.... tries to protect Ultima from harm. Because of the loss of his young wife, Narciso begins to drink and is known as the town drunk. Through his garden, Narciso makes magic by growing beautiful flowers and plants. He is later killed by Tenorio in cold blood while trying to warn Ultima of harm and is buried as the town drunk instead of the hero that he is. Leon, Andrew, and Eugene- Tony’s brothers. The giants in his dream. They go off to fight the War and come back grown men with their own dreams and beliefs. The inevitably break the heart of their proud father by going out on their own and not helping him fulfill his drea .....

.... how man has no regard for his surroundings and will, for example, cut down hundreds of acres of rain forest to make a neighborhood. While exploring the island, Ralph says, “’this belongs to us’” (29). This statement epitomizes mans attitude towards our planet. People believe that because it’s not bolted down and nobody has written their name on it, they own it. Like the boys in the story, the island evolves from a untapped paradise to a barren, burnt out piece of land—good to evil. All the boys, once innocent, are overcome by a savage instinct. What starts as playing turns into hunting; what starts as teasing turn .....

.... or alive; when life appeared to her like a grotesque Pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation. (Chopin, 588) Edna struggled to make her life more fulfilling. Edna wanted what? Passion, excitement? She states to the Doctor, "But I don't want anything but my own way. That is wanting a good deal, of course, when you have to trample upon the lives, the hearts, the prejudices of others--but no matter--still, I shouldn't want to trample upon the little lives." (Chopin, 629). In the title of "The Awakening" I get the impression of someone waking up and deciding that their life is not w .....

.... have wanted them playing with his soul then. Because when a person becomes what people want him to be he opens up his soul to be influenced. When a person gives pieces of your soul to too many people he is left with an empty shell. In effect that person becomes a virus, living off the souls of others but never re-obtaining a soul for himself. As a “virus” Keating would “have people right where you want them” because the “host” would not be able to rid itself of the virus. Keating would also have always be attached to his host in order to survive, but in the later half of The Fountainhead, Peter could find no pe .....

.... Yugoslavia. (Communist state) There is now a large concerted effort to end the centuries of fighting by the International community. The root of the problem in the balkans is the longevity of the issue and centuries of ethinic and religious hatred that have been passed along from genreation, to generation. Is it really possible for the internaional community to quell this hatred? Sober second thoughts suggest that the type of peace imposed on the Balkans by the Dayton Accord continues to fuel these flames of discontent. This political agremant was quickly crafted in the waning days of the Clinton Administrations first mandate and .....

.... her neighbors, already upset at her crime, isolated her because she seemed to feel no remorse for the awful deed. Sethe's stoic resolve continues until Denver loses her hearing, which was caused by Denver not being able to deal with hearing what her mother had done. Only when her mother's conscience manifests itself as the ghost of the baby does Denver's hearing return. Denver, having as a child suckled her sister's blood with her mother's milk, attaches herself to this ghost, the manifestation of her mother's guilt. She makes friends with it, because due to her mother's heinous deed, she will have no other friends in the com .....

.... a kidnapped boy, named David, who, through his growing cultural tolerance and open-mindedness, matures from a naive adolescent to a young man capable of dealing with crisis and accepting his role in the culturally divided world. Despite extensive cultural differences, the Highlanders and Lowlanders represent two halves of a society that must intermingle in order to reach their summit of individual and group possibilities. These two definitive cultures of Highlanders and Lowlanders are represented respectively by Alan and David. In the story, David is frequently portrayed as one who dislike Highlanders, and his adventures sho .....

.... that they need each other to survive and they have to get along and cooperate if they want to live. This shows the high maturity level of both these characters. Although most like to think age shows maturity level, the pirates are perfect examples of grown men who have not learned enough to live a life based on good morals and values. Secondly, Jim Hawkins played an important part in the novel. Throughout the story, Jim learns from his mistakes and develops a more defined character. When Jim heard about the pirates’ plan to kill them, he was honest and immediately told the Squire of what he had learned. But even though he .....

.... Yes, Antigone does follow the Aristotelian Unities. The play occurs in the same place and roughly the same time. Things that happened before the play or outside of the place, was told by a messenger or a character themself. The action was all centered around Antigone's actions. Her actions were the sole cause of everything that happened. Greek Tragedy Antigone does follow the Greek definition of tragedy. Tragedy is a story or play that has a signifigant conflict of morals, with a noble protagonist displaying a tragic flaw that is their strength but leads to their downfall. The exposition of the story is when Antigone is talking wi .....

.... Gabriel blushes immediately. He feels bad for bringing it up, and tosses her a coin in thanks, and as an indirect apology. He then rushes away to avoid further discussion, and perhaps his guilt as well. The reader also discovers very quickly that Gabriel is very well educated. He is to give a speech at the dinner table, and he struggles with whether or not he should include certain poetic and academic references. He feels that he will appear superior to the guests, and that his speech will be misunderstood, or not understood at all. He is conscious of the feelings of the people around him. In our class, readers are ignor .....