The Black Cat From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions I was especially fond of animals and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets With these I spent most of my time and never was so happy as when feeding and caressing them This peculiarity of character grew with my growth and in my manhood I derived from it one of my principal sources of pleasure To those w
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
Santiago and the fish he chases and eventually catches have a very simple relationship Santiago respects the fish and views him as an equal They are alike in many ways He views the fish as his brother and loves him like one too Santiago has a fish on his line for many strenuous days and nights Over the course of this time he begins to love the fish and have great respect for it When the old man was still strong and nowhere near tired he was the master of the line and trying to get the fish to j
Reading a story can sometimes be like reliving a piece of history Through symbolism authors can bring to life a piece of the past and show it through someone elses eyes Ernest Hemingway in The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Jesus Christ in a simple and plain way Hemmingway who was not religious uses subtle symbolism throughout the story and adds Christian imagery to his writing Santiago was once a strong and well respected man in his community but now washed away by age he is fighting f
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is a story about self discovery and the rite of passage for young Jody Baxter The Yearling is a 1938 novel written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings She wrote the novel about what she knew best she lived in north central Florida where the novel is set The Yearling won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1939 The story outlines the life of the Baxter family The story is told over the course of a year in the Baxters life The story is based on young Jody growing
Lena Grove a pregnant teenager has made her way to Mississippi in search of her babys father She hitches a ride into the small town of Jefferson which is home to a planing mill One of the workers at the mill Joe Christmas is a brooding racially ambiguous man who appeared suddenly at the mill one day in search of a job After gaining employment he was soon joined at the mill by another man named Joe Brown The two formed a partnership making and selling liquor illegally and eventually quit their j
Many people are intrigued by movies books and TV Shows about the various amazing adventures one can take on while living in the outdoors This is verified in Jon Krakauers book Into the Wild when a young man from a wealthy family abandons his life by giving his twenty five thousand in savings to charity ditches his car burns all his cash and hitchhikes to Alaska leaving everyone behind only to wonder what happened to him People question the sanity of Chris and whether or not he was crazy or just