.... grandmother and is her great-aunt, they both take on the role of mother through their mutual love for her. There is also the love story between Bernice, Ambush and Little Caesar. Despite their squabbles, they love each other. Love is one of the major themes in this book. Gloria Naylor steps aside and lets the characters do her work for her. Love has the unfortunate nature of being objective and the best way to tell love stories is from every point of view. How else can one understand from the outside? On page one she starts with Cocoa telling her side of things and on twenty-two; here comes George’s side. And it continues on like this, back an .....

.... tuned piece of propaganda. Mr. Smith wrote this selection to influence people to leave their lives in England and cross the globe to start a new life in a strange land. John Smith described a a land where little work was needed, and riches could be easily acquired. A man with little fishing ability could catch one hundred, two hundred, or three hundred fish a day. He tells of animals perfect for hunting that give plenty of food to live on, and rich furs that could be traded for money. Mr. Smith declares the land free, so anyone could come to the New World and accumulate great wealth. John Smith envisioned a land where all men would live in peace and h .....

.... and traveled across North America. In the story, Alex did many weird things. He went to school just to please his parents. Everything he did before he graduated from college was to make his parents proud. Once he was done with school he went off to do something for himself, and before he left he knew there was a chance that he might not return. He sent a letter to Wayne to return all of his mail to the sender. He decided to go and live of the land for a while. He met many different people along the way and almost everyone he meet liked him. They gave him a ride, clothes, money, job, or a place to stay. During his journey he had at least the necessities he need .....

.... of Wilde's "acity and polish of his wit" that, unfortunately, only a few can be used to illustrate this essay. They can be grouped into four main types: play on words, opposite to what is expected or accepted (paradox), other epigrams and plain wit. Or: According to Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary wit is "the ability to relate seemingly unlike things so as to illuminate or amuse", it is more intellectual than straightforward humour which can include slapstick. An epigram is "a brief witty saying". ... Could also group by subject : wordplay, truth, love/marriage, diary, death, education, illness, Society, ... (Maybe too many groups this way, could perha .....

.... the Catholics were terrified. On Christmas Eve during the Christmas Mass everybody except from Friday sat in the right half of the church. Bishop O'Rourke did not preach over Christmas but over the Day of Judgement. He told of the good on the right hand of God and the bad on the left hand of God. But suddenly some people began to move from the right side of the church to the left side, and O'Rourkes housekeeper took a statue of the black man of the Three Wise Men, and placed in front of the crib to protest against O'Rourke's treatment of Friday. When Friday returned to Burundi, only a few people in Conn kept collecting money to help the people in Burundi, and t .....

.... v.s. nature to convey his theme "in the end man's technology will out live man." The house is still standing after the man made bomb hits the neighborhood in California. The nuclear bomb goes off and there is only one house out of a whole town still standing. The machines inside the house are stilling operating while the human masters are gone. When the fire broke out in the house the man made machines tried to put out the fire but they failed. The house was burned even the machines. When the bomb goes off the people of the town are doing normal activities because they don't know the bomb even went off. The people die from the bomb and all but one house is left .....

.... nature. Even though both poets share and differ in views, both are twentieth century poets. The twentieth century lasted from 1900-1939. It began at the dawn of the new century and in England, is set by the death of Queen Victoria. Reading attracted a large audience because of the tremendous growth in education opportunities (Granner, 616). One major downfall and factor of the twentieth century was World War I. This was had pulled up new roots that were "buried in the past," causing multiple conflicts between nations (Granner, 611). The war reflects the bitterness and troubles put on twentieth century poetry. The poets wrote of science fiction, anti-war pro .....

.... Smales would always be above July, who would always be destined to be their servant no matter how much their lives depended on him. In the United States the Smales were probably a little more well off than an average family. The father worked as an architect and made good money, that is evident because they can afford a servant. They decide to leave their home and to move to a new and unfamiliar place. July leads them to his tribe in Africa. The change occurs right there, to the Smales United States is home but to July it is a foreign place, whereas Africa is where July feels at home and the Smales feel like they are on another planet. Being strangers to this n .....