the heroine Grusha and her struggle to raise the noble child Michael, son of a carless governor and his wife, both of whom were usurped by their vain and foolish son. Grusha proves a wise and caring parent, and the play is in part a parable about the foolishness of equating class and virtue. It follows Grusha's life on the run with her surrogate son and the governor's wife's efforts to save face by reclaiming the child.
An American Dream is something that many people want to accomplish when they come to America for the first time or just when they live here Someone that has an American Dream can mean that they want freedom equal rights a better life happiness or overcome poverty Ruth from The Color of Water by James McBride and Chino from Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez both had a dream That dream was to give both of their families a better life and to do something better with their lives Many people have an
Book Report on The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger The fishing port of Gloucester Massachusetts just north of Boston is one of the oldest fishing ports in the United States and can trace its history to around 1623 Since that time around ten thousand men have lost their lives fishing the Atlantic Ocean Not only did the fishing port feel the full brunt of the storm but that fateful day in October 1991 was to add another six men to that tally when the fishing boat Andrea Gail was caught in the f
The Help The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a novel about coloured women working for white families in Jackson Mississippi in the 1960s It follows the lives of Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson who are both maids and Eugenia Skeeter Phelan a white woman in her twenties It is the story of Skeeter writing a book about experiences the women have had working as maids In the book Aibileen is in her car and hears the song The Times They are A Changin by Bob Dylan This song wasnt written until 1964 after
Brownies is a story by ZZ Packer a young African American writer and it was published in 1999 This story takes place at Camp Crescendo a summer camp for fourth graders near the suburbs of Atlanta Georgia Laurel the narrator gives a glimpse into the day to day world of the black girls parents in suburban Atlanta In addition to the theme of racial prejudice Brownies makes another serious point It shows the power of group thinking and the pressure to go along with the actions of the group to which
Evil in To Kill A Mockingbird Our greatest evils flow from ourselves Tripp 192 This statement by Rousseau epitomizes many points of evil that are discussed in Harper Lees To Kill A Mockingbird In our world today we are stared in the face everyday with many facets of evil These nefarious things come in several forms including but not limited to discrimination of sex race ethnicity physical appearance and popularity alcoholism drug abuse irresponsibility and even murder The occurrences of evil an
I had a load of bricks on my shoulders and I wanted to drop it but I couldnt It was weighing me down and weighting me down but I couldnt let go of the sack Then a White Man with long yellow hair hair shining like the sun came up to me He had on a long white robe too He came up to me and said Jane you want get rid of that load I said Indeed indeed But how come you know me Can you be the Lord He said To get rid of that load and be rid of it always you must take it cross yon river Gaines 143 The p
William Shakespeare is considered to be among the greatest playwrights that have ever lived He has written dozens and dozens of brilliant plays most of those plays have been made into movies One such play that has been made into a movie is Othello The play Othello is one of Shakespeares greatest tragedies It is about a black general in the Italian army Othello and what happened between him and his wife Desdemona The main villain in this play is Iago who is a soldier under Othellos command Iago