Misconceptions About The Khaleejis

Misconceptions About The Khaleejis
Has anyone ever believed in preconceived notions about some people to the extent of total
blindness? Misconceptions can act as a barrier that separates you from communicating with the
people around. In the modern days, prejudices are getting spread widely among people; when I was
a child, I had a lot of misconceptions about Khaleeji people that were common in my home society
such as them being arrogant, close–minded, and cruel. However, throughout my life experiences, I
was able to get rid of my negative preconceived notions about the Khaleejis. Unlike the assumptions
about Khaleejis being arrogant, close–minded, and cruel, the Khaleejis are one of the friendliest,
most open–minded, and kindest people. As a child, I was affected by the stereotypes about how
Khaleeji people are arrogant, close–minded, and cruel. In my home society, people believe that
being rich leads a person to be arrogant. Knowing that Khaleejis are relatively rich, the society
assumed that they are all snobbish and conceited. Moreover, they surmise that Khaleejis are close–
minded because no matter how modern their country is, they still follow the old traditions and
customs such as clothing and lifestyle. Thus, I ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
They are willing to accept anybody from any nationality as their friend as long as he/she is
respectful. Additionally, they highly appreciate other peoples' opinions and beliefs. Further, they
always do their best in helping anyone in need. I deeply regret listening to those preconceived
notions that were common in my home society; nonetheless, I liked the new experiences I made by
conquering my fears to correct the misconceptions I previously adopted. I genuinely wish that
people stop having prejudices about each other and never judge someone before interacting with
him/her and knowing his/her
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Analysis Of The Play Our Town
Have you ever read a novel that put into perspective how much you should cherish the life that you
are given? In the play Our Town, by Thornton Wilder will provide many life lessons, such as being
thankful for things such as possessions and time, by the time you finish the book. The play is set in
1905 (at least for the start of it), in the quiet, secluded town that goes by the name of Grover's
Corners, New Hampshire. The Stage Manager of the play sets the scene, and occasionally narrates
parts of the play that are important, or simply just explains things to the audience. Things like
breaking the fourth wall, and certain characters in the play, such as Emily, George, and the Webb
and Gibbs families, and the interactions between them all, all makes this play very unique. Life in
Our Town, as well as in the real world, is not appreciated nearly as much as it should be because of
its worth, and everything that comes with the gift of life is ignored because of the constant, and sort
of boring cycle that people have to go through every day. Act 1, in the play Our Town, is entitled
"Everyday Life" and shows how the small town of Grover's Corners has a very unique way of
operation. In this act, the important theme of the relationship between George Gibbs and Emily
Webb is started, when George asks Emily for help on the algebra homework. Although, clearly, you
can tell that George wants to get a better look at Emily, because he fancies her. Emily, however,
passes on this flattering

Our Town Play Analysis
Our Town is a play written by Thornton Wilder in 1937. Our Town is a play about the daily life in
Act One, love and marriage in Act Two and death and dying in Act Three. The play is about two
main characters, Emily Webb and George Gibbs. The play in Act One just goes through the daily life
of the characters. Act Two it shows the love and marriage between these two characters and last Act
Three shows life after death of the characters. The play has a man called the Stage Manager that is
mainly a narrator throughout the play but also takes on the role of people in the town. The Stage
Manager knows many thing about the people in the play Our Town. The Stage Manager steps in,
describes scenes, and seems to start and stop the action of the play whenever he wants. The Stage
Manager has many similarities to God. The Stage Manager doesn't only know everything about
everyone, he can also see into the future. The Stage Manager is also present in every scene watching
it all play out. The Stage Manager and God are different because the Stage Manager unlike God
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The Stage Manager unlike God makes mistakes in the play. The Stage Manager is not always correct
on things during the play. The Stage Manager makes a mistake telling the wrong time during the
play a couple times. Not only does the Stage Manager make a mistake telling the wrong time he also
messes up his grammar. The Stage Manager is not perfect like God. The Stage Manager is not
always correct in what he says. He makes mistakes when he is talking to the audience describing to
them about what is going on in the play. The Stage Manager is a physical person in the play while
God is a spiritual being. The Stage Manager is a person who can stop the play and talk to the
audience. The audience can see the Stage Manager as a physical person during the play. God in the
Bible is not a physical person but a spiritual person that can talk to the

Our Town by Thornton Wilder
In the town of Grover's Corner Wisconsin, there lies a small farm town with all the small town
aspects. The newspaper editor runs the newspaper from his own house as the doctor runs the clinic
from his house. The small town being shown through the combination uses of one building, giving
off the small town feel, "The town hall and post office combined; jail's in the basement" (Wilder 4).
The younger men have the jobs of delivering the milk and newspapers in the morning. "Joe Juniors
getting up so as to deliver the paper" (Wilder 6). In Our Town there is Irony among the fact that the
Joe Crowell graduated from the head of his high school class and his college class, then went and
died in the war. Throughout the story, the author Thornton Wilder uses mood and tone to really help
describe and explain what the play is telling us. Compared to the days that people live now, the
human thinking process of how they should live their lives has changed a lot. In the older
generations kids would get up bright and early in the morning and they would go and do chores.
They would chop wood, haul milk, throw out the newspaper, and go to church. "Naturally, out in the
country–all around– there've been lights on for some time, what with milkin's and so on. But town
people sleep late" (Wilder 6). The aspects of life back then were almost set in stone. "Here comes
Howie Newsome, deliverin' the milk" (Wilder 10). Kids would marry young and have big families
to help support the parents later on

Grover's Corners In Our Town By Thornton Wilder
When plays are written, the author's life heavily influences the play's writing style, plot, and theme.
Thornton Wilder is an author whose life impacts his play, Our Town. This play tells the story of the
fictional town, Grover's Corners, over the years. Due to his travels and experiences, Thornton
Wilder realizes that all communities are essentially the same. This view is present in his play.
One of the factors that contribute to Thornton Wilder's perspective is his experience as an
archaeologist. Between the ages of 29 and 30, Wilder spent a year studying archaeology and
learning about classic works of literature at the American Academy in Rome (Johns). This helps him
realize how different communities across time and cultures overcome the same obstacles. Since
Wilder learns about the issues affecting society, he includes them in his play. Although Grover's
Corners seems like a perfect community, it also has to deal with issues such as lack of culture,
suicides, and inequality (Mccarter). For instance, at the beginning of the play, when an audience
member asks the stage manager if there is any culture in Grover's Corners, the stage manager
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Wilder lives in China, United States, Rome, France, and England (Johns). Although these countries
have distinct cultures and differences among them, Wilder recognizes that even communities that
seem extremely different encounter the same obstacles and experiences. They must all deal with
death, injustices, and inequality. The title of his play, Our Town, demonstrates Wilder's realization
because it signifies that Grover's Corners is actually everyone's Town. By naming the play Our
Town Wilder causes the audience to understand how Grover's Corners is not just a single, specific
community. Instead, it is the whole world; it is communities

Captivity Narratives
Captivity Narratives – Our Nig and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Our Nig; or Sketches from the life of a Free Black and A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration
of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Harriet Wilson's and Mary Rowlandson's captivity narratives have three
things in common. First, they have a theme of sustaining faith in God throughout their trials.
Secondly, they portray their captors as savages. Finally, they all demonstrate the isolation felt by the
prisoner. Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet Wilson is the story of a
Northern girl, born into an interracial family and later abandoned by her parents, forcing her to
become the servant of the Bellmont Household. After Mary, Mrs. ... Show more content on
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While being held by the Narragansett Indians, Rowlandson is isolated by her language. Unable to
understand the language of those around her, Rowlandson is left unable to speak. She was also
separated from her sister. After deciding that Mary's sister could see her, her sister's master changed
his mind and refused to let the visit between Mary and her sister take place. Mary's sister "was come
within a Mile or two of the place; Then he overtook her, and began to rant as if he had been mad;
and made her go back again in the Rain; So that I never saw her till I saw her in Charlestown."
(Rowlandson, 358). Common themes and images connect both of these captivity narratives.
Beginning with Rowlandson's story, captivity narratives have "figured prominently in the discourse
of national rights and of God's challenges to the nation." (Heath Anthology, 340). Rowlandson's
narrative fueled the idea of the savage nature of the Native Americans, while Wilson's novel exposed
the savage treatment of "free" blacks in the North prior to the civil war.
Works Cited
American Authors. http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/aufram.html (October 28,
1999).
Harriss, Sharon M. "Introduction to Mary Rowlandson." The Heath Anthology of American
Literature. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Lauter, Paul, Ed. 340–342.
Rowlandson, Mary. "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson." The

Christianity In Harriet Wilson's Our Nig
In Harriet Wilson's Our Nig, Christianity is often used by white characters to justify and prolong
Frado's suffering and serves as the divide that prevents Frado from truly becoming equal to her
peers. Mrs. Bellmont, described by Aunt Abby as a "professor of religion", objects at James's
suggestion of allowing Frado to go to church. Mrs. Bellmont explicitly states that "Religion was not
meant for niggers" () and tells Frado to give up on praying because "prayer was for whites, not for
blacks" (). Mrs. Bellmont does not recognize blacks to be human – calling them "black snakes" who
cannot be killed () – and does not feel that they are privy to the same religious benefits as she does.
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Bellmont and failures of her good Christian peers often causes Frado's faith in Christianity to falter
as it causes her to question her place as a black woman in the Christian world. Frado attempts to
embrace Christianity but cannot fully do so because of the contradictions she sees around her. What
she learns of God's teachings and what she sees in the people around her who are supposed to be
professors of Christianity do not coincide and this confusion prevents her from truly connecting with
the whites around her. In the text, Frado is described as wishing to share James's grave as he is being
buried, but Wilson states that "she was not fit to die. She could not go where he was if she did" ()
and she later "mourn[s] over her unfitness for heaven" (). In this moment, we see the effects of Mrs.
Bellmont's repudiation of Frado's faith. One can see that Frado's belief in her own salvation with
God is destroyed by Mrs. Bellmont's abuse – that even Frado can no longer even dream to achieve
her happiness in the after life. The audience sees that even Frado starts to partake in this frame of
mind wherein blacks and whites do not even enjoy the same paradise in the afterlife. Frado's shows
her doubts as she wonder "IS there a heaven for the black? She knew there was one for... all good
white people; but was there any for blacks?"(). Frado has internalized the racist ideologies of her
peers that reject her right to happiness and see her as unequal. Blackness begins to take on a
connotation of sin and rejection from heaven, while whiteness is seen as the mode of acceptance by
God and into heaven. Later on, the thought of entering heaven to reunite with James does not make
her as happy as it once would have. Frado is seen pondering over Mrs. Bellmont's entrance into
heaven as a "professor of religion; was SHE going to heaven" () and at the thought of this, Frado
rejects her own entrance into heaven. Frado struggles to

Andre Dubus Relationship With His Father
Throughout literature there are many characters who exemplify the THS core values such as
engagement, perseverance, and collaboration. Andre Dubus in his memoir Townie demonstrate all of
these when he runs with his father, overcomes the troubles of his childhood, and rebuilds the broken
relationship with his father. At the opening of the book, Andre is looking for sneakers to wear
running with his father. When he can't find his own shoes he wears his sister's that are two sizes too
small for him. While he runs with his father, the size of his sneakers cause a considerable amount of
pain to him. Although he is suffering through the whole run, he follows his dad for more than ten
miles. Andre running with father is symbolic of him trying to ... Show more content on
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His father eventually left him, his siblings, and mother. His father was teaching at a nearby school
and dating young college women, only visiting Andre and the rest of his siblings rarely on
weekends, Andre was left alone and to fend for himself. Neighborhood bullies pick fights with him
and he can barely hold his own. He had finally had enough of their harassment and bulks up in the
gym. He works out and boxes almost every day and can hold finally hood his own in fights. Later in
life, when was grown up, no longer fighting, and in college he discovers his passion for writing.
Instead of going to the gym one night, he sat down and wrote. He persevered through his hardships
of his younger years through commitment, work ethic, and passion. Andre reflects on younger years
versus his older self " I felt more like me than I ever had, as if the years I'd lived so far had formed
layers of skin and muscle over myself that others saw as me when the real one had been underneath
all along, and I knew writing– even writing badly– had peeled away those layers..." (259).
Overcoming and persevering through the hardships of his childhood help Andre realize his full
potential and passion. The later years of his life are also important for the mending of

Summary Of My �ntonia And O Pioneers
"But Nebraska was not always a bed of roses. When the first settlers arrived, they found a harsh,
unforgiving place, a vast treeless expanse of barren, drought–parched soil. And so, summoning up
the dynamic pioneer spirit of hope and steely determination, they left. But a few of them remained"
(Barry). Pioneers move west to the Nebraska area, hoping to find fertile soil and climate weather. In
reality, the soil is poor and winters were hard. The pioneers are expecting the land to work with
them, but it is actually working against them. Many pioneers give up and leave; the few who remain
are proven to be strong and determined to force the land to cooperate. Willa Cather's purpose in My
Ántonia and O Pioneers!, both set on the Nebraska Divide, is to argue to readers that women can be
strong and independent pioneers, through their increased understanding of the land, as seen through
similes, personification, juxtaposition, and arrangement.
In O Pioneers!, Alexandra's brothers compare themselves to stumps in a simile to make sure
Alexandra knows they will do whatever they can to prevent her from marrying Carl, but Alexandra
does so anyway. "You've always had your own way. But you can't expect us to sit like stumps and
see you done out of the property by any loafer who happens along, and making yourself ridiculous
into the bargain" (O Pioneers! 92). Lou and Oscar try to influence their sister's decision. Alexandra,
however, legally owns her land, so she can do whatever she wishes

Essay on Our Town
In the play "Our Town", by Thornton Wilder, a character by the name of Simon Stimson makes a
very insightful statement about people and their lives. Simon is dead and buried, as well as several
of the play's other characters, when a newly–dead young woman named Emily joins their ranks and
begins to realize the triviality and ignorance of her existence, as well as that of every living person.
The dead are discussing this insignificance and unawareness of the living when Simon comments
with disgust on how much living persons waste their life, asserting, "To spend and waste time as
though you had a million years." In this statement, Simon is referring to the degree of which people
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People live their lives working towards something they think will always be attainable, setting their
eyes on the future, living for the future, rushing for the future, and ignoring the present. With "Our
Town", Thornton Wilder is attempting to show us these faults and trying to persuade us to live in
and for the present and to cherish every day that we live and breathe.
With the people of Grover's Corners representing this daily ignorance and triviality, the lives of the
people who surround me are no exception. Take, for instance, my father, who on most days awakes
early to leave for his job, works all day and comes home only to drive my siblings and I around, run
errands, go to his side jobs, or fix the house, help us with our homework, stay on top of both our
social lives, our moral growth, and our educational careers. Some nights my father will sit down and
watch some television for maybe an hour or two, while most he simply doing everything but
something for himself. On rare occasion is my father allowed to stop and enjoy life, and savor the
moment. Honestly, I would really like to know when the last time was that my father found time to
simply admire his and my mother's garden without actually having to tend it. And yet another
example is my mother, who does not even have to worry about her job most of the time, for she
works once to

Some Thoughts On Playwriting By Thornton Wilder
In sum, life is supposed to be about more than happiness. We are supposed to do something
important, adhere to some ethic, and serve a greater good. We live for a goal, a principle, or a
destiny–not just for pleasure.1 The epigraph succinctly exemplifies Wilder's philosophy of life
during the turbulent years of his age which witnessed the emergence of a plethora of problems in the
different wakes of life. The repercussions of the Great Depression were rather disastrous on all
domains of life. There were widespread problems such as unemployment, high rates of organized
crime, breakdown of family and social relationships, the individual's disintegration, political unrest
at home and abroad, etc. At that time, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The Stage Manager acts as the spokesman for Wilder's propaganda to bring to light what is positive
and encouraging in the American society. He will show what happens in Grover's Corners, "In our
town we like to know the facts about everybody"(I.9)13. The society here is depicted as conducting
a very happy life. As a matter of fact, "Living in "our town'' includes a social unity and harmony
with nature, the fulillment of the individual within the community." 14 Such a harmony stands
behind the source of happiness strongly felt by the people in this

Nick’s Psychological Development in Ernest Hemingway’s...
Nick's Psychological Development in Ernest Hemingway's "In Our Time"
In Hemingway's collection of short stories, In Our Time, we follow a character by the name of Nick
Adams. We are introduced to Nick in "Indian Camp" as a young boy, and follow him to adulthood in
both Parts I and II of "Big Two–Hearted River". Through this we see Nick develop and learn about
some major facts of life. Nick is a character who changes through the effects of war on many
different levels. Although Hemingway hardly mentions the war, he uses the stories to express
different effects and emotions caused by the war.
In "Indian Camp" we meet Nick as he joins his father to help a pregnant Indian woman in labor.
Nick's father, a doctor, brings him to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Nick's father does not want to answer his wife's questions, and when he does, he lies to her. He
assumes that she will not understand his reasoning for the argument he just had outside. In addition,
his wife's religious demands for him to not lose his temper show that she does not want him to be a
stereotypical aggressive and protective male. Also, Christian Science religion does not believe in
medicine, which means that she has no respect for her husband's work. Nick's father decides to go
hunting, where he can express his masculinity. When Nick decides to go with him, Nick is also
showing an interest in male to male interaction over male to female interaction with his mother. We
see Nick at the end of the story, still calling his father "daddy" and wanting to follow him around. If
the family would interact more, then it is probable that Nick would be able to develop more
psychologically. He is still being treated like a little child, so he is still acting like one.
We next see Nick and his reactions to relationships. In "The End of Something" Nick breaks up with
his girlfriend Marjorie. He expresses to her that he is bored with his life and that they cannot stay
together. This shows that due to Nick's past, he is not ready for relationships with women. He does
not want to live his life in the traditional manner that Marjorie expects him to. Due to his lack of
development, he cannot communicate

Grover's Corners Of Life In Our Town By Thornton Wilder
The story "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, takes place in Grover's Corners, a made up town in New
Hampshire. The story shows everyday life in the ordinary town. Grover's Corners is very simple, as
well as the citizens and families living there. The two main families in the story are the Gibbs and
the Webbs. In the Gibb's family, there is Mrs. and Mr. Gibbs with their children George and
Rebecca. The Webb's family is Mrs. and Mr. Webb, and they also have two children, Emily and
Wally. There are three acts, each one representing a different part of life. The first act shows daily
life in the town. The second act shows love and marriage, and the third act shows death. In all of
these acts, there is repetition of everyday actions. For example,mornings ... Show more content on
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He does this by going forwards in time, to explain how several of the characters had died. It's the
beginning of act one, and the stage manager is introducing Grover's Corners and the characters. He
briefly talks about how several characters die later in time. "Doc Gibbs died in 1930. The new
hospital's named after him. Mrs. Gibbs died first–long time ago, in fact. She went out to visit her
daughter, Rebecca, who married an insurance man in Canton, Ohio, and died there– pneumonia –but
her body was brought back here. She's up in the cemetery there now–in Hersey 'fore she married
Doc Gibbs in the congregational church over there." (Wilder, act 1, 7) The stage manager does this
to emphasize the fact that life is very short, and time can pass by in a blink of an eye. In addition to
that, he also wants to show that you should live out your life, so you won't regret anything when
you're dead. For instance, in one part of act 1, Mrs Gibbs was talking to Mrs. Webb about selling a
piece of furniture for $355, and using the money to go away on a trip. Later in act 3, she had died
already, and never ended up going on that trip. She even forgets about it at first, when Emily brings
up the $355 that she left behind for her and George. In summary, make the most out of your life, and
enjoy it while you

Response To Our Town Journal
Our Town Journals (responses will be uploaded to TurnItIn.com) 10 points each
How is your hometown like Grover's Corners? How is your town different? When I was watching
the movie "Our Town" it reminded me of my home town of Randall. The first similarity is that the
newspaper was delivered once a week at the same time by Alex. A couple of blocks away from
where we lived in Randall there was a doctor and his wife was a stay at home mom. The second to
last similarity is that it is just a small enough community that everyone know everyone by their
name just like in Grovers Corner.The last similarity is that it just feels like home and that I don't
want to move away from it any time soon.
There are not a lot of differences than similarities which I think is a good thing. I think that our town
is a perfect setting for raising a family. A physical ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
What does Mrs. Soames mean when she says, "My, wasn't life awful–and wonderful."
I think what Mrs. Soames ment by this was being born is an wonderful thing. Just like what they
said when you are born it is natures attempt to make a perfect child. So you have to make the most
of you life. You just cant sit around and do noting you have to do something meaningful in your life
time. Then she said that life was awful. What I think that she ment by this was life is wonderful but
"you have to live life to love life." Death is the main part she talks about. So just dont lie around and
do noting you have to do something in your life.
8. How does Thornton Wilder reflect the theme of carpe diem in this play?
Thornton Wilder gave us a lot of life lessons in the play. the most meaningful one that I think of is
when Emily goes back in time and visits her 12th birthday. Everyone talked her out of doing a big
event so she choose this date. They said this date would overwhelm her. It did overwhelm her so
must that she had to leave in the first 10 minuets. When she got back she noticed that everyday is a
treasure by

Indian Horse Analysis
Indian Horse, a novel by Richard Wagamese, is a realistic and tragic story of a First Nations child
named Saul who is taken to residential school. Saul Indian Horse goes through a multitude traumatic
experiences at a young age; experiences consisting of losing his family, experiencing sexual abuse,
and violent racism. In the novel, a theme the reader is always brought back to is Saul's connection
to, and longing for the land. Saul's relationship with the land is meaningful to his character because
it helps him understand his family history, connects him with his culture, and comforts him in times
of need.
Understanding one's family history and where you come from is important to any person's sense of
self, and is equally important for Saul's character. When at God's Lake as a child, a place special to
the Indian Horse family, Saul learns more on the history of his family. "[He] could see a camp of a
dozen wigwams at the foot of the great cliff. Women were scraping hides stretched out on poplar
frames while the children ran around them." The land is relevant to Saul's understanding of himself
because he only has these kinds of visions where he learns about the past on the land. Upon learning
about the land and family history, he takes that with him everywhere he goes. After wandering
aimlessly for a decade, Saul comes back to God's lake where he has a supernatural vision of
Shabogeesick where "he swept his arm to [. . .] the lake, the shore and the cliff behind us. [He says]
'You've come to learn to carry this place within you. This place of beginnings and endings.'" In
Saul's vision of his great–grandfather, the significance of the land in his journey is vocalized. In
order to know where are you going, you have to know where you have been. The land plays a vital
role in helping Saul know where he is going by teaching him his family history and where he has
been.
Saul had his entire way of life taken away from him when he got taken to St. Jeromes Residential
School, and the land helps reconnects him with his Aboriginal culture. During his time at St.
Jeromes, Saul seldomly practiced tradition due to it being banned. Although, one time "during some
rare unsupervised time, a dozen of [kids] escaped to [...] a

Compare And Contrast Our Town By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Both Our Town and Self Reliance focus on how society/community affects individuals that live in it.
In Thornton Wilder's Our Town, members of the community try to live the way society wants them
to live. In Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay on self reliance, he states that although most people try to
live their lives according to the way other people live theirs, they should not. Emerson believes that
individuals should live their own life. In Our Town, the two main characters, Emily and George get
married at a very young age. They do this because the majority of people that live in Grover's
Corners got married at a young age like Emily and George. This puts pressure on Emily and George
who both feel that they are not ready to be married. In Our Town, Mr Webb states:¨Millions have
folla'd it, George, and you don't want to be the first to fly in the face of custom.¨ Without knowing
what he is doing, Mr Webb is pressuring George to get married. They do not follow what they
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Emerson states that most people in communities do what everyone else in the community Emerson
believes that people should do the opposite of that, and develope their own opinions and do what
they want to do, not what society is doing. Emerson states: "What I must do is all that concerns me,
not what the people think." The author means that members of society need to stay true to
themselves. People in communities should not care about the judgement of society, they should do
what they want to

Our Nig Harriet E Wilson Analysis
Learning Module #3: Literature of the Reconstruction to the Negro Renaissance
This unit covers the second half of the 19th century. The reconstruction of black race and the steps
to the Negro Renaissance are described. In this module, African Americans start to live a freedom
that is still oppressed by the white supremacy. Jim Crow laws prevent black people from being seen
as equal as white people. Discrimination and segregation begin to show up and African Americans
will continue fighting for their equality and their humanity.
In this section, the tragic mulatta term is presented. Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson is the story of an
abandoned mulatto girl, Frado, who works from the age of six until she is eighteen as a servant for a
white, middle–class

Analysis Of The Play Our Town
Our Town, a theatrical production directed by Roseann Sheridan, recreates the day–to–day activities
of ordinary citizens living in a small New Hampshire town. The stage manager (played by Denzel
Taylor) introduces the audience to the Webb and Gibbs households, who the entire play revolves
around. The Webb and the Gibbs represent the typical family in present day society who live about
their lives and fail to acknowledge and appreciate the small joys of life. The play Our Town uses a
contrast in scenic design between Acts 1–2 and 3, specifically with respect to the absence or
presence of scenery and props, to illustrate how we take our lives for granted; in fact, we never truly
appreciate what we have until it is gone. A recurring theme in ... Show more content on
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The absence of scenery and props made me feel as if the characters never fully appreciated all the
wonderful luxuries their town had to offer. I agree with Emily when she asserts that human beings
are "just blind people" because we fail to recognize and appreciate whatever we are fortunate
enough to have. In my opinion, the producers of Our Town did an amazing job conveying this
message with their minimal use of scenery and props in Acts 1–2.
When Emily is up in heaven, she wishes for her spirit to return to Earth so that she can relive past
experiences she considered to be "happy" moments; however, Emily ends up questioning whether or
not "human beings ever realize life while they live it." In fact, the only time the play makes use of
extensive scenery or props is during Act 3, or when Emily is reliving her twelfth birthday and
reflecting back on her life. While there is minimal use of scenery and props in Acts 1 and 2, there is
a beautifully decorated kitchen set in the final scene of Act 3 when Emily returns to her birthday.
The change in set design helped me understand the sharp contrast in how Emily viewed the world as
a child versus now. Not only is there a physical set present in the final scene, but it is also decorated
with a variety of props, ranging from kitchen appliances to a colorful birthday present for Emily.
Emily walks around the kitchen, mesmerized, and

Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and...
The Cambridge Introduction to the 19th–Century American Novel, the traditional sentimental
novel's storyline focuses around a young woman finding her way through life, usually without the
support of a conventional family. The women overcome life's hardships, and "the key to these
women's triumphs lies in their achievement of self–mastery" (Cane 113). According to Gregg Cane,
these didactic novels are targeted at young women to instill the idea that a domestic home, marriage,
and family are what construct a morally good woman. The plot is used to extract an emotional
reaction from the audience. Nina Baym describes all sentimental novels as having the same plot,
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Wilson's novel takes place in the supposedly free north, and she uses the sentimental novel outline to
expose the truth about the free north, and like Brent, connect herself to her audience. Both women
portray their stories using the sentimental novel so that they can reach out to a white, female
audience, and at the same time subvert their audience's reality in order to reveal how similar slaves
and free women are, and fight for freedom. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was first published
in 1861, around the same time the civil war began. Francis Smith Foster notes that Jacobs takes
conventional antebellum literary methods, the adored sentimental novel, and uses them to
familiarize herself with her audience, while at the same time modifies them "in order to
accommodate her testimony as she tests her readers' abilities to accept and act upon that testimony"
(97). Foster also sums up how closely Jacob's story follows the sentimental outline,
Incidents reads like a story of pursuit and evasion, one full of heroes and villains, of bright young
men claiming the freedom to seek their fortunes and of desperate maidens trying to preserve their
virtue, of mothers trying to protect their children and of the hardworking poor trying to survive the
greed and exploitation of the powerful and wealthy. (163)
Jacobs positions herself

Our Town Quotes
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?–every, every minute? (Emily Webb, Act
III)" Our Town presents life as it truly is; as humans, we tend to only remember the big events in our
life, and neglect the minute details. Throughout the book, Wilder entertains the notion that humans
have learned to seemingly distance themselves from anything that doesn't have immediate value to
their memories. Our Town proves this notion by examining key aspects of the average person's life
in Grover's Corners– childhood and marriage. To quote the Stage Manager as they exclaim in Act I,
"This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our
dying". .As children, things always seemed to go over our heads.

Our Nig Summary
Hundreds of years have gone by still African American for the most part have directly and indirectly
have been kept in a powerless position in the society by European American. One drop of African
descend blood can deprive one from the list basic necessity of life, as a matter of fact, completion
does not count; one can be lighter than Mary and still be treated less human. In Our Nig by Wilson,
Frado was lighter than Mary, Ms. Bellmont's daughter, still Ms. Bellmont treated Frado horrifically
with no mercy. Slavery owners do not really care about age or gender neither do they care about the
well–being of their slaves. In Chapter 2, Interesting Narrative by Equiano gives a clear narrative on
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African American people were not treated fairly as slaves and were sold due to lack of economic
stability of their master who didn't want to sell them. Many African Americans use the name" Uncle
Tom" when they believe a black person especially a black alpha male, considered by other black
people to be obedient to favor with white people just to feel safe and protected by the master. "The
story was told in such a condensed and skipping style that I gained from it very little real
information".(Jame III).The book was written from different views some believed it wasn't a fair
and truthful and vice versa because many slaves were beaten by their

Life In The Play Our Town
I'm grabbing the attention of the reader. In this play our town the play our town, Thornton Wilder
communicates the theme of life by having a narrator help describe the story and what is going to
happen by showing the characters at the start of their relationship, telling how each relationship
relates to the story, and by explaining their life. In act one they start the act on an open stage no
props and curtain less. The stage manager enters the story and introduces the play. He tells us the
setting the town of Grover's Corners, "New Hampshire, just before dawn on May 7, 1901". He
describes landmarks, churches, schools, and other important places. This tells us that their home
town is small but a big part of their lives. In act two the stage

Our Town
Our Town by Thornton Wilder continues to be a timeless theatrical work performed pervasively
throughout the world. This play remains a modern classic due to Wilder's ingenuity in capturing the
quintessential expression of the life cycle. Wilder segmented his play into three acts; each act
broadly encompassing a different phase in a person's life. The play presents the audience with
situations parallel to the ones almost everyone faces during their lifetime. This, in conjunction with
breaking the fourth wall, allows for the audience to feel a part of the performance. The title of the
play itself lends to this feeling, for it is not my town or your town, but it's Our Town. This play
emphasizes the idea that in the grand scheme of things, all ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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What started out as an elated and upbeat play, becomes a dark and sad reflection on the human
inability to appreciate the lives they live. Emily's death is predominantly the reason the play is so
effective and affecting. The audience sees themselves the most within Emily. Her death reveals the
basic rhetorical purpose of the play, that within the most common events lie the most remarkable
meanings of our lives. In realizing the beauty of the mundane aspects of life can we fully appreciate
the gift we have. Wilder suggests that, just as youth is wasted on the young, life is also wasted on
the

Analysis Of Franz Shubert 's ' The Erlking '
To my fellow budding vocalists, the Romantic Era was a time period in which music was bursting at
the seems; many composers were experimenting with the power of musical devices, which was
extremely evident in Franz Shubert's "The Erlking". This piece of music that was originally a poem
depicts the gruelling story of a son with his father, travelling on a horse by night. The boy notices a
dark being (The Erlking) that is slowly advancing towards him; however, the father dismisses these
thoughts and reassures him that there is nothing there. Eventually, the boy realises he has been
attacked by The Erlking, soon being taken by the pillars of death. In pieces such as "The Erkling",
Franz Schubert was considered as a creative composer who was among the initial artists in the
Romantic Era; he employed emotion and a sense of purpose within his compositions. Hence, I
believe that Franz Schubert's Lied "The Erlking" consistently unified poetry and music to
compliment the Romantic era, purposefully creating drama and sound because of the various
musical elements utilized throughout the piece. The musical elements that are explored in order to
prove the hypothesis comprise of Melody and Dynamics, with the analysis of each character's
development: The Narrator, the Erkling, the father and the son.
The unification of poetry and music to create drama in this piece was achieved through the use of
the characters and their melodic context. The narrator begins singing in the minor key of G

Our Nig Themes
Harriet E. Wilson's Our Nig demonstrates the duality of being a "free" black citizen; while black
people were technically free in the United States during the mid–nineteenth century, the novel
exposes how freedom does not equate to equality, opportunity, or the elimination of racism. The
main character, Frado, is a fair–skinned mulatto born of a white mother and black father. Frado is
abandoned at the age of six by her mother, Mag Smith, who leaves Frado in the hands of the
Bellmont family and never returns. The mother of the house is Mrs. Bellmont, a woman "imbued
with southern principles" (Preface) and comparable to a Northern slave owner in being described as
"self–willed, haughty, undisciplined, arbitrary and severe" (25). Only a child, Frado's experiences in
the Bellmont household force her to endure hardships and constant torment. Frado's character in Our
Nig demonstrates the duality of being "free" yet enslaved; Frado's enslavement demonstrates her
subjection to abuse and racism, and the people in her life who accept her and show her compassion
demonstrate her right to freedom, though she is never fully able to experience it.
Frado's enslavement and lack of opportunity demonstrate the duality of being a "free black" in post–
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Wilson's Our Nig demonstrates the lack of freedom that "free" blacks were granted after slavery
ended in the United States. Although the North was typically idealized for its freedom for black
people, Frado's lack of opportunity and subjection to racism exposes the harsh reality of what black
people faced during the mid–nineteenth century. Frado's story is a testament to the many slaves and
"free" blacks left without options in a world where they were supposedly equal and deserving of
rights. The end of slavery in the United States and the "free" North did not necessarily equate to
freedom, and many black people were subjected to subservience beyond the realm of being owned
by white

Our Town Analysis Essay
Our Town is a play that takes place near the turn of the century in the small rural town of
Grover&#8217;s Corners, New Hampshire. The playwright, Thornton Wilder is trying to
convey the importance of the little, often unnoticed things in life. Throughout the first two acts he
builds a scenario, which allows the third act to show that we as humans often run through life
oblivious to what is actually happening. Wilder attempts to show life as something that we take for
granted. We do not realize the true value of living until we are dead and gone. The through–line of
the action seems to be attention to the details of life. Wilder builds up a plot that pays attention to
great details of living.
In the first act when Mrs. Gibbs and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The play makes you think, whether for a split moment or a long time, about the idea of being aware
while going about even the most menial of tasks.
While at the funeral, the living members of the cast all have umbrellas above their heads. The dead
members sit in chairs imitating graves, and are rained upon. The symbolism represented by the
umbrellas could be that the living are sheltered from the light of reality and importance. Only when
you are dead do you notice that there was more to it, and the umbrella that you held while it was
raining is taken away, allowing you to be opened up to a whole new light of realization.
In the scene just before the wedding, George tries to see his bride–to–be. The Webb&#8217;s
explain to him the superstition behind not allowing the groom to see his bride until she walks down
the isle. The action of this scene is anxiety. George wants to see Emily before the big event and is
expressing a great desire to do so. The parents are intent on not allowing George to see their
daughter. Mrs. Webb is also understandably worried about loosing a daughter to marriage. Emily is
upstairs having reservations about the whole ordeal. Mr. Webb brings the two of them together
before the wedding, breaking the superstition, and explains to them that they were meant to be
together. He has George tell his bride that he will do the best he can to take

Examples Of Dualism In Our Nig
The Duality of a "Free Black" Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson narrates the life of Frado, a young
woman who experiences racism and enslavement in the North despite the common, idealized notion
that the North was a safe refuge for blacks in the United States. Frado is a mulatto woman with a
white mother and a black father, a unique situation in the mid 1800s that provides a polarizing
premise for the main character's story. Frado is unable to identify fully with either the black or the
white community, but the Bellmonts consider her to be black and call her "our nig" (Wilson 26).
Therefore, the Bellmonts, as well as the lingering racist tendencies of the North, prevent Frado from
exercising her freedoms as a "free black" living in a Northern state. As a result of Frado's status as a
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Frado undergoes immense cruelty on account of her race, and her freedoms are stripped from her
when she is forced to become a slave. Just as she occupies a place of duality regarding her race, she
holds a contrasting position regarding citizenship, as she is both legally free and a slave. The novel
exhibits this polarity through the abuses that Frado experiences at the hand of Mrs. Bellmont and
through Frado's evolving spirituality and views regarding God. Despite her status as a "free black,"
Frado experiences only a limited number of freeing moments throughout the novel. Frado's attempt
to gain equality with whites on a spiritual level is nearly thwarted by Mrs. Bellmont, a character
who, through her power over Frado and the other Bellmonts, is representative of the North's
deceptive power to restrict the freedom of "free blacks." Frado's experience in the North is one that,
through its ruthless cruelty and alienation, exposes the true environment of the North that many
blacks in the mid 1800s

Essay about Thornton Wilder's Our Town
Thornton Wilder's Our Town Our Town is play written a while ago, but it relates to any time.
Showing that routine is a part of everybody's life. No matter what day and age you live in your
going to have a routine. This play shows an example of two families and their daily routines. The
whole play relates to routine even the different acts.
Our Town takes place in Grover's Corner, New Hampshire around the turn of the century. (1900's).
This play uses a lot of flashbacks. There's one with George and Emily when they first fall in love at
Mr. Morgan's shop. It also uses foreshadowing. When they told of how everyone died. Another
flashback is when Joe comes back after about ten years and they talk about the dead and everyone's
lives.
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The dialect throughout this play was universal. It could be used in many different areas and/or time
periods. I thought that the dialect used throughout this book was very similar to how people around
Garden City talk. "Blessed be the tie that binds" is played a lot in Our Town. This song ties in with
the theme perfectly. Showing how everything is connected and how we miss all the small things in
the world.
The staging is kept very simple. This allows you to think up what they are describing. Which lets
you use your imagination to make it look as you wish. There isn't much to the stage as I said they
keep it simple, for example: for the wedding all they have are chairs set up in rows. The lighting is
low making it easier for you to make your own stage with your imagination.
This play could actually have two themes. Living life to the fullest, and appreciate the small things
in life. I believe the author wrote this play to show that no matter what the time is or where you live
your going to have a routine and the cycle of life. The theme is really developed when Rebecca is at
the grave yard and goes back for her day of life. She realizes that she never appreciated things that
mattered. The value of this play today is great because it relates to us as it will continue to do so for
some time.
I believe the title Our Town is good for this play. It shows that it can be any town and anytime. I
didn't really like that play, but I did

Analysis of a Passage from The Grapes of Wrath Essay
Depicting the Dust Bowl exodus, The Grapes of Wrath is a literary masterpiece. Development and
hierarchy are portrayed. In the passage to be studied, almost at the beginning of the novel, Tom
Joad, who has just been released from prison, discovered his abandoned house. Travelling with
Casy, a former preacher, they met Muley Graves , one of his former neighbours who refused to leave
the country, after people have been tractored off. Hardly the only one to speak, Muley explained
how he then lived alone, wandering from one empty house to another. A certain evolution is present
throughout the passage that can be compared to a human being?s life. First, birth can be paralleled
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This land becomes a part of them, of the family, of their lives, and Muley expresses the weighty
significance of that place, since he ?went in the room where Joe was born? (l30–1) so as to recollect
this arrival. Being at the very place where his child was born means to remember why he decided to
live there. He was the person in charge, and for that reason, he had to act for his new–born baby who
was frail. Then, children have to discover the world, as it is something new for them.
Furthermore, Tom can be compared to a young child. Indeed, he has just been released from prison,
thus, he discovers life again. Definitely, he takes pleasure in cooking the meat, and in eating it: ?I
think we better eat her now? (l37), ?le?s eat this meat ?fore it?s smaller?n a cooked mouse? (l77–8).
As a child, he is only preoccupied by one thing, here it is the meat, and nothing else. This is also
noticeable in his discourse. Undeniably, he does not really communicate with the two others: ?Joad
turned the meat, and his eyes were inward? (l11). He is self–centred. Therefore, at that step in the
novel, he can be associated with a child.
Moreover, this kind of selfishness is also obvious in the fact that he is not listening to what is said,
or actually, does not seem interested, as if he were not part of the debate. He is not aware of the
others yet. When he suggests that they ?better eat [the]

The Experiences Of Life In Our Town By Thornton Wilder
Our Town by Thornton Wilder overviews the small details of Grover's Corners, following the daily
life of the Gibb's and Webb's family, specifically the teenagers George and Emily, during the turn of
the century. He describes the play as, "an attempt to find value above all price for the smallest events
in our daily life," which shows its purpose is to show the audience to appreciate the little things in
life. Wilder's Our Town is successful in its attempt to show the audience the pricelessness of the
small experiences of life. Wilder achieves his goal of showing the importance of miniscule details in
life when at the beginning of Act 1, it states that the stage is barren, and there are only two tables
and four chairs. The reason for this is because fancy scenery is not needed to appreciate life. This is
shown when the stage manager says, "There's some scenery for those who think they have to have
scenery", showing that scenery is not required in this play to achieve its goal. It emphasizes the
meaning of life, and how common interactions are more important than lucious additions. ... Show
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When she dies, she chooses to revisit her 12th birthday, ignoring the advice of her fellow deceased,
who told her to choose a non–important time in her life. During her journey to the past, she realizes
how the living do not appreciate what they have, even if it may seem like nothing. She states how
she misses, "food and coffee. And new–ironed dresses and hot baths ... and sleeping and waking
up." These may seem like unimportant, everyday activities, but when one dies they do not get to
experience these. Wilder shows that one should cherish these everyday things in life, not take it for

Analysis Of ' Our Nig ' By Harriet E. Wilson
Introduction
When a reader encounters the story 'Our Nig' it's bound to leave them looking at the experiences of
women differently. It's an emotional autobiography that develops into a miserable experience of
oppression and victimization on gender identities. The transition of the narrator from a young,
beautiful mullato girl into an emotionally and physically crippled woman highlights the horrors of
the society towards women but increases the pain because they are inflicted by other women. Harriet
E. Wilson tells her story of the oppressions she suffers when she lived at a family house in the North
of the US, where she undergoes violence and denigration. I mention in the North here to remove the
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Her choice of a partner is criticized and by the society because they felt that she could do better than
marry a black man. Despite the factor that nobody likes her; the society tries to control her decisions
and oppresses her for marrying from the wrong race. Frodo is the product of their union and she
becomes the victim of the Bellmount's violence and degeneration because the society put too much
pressure on her mother and forcing her to abandon her daughter.
Jim and Mag union is a happy one blessed with three beautiful children yet she was sick and tired of
the community treating her like an outcast. Her life is controlled by a society that wanted nothing to
do with her in the first place. She was shunned and forced to marry a black man but still criticize her
choices and decisions. When Jim falls ill, she wants him to die because being a window and losing
the man she loved would come as a reprieve to her. The society's interference in her life turns her
into a vicious and cruel woman who wishes the death of her husband. She is a victim of a
discriminative culture and the level of oppression turns her into a cruel monster forcing her to
abandon her flesh and blood. Mag like all other women suffering in the hands of the society and
forced to confirm to a belittling identity, results to cruelty and oppression to escape the pain of
vindication (Leveen, 2001). Her vindication comes

Theme Of The Story 'Under The Lion Paw'
How a Paw Can Step on the Truth
Hamlin Garlin's short story "Under the Lion's Paw" is an archetypical tale of the American Dream: a
farm family who works very hard for what they have, desiring only fairness and hoping for a
blessing from the land. However, grasshoppers consume their crops and they are left with essentially
nothing. When a "cheery, good–natured" man named Councils, who takes a risk by opening his arms
to the family during their time of need. He introduces the family to Butler, a "land poor" who is
reportedly very successful. Garlin later reveals that he cons the family, and uses their extreme work
ethic in order to selfishly make his own land more valuable. It is through this conflict that the
themes of good versus evil, the pursuit of happiness, and the cost of the truth are revealed. The
concept of good versus evil is approached from an almost philosophical standpoint by Garlin. This
is because he leaves the reader with a scenario that seems unjust: is the family deserving of their ill
treatment? Should they seek further revenge so that Butler gets what he deserves? It all comes back
to the question of the cost of honesty and the risk of deceit in comparison to the return. Although
Butler's actions are not particularly respected, "farm after farm fell into his hands", which the reader
might not see as fair. Meanwhile, the family was cleaning up the yard, ploughing and planting
gardens, and tidying the the land of the house they were graciously presented

Mama Day In The Mulatto And Our Nig
The first work we read for this class is Mama Day, a novel written by Gloria Naylor that has many
themes and topics that will be seen throughout the course. Mama Day is a great novel to start with
because it sets the tone for works such as "The Mulatto" and Our Nig. Not only is Mama Day a
great novel to begin with, but it is also easier to understand after reading other works. Some of these
earlier African American texts help us as readers to better understand Mama Day as they are, for the
most part, easier to comprehend. Mama Day is a wonderfully crafted novel, but unfortunately it can
be hard to understand at some points. For example, on pages 139 and 140 of Mama Day, Miranda
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Aunt Abby is one of the few people who actually treat Frado with kindness, and Aunt Abigail also
treats Cocoa very kindly. Unlike Aunt Abby, however, Aunt Abigail does not have a rude sister–in–
law, as Abigail's sister, Miranda, is just as nice as her. Although they have some differences, Abby
and Abigail are very much alike, and an example of this is seen on page twenty–two of Our Nig
when Aunt Abby shows Frado kindness: "Aunt Abby had a glimpse of Nig as she passed out of the
yard; but to arrest her, or shew her that SHE would shelter her, in Mrs. Bellmont's presence, would
only bring reserved wrath on her defenceless head." The kindness that Aunt Abby shows also
resonates in Aunt Abigail of Mama Day, along with other characters of the same novel. Overall, I
believe earlier African American texts (such as Our Nig and "The Mulatto") are somewhat easier to
comprehend, which helps us as readers to better understand Mama Day as a whole. It is true that
Mama Day set the scene of the topics and themes we will be exploring in this course, but inversely,
these same texts allow a better, more thorough understanding of Mama Day by bringing new ideas
to the table to look into

Analysis Of Soldiers Home By Ernest Hemingway
Soldiers Home "It's a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels
the same, even smells the same. You realize what's changed is you." – F. Scott Fitzgerald The
devastating imagery soldiers witness in everyday life is stuck with them, and those memories
eventually come to the surface. There's nothing half as appreciable as coming home again. The short
story presents the homecoming of an outcasted soldier following the war. Krebs, Hemingway's main
character, experiences frequent lonely sensations as he concludes that he, and the young girls that
had grown up were the only things that had changed in the town of Oklahoma when returning. The
noticeable difference between the members of armed forces returning from overseas duty and those
who remained home creates an immense conflict in the story. That is, as it lies, the fraud that is
demanded for survival. In "Soldier's Home", Ernest Hemingway, the author develops a distaste for
everything that had happened to Krebs in the war; which may well be a deliberation of, though not
restricted to, the livelihood being taken from soldiers today, coming home from war. Hemingway
reveals the short story through a narrator's voice. The narrator is not necessarily a bystander, as he
recognizes, for the most part, that the war stripped the soul from Krebs. It is made clear that
Hemingway understands more than what can be physically observed about Krebs, as his feelings are
thoroughly detailed throughout.

Our Nig By Harriet Wilson
Harriet Wilson's novel Our Nig, follows the life of Frado, a young mulatto girl in the household of a
white family in New England. She is abandoned to this family at the age of six because her mother
could not afford to care for her and resented her and the hardships to which her birth had
contributed. The mistress of the household to which Frado is left is a cruel and spiteful woman,
especially towards blacks. When Frado is left in the care of the Bellmont residence as a young girl,
she has no idea of the troubles she would have to face for most of her life. From the very beginning,
neither Mrs. Bellmont, the main antagonist, nor her equally cruel daughter, Mary, show any hint of
compassion or even mercy for the young girl. The story follows Frado and her life in the Bellmont
household.
Mr. Bellmont 's attitude towards Frado is not completely out of pure cruelty, in my opinion most of
it is influenced from the economical context in the nineteenth century of America. After all in the
post–slavery period of north America, economics was, First and last, of crucial significance. After
the abolishment of slavery in the North blacks were forced back into being subservient into
technically free labor, Because they were given food and shelter. The context of this paragraph
shows signs of this theme, like the conversation between Mr.Bellmont and Mrs.Bellmont : "I 'll beat
the money out of her, if I can 't get her worth any other way," retorted Mrs. B. sharply."(Willson 90).

Aristotle's Three Unities In Our Town
The Gift of Life Many people go through life without realizing how crucial every moment is. Our
Town, written by Thornton Wilder, is a play about life in a small town. A town where every resident
knows each other's story. This play is a prime example of Aristotle's three unities; place, time, and
action. Place being the setting of the story, time being a one day period, and action being the events
that make up the plot. The play provides a story of a young woman's life who in the end, realizes the
value of each person's time on earth. Together, these three unities tie the moral of the story together,
life is a gift. The first of Aristotle's unities is place. The setting of Our Town is Grover's Corners,
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Grover's Corners is considered a small town. Everyone knows each other and everyone acquires a
reputation, bad and good. The small town atmosphere provides the audience with a feeling of
comfort. The play also shows the many upsides and downsides of living in a small town. The small
town scene causes everyone to know everything about each other. "In our town we like to know the
facts about everybody" (7). This quotation, said by the stage manager, shows how all residents of
Grover's Corners enjoy learning more about the other residents of the town. There are people in the
town that are of the "stereotypical" type. For instance, Simon Stimson is the town drunk, but also the
choirmaster at the local church. Many of the town citizens do not approve of his drinking habits "
But, Julia! To have the organist of the church drink and drunk year after year. You know he was
drunk tonight" (39). This quotation proves that gossip is a major part of the town. People talk about
other people's business, causing there to be reputations made, and

Composer Franz Schubert As A Master Composer Of Songs
Viennese composer Franz Schubert is often regarded as a master composer of songs. He is also
known for creative and unexpected movement between keys in his compositions. Dying at a
tragically young age, Schubert managed to release an enormous body of works, publishing over
two–hundred songs while alive. Despite this already impressive output of songs, nothing stopped
Schubert from composing symphonies, chamber music, and solo works as well. Close analysis of
his music reveals how skillfully Schubert was able to set text, move fluidly to foreign keys, and
much more. In this paper, Schubert 's vocal piece entitled Erlkönig and his work for solo piano,
Moments Musicaux 5 in F minor, will be explored more deeply The text in Erlkönig begins and ends
with a nameless narrator. He opens, setting the scene, a father rides with his sick child in the night,
racing to a nearby farmhouse to get help for his son. "Schubert 's repeated octave staccato triplets
suggest the hoofbeats of the important fifth character, the horse, the vehicle of hope and deliverance;
the four minutes of his song convey the urgency of a ride against an indistinct but baleful force"
(Bamforth). During the ride, the son recounts his hallucination of the Erlking, the king of the elves,
chasing them to his father. The boy says the Erlking is promising the boy him, games, even his
daughters, but his father tries to calm him, sying these are only wind rustling in the leaves and
silhouettes of willow trees. In the

Our Town Play Summary
On Wednesday October 28, 2015, I went to see Our Town by Thorton Wilder at Northern Stage in
White River Junction, Vermont. The whole idea, the big picture of this play, is describing the cycle
of life and death. It is to portray an average life of a person in the time period it was written in. It
shows the importance of the little things in life, and how most of the time we are passing through
life without thinking about it much. This play has many themes, all pertaining to things about life
and it can be related to even though the play was set 100 years ago. The play is set in Grovers
Corners, New Hampshire. The first act is set in 1901, introduces characters and is mostly about daily
life in the town, as well as how everyone in the town ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
It engages the audience and causes the audience to imagine the town for themselves. The few props
that the characters did have were very simple and I thought that they were used appropriately and
they were used sparingly. They helped with the setting because we got an idea of how close the
Webbs' and the Gibbs' houses were and also with the characters because I don't believe that actors
could pretend to sit at a table for very long without a chair. The lights were very effective in setting
the mood. For example, during act 3, the lights were dimmed and tinted with colors to make the
cemetery very eerie and creepy looking. During the transition between act 2 and act 3, it was a
wedding party and the lights were very bright, which added to the happy mood. The makeup of the
characters was true to the time period that the play was set in. However, the costumes that the
characters were wearing were very modern. I would agree that they didn't fit with the time period
that the play was originally set in, however I also agree that they fit the characters and their ages if
the play was set in more modern times. The modern music during the wedding of this play was
almost out of place with the time period. It just didn't feel right to me. However, the music did an
excellent job of setting the

Critique Of Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town'
Amber Pickens Art Theater Critique Drama 1310 Thornton Wilder was born in 1897 in Madison,
Wisconsin. He went to Oberlin College located in Ohio, then transferred to Yale University, and
graduated in 1920. Following a year spent in Rome, Thornton got a job teaching French at a prep
school in New Jersey and began writing in his free time. He ended up publishing his first novel
titled The Cabala in 1926 and got his first glimpse of fame when he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize
for The Bridge of San Luis Rey, which was published in 1927. The publicity and recognition from
this novel allowed Thornton to quit his teaching job, so he could write full–time. Soon after, he
became a literary star. Our Town is narrated and introduced by the Stage Manager, who welcomes
the audience to a town called Grover's Corners in New Hampshire, early in the morning in May,
1901. In the opening scene, the stage in very empty, with the exception of some tables and chairs
that represent the homes of the Webb and Gibbs families. This so happens to be the setting of most
of the action in Act I. After the Stage Manager's introduction, activities of an ordinary day begin. Joe
Crowell, Jr., the paperboy, and Howie Newsome, the milkman, go through to make their delivery
rounds. Dr. Gibbs comes back from a deliver of a set of twins at one of the households in town. Mrs.
Gibbs and Mrs. Webb make breakfast, send their children to school, and meet in their gardens to
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