.... may be just as frightened as the rest of the family, but she always maintains a front for the rest of the family. When Ma had fears, "She had practiced denying them in herself." This extraordinary self-control helps to keep the Joad unit together and alive. Ma, like all leaders, must be forceful for things to work in her favor. Numerous situations occur in which Ma must be forceful or relinquish her role as the head of the family. Her forceful leadership occurs once when the family, without Ma's consent, agrees to leave Tom and Casey behind to fix the Wilson's car. Ma feels this will break up the family and uses a jack handl .....

.... the invitations—which reflects the bad manners of the people—but Katerina expected for “everyone” to be present. Only the poorest and most insignificant people came to the dinner, while the more respectable people stayed away. This reality embodies the way society treats impoverished people. It is confirmed further by the actions of Luhzin. Luhzin, thinking he is too good to associate himself with Katerina’s guests, sends Sonia to respectfully announce his absence. Katerina takes offense to the absence of what she considers important guests and starts to get upset. Katerina’s concern with the presence of guests al .....

.... constructs the hero with noble qualities. The author also retells stories of Oroonoko’s heroism. She tells tales of him killing lions with bare hands, and of hunting and killing the lion which terrorized the community. She also portrays Oroonoko’s ending in the most noble of lights, in that all that he did was for love. “Perhaps (said he) she {Imoinda} may be first ravished by every Brute; expos’d first to their nasty Lusts and then a shameful Death” (pg. 71). She even portrays his selfish acts of attempting to seek revenge as noble, while others might interpret them as foolish. “…(however horrid it appeared to u .....

.... in this book, a few of these examples are. On page nineteen were a man refers to the way that married and unmarried girls should not stroll by the river or ride up the hill in a carriage, but how they should stay home and raise the children. It also refers to how men often rented out their wives for money. On page sixty three it tells of how a man let his wife take over the family business for six months, and when the tax collector came to gather the tax he told here that a smart woman was no match for a stupid man. On page eighty two it tells a story of how a man was gambling and when he ran out of money he put his wife up f .....

.... tries hanging themselves and call each other names while Meursault goes smoking, drinking with Raymond, listen to Salamando and have casual sex all because they do not have anything else to do. They all feel their very existence is insignificant. Whether they live or died would not change anything. One life is as good as another. Vladimir and Estragon's expression of their emotions contrast to Meursault's lack of emotions. After Vladimir and Estragon fight, they resolve their disputes by embracing each other. Meursault's honesty prevents him from showing any emotions that he does not have. These ways of expressing their .....

.... True Son became ill and did not seem to get better with the medicines that the Whites had. One night Gordie told True son that some Indians had been seen in the town. Once he was left alone in his room, True Son put on his Indian clothes and went out the window to meet his people. He finds Half Arrow who had come with another Indian, Little Crane who was married to a white that was taken to live with her real family. True Son's uncle had seen Little Crane and scalped him. True Son and Half Arrow tried to kill the uncle in revenge but were almost killed and decided to escape instead. The climax of the story is after they have .....

.... time, despite their money problems. In this day and age, Christmas is also known as a time to spend with loved ones. The winter holidays are the most joyful because of the time we spend with our close friends and relatives. No one could ever be happy spending Christmas by themselves, especially in our society. However, there is a difference between Christmas one hundred years ago and Christmas in the present. These days, giving gifts is considered more important than celebrating Jesus Christ's birth or spending time with family. In the 1800's nothing was more important at Christmas than family. Charles Dickens portray .....

.... the larger it is. From their research, this is usually not true. The first pricnciple is a bias for action. This is basically saying "Stop talking and do something about it." When Taco Bell has a rush of customers and their supplies for making food are low, they (usually) don't say "You know what, I have no more cheese" or "Could someone get me some more cheese?" They take action and get the cheese, make it if necessary, and get the problem solved as quickly as possible. The second Principle they deal with is to be close to the customer. This means good service and listening to what the customer has to say. If the produce .....

.... However, most of the book was devoted to the time before the massacre, and afterward. The officers and GIs of "Charlie Company" were introduced in the beginning of the book: the officers had been social outcasts all their life (LT. Calley & Medina). Both had decided to devote their life to the military. The GIs were selected for "Charlie Company" specifically because they had all scored too low on the initial exam to be put into a regular battalions. After the massacre, nothing was done. As a matter of fact, "Charlie Company" was praised for having the "most kills" in one day. By late 1969, most of the GIs in Charlie .....

.... they came to their journey's end". But, "it pleased God before they came half-seas over, to smite this young man with a grievous disease, of which he died in a desperate manner, and so was himself the first that was thrown overboard". Bradford believes that the sailor died because God was punishing him. According to Bradford, the sailor's cursing, and mistreatment of the other passengers displeased God, so God punished him accordingly. In the same chapter, Bradford tells of another ship passenger named John Howland. At one point in the trip, the Mayflower came upon a violent storm. The winds of the storm were so f .....