.... in remembering names) burst into his life, pulling the hobbit out of his quiet home, and sending him in an adventure filled with dangers, dragons, gold, and most certainly unpeaceful realms. As hobbits will do, Bilbo found himself on enchanted paths, wishing he had never gone. He hoped to indeed live up to Gandalf's standard of him, since he was the one who chose him to journey into the desolate lands of Smaug, a golden- red dragon who had stolen hoards of gold and silver wrought by the dwarves/ But. what was the use of a Hobbit in the journey Bilb had answered his own question, when he summoned the courage to save the dwarves from perils along the way, such as .....

.... is anyone at all, likes horses". Certain values and conditions are highly prized in this part of Kentucky. The racing season with new colts, bloodlines, legendary horse families and trainers all share a common bond of shared love for the thoroughbreds and champions. The narrator, a white boy, is envious of the black cook, Bildad for his closeness to the horses' life. He states that "he is going all season to the races and working in the livery barn in the winter where horses are and where men like to come and talk horses, wish I was a nigger. It's a foolish thing to say, but that's the way I am about being round horses, just crazy, I can't help it". Young pe .....

.... be . . . that the mother-forest, and these wild things which it nourished, all recognized a kindred wildness in the human child"(163). All natural things and Nature accept this little girl who has been thrust out of Puritan society. A way to strengthen this point is to show Nature's reaction to Hester. The strange thing is that the sunshine runs from Hester even though it was her sin against the Puritan laws that produced Pearl who is accepted by the sunshine or Nature. In fact "[the sunshine] runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on [Hester's] bosom" (146), the Scarlet Letter, which represents Hester's acceptance of Puritan law and w .....

.... be admired because she stood up for herself and did what she thought was right. I believe should be admired and worthy to be honored because she did not deny her actions of burying her brother when she knew that the law said not to. We ran and took her at once. She was not afraid, Not even when we charged her with what she had done. She denied nothing. Creon. And you, , You with your head hanging- do you confess this thing? . I do. I deny nothing. -pg. 502, lines 43-52 She didn't lie to get her out of trouble nor blame her accused actions on someone else. I think that this would show and tell people not to be afraid to say or do what you think is ri .....

.... and a challenge to authority. Although Bradstreet's verses on the burning of her house in 1666 and poems on the death of three grandchildren end by reaffirming the God-fearing Puritan belief system, along the way they also question the harsh Puritan God. Further, Bradstreet's work records early stirrings of female resistance to a social and religious system in which women are subservient to men. In "The Prologue" (1650), Bradstreet writes, "I am obnoxious to each carping tongue / Who says my hand a needle better fits, / [than] A poet's pen.…" Bradstreet's instincts were to love this world more than the promised next world of Puritan theology, and her stru .....

.... drowning was intentional or accidental. Hamlet and Horatio, unaware of who is going to be buried at this site, enter and start a conversation with one of them. The First Gravedigger tells them of his job and how he has buried people from all walks of life. This leads Hamlet to ponder death. As the conversation continues that a skull the gravedigger was playing with belonged to an old court jester, he once knew. He starts discus how death makes even the most powerful men, like Caeser, nothing but dust, but his speech is interrupted by Ophelia‘s, funeral procession. Hamlet and Horatio hide to observe what is happening and determine whose death everyone .....

.... the youngest being twelve years old, and their mother, whom they call Marmee, is left to guide them while their father is away fighting in the war. As they grow and mature, they learn many hard lessons about life. For instance, there was the time when Amy, the youngest, suffered her first punishment in school. She carries that anger, humility, and embarrassment with her for the rest of her life. There were also more serious lessons to be learned, like when one of the sisters, Beth, dies. By the end of the book, they really have turned from little women into real women. Jo was the second oldest of the four sisters. Her birth name was Jo .....

.... possessing lofty goals; lofty goals in a world of despair and corruption. His characters did not have a dream of tangible luxuries, but a dream of corporal well being and refuge with loved ones"(Thomas 238). In Of Mice and Men, Lennie and George travel to California in order to find work. Once they salvage up enough money, Lennie and George plan on being independent and not worrying about the outside world and its enigmas. George stated "Someday we're gonna get all the jack together and were gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs." (Roberts, 187). George's dream ran deeper than a love for farming and independ .....