.... around. Janie has lived a conservative childhood, for she is being raised by her protective and traditional grandmother. When her grandmother sees her kissing a local boy over the garden fence, she grows worried about Janie's future and marries her off to an older neighbor, Logan Killicks, a man with property who can "protect" her. The marriage is not happy for Janie. Her grandmother dies, and after a short time, Janie escapes from Logan. She marries Joe Starks, and they go to live at a new black settlement called Eatonville. Joe is an ambitious man. He becomes mayor of the new town, opens a store, builds a big white house, and runs the post office. He wan .....

.... the start, Hawthorne describes Goodman Brown as a good Puritan who is devoted to his wife "Faith," whose name he uses like a shield for his soul. At the beginning of his walk through the woods, Brown runs into the Devil who tries to convert him; this is shown by the Devil's offering of the staff to Brown. The Devil goes on to say that Brown's family has had dealings with evil in the past; examples used are the Salem witch trials and the killing of Indian non-combatants. This may be Hawthornes way of dealing with guilt he might have felt over his own forbears' actions during those times. Brown goes on to say that he could not bear the shame of betraying his fai .....

.... admit, "I'd die for you," it is usually only a figure of speech. Cyrano actually crossed over enemy lines every day simply to mail love letters. He also confessed to her, "My mother made it clear that she didn't find me pleasant to look at. I had no sister. Later, I dreaded the thought of seeing mockery in the eyes of a mistress. Thanks to you I've at least had a woman's friendship, a gracious presence to soften the harsh loneliness of my life. " When Cyrano admits, "My heart always timidly hides its self behind my mind," the reader can instantly relate to this dilemma but it is the fact that Cyrano is able to overcome it that makes him a hero. Not only is .....

.... with a tolerant and witty cynicism. The main strand of this story concerns the prejudice of Elizabeth Bennet against the apparent arrogance of her future suitor, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and the blow to his pride in falling in love with her. Though a satisfactory outcome is eventually achieved, it is set against the social machinations of many other figures; the haughty Lady Catherine de Bourgh, the fatuous Mr. Collins; the younger Bennet daughter, Lydia; and her lover, Wickham, with whom she scandalously elopes. It is often pointed out that Austen's novels emphasize characterization and romanticism, but in Pride and Prejudice the emphasis is on the irony, .....

.... shelf. Laura has one leg shorter than the other and has battled with it her whole life. She is very shy and is different from everyone around herm and because of this she does not have any friends. Laura did not finish school because when she was in school her brace that she wore made noises when she walked. the sound was horrid to her, but to others it did not seem to attract very much attention. Because of this she dropped out of school. Laura was constantly pushed by her mother to take a night coarse in typing so that she could get a job and make money for the family. Laura is much like the unicorn that sits on her shelf. The unicorn is different .....

.... follow her and mimic her around. The girls walk up and down the aisles and as they do this, the cashier and the cashier next to him begin to form and opinion about these girls. They decide that the first girl, leading the other two, is almost the queen of them because she appears very powerful and strong. This interpretation of what they see and think of the girls is definitely not who they really are. This is discovered at the end of the story when the girls are checking out and the owner of the store comes up to them and talks with them. He says that the girls need to leave the store and are not allowed to come in again unless they are appropriately d .....

.... Samanas with his close friend Govinda, who was also a Brahmin's son. made one goal, to become empty of thirst, desire, pleasure and sorrow. He wanted to let the Self die. From the Samanas, he learned many ways of losing the Self, but every time he couldn't completely flee from it. He always came back to the Self in the end. He wonders if he came nearer to his goal. Govinda, one day said that he wanted to go and listen to the Buddha's teachings with . Buddha had a lot of names like Gotama, the Illustrious one, the Sakyamuni, and he was rumored that he was perfect. agrees with Govinda so they started on a journey to hear the Buddha's teaching. After they hea .....

.... place. He tries to instill his beliefs of the equality of all people in his daughter and his son, Jem, in many discussions, he for instance states that whenever a white man cheats a black man, the white man is "trash". He is very modest, which is shown in an incident in which he is asked to shoot a mad dog, which he manages to do with one precise shot, yet he never told his children of his great talent for marksmanship, and does not go hunting because he thinks it gives him an unfair advantage over other living things. The main event of the novel is a trial, in which Atticus is the defendant's lawyer, against a black man who has been falsely accused of raping .....