PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE 2004–05
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Revelation
From, Everything That Rises Must Converge
By Flannery O’Connor
The Doctor’s waiting room, which was very small, was almost full when
the Turpins entered and Mrs. Turpin, who was very large, made it look
even smaller by her presence. She stood looming at the head of the
magazine table set in the center of it, a living demonstration that the
room was inadequate and ridiculous. Her little bright black eyes took
in all the patients as she sized up the seating situation. There was one
vacant chair and a place on the sofa occupied by a blond child in a
dirty blue romper who should have been told to move over and make
room for the lady. He was five or six, but Mrs. Turpin saw at once that
no one was going to tell him to move over. He was slumped down in
the seat, his arms idle at his sides and his eyes idle in his head; his nose
ran unchecked.
Mrs. Turpin put a firm hand on Claud's shoulder and said in a voice
that included anyone who wanted to listen, "Claud, you sit in that chair
there," and gave him a push down into the vacant one. Claud was florid
and bald and sturdy, somewhat shorter than Mrs. Turpin, but he sat
down as if he were accustomed to doing what she told him to.
Mrs. Turpin remained standing. The only man in the room besides
Claud was a lean stringy old fellow with a rusty hand spread out on
each knee, whose eyes were closed as if he were asleep or dead or
pretending to be so as not to get up and offer her his seat. Her gaze
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settled agreeably on a well-dressed grey-haired lady whose eyes met
hers and whose expression said: if that child belonged to me, he would
have some manners and move over-there's plenty of room there for
you and him too.
Claud looked up with a sigh and made as if to rise.
"Sit down," Mrs. Turpin said. "You know you're not supposed to stand
on that leg. He has an ulcer on his leg," she explained.
Claud lifted his foot onto the magazine table and rolled his trouser leg
up to reveal a purple swelling on a plump marble white calf.
"My!" the pleasant lady said. "How did you do that?"
"A cow kicked him," Mrs. Turpin said.
"Goodness!" said the lady.
Claud rolled his trouser leg down.
"Maybe the little boy would move over," the lady suggested, but the
child did not stir.
"Somebody will be leaving in a minute," Mrs. Turpin said. She could
not understand why a doctor-with as much money as they made
charging five dollars a day to just stick their head in the hospital door
and look at you-couldn't afford a decent-sized waiting room. This one
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was hardly bigger than a garage. The table was cluttered with limp-
looking magazines and at one end of it there was a big green glass
ashtray full of cigarette butts and cotton wads with little blood spots on
them. If she had had anything to do with the running of the place, that
would have been empti.
The Life You Save May Be Your OwnFlannery OConnorTHE old wo.docxoreo10
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Flannery O'Connor
THE old woman and her daughter were sitting on their porch when Mr. Shiftlet came up their road for the first time. The old woman slid to the edge of her chair and leaned forward, shading her eyes from the piercing sunset with her hand. The daughter could not see far in front of her and continued to play with her fingers. Although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen Mr. Shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. His left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly to the side as if the breeze were pushing him. He had on a black town suit and a brown felt hat that was turned up in the front and down in the back and he carried a tin tool box by a handle. He came on, at an amble, up her road, his face turned toward the sun which appeared to be balancing itself on the peak of a small mountain.
The old woman didn't change her position until he was almost into her yard; then she rose with one hand fisted on her hip. The daughter, a large girl in a short blue organdy dress, saw him all at once and jumped up and began to stamp and point and make excited speechless sounds.
Mr. Shiftlet stopped just inside the yard and set his box on the ground and tipped his hat at her as if she were not in the least afflicted; then he turned toward the old woman and swung the hat all the way off. He had long black slick hair that hung flat from a part in the middle to beyond the tips of his ears on either side. His face descended in forehead for more than half its length and ended suddenly with his features just balanced over a jutting steeltrap jaw. He seemed to be a young man but he had a look of composed dissatisfaction as if he understood life thoroughly.
"Good evening," the old woman said. She was about the size of a cedar fence post and she had a man's gray hat pulled down low over her head.
The tramp stood looking at her and didn't answer. He turned his back and faced the sunset. He swung both his whole and his short arm up slowly so that they indicated an expanse of sky and his figure formed a crooked cross. The old woman watched him with her arms folded across her chest as if she were the owner of the sun, and the daughter watched, her head thrust forward and her fat helpless hands hanging at the wrists. She had long pinkgold hair and eyes as blue as a peacock's neck.
He held the pose for almost fifty seconds and then he picked up his box and came on to the porch and dropped down on the bottom step. "Lady," he said in a firm nasal voice, "I'd give a fortune to live where I could see me a sun do that every evening."
"Does it every evening," the old woman said and sat back down. The daughter sat down too and watched him with a cautious sly look as if he were a bird that had come up very close. He leaned to one side, rooting in his pants p ...
I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable analyzing or discussing parts of this story that involve depicting a deceased person without consent.
Snow White is a famous fairy tale published in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm. It tells the story of a beautiful young girl named Snow White who is forced to live with seven dwarfs after her jealous stepmother, the queen, tries to have her killed. The queen is threatened by Snow White's beauty and asks her magic mirror who is the "fairest one of all." The mirror says it is Snow White, making the queen envious. She sends a huntsman to kill Snow White but he spares her. Snow White lives with the dwarfs until the queen tricks and poisons her with an apple. She is revived when the dwarfs remove the poisoned apple.
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Lu Xun (1881 - 1936)
Diary of a MadmanChineseModernism
"Diary of a Madman" is a famous short story by Lu Xun, who is regarded as a great writer of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun (surname: Lu, and the pen name of Zhou Shuren) was a short story writer, translator, essayist, and literary scholar. Although Lu was educated in the Confucian tradition when he was young, he later received a modern western education; he studied modern medicine in Japan and was exposed to western literature (including English, German, and Russian literatures). In 1918, "Diary of a Madman" was published in New Youth, a magazine of the New Culture Movement that promoted democracy, egalitarianism, vernacular literature, individual freedom, and women's rights. Inspired by the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol's story of the same title, Lu wrote this story, which is the first western-style story in vernacular Chinese. The cannibalistic society that the madman narrator sees is generally interpreted as a satirical allegory of traditional Chinese society based on Confucianism. Although Lu and his works were associated with leftist ideas (and Mao Zedong favored Lu's works), Lu never joined the Communist Party of China. The English translations of this short story include a version by William A. Lyell, a former professor of Chinese at Stanford University.Consider while reading:What elements of detective fiction does Borges include in "The Garden of Forking Paths"?How does having multiple possible outcomes influence the resolution of the text?How does Borges use the symbolism of the labyrinth?Borges is known for his use of magical realism and his work in the science fiction genre. How does Borges incorporate magical realism into "The Garden of the Forking Paths?" What effect does it create?
Kwon, Kyounghye. (n.d.). Compact Anthology of World Literature: The 17th and 18th Centuries (Part 6). Dahlonega, GA: University of North Georgia Press.
CC-BY-SA.
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THE GARDEN PARTY
License: Public Domain
Katherine Mansfield
And after all the weather was ideal. They could not have had a more perfect
day for a garden-party if they had ordered it. Windless, warm, the sky without a
cloud. Only the blue was veiled with a haze of light gold, as it is sometimes in
early summer. The gardener had been up since dawn, mowing the lawns and
sweeping them, until the grass and the dark flat rosettes where the daisy plants
had been seemed to shine. As for the roses, you could not help feeling they
understood that roses are the only flowers that impress people at garden-parties;
the only flowers that everybody is certain of knowing. Hundreds, yes, literally
hundreds, had come out in a single night; the green bushes bowed down as
though they had been visited by archangels.
Breakfast was not yet over before the men came to put up the marquee.
"Where do you want the marquee put, mother?"
"My dear child, it's no use asking me. I'm determined to leave everything to
you children this year. Forget I ...
Oliver Twist is born in a workhouse. After a difficult birth where his survival was in doubt, Oliver is taken in by a nurse. His mother requests to see the child before dying in his arms. Oliver is left an orphan in the parish workhouse, where he will face mistreatment and neglect as the parish farms him out for a small fee to an elderly woman. This woman provides very little food or care for Oliver and the other children, prioritizing her own financial gain, with many children dying from a lack of provisions.
This document summarizes the author's experience caring for her mother in her final days. It describes how the author brought comfort items from home like pillows and lamps to make her mother's room more comfortable. Her mother's health declined, with infections and pain from wounds. The night her mother died, the author convinced a nurse to give her mother stronger pain medication despite her mother's reluctance. The medication calmed her mother, who began singing in German and talking about past memories. The author recorded her mother's final words on her laptop, unaware they would be her last conversation. Her mother passed away peacefully later that day.
The document introduces Izzi, a 13-year-old girl who was adopted by Claudia and Logan but does not feel like she belongs on Earth. Claudia takes Izzi to the airport to meet a mystery person named Chazelle. Chazelle reveals to Izzi that she is her grandmother, having been sent by Izzi's mother Dorothy to find her after years of searching. Izzi is surprised and confused by this revelation about her true origins.
The Life You Save May Be Your OwnFlannery OConnorTHE old wo.docxoreo10
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Flannery O'Connor
THE old woman and her daughter were sitting on their porch when Mr. Shiftlet came up their road for the first time. The old woman slid to the edge of her chair and leaned forward, shading her eyes from the piercing sunset with her hand. The daughter could not see far in front of her and continued to play with her fingers. Although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen Mr. Shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. His left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly to the side as if the breeze were pushing him. He had on a black town suit and a brown felt hat that was turned up in the front and down in the back and he carried a tin tool box by a handle. He came on, at an amble, up her road, his face turned toward the sun which appeared to be balancing itself on the peak of a small mountain.
The old woman didn't change her position until he was almost into her yard; then she rose with one hand fisted on her hip. The daughter, a large girl in a short blue organdy dress, saw him all at once and jumped up and began to stamp and point and make excited speechless sounds.
Mr. Shiftlet stopped just inside the yard and set his box on the ground and tipped his hat at her as if she were not in the least afflicted; then he turned toward the old woman and swung the hat all the way off. He had long black slick hair that hung flat from a part in the middle to beyond the tips of his ears on either side. His face descended in forehead for more than half its length and ended suddenly with his features just balanced over a jutting steeltrap jaw. He seemed to be a young man but he had a look of composed dissatisfaction as if he understood life thoroughly.
"Good evening," the old woman said. She was about the size of a cedar fence post and she had a man's gray hat pulled down low over her head.
The tramp stood looking at her and didn't answer. He turned his back and faced the sunset. He swung both his whole and his short arm up slowly so that they indicated an expanse of sky and his figure formed a crooked cross. The old woman watched him with her arms folded across her chest as if she were the owner of the sun, and the daughter watched, her head thrust forward and her fat helpless hands hanging at the wrists. She had long pinkgold hair and eyes as blue as a peacock's neck.
He held the pose for almost fifty seconds and then he picked up his box and came on to the porch and dropped down on the bottom step. "Lady," he said in a firm nasal voice, "I'd give a fortune to live where I could see me a sun do that every evening."
"Does it every evening," the old woman said and sat back down. The daughter sat down too and watched him with a cautious sly look as if he were a bird that had come up very close. He leaned to one side, rooting in his pants p ...
I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable analyzing or discussing parts of this story that involve depicting a deceased person without consent.
Snow White is a famous fairy tale published in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm. It tells the story of a beautiful young girl named Snow White who is forced to live with seven dwarfs after her jealous stepmother, the queen, tries to have her killed. The queen is threatened by Snow White's beauty and asks her magic mirror who is the "fairest one of all." The mirror says it is Snow White, making the queen envious. She sends a huntsman to kill Snow White but he spares her. Snow White lives with the dwarfs until the queen tricks and poisons her with an apple. She is revived when the dwarfs remove the poisoned apple.
6Lu Xun (1881 - 1936)Diary of a MadmanChineseModernismDrhetttrevannion
6
Lu Xun (1881 - 1936)
Diary of a MadmanChineseModernism
"Diary of a Madman" is a famous short story by Lu Xun, who is regarded as a great writer of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun (surname: Lu, and the pen name of Zhou Shuren) was a short story writer, translator, essayist, and literary scholar. Although Lu was educated in the Confucian tradition when he was young, he later received a modern western education; he studied modern medicine in Japan and was exposed to western literature (including English, German, and Russian literatures). In 1918, "Diary of a Madman" was published in New Youth, a magazine of the New Culture Movement that promoted democracy, egalitarianism, vernacular literature, individual freedom, and women's rights. Inspired by the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol's story of the same title, Lu wrote this story, which is the first western-style story in vernacular Chinese. The cannibalistic society that the madman narrator sees is generally interpreted as a satirical allegory of traditional Chinese society based on Confucianism. Although Lu and his works were associated with leftist ideas (and Mao Zedong favored Lu's works), Lu never joined the Communist Party of China. The English translations of this short story include a version by William A. Lyell, a former professor of Chinese at Stanford University.Consider while reading:What elements of detective fiction does Borges include in "The Garden of Forking Paths"?How does having multiple possible outcomes influence the resolution of the text?How does Borges use the symbolism of the labyrinth?Borges is known for his use of magical realism and his work in the science fiction genre. How does Borges incorporate magical realism into "The Garden of the Forking Paths?" What effect does it create?
Kwon, Kyounghye. (n.d.). Compact Anthology of World Literature: The 17th and 18th Centuries (Part 6). Dahlonega, GA: University of North Georgia Press.
CC-BY-SA.
5
10
THE GARDEN PARTY
License: Public Domain
Katherine Mansfield
And after all the weather was ideal. They could not have had a more perfect
day for a garden-party if they had ordered it. Windless, warm, the sky without a
cloud. Only the blue was veiled with a haze of light gold, as it is sometimes in
early summer. The gardener had been up since dawn, mowing the lawns and
sweeping them, until the grass and the dark flat rosettes where the daisy plants
had been seemed to shine. As for the roses, you could not help feeling they
understood that roses are the only flowers that impress people at garden-parties;
the only flowers that everybody is certain of knowing. Hundreds, yes, literally
hundreds, had come out in a single night; the green bushes bowed down as
though they had been visited by archangels.
Breakfast was not yet over before the men came to put up the marquee.
"Where do you want the marquee put, mother?"
"My dear child, it's no use asking me. I'm determined to leave everything to
you children this year. Forget I ...
Oliver Twist is born in a workhouse. After a difficult birth where his survival was in doubt, Oliver is taken in by a nurse. His mother requests to see the child before dying in his arms. Oliver is left an orphan in the parish workhouse, where he will face mistreatment and neglect as the parish farms him out for a small fee to an elderly woman. This woman provides very little food or care for Oliver and the other children, prioritizing her own financial gain, with many children dying from a lack of provisions.
This document summarizes the author's experience caring for her mother in her final days. It describes how the author brought comfort items from home like pillows and lamps to make her mother's room more comfortable. Her mother's health declined, with infections and pain from wounds. The night her mother died, the author convinced a nurse to give her mother stronger pain medication despite her mother's reluctance. The medication calmed her mother, who began singing in German and talking about past memories. The author recorded her mother's final words on her laptop, unaware they would be her last conversation. Her mother passed away peacefully later that day.
The document introduces Izzi, a 13-year-old girl who was adopted by Claudia and Logan but does not feel like she belongs on Earth. Claudia takes Izzi to the airport to meet a mystery person named Chazelle. Chazelle reveals to Izzi that she is her grandmother, having been sent by Izzi's mother Dorothy to find her after years of searching. Izzi is surprised and confused by this revelation about her true origins.
Questions for Responding to Fiction in English 2328Use these q.docxcatheryncouper
Questions for Responding to Fiction in English 2328
Use these questions below to guide you as you complete your reading responses for short stories (fiction). I suggest that you choose only a few questions to answer in your response--but make the response a paragraph--don't number your responses. You will probably notice that some of the questions are similar and that some of the responses may overlap--that's fine. Your response should reflect your own thoughts and analysis of the story. Your response to each story should be at least 200 words (but will probably be longer) and should show that you have read the story carefully. You should mention the names of characters, details from the story that support your response, incidents in the story that affect your reading of it, etc. You must use quotations from the stories in your responses.
1. What did you like about the story? What did you dislike? Why?
2. Who is your favorite character? Is he or she like you in any way? Would you make the same decisions (or react in the same ways) in the same situations as this character? Why or why not? Which characters remind you of people you know?
3. What did you learn about American history, society, art, literature, philosophy, science (etc.) from this story? What research might you do to help you understand the story better?
4. What did you learn about life from the story?
5. In what ways do you identify with the story?
6. How would you describe the writer's style or voice? Style includes use of irony, symbolism, figurative language, point of view, etc.
Here's an interesting checklist of literary style that you might find helpful: Checklist: Elements of Literary Style
7. What are your favorite sentences, passages, words, etc. from the story? Explain your choice.
8. What would you tell a friend about this story?
9. Who would you recommend this story to and why?
10. What value does this story have for you?
11. What connections do you find between the life of the author and his or her work?
12. What questions did you have after you finished the story?
13. What words did you look up?
1st story: Two Kinds by Amy Tan
My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. You could open a restaurant. You could work for the government and get good retirement. You could buy a house with almost no money down. You could become rich. You could become instantly famous. "Of course, you can be a prodigy, too," my mother told me when I was nine. "You can be best anything. What does Auntie Lindo know? Her daughter, she is only best tricky." America was where all my mother's hopes lay. She had come to San Francisco in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her home, her first husband, and two daughters, twin baby girls.
But she never looked back with regret. Things could get better in so many ways.
We didn't immediately pick the right kind of prodigy. At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese
Shirley Temple ...
The invisible man arrives at a small English village during a snowstorm and rents a room at the local inn. He is completely covered from head to toe, wearing thick clothing, gloves, a hat and scarf that hides his entire face except for his nose. The innkeeper and a clock repairman who visits are unsettled by the mysterious stranger and his unusual insistence on remaining hidden and undisturbed.
The story follows Mr. Hooper, the minister of Milford, who begins wearing a black veil that causes speculation and isolates him from the community. As the story progresses, the veil's mystery deepens as Elizabeth, Hooper's fiancée, breaks off their engagement when he refuses to remove it. In his final moments, Hooper refuses to remove the veil, claiming that all people wear veils over their sins. He dies with the veil on, leaving its meaning ambiguous.
The document discusses the Sabra and Shatila massacres that occurred in 1982 when the Phalange militia attacked Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut, killing over 3,500 civilians. It then discusses a project to collect narratives and stories from Lebanese and Palestinian women about their experiences during the Lebanese Civil War, as there are gaps in knowledge and resources about women's lives during this period. Excerpts are included from novels that discuss the impacts of war and violence on women and communities.
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Katherine Mansfield
Miss Brill
Although it was so brilliantly fine - the blue sky powdered with gold and great spots of light like white wine splashed over the Jardins Publiques - Miss Brill was glad that she had decided on her fur. The air was motionless, but when you opened your mouth there was just a faint chill, like a chill from a glass of iced water before you sip, and now and again a leaf came drifting - from nowhere, from the sky. Miss Brill put up her hand and touched her fur. Dear little thing! It was nice to feel it again. She had taken it out of its box that afternoon, shaken out the moth-powder, given it a good brush, and rubbed the life back into the dim little eyes. "What has been happening to me?" said the sad little eyes. Oh, how sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown! ... But the nose, which was of some black composition, wasn't at all firm. It must have had a knock, somehow. Never mind - a little dab of black sealing-wax when the time came - when it was absolutely necessary ... Little rogue! Yes, she really felt like that about it. Little rogue biting its tail just by her left ear. She could have taken it off and laid it on her lap and stroked it. She felt a tingling in her hands and arms, but that came from walking, she supposed. And when she breathed, something light and sad - no, not sad, exactly - something gentle seemed to move in her bosom.
There were a number of people out this afternoon, far more than last Sunday. And the band sounded louder and gayer. That was because the Season had begun. For although the band played all the year round on Sundays, out of season it was never the same. It was like some one playing with only the family to listen; it didn't care how it played if there weren't any strangers present. Wasn't the conductor wearing a new coat, too? She was sure it was new. He scraped with his foot and flapped his arms like a rooster about to crow, and the bandsmen sitting in the green rotunda blew out their cheeks and glared at the music. Now there came a little "flutey" bit - very pretty! - a little chain of bright drops. She was sure it would be repeated. It was; she lifted her head and smiled.
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Only two people shared her "special" seat: a fine old man in a velvet coat, his hands clasped over a huge carved walking-stick, and a big old woman, sitting upright, with a roll of knitting on her embroidered apron. They did not speak. This was disappointing, for Miss Brill always looked forward to the conversation. She had become really quite expert, she thought, at listening as though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives just for a minute while they talked round her.
She glanced, sideways, at the old couple. Perhaps they would go soon. Last Sunday, too, hadn't been as interesting as usual. An Englishman and his wife, he wearing a dreadful Panama hat and she button boots. And she'd gone on the whole time about how she ought to wear spectac ...
Get ready for a delightful blend of travelogue, storytelling, and humour - from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Travel with us to Knossos Palace, Crete, and beyond as we share our tales and experiences through a refreshingly different lens.
A melange of storytelling, travel and humour.
Enjoy the musings of a would-be- professor of ethics.
Follow our loved-up couple on their absurd and very tragic story set in Crete.
Get to know Alex - a college kid trying to survive among the undead in NYC.
Dive into a travelogue about Knossos Palace in Crete.
1. A young man finds a beautiful woman who was cursed to be a snake living in a forest. He takes her home to marry her, unaware of her true nature.
2. The man's mother recognizes that the woman is actually a snake and warns her son, but he refuses to believe her. They live unhappily together, with the snake-woman tormenting the old mother.
3. With the help of magical brownies, the mother discovers a way to prove the wife's true nature, revealing she has a snake's tongue. The son remains unwilling to accept this, forcing his mother to leave her home.
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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
By Katherine Anne Porter
(1930)
She flicked her wrist neatly out of Doctor Harry’s pudgy careful fingers and pulled the sheet up to her chin. The brat ought to be in knee breeches. Doctoring around the country with spectacles on his nose! “Get along now. Take your schoolbooks and go. There’s nothing wrong with me.”
Doctor Harry spread a warm paw like a cushion on her forehead where the forked green vein danced and made her eyelids twitch. “Now, now, be a good girl, and we’ll have you up in no time.”
“That’s no way to speak to a woman nearly eighty years old just because she’s down. I’d have you respect your elders, young man.”
“Well, Missy, excuse me.” Doctor Harry patted her cheek. “But I’ve got to warn you, haven’t I? You’re a marvel, but you must be careful or you’re going to be good and sorry.”
“Don’t tell me what I’m going to be. I’m on my feet now, morally speaking. It’s Cornelia. I had to go to bed to get rid of her.”
Her bones felt loose, and floated around in her skin, and Doctor Harry floated like a balloon around the foot of the bed. He floated and pulled down his waistcoat, and swung his glasses on a cord. “Well, stay where you are, it certainly can’t hurt you.”
“Get along and doctor your sick,” said Granny Weatherall. “Leave a well woman alone. I’ll call for you when I want you…Where were you forty years ago when I pulled through milk-leg and double pneumonia? You weren’t even born. Don’t let Cornelia lead you on,” she shouted, because Doctor Harry appeared to float up to the ceiling and out. “I pay my own bills, and I don’t throw my money away on nonsense!”
She meant to wave good-by, but it was too much trouble. Her eyes closed of themselves, it was like a dark curtain drawn around the bed. The pillow rose and floated under her, pleasant as a hammock in a light wind. She listened to the leaves rustling outside the window. No, somebody was swishing newspapers: no, Cornelia and Doctor Harry were whispering together. She leaped broad awake, thinking they whispered in her ear.
“She was never like this, never like this!” “Well, what can we expect?” “Yes, eighty years old…”
Well, and what if she was? She still had ears. It was like Cornelia to whisper around doors. She always kept things secret in such a public way. She was always being tactful and kind. Cornelia was dutiful; that was the trouble with her. Dutiful and good: “So good and dutiful,” said Granny, “that I’d like to spank her.” She saw herself spanking Cornelia and making a fine job of it.
“What’d you say, mother?”
Granny felt her face tying up in hard knots.
“Can’t a body think, I’d like to know?”
“I thought you might like something.”
“I do. I want a lot of things. First off, go away and don’t whisper.”
She lay and drowsed, hoping in her sleep that the children would keep out and let her rest a minute. It had been a long day. Not that she was tired. It was a.
Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914.[1] They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment where a character experiences a life-changing self-understanding or illumination. Many of the characters in Dubliners later appear in minor roles in Joyce's novel Ulysses.[2] The initial stories in the collection are narrated by child protagonists, and as the stories continue, they deal with the lives and concerns of progressively older people. This is in line with Joyce's tripartite division of the collection into childhood, adolescence and maturity.
This document is an excerpt from Agatha Christie's novel The Burden. It provides background on the Franklin family and their two children, Charles and Laura. Charles, the older child, was attractive, charming and brought the parents joy. Laura was a quiet, well-behaved child but felt like an "anti-climax" compared to Charles. She resented not receiving as much love and attention. The excerpt establishes Laura's feelings of jealousy towards the new baby who seems to be replacing Charles in her mother's affections.
Nellie arrives in Egypt to continue her adventure and search for mystical gems. She meets with Fatima Amin, who tells her the Ruby of Sakhara may be found from the relic merchant Fahad Madbouli. Nellie has an unpleasant encounter with Fahad, but obtains information about the Ruby. She then witnesses an old woman charming snakes and decides to learn this skill, which may help cure mummy's curses. Nellie realizes she needs to return to France to continue her mission.
The document introduces Doctor Frank Lucifer, the leader of the German science department working on a secret operation. He has a traumatic phone call from a distressed girl in the middle of the night. The next morning, he finds his kitchen destroyed and cat dead in a pool of blood. That night, the girl calls again and reveals she killed his cat, and hints that Lucifer's sister may still be alive. Lucifer demands answers but the call abruptly ends, leaving him traumatized.
Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. The novel touches on themes such as the role of women in Victorian culture, sexual conventions, immigration, colonialism, and post-colonialism. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations.
you will evaluate the history of cryptography from its origins. Ana.docxmattjtoni51554
you will evaluate the history of cryptography from its origins. Analyze how cryptography was used and describe how it grew within history. Look at reasons why cryptography was used and how it developed over the years. Was it used or implemented differently in varying cultures?
need it in two pages.
No plagarism
.
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You will do this project in a group of 5 or less. Each group or individual will sign up to present on a public health issue and intervention of their choice. They will provide background information on the public health issue and explain why it is relevant and/or prevalent. They will also determine if some of the factors discussed throughout the course (i.e. urbanization, vulnerable populations, health disparities, social determinants of health, public health ethics, health literacy, etc.) were major factors in the development and implementation of the intervention that they choose to highlight. The groups or individuals will prepare a presentation of their information as well as a paper to depict their findings. The presentation can be in any form including, but not limited to, a PowerPoint presentation, a Prezi, a website, a video recording, etc.
My assigned part.
vulnerable populations Morolake
health disparities Morolake
social determinants of health, public health ethics Morolake
PPT
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WAS USED TO FORMULATE THE COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN
3 slides excluding the references
.
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you will discuss the use of a tool for manual examination of a phone:
Example tools used
Hardware tools
1.Project-A-Phone
2. Fernico ZRT
3. Eclipse Screen Capture Tool
4.Cellebrite USB camera
Software solution tools
1. ScreenHunter
2. Snagit
Select one of the tools mentioned in the text and describe the tools functionality and process used in an examination of a device.
Using the Internet, research the web for an article related to the tool and answer the following questions:
What are some of the advantages or disadvantages of the tool?
Discuss the tools setup
Appraise the value of the tool in gathering evidence for the prosecution
.
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you will discuss sexuality, popular culture and the media. What is social and sexual norms? What would you consider the ideal sexual behavior and pattern with regards to sexuality and society? Be sure to use your textbook as a reference and submit your initial posting with citations and references at a minimum of 200 words by Thursday.
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You will discuss assigned questions for the Module/Week.
· Answers to questions must be supported with research and citations. It is not unusual, for instance, to have 3–4 citations per paragraph in doctoral-level research.
· Remember also that writing a research paper, especially at the doctoral-level, requires you to weave in ideas from numerous sources and then in turn synthesizing those ideas to create fresh insights and knowledge.
Specifics:
· 10-12 pages of content, double-spaced
· Must include citations from all readings and presentations for the assigned module (including the Fischer presentations and readings) and at least 15 scholarly sources
· Must include Biblical integration (the Fischer sources will help to that end)
· Current APA format
Module/Week 5 Essay
Discuss the following:
· Define governance.
· What are some of the connotations of the term governance as well?
· What is meant by “good” governance?
· Provide a Biblical perspective on governance in the public administration context.
Essay Paper Grading Rubric
Criteria
Levels of Achievement
Content
(70%)
Advanced
94-100%
Proficient
88-93%
Developing
1-87%
Not present
Total
Content
42.5 to 45 points
:
· Thoroughly answers each assigned question.
· Provides a well-reasoned synthesis of key ideas.
39.5 to 42 points
:
· Answers each assigned question.
· Provides some synthesis of key ideas.
1 to 39 points
:
· Fails to answer one or more questions.
· Largely fails to provide a meaningful synthesis of key ideas.
0 points
Not present
Research & Support
42.5 to 45 points
:
· Goes beyond required reading to provide an in-depth, researched discussion of the assigned questions.
· Supports assertions with research and numerous citations from all required reading, presentations, and scholarly source material.
39.5 to 42 points
:
· For the most part, goes beyond required reading to provide a discussion of the assigned questions.
· For the most part, supports assertions with research and citations.
1 to 39 points
:
· Largely fails to go beyond the required reading to answer questions.
· Limited use of research and citations to support assertions.
0 points
Not present
Biblical Integration
30.5 to 32.5 points
:
Provides a nuanced discussion of Biblical concepts as related to the content and assigned questions.
28.5 to 30 points
:
For the most part, provides a discussion of Biblical concepts as related to the content and assigned questions.
1 to 28 points
:
Provides only a limited discussion of Biblical concepts as related to the content and assigned questions.
0 points
Not present
Structure (30%)
Advanced
94-100%
Proficient
88-93%
Developing
1-87%
Not present
Total
Sources & Citations
19 to 20 points:
· All required readings and presentations from the current and prior modules must be cited.
· At least 15 scholarly sources are used.
17.5 to 18.5 points:
· Most of the required readings and present.
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Community Data Collection Survey – THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN TO COMPLETE YOUR FINAL PAPER. Community Data Collection Survey
Collect relevant data about your community covering the required areas in the survey tool. References are required to support the data. The final part of the Survey is your summary of the identified gap/ need that will be the focus of a targeted public health nursing intervention in your Community Assessment Project. The Data Assessment Form is in Course Resources in Modules. The form is a tool to assist you collect your data and information.
This is a scholarly paper with appropriate use of tables (see APA Manual for how to format and label tables).
Utilize the resources and web sites located in Course Resources in Canvas. In addition, Community Health Assessments are usually published by your county and/ city with relevant information. The data is usually based on county and/ city information. You can also look at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation information on public health issues that may be applicable to your area. Many resources are provided in Course Resources as a starting point for your data collection. DO NOT Submit the tool... this is a paper.
NUR 4636C Community Health Nursing Assessment Tool v2-1.docx
PAPER CONTENT:
Community Being Assessed
Vital Statistics
Births
Deaths
Causes of mortality and morbidity
Leading infectious diseases
Number of healthy days
3. Social Determinants of Health
Access to health care
Housing
Employment
Environment -Water and Air quality, pollution
Safety- police, fire
Education systems
Recreation
Government role in health access/ provision
Issue/ need identified.
includes at least 5 references from current peer-reviewed nursing journals and /or textbook or reliable education, government or organizational website.
This is for the Lee county area.
.
You will develop a comprehensive literature search strategy. After r.docxmattjtoni51554
You will develop a comprehensive literature search strategy. After reviewing Chapter 5 in
How To Do A Systematic Literature Review In Nursing: A Step-By-Step Guide
(Bettany-Saltikov, 2012), address the following:
Identify each step involved in the comprehensive literature search strategy
Outline each step as it applies to your capstone
Next, you will locate two existing scholarly articles that are Attached and show evidence of (1) properly paraphrasing and citing the abstract, and (2) directly quoting two sentences from the abstract
(with proper attribution). Be sure to include a reference list that corresponds with your general citation and direct quote citation. You do
not
need a title page.
Please keep in mind that I am looking for evidence of understanding the difference between properly
paraphrasing conten
t and a
direct quote
. Both require its respective in-text citation.
In two diferent paragraph give your personal opinion to Jordan Paltani and Felita Daniel-sacagiu
Jordan Paltani
Write What is Right
Each step involved in the comprehensive literature search strategy include evaluating references to help find ideas of sources to use, searching by hand to avoid bias, reading “grey” conference proceedings and/or PhD theses, and contacting authors to get access to unpublished literature.
Each step as it applies to my capstone would be first looking at references from the online article
Study: the kidney shortage kills more than 40,000 people a year
, searching in library books starting with organ donation and leading to the shortage of organs, finding doctors who specialize in kidney transplant and see what their PhD thesis was based up, and contacting Dr. Pasavento who wrote the article
Facing Organ Donor Shortage, Patients Forced to Get Creative
.
The article
The Organ Shortage Crisis in America : Incentives, Civic Duty, and Closing the Gap
discusses how the cadaveric kidney donors are becoming insufficient to meet the needs of those in need of a transplant. The author states
“Nearly 120,000 people are in need of healthy organs in the United States (Flescher, 2018).”
It explains how they are trying to increase living donors to donate to those in need either related or unrelated (Flescher, 2018). The author states,
“Every ten minutes a new name is added to the list, while on average twenty people die each day waiting for an organ to become available.”
With that being said, some ideas include paying those for their kidneys or having them just spend a day at dialysis with a patient.
The article
Relieving the kidney donor shortage
, discusses how kidney transplantation is the only treatment for kidney failure. Having a kidney transplant is cheaper than dialysis, which is only a Band-Aid for kidney failure. Financial incentives are currently an idea to have the amount of living donors increase. This can be beneficial for both the donor and the recipient. The autho.
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You will develop a formal information paper that addresses the legal basis of current Department of Homeland Security jurisdiction, mission, and responsibilities. You will need to specifically analyze hazards, to include manmade or technological and naturally occurring hazards, and terrorism, domestic and foreign, in the information paper.
You are an action officer in your local jurisdiction's Office of Homeland Security. This is a recently created office. As a medium-size jurisdiction, the city manager's office has dual responsibilities in many of the leadership and management positions. This is often referred to as being dual-hatted. The chief of police has been assigned as the director of the Office of Homeland Security for the city. She has no prior experience or knowledge of the requirements involved in homeland security and has asked you to provide a formal report on the topic. The chief intends to share this report with other office managers, city department heads, the city manager, and the elected officials of the city (mayor and city council).
Your report is an information paper and should be formatted as such. The report should address the following items:
The legal basis of current Department of Homeland Security jurisdiction, mission, and responsibilities
Legal definitions of hazards, to include manmade or technological and naturally occurring hazards
Legal definitions of terrorism, domestic and foreign
Review of state law and statutes (using your home or residency state) as it applies to hazards
Review of state law and statutes (using your home or residency state) as it applies to terrorism
Summarize your top 5 key points
Provide any recommendations that you may have to your city's leadership concerning homeland security issues
Reference all source material and citations using APA 6th edition
.
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You will design a patient education tool that can be used by nurses for teaching patients
using computer applications
. You will then present your tool to the class and explain the purpose, how you created it, reasoning for your choice of applications, and provide current evidence of the effectiveness of this patient education. This presentation is 5-10 minutes.
Assignment File(s)
Patient Education Project and Presentation
[Word Document]
Rubric
NM 208 Patient Education Project Tool
NM 208 Patient Education Project ToolCriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUse of Computer Applications
20.0
to >17.0
ptsHigh ProficiencyCreative, innovative, effective use of computer applications17.0
to >14.0
ptsModerately High ProficiencyEffective use of computer applications14.0
to >10.0
ptsProficient PointsIneffective use of computer use of applications10.0
to >0
ptsLow-Level Proficiency/Non-ProficientLacking use of computer applications
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization
20.0
to >17.0
ptsHigh ProficiencyExtremely well organized; logical format that was easy to follow; flowed smoothly from one idea to another and cleverly conveyed; the organization enhanced the effectiveness of the project17.0
to >14.0
ptsModerately High ProficiencyWell organized; logical format that was easy to follow; flowed smoothly from one idea to another and conveyed; the organization enhanced the effectiveness of the project14.0
to >10.0
ptsProficient PointsSomewhat organized; ideas were not presented coherently and transitions were not always smooth, which at times distracted the audience10.0
to >0
ptsLow-Level Proficiency/Non-ProficientChoppy and confusing; format was difficult to follow transitions of ideas were abrupt and seriously distracted the audience
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent Accuracy
20.0
to >17.0
ptsHigh Proficiency100 % of the facts are accurate17.0
to >14.0
ptsModerately High Proficiency99-90% of the facts are accurate14.0
to >10.0
ptsProficient Points89-80% of the facts are accurate10.0
to >0
ptsLow-Level Proficiency/Non-ProficientFewer than 80% of facts are accurate
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResearch
20.0
to >17.0
ptsHigh ProficiencyWent above and beyond to research information; solicited material in addition to what was provided; brought in personal ideas and information to enhance project; and utilized variety of resources to make project effective17.0
to >14.0
ptsModerately High ProficiencyDid a very good job of researching; utilized materials provided to their full potential; solicited adequate resources to enhance project; at time took the initiative to find information outside of school.14.0
to >10.0
ptsProficient PointsUsed the material provided in an acceptable manner, but did not consult any additional resources10.0
to >0
ptsLow-Level Proficiency/Non-ProficientDid not utilize resources effectively.
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3 slides excluding the references
.
you will discuss the use of a tool for manual examination of a .docxmattjtoni51554
you will discuss the use of a tool for manual examination of a phone:
Example tools used
Hardware tools
1.Project-A-Phone
2. Fernico ZRT
3. Eclipse Screen Capture Tool
4.Cellebrite USB camera
Software solution tools
1. ScreenHunter
2. Snagit
Select one of the tools mentioned in the text and describe the tools functionality and process used in an examination of a device.
Using the Internet, research the web for an article related to the tool and answer the following questions:
What are some of the advantages or disadvantages of the tool?
Discuss the tools setup
Appraise the value of the tool in gathering evidence for the prosecution
.
you will discuss sexuality, popular culture and the media. What is .docxmattjtoni51554
you will discuss sexuality, popular culture and the media. What is social and sexual norms? What would you consider the ideal sexual behavior and pattern with regards to sexuality and society? Be sure to use your textbook as a reference and submit your initial posting with citations and references at a minimum of 200 words by Thursday.
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You will discuss assigned questions for the ModuleWeek. · Answe.docxmattjtoni51554
You will discuss assigned questions for the Module/Week.
· Answers to questions must be supported with research and citations. It is not unusual, for instance, to have 3–4 citations per paragraph in doctoral-level research.
· Remember also that writing a research paper, especially at the doctoral-level, requires you to weave in ideas from numerous sources and then in turn synthesizing those ideas to create fresh insights and knowledge.
Specifics:
· 10-12 pages of content, double-spaced
· Must include citations from all readings and presentations for the assigned module (including the Fischer presentations and readings) and at least 15 scholarly sources
· Must include Biblical integration (the Fischer sources will help to that end)
· Current APA format
Module/Week 5 Essay
Discuss the following:
· Define governance.
· What are some of the connotations of the term governance as well?
· What is meant by “good” governance?
· Provide a Biblical perspective on governance in the public administration context.
Essay Paper Grading Rubric
Criteria
Levels of Achievement
Content
(70%)
Advanced
94-100%
Proficient
88-93%
Developing
1-87%
Not present
Total
Content
42.5 to 45 points
:
· Thoroughly answers each assigned question.
· Provides a well-reasoned synthesis of key ideas.
39.5 to 42 points
:
· Answers each assigned question.
· Provides some synthesis of key ideas.
1 to 39 points
:
· Fails to answer one or more questions.
· Largely fails to provide a meaningful synthesis of key ideas.
0 points
Not present
Research & Support
42.5 to 45 points
:
· Goes beyond required reading to provide an in-depth, researched discussion of the assigned questions.
· Supports assertions with research and numerous citations from all required reading, presentations, and scholarly source material.
39.5 to 42 points
:
· For the most part, goes beyond required reading to provide a discussion of the assigned questions.
· For the most part, supports assertions with research and citations.
1 to 39 points
:
· Largely fails to go beyond the required reading to answer questions.
· Limited use of research and citations to support assertions.
0 points
Not present
Biblical Integration
30.5 to 32.5 points
:
Provides a nuanced discussion of Biblical concepts as related to the content and assigned questions.
28.5 to 30 points
:
For the most part, provides a discussion of Biblical concepts as related to the content and assigned questions.
1 to 28 points
:
Provides only a limited discussion of Biblical concepts as related to the content and assigned questions.
0 points
Not present
Structure (30%)
Advanced
94-100%
Proficient
88-93%
Developing
1-87%
Not present
Total
Sources & Citations
19 to 20 points:
· All required readings and presentations from the current and prior modules must be cited.
· At least 15 scholarly sources are used.
17.5 to 18.5 points:
· Most of the required readings and present.
You will develop a proposed public health nursing intervention to me.docxmattjtoni51554
You will develop a proposed public health nursing intervention to meet an identified need and/ or gap in your own community. This must be within the scope of the staff level public health/ community health nurse. (Note: you cannot propose building facilities or purchasing a mobile health van). The intervention should demonstrate your application of previous learning in the program related to process improvement and evidence based nursing practice. Quality peer reviewed references are required to support the need as well as the structure, elements, and evaluation of the intervention.Focus on your own local community. You will use resources found in CANVAS, FSW library, and the web to develop this project. Note that census and other epidemiological data is not available down to zip codes or census tracts in Florida- only by county and/ or city & state.
Community Data Collection Survey – THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN TO COMPLETE YOUR FINAL PAPER. Community Data Collection Survey
Collect relevant data about your community covering the required areas in the survey tool. References are required to support the data. The final part of the Survey is your summary of the identified gap/ need that will be the focus of a targeted public health nursing intervention in your Community Assessment Project. The Data Assessment Form is in Course Resources in Modules. The form is a tool to assist you collect your data and information.
This is a scholarly paper with appropriate use of tables (see APA Manual for how to format and label tables).
Utilize the resources and web sites located in Course Resources in Canvas. In addition, Community Health Assessments are usually published by your county and/ city with relevant information. The data is usually based on county and/ city information. You can also look at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation information on public health issues that may be applicable to your area. Many resources are provided in Course Resources as a starting point for your data collection. DO NOT Submit the tool... this is a paper.
NUR 4636C Community Health Nursing Assessment Tool v2-1.docx
PAPER CONTENT:
Community Being Assessed
Vital Statistics
Births
Deaths
Causes of mortality and morbidity
Leading infectious diseases
Number of healthy days
3. Social Determinants of Health
Access to health care
Housing
Employment
Environment -Water and Air quality, pollution
Safety- police, fire
Education systems
Recreation
Government role in health access/ provision
Issue/ need identified.
includes at least 5 references from current peer-reviewed nursing journals and /or textbook or reliable education, government or organizational website.
This is for the Lee county area.
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You will develop a comprehensive literature search strategy. After r.docxmattjtoni51554
You will develop a comprehensive literature search strategy. After reviewing Chapter 5 in
How To Do A Systematic Literature Review In Nursing: A Step-By-Step Guide
(Bettany-Saltikov, 2012), address the following:
Identify each step involved in the comprehensive literature search strategy
Outline each step as it applies to your capstone
Next, you will locate two existing scholarly articles that are Attached and show evidence of (1) properly paraphrasing and citing the abstract, and (2) directly quoting two sentences from the abstract
(with proper attribution). Be sure to include a reference list that corresponds with your general citation and direct quote citation. You do
not
need a title page.
Please keep in mind that I am looking for evidence of understanding the difference between properly
paraphrasing conten
t and a
direct quote
. Both require its respective in-text citation.
In two diferent paragraph give your personal opinion to Jordan Paltani and Felita Daniel-sacagiu
Jordan Paltani
Write What is Right
Each step involved in the comprehensive literature search strategy include evaluating references to help find ideas of sources to use, searching by hand to avoid bias, reading “grey” conference proceedings and/or PhD theses, and contacting authors to get access to unpublished literature.
Each step as it applies to my capstone would be first looking at references from the online article
Study: the kidney shortage kills more than 40,000 people a year
, searching in library books starting with organ donation and leading to the shortage of organs, finding doctors who specialize in kidney transplant and see what their PhD thesis was based up, and contacting Dr. Pasavento who wrote the article
Facing Organ Donor Shortage, Patients Forced to Get Creative
.
The article
The Organ Shortage Crisis in America : Incentives, Civic Duty, and Closing the Gap
discusses how the cadaveric kidney donors are becoming insufficient to meet the needs of those in need of a transplant. The author states
“Nearly 120,000 people are in need of healthy organs in the United States (Flescher, 2018).”
It explains how they are trying to increase living donors to donate to those in need either related or unrelated (Flescher, 2018). The author states,
“Every ten minutes a new name is added to the list, while on average twenty people die each day waiting for an organ to become available.”
With that being said, some ideas include paying those for their kidneys or having them just spend a day at dialysis with a patient.
The article
Relieving the kidney donor shortage
, discusses how kidney transplantation is the only treatment for kidney failure. Having a kidney transplant is cheaper than dialysis, which is only a Band-Aid for kidney failure. Financial incentives are currently an idea to have the amount of living donors increase. This can be beneficial for both the donor and the recipient. The autho.
You will develop a formal information paper that addresses the l.docxmattjtoni51554
You will develop a formal information paper that addresses the legal basis of current Department of Homeland Security jurisdiction, mission, and responsibilities. You will need to specifically analyze hazards, to include manmade or technological and naturally occurring hazards, and terrorism, domestic and foreign, in the information paper.
You are an action officer in your local jurisdiction's Office of Homeland Security. This is a recently created office. As a medium-size jurisdiction, the city manager's office has dual responsibilities in many of the leadership and management positions. This is often referred to as being dual-hatted. The chief of police has been assigned as the director of the Office of Homeland Security for the city. She has no prior experience or knowledge of the requirements involved in homeland security and has asked you to provide a formal report on the topic. The chief intends to share this report with other office managers, city department heads, the city manager, and the elected officials of the city (mayor and city council).
Your report is an information paper and should be formatted as such. The report should address the following items:
The legal basis of current Department of Homeland Security jurisdiction, mission, and responsibilities
Legal definitions of hazards, to include manmade or technological and naturally occurring hazards
Legal definitions of terrorism, domestic and foreign
Review of state law and statutes (using your home or residency state) as it applies to hazards
Review of state law and statutes (using your home or residency state) as it applies to terrorism
Summarize your top 5 key points
Provide any recommendations that you may have to your city's leadership concerning homeland security issues
Reference all source material and citations using APA 6th edition
.
You will design a patient education tool that can be used by nurses .docxmattjtoni51554
You will design a patient education tool that can be used by nurses for teaching patients
using computer applications
. You will then present your tool to the class and explain the purpose, how you created it, reasoning for your choice of applications, and provide current evidence of the effectiveness of this patient education. This presentation is 5-10 minutes.
Assignment File(s)
Patient Education Project and Presentation
[Word Document]
Rubric
NM 208 Patient Education Project Tool
NM 208 Patient Education Project ToolCriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUse of Computer Applications
20.0
to >17.0
ptsHigh ProficiencyCreative, innovative, effective use of computer applications17.0
to >14.0
ptsModerately High ProficiencyEffective use of computer applications14.0
to >10.0
ptsProficient PointsIneffective use of computer use of applications10.0
to >0
ptsLow-Level Proficiency/Non-ProficientLacking use of computer applications
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization
20.0
to >17.0
ptsHigh ProficiencyExtremely well organized; logical format that was easy to follow; flowed smoothly from one idea to another and cleverly conveyed; the organization enhanced the effectiveness of the project17.0
to >14.0
ptsModerately High ProficiencyWell organized; logical format that was easy to follow; flowed smoothly from one idea to another and conveyed; the organization enhanced the effectiveness of the project14.0
to >10.0
ptsProficient PointsSomewhat organized; ideas were not presented coherently and transitions were not always smooth, which at times distracted the audience10.0
to >0
ptsLow-Level Proficiency/Non-ProficientChoppy and confusing; format was difficult to follow transitions of ideas were abrupt and seriously distracted the audience
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent Accuracy
20.0
to >17.0
ptsHigh Proficiency100 % of the facts are accurate17.0
to >14.0
ptsModerately High Proficiency99-90% of the facts are accurate14.0
to >10.0
ptsProficient Points89-80% of the facts are accurate10.0
to >0
ptsLow-Level Proficiency/Non-ProficientFewer than 80% of facts are accurate
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResearch
20.0
to >17.0
ptsHigh ProficiencyWent above and beyond to research information; solicited material in addition to what was provided; brought in personal ideas and information to enhance project; and utilized variety of resources to make project effective17.0
to >14.0
ptsModerately High ProficiencyDid a very good job of researching; utilized materials provided to their full potential; solicited adequate resources to enhance project; at time took the initiative to find information outside of school.14.0
to >10.0
ptsProficient PointsUsed the material provided in an acceptable manner, but did not consult any additional resources10.0
to >0
ptsLow-Level Proficiency/Non-ProficientDid not utilize resources effectively.
You will design a patient education tool that can be used by nur.docxmattjtoni51554
You will design a patient education tool that can be used by nurses for teaching patients
using computer applications.
You will then present your tool to the class and explain the purpose, how you created it, reasoning for your choice of applications, and provide current evidence of the effectiveness of this patient education. This presentation is 5-10 minutes.
DUE DATE:
Total Points: 200
Patient Education Project Tool Rubric - 100 points
Points
18-20
14-17
10-16
0
Comments
Use of Computer Applications
Creative, innovative, effective use of computer applications
Effective use of computer applications
Ineffective use of computer use of applications
Lacking use of computer applications
Organization
Extremely well organized; logical format that was easy to follow; flowed smoothly from one idea to another and cleverly conveyed; the organization enhanced the effectiveness of the project
Well organized; logical format that was easy to follow; flowed smoothly from one idea to another and conveyed; the organization enhanced the effectiveness of the project
Somewhat organized; ideas were not presented coherently and transitions were not always smooth, which at times distracted the audience
Choppy and confusing; format was difficult to follow transitions of ideas were abrupt and seriously distracted the audience
Content Accuracy
100 % of the facts are accurate
99-90% of the facts are accurate
89-80% of the facts are accurate
Fewer than 80% of facts are accurate
Research
Went above and beyond to research information; solicited material in addition to what was provided; brought in personal ideas and information to enhance project; and utilized variety of resources to make project effective
Did a very good job of researching; utilized materials provided to their full potential; solicited adequate resources to enhance project; at time took the initiative to find information outside of school.
Used the material provided in an acceptable manner, but did not consult any additional resources
Did not utilize resources effectively; did little or no fact gathering on the topic
Creativity
Was extremely clever and presented with originality; a unique approach that truly enhanced the project
Was clever at times; thoughtfully and uniquely presented
Added a few original touches to enhance the project but did not incorporate them throughout
Little creative energy used during this project; was bland, predictable, and lacked “zip”
Patient Education Project Class Presentation Rubric: 100 points
Points
18-20
14-17
10-13
5-9
0-4
Comments
Voice
Speaker uses appropriate pitch, volume, and rate of speaking. Articulation excellent.
Hasty conversational style; does not interfere with volume or articulation. Communication is unhampered.
Low volume; hasty conversational style compromises artic.
You will create an entire Transformational Change Management Plan fo.docxmattjtoni51554
You will create an entire Transformational Change Management Plan for a medium-sized public company that has lost business to a competitor that has chosen to outsource much of its production operations. The company has been based in a small Midwestern town, it is one of the largest employers, and it has an excellent reputation for employee welfare. It is now planning to do the very same offshoring, which will involve large layoffs of long-term employees.
week 4: Communication Plan (100–150 words)
Include the following context in the communication plan:
What stakeholders require communication?
What will be communicated to them?
Who will send the communication?
What communication medium will be used?
.
You will create an Access School Management System Database that can.docxmattjtoni51554
You will create an Access School Management System Database that can be used to store, retrieve update and delete the staff/student.
Design an Access database to maintain information about school staff and students satisfying the following properties:
1. The staff should have the following: ID#, name, and classes they are teaching
2. The student should have the following: ID#, name, section, class
3. Create a module containing the section, subject and teacher information
4. Create a module containing student fee information
5. Create a module containing the instructors salary
6. Create a module with the classroom assignments (be mindful that each class/lab should not have the same information as another class)
.
You will create a 13 slide powerpoint presentation (including your r.docxmattjtoni51554
You will create a 13 slide powerpoint presentation (including your reference page) about advocating for adoption.
Be creative in developing a presentation that will highlight an issue, choice/decision, or life altering event that may impact someone's life.
You need to have at least 7 credible references
These will need to be noted within the presentation and at the end of the presentation.
.
You will create a 10 minute virtual tour of a cultural museum” that.docxmattjtoni51554
You will create a 10 minute virtual tour of a “cultural museum” that teaches your audience about a particular culture. The museum that you select must be within the United States. For example, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Ellis Island, Charles H. Wright African American Museum, etc. You will create a “virtual tour” of the museum by creating a PowerPoint presentation with at least one slide dedicated to each “room” of the museum. You must provide the history of the museum through the use of visual imagery. You might choose to display some of the objects/artifacts that would be included in the museum, audio or video clips related to the spaces, or text that might appear on the displays or signs at the museum. Be sure you have a title slide with the name of the museum you chose on it. Your final product should be very creative AND very realistic. You will have to do extensive research on the museum that you choose. Your audience should walk away from your presentation with the feeling that they have just left the museum. The audience should also gain new information about the culture that they did not know before your presentation. You will also need to submit a reference page using APA format. This should be primarily a visual tour. Please limit any text on slides to short headings and/or bullet points. I do not require any citations for images/photos.
.
You will continue the previous discussion by considering the sacred.docxmattjtoni51554
You will continue the previous discussion by considering the sacred/secular divide that is often seen within society today. After watching the presentation titled The Sacred/Secular Divide, interact with your classmates by discussing the following questions:
How does the tendency to push religion away from the public arena effect the Christian’s ability to engage culture?
What are the areas within your own life that depict the sacred/secular divide?
How can the sacred/secular divide be eliminated within your sphere of influence?
In your discussion, indicate to which of the points of the Sacred/Secular Divide you are responding throughout your post.
.
You will craft individual essays in response to the provided prompts.docxmattjtoni51554
You will craft individual essays in response to the provided prompts. You must use the current Turabian style with default margins and 12-pt Times New Roman font. For each essay, include a title page and reference page, also in current Turabian format. You must include citations to a sufficient number of appropriate scholarly sources to fully support your assertions and conclusions (which will likely require more than the minimum number of citations). Each paper must contain at least 5
7 scholarly sources
original to this paper
,
The UN— “A More Perfect Union?”
Considering the readings, video presentations, and your own research, draft a quality 6–7-page research paper on the role, legitimacy, and authority of the UN according to the following prompts, answering in a separate or integrated manner as you wish.
Identify at least 3reasons that states might defend the intrinsic legitimacy of the UN as a governing authority. In reverse, identify at least 3reasons that states might criticize its legitimacy and authority.
In short, make an argument for the limits and possibilities of the UN as a legitimate governing authority in a world of sovereign states.
What is the relationship of the UN to the current international system of states?
Considering the reasons for the creation of the UN after WWII, does it seem driven by political necessity or the political utility? In plainer English, do states need the UN more than the UN needs the states? Or do states both large and small find the UN a useful tool for improving their relative power and legitimacy vis-à-vis other states and global institutions? Is there some position in-between?
Using other sources and extra-Scholar sources (The commentaries, teachings, other writings, etc.) to inform your own reasoning, comment on the compatibility with the idea of
World Government
. [
Attention
: The Instructor does not view the question as rhetorical, nor the answer self-evident. So, reason carefully.] For example, if the logic of collective action under the
Articles of Confederation
—the logic of state sovereignty—failed to secure American liberties as well as the ‘more perfect union’, the new Constitution established by the Framers in 1787 to replace it, effectively requiring states to cede sovereignty to a larger collective authority, why would the same logic of collective action not justify the UN as a ‘more perfect union’ to replace an anarchic system of sovereign states putting the world at risk in a nuclear age?
.
You will complete the Aquifer case,Internal Medicine 14 18-year.docxmattjtoni51554
You will complete the Aquifer case,
Internal Medicine 14: 18-year-old female for pre-college physical
,
focusing on the
“Revisit three months later”
for this assignment.
After completing the Aquifer case, you will present the case and supporting evidence in a PowerPoint presentation with the following components:
Slide 1: Title, Student Name, Course, Date
Slide 2: Summary or synopsis of Judy Pham's case
Slide 3: HPI
Slide 4: Medical History
Slide 5: Family History
Slide 6: Social History
Slide 7: ROS
Slide 8: Examination
Slide 9: Labs (In-house)
Slide 10: Primary Diagnosis and 3 Differential Diagnoses – ranked in priority
Primary Diagnosis should be supported by data in the patient’s history, exam, and lab results.
Slide 11: Management Plan: medication (dose, route, frequency), non-medication treatment, tests ordered, education, follow-up/referral.
Slide 12-16: An evaluation of 5 evidence-based articles applicable to Ms. Pham’s case: evaluate 1 article per slide.
Include title, author, and year of article
Brief summary/purpose of the study
How did the study support Ms. Pham’s case?
Course texts will not count as a scholarly source. If using data from websites you must go back to the literature source for the information; no secondary sources are allowed, e.g. Medscape, UptoDate, etc.
Slide 17: Reference List
You will submit the PowerPoint presentation in the
Submissions Area by the due date assigned. Name your Case Study Presentation SU_NSG6430_W7_A2_lastname_firstinitial.doc
.
You will complete the Aquifer case,Internal Medicine 14 18-.docxmattjtoni51554
You will complete the Aquifer case,
Internal Medicine 14: 18-year-old female for pre-college physical
,
focusing on the
“Revisit three months later”
for this assignment.
After completing the Aquifer case, you will present the case and supporting evidence in a PowerPoint presentation with the following components:
Slide 1: Title, Student Name, Course, Date
Slide 2: Summary or synopsis of Judy Pham's case
Slide 3: HPI
Slide 4: Medical History
Slide 5: Family History
Slide 6: Social History
Slide 7: ROS
Slide 8: Examination
Slide 9: Labs (In-house)
Slide 10: Primary Diagnosis and 3 Differential Diagnoses – ranked in priority
Primary Diagnosis should be supported by data in the patient’s history, exam, and lab results.
Slide 11: Management Plan: medication (dose, route, frequency), non-medication treatment, tests ordered, education, follow-up/referral.
Slide 12-16: An evaluation of 5 evidence-based articles applicable to Ms. Pham’s case: evaluate 1 article per slide.
Include title, author, and year of article
Brief summary/purpose of the study
How did the study support Ms. Pham’s case?
Course texts will not count as a scholarly source. If using data from websites you must go back to the literature source for the information; no secondary sources are allowed, e.g. Medscape, UptoDate, etc.
Slide 17: Reference List
You will submit the PowerPoint presentation in the
Submissions Area by the due date assigned. Name your Case Study Presentation SU_NSG6430_W7_A2_lastname_firstinitial.doc
.
You will complete several steps for this assignment.Step 1 Yo.docxmattjtoni51554
You will complete several steps for this assignment.
Step 1:
You will become familiar with an assessment tool (AChecker) to examine Web accessibility for a couple Web sites. This is a freely available tool that you can learn about by reviewing the tutorial found
here
.
Step 2:
Select two Web sites that are somewhat similar in functionality. Find one that you think is good and one that you think is bad. Whether or not the Web site is good or bad is based upon your own personal perspective.
Step 3:
Examine the Web sites regarding your suggestions as to how they might be improved.
Step 4:
Create a PowerPoint presentation that includes 10–12 slides with voice recording that presents your recommended improvements. Discuss the good and bad factors of each Web site. Discuss how a sample task is supported on each of the Web sites. Describe how the Web site can be redesigned or revised to achieve better results.
The requirements for the presentation are as follows:
Title slide
Introduction to the 2 Web sites
Comparison of the 2 Web sites
A summary of AChecker's findings for each site
Explanation of how to improve the sample task
Listing of recommended improvements
Information regarding anticipated localization and globalization factors
Summary and conclusions
At least 3–5 references
Be sure to consider the following:
Patterns
Wizards
Interactivity
Animation
Transitions
.
You will compile a series of critical analyses of how does divorce .docxmattjtoni51554
You will compile a series of critical analyses of "how does divorce effect the wellness of children?" through the four general education lenses: history, humanities, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences. Using the four lenses, explain "how does divorce effect the wellness of children?" within wellness has or has not influenced modern society.
.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 InventoryCeline George
In this slide, we'll explore how to set up warehouses and locations in Odoo 17 Inventory. This will help us manage our stock effectively, track inventory levels, and streamline warehouse operations.
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
it describes the bony anatomy including the femoral head , acetabulum, labrum . also discusses the capsule , ligaments . muscle that act on the hip joint and the range of motion are outlined. factors affecting hip joint stability and weight transmission through the joint are summarized.
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE 2004–051RevelationFro.docx
1. PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE 2004–05
1
Revelation
From, Everything That Rises Must Converge
By Flannery O’Connor
The Doctor’s waiting room, which was very small, was almost
full when
the Turpins entered and Mrs. Turpin, who was very large, made
it look
even smaller by her presence. She stood looming at the head of
the
magazine table set in the center of it, a living demonstration
that the
room was inadequate and ridiculous. Her little bright black eyes
took
in all the patients as she sized up the seating situation. There
was one
vacant chair and a place on the sofa occupied by a blond child
in a
dirty blue romper who should have been told to move over and
make
2. room for the lady. He was five or six, but Mrs. Turpin saw at
once that
no one was going to tell him to move over. He was slumped
down in
the seat, his arms idle at his sides and his eyes idle in his head;
his nose
ran unchecked.
Mrs. Turpin put a firm hand on Claud's shoulder and said in a
voice
that included anyone who wanted to listen, "Claud, you sit in
that chair
there," and gave him a push down into the vacant one. Claud
was florid
and bald and sturdy, somewhat shorter than Mrs. Turpin, but he
sat
down as if he were accustomed to doing what she told him to.
Mrs. Turpin remained standing. The only man in the room
besides
Claud was a lean stringy old fellow with a rusty hand spread out
on
each knee, whose eyes were closed as if he were asleep or dead
or
pretending to be so as not to get up and offer her his seat. Her
3. gaze
PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE 2004–05
2
settled agreeably on a well-dressed grey-haired lady whose eyes
met
hers and whose expression said: if that child belonged to me, he
would
have some manners and move over-there's plenty of room there
for
you and him too.
Claud looked up with a sigh and made as if to rise.
"Sit down," Mrs. Turpin said. "You know you're not supposed to
stand
on that leg. He has an ulcer on his leg," she explained.
Claud lifted his foot onto the magazine table and rolled his
trouser leg
up to reveal a purple swelling on a plump marble white calf.
"My!" the pleasant lady said. "How did you do that?"
"A cow kicked him," Mrs. Turpin said.
"Goodness!" said the lady.
4. Claud rolled his trouser leg down.
"Maybe the little boy would move over," the lady suggested, but
the
child did not stir.
"Somebody will be leaving in a minute," Mrs. Turpin said. She
could
not understand why a doctor-with as much money as they made
charging five dollars a day to just stick their head in the
hospital door
and look at you-couldn't afford a decent-sized waiting room.
This one
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was hardly bigger than a garage. The table was cluttered with
limp-
looking magazines and at one end of it there was a big green
glass
ashtray full of cigarette butts and cotton wads with little blood
spots on
them. If she had had anything to do with the running of the
place, that
5. would have been emptied every so often. There were no chairs
against
the wall at the head of the room. It had a rectangular-shaped
panel in it
that permitted a view of the office where the nurse came and
went and
the secretary listened to the radio. A plastic fern, in a gold pot
sat in the
opening and trailed its fronds down almost to the floor. The
radio was
softly playing gospel music.
Just then the inner door opened and a nurse with the highest
stack of
yellow hair Mrs. Turpin had ever seen put her face in the crack
and
called for the next patient. The woman sitting beside Claud
grasped the
two arms of her chair and hoisted herself up; she pulled her
dress free
from her legs and lumbered through the door where the nurse
had
disappeared.
Mrs. Turpin eased into the vacant chair, which held her tight as
6. a
corset. "I wish I could reduce," she said, and rolled her eyes and
gave a
comic sigh.
"Oh, you aren't fat," the stylish lady said.
"Ooooo I am too," Mrs. Turpin said. "Claud he eats all he wants
to and
never weighs over one hundred and seventy-five pounds, but me
I just
look at something good to eat and I gain some weight," and her
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stomach and shoulders shook with laughter. "You can eat all
you want
to, can't YOU, Claud?" she asked, turning to him.
Claud only grinned.
"Well, as long as you have such a good disposition," the stylish
lady
said, "I don't think it makes a bit of difference what size you
are. You
7. just can't beat a good disposition."
Next to her was a fat girl of eighteen or nineteen, scowling into
a thick
blue book which Mrs. Turpin saw was entitled Human
Development.
The girl raised her head and directed her scowl at Mrs. Turpin
as if she
did not like her looks. She appeared annoyed that anyone should
speak
while she tried to read. The poor girl's face was blue with acne
and Mrs.
Turpin thought how pitiful it was to have a face like that at that
age.
She gave the girl a friendly smile but the girl only scowled the
harder.
Mrs. Turpin herself was fat but she had always had good skin,
and,
though she was forty-seven years old, there was not a wrinkle in
her
face except around her eyes from laughing too much.
Next to the ugly girl was the child, still in exactly the same
position, and
next to him was a thin leathery old woman in a cotton print
dress. She
8. and Claud had three sacks of chicken feed in their pump house
that
was in the same print. She had seen from the first that the child
belonged with the old woman. She could tell by the way they
sat- kind
of vacant and white-trashy, as if they would sit there until
Doomsday if
nobody called and told them to get up. And at right angles but
next to
the well-dressed pleasant lady was a lank-faced woman who was
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certainly the child's mother. She had on a yellow sweatshirt and
wine-
colored slacks, both gritty-looking, and the rims of her lips
were
stained with snuff. Her dirty yellow hair was tied behind with a
little
piece of red paper ribbon. Worse than niggers any day, Mrs.
Turpin
thought.
9. The gospel hymn playing was, "When I looked up and He
looked
down," and Mrs. Turpin, who knew it, supplied the last line
mentally,
"And wona these days I know I'll we-eara crown.
Without appearing to, Mrs. Turpin always noticed people's feet.
The
well-dressed lady had on red and grey suede shoes to match her
dress.
Mrs. Turpin had on her good black patent -leather pumps. The
ugly girl
had on Girl Scout shoes and heavy socks. The old woman had
on
tennis shoes and the white-trashy mother had on what appeared
to be
bedroom slippers, black straw with gold braid threaded through
them-
exactly what you would have expected her to have on.
Sometimes at night when she couldn't go to sleep, Mrs. Turpin
would
occupy herself with the question of who she would have chosen
to be if
she couldn't have been herself. If Jesus had said to her before he
10. made
her, "There's only two places available for you. You can either
be a
nigger or white trash," what would she have said? "Please,
Jesus,
please," she would have said, "Just let me wait until there's
another
place available," and he would have said, "No, you have to go
right
now", and I have only those two places so make up your mind."
She
would have wiggled and squirmed and begged and pleaded but it
would have been no use and finally she would have said, "All
right,
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make me a nigger then-but that don't mean a trashy one." And
he
would have made her a near clean respectable Negro woman,
herself
but black.
11. Next to the child's mother was a redheaded youngish woman,
reading
one of the magazines and working a piece of chewing gum, hell
for
leather, as Claud would say. Mrs. Turpin could not see the
woman's
feet. She was not white trash, just common. Sometimes Mrs.
Turpin
occupied herself at night naming the classes of people. On the
bottom
of the heap were most colored people, not the kind she would
have
been if she had been one, but most of them; then next to them --
not
above, just away from -- were the white-trash; then above them
were
the home-owners, and above them the home-and-land owners, to
which she and Claud belonged, Above she and Claud were
people with
a lot of money and much bigger houses and much more land.
But here
the complexity of it would begin to bear in on her, for some of
the
people with a lot of money were common and ought to be below
12. she
and Claud and some of the people who had good blood had lost
their
money and had to rent and then there some colored people who
owned their homes and land as well. There was a colored dentist
in
town who had two red Lincoln’s and a swimming pool and a
farm with
registered whiteface cattle on it. Usually by the time she had
fallen
asleep all the classes of people were moiling and roiling around
in her
head, and she would dream they were all crammed in together in
a box
car, being ridden off to be put in a gas oven.
"That's a beautiful clock," she said and nodded to her right. It
was a big
wall clock, the face encased in a brass sunburst.
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"Yes, it's very pretty," the stylish lady said agreeably. "And
13. right on the
dot too," she added, glancing at her watch.
The ugly girl beside her cast an eye upward at the clock,
smirked, then
looked directly at Mrs. Turpin and smirked again. Then she
returned
her eyes to her book. She was obviously the lady's daughter
because,
although they didn't look anything alike as to disposition, they
both
had the same shape of face and the same blue eyes. On the lady
they
sparkled pleasantly but in the girl's scared face they appeared
alternately to smolder and to blaze.
What if Jesus had said, "All right, you can be white-trash or a
nigger or
ugly"!
Mrs. Turpin felt an awful pity for the girl, though she thought it
was one
thing to be ugly and another to act ugly.
The woman with the snuff-stained lips turned around in her
chair and
14. looked up at the clock. Then she turned back and appeared to
look a
little to the side of Mrs. Turpin. There was a cast in one of her
eyes.
"You want to know where you can get you one of them there
clocks?"
she asked in a loud voice.
No , I already have a nice clock," Mrs. Turpin said. Once
somebody like
her got a leg in the conversation, she would be all over it.
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"You can get you one with green stamps," the woman said.
"That's
most likely where he got hisn. Save you up enough, you can get
you
most anythang. I got me some joo’ry.”
Ought to have got you a wash rag and some soap, Mrs. Turpin
thought.
"I get contour sheets with mine," the pleasant lady said.
The daughter slammed her book shut. She looked straight in
15. front of
her, directly through Mrs. Turpin and on through the yellow
curtain
and the plate glass window which made the wall behind her. The
girl's
eyes seemed lit all of a sudden with a peculiar light, an
unnatural light
like night road signs give. Mrs. Turpin turned her head to see if
there
was anything going on outside that she should see, but she
could not
see anything. Figures passing cast only a pate shadow through
the
curtain. There was no reason the girl should single her out for
her ugly
looks.
"Miss Finley," the nurse said, cracking the door. The gum-
chewing
woman got up and passed in front of her and Claud and went
into the
office. She had on red high-heeled shoes.
Directly across the table, the ugly girl's eyes were fixed on Mrs.
Turpin
16. as if she had some very special reason for disliking her.
"This is wonderful weather, isn't it?" the girl's mother said.
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“It's good weather for cotton if you can get the niggers to pick
it," Mrs.
Turpin said, "but niggers don't want to pick cotton any more.
You can't
get the white folks to pick it and now you can't get the niggers
because
they got to be right up there with the white folks."
"They gonna try anyways," the white-trash woman said, leaning
forward.
"Do you have one of those cotton-picking machines?" the
pleasant
lady asked.
"No," Mrs. Turpin said, "they leave half the cotton in the field.
We
don't have much cotton anyway. If you want to make it farming
now,
17. you have to have a little of everything. We got a couple of acres
of
cotton and a few hogs and chickens and just enough white-face
that
Claud can look after them himself
"One thang I don't want," the white-trash woman said, wiping
her
mouth with the back of her hand. "Hogs. Nasty stinking things,
a-
gruntin and a-rootin all over the place."
Mrs. Turpin gave her the merest edge of her attention. "Our
hogs are
not dirty and they don't stink," she said. "They're cleaner than
some
children I've seen. Their feet never touch the ground. We have a
pig-
parlor- that's where you raise them on concrete," she explained
to the
pleasant lady, "and Claud scoots them down with the hose every
afternoon and washes off the floor." Cleaner by far than that
child right
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there, she thought. Poor nasty little thing. He had not moved
except to
put the thumb of his dirty hand into his mouth.
The woman turned her face away from Mrs. Turpin. "I know I
wouldn't
scoot down no hog with no hose," she said to the wall.
You wouldn't have no hog to scoot down, Mrs. Turpin said to
herself.
"A-gruntin and a-rootin and a-groanin," the woman muttered.
"We got a little of everything," Mrs. Turpin said to the pleasant
lady.
"It's no use in having more than you can handle yourself with
help like
it is. We found enough niggers to pick our cotton this year but
Claud he
has to go after them and take them home'again in the evening.
They
can't walk that half a mile. No they can't. I tell you," she said
and
laughed merrily, "I sure am tired of butter'ing up niggers, but
you got
19. to love em if you want em to work for you. When they come in
the
morning, I run out and I say, “How yal this morning?' and when
Claud
drives them off to the field I just wave to beat the band and they
just
wave back." And she waved her hand rapidly to illustrate.
"Like you read out of the same book," the lady said, showing
she
understood perfectly.
"Child, yes," Mrs. Turpin said. "And when they come in from
the field, I
run out with a bucket of ice water. That's the way it's going to
be from
now on," she said. "You may as well face it."
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"One thang I know," the white-trash woman said. "Two thangs I
ain't
going to do: love no niggers or scoot down no hog with no
hose." And
20. she let out a bark of contempt.
The look that Mrs. Turpin and the pleasant lady exchanged
indicated
they both understood that you had to have certain things before
you
could know certain things. But every time Mrs. Turpin
exchanged a
look with the lady, she was aware that the ugly girl's peculiar
eyes were
still on her, and she had trouble bringing her attention back to
the
conversation.
"When you got something," she said, "you got to look after it."
And
when you ain't got a thing but breath and britches, she added to
herself, you can afford to come to town every morning and just
sit on
the Court House coping and spit.
A grotesque revolving shadow passed across the curtain behind
her
and was thrown palely on the opposite wall. Then a bicycle
clattered
down against the outside of the building. The door opened and a
21. colored boy glided in with a tray from the drug store. It had two
large
red and white paper cups on it with tops on them. He was a tall,
very
black boy in discolored white pants and a green nylon shirt. He
was
chewing gum slowly, as if to music. He set the tray down in the
office
opening next to the fern and stuck his head through to look for
the
secretary. She was not in there. He rested his arms on the ledge
and
waited, his narrow bottom stuck out, swaying slowly to the left
and
right. He raised a hand over his head and scratched the base of
his
skull.
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"You see that button there, boy?" Mrs. Turpin said. "You can
punch
22. that and she'll come. She's probably in the back somewhere."
"Is thas right?" the boy said agreeably, as if he had never seen
the
button before. He leaned to the right and put his finger on it.
"She
sometime out," he said and twisted around to face his audience,
his
elbows behind him on the counter. The nurse appeared and he
twisted
back again. She handed him a dollar and he rooted in his pocket
and
made the change and counted it out to her. She gave him fifteen
cents
for a tip and he went out with the empty tray. The heavy door
swung to
slowly and closed at length with the sound of suction. For a
moment
no one spoke.
"They ought to send all them niggers back to Africa," the white
trash
woman said. “That's wher they come from in first place."
"Oh, I couldn't do without my good colored friends," the
pleasant lady
23. said.
"There's a heap of things worse than a nigger," Mrs. Turpin
agreed.
"It's all kinds of them just like it's all kinds of us."
"Yes, and it takes all kinds to make the world go round," the
lady said in
her musical voice.
As she said it, the raw-complexioned girl snapped her teeth
together.
Her lower lip turned downwards and inside out, revealing the
pale pink
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inside of her mouth. After a second it rolled back up. It was the
ugliest
face Mrs. Turpin had ever seen anyone make and for a moment
she
was certain that the girl had made it at her. She was looking at
her as if
she had known and disliked her all her life-all of Mrs. Turpin's
life, it
24. seemed too, not just all the girl's life. Why, girl, I don't even
know you,
Mrs. Turpin said silently.
She forced her attention back to the discussion. "It wouldn't be
practical to send them back to Africa," she said. "They wouldn't
want
to go. They got it too good here."
"Wouldn't be what they wanted-if I had anythang to do with it,"
the
woman said.
"It wouldn't be a way in the world you could get all the niggers
back
over there," Mrs. Turpin said. "They'd be hiding out and lying
down
and turning sick on you and wailing and hollering and raring
and
pitching. It wouldn't be a way in the world to get them over
there."
"They got over here," the trashy woman said. "Get back like
they got
over."
"It wasn't so many of them then," Mrs. Turpin explained.
25. The woman looked at Mrs. Turpin as if here was an idiot indeed
but
Mrs. Turpin was not bothered by the look, considering where it
came
from.
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"Nooo," she said, "they're going to stay here where they can go
to New
York and marry white folks and improve their color. That's what
they
all want to do, every one of them, improve their color."
"You know what comes of that, don't you?" Claud asked.
"No, Claud, what?" Mrs. Turpin said.
Claud's eyes twinkled. "White-faced niggers," he said with
never a
smile.
Everybody in the office laughed except the white-trash and the
ugly
girl. The girl gripped the book in her lap with white fingers.
The trashy
26. woman looked around her from face to face as if she thought
they were
all idiots. The old woman in the feed sack dress continued to
gaze
expressionless across the floor at the high-top shoes of the man
opposite her, the one who had been pretending to be asleep
when the
Turpins came in. He was laughing heartily, his hands still
spread out
on his knees. The child had fallen to the side and was lying now
almost
face down in the old woman's lap.
While they recovered from their laughter, the nasal chorus on
the radio
kept the room from silence.
“You go to blank blank
And I'll go to mine
But we'll all blank along
To-geth-ther,
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And all along the blank
We'll help each-other out
Smile-ling in any kind of Weath-ther!"
Mrs. Turpin didn't catch every word but she caught enough to
agree
with the spirit of the song and it turned her thoughts sober. To
help
anybody out that needed it was her philosophy of life. She never
spared
herself when she found somebody in need, whether they were
white or
black, trash or decent. And of all she had to be thankful for, she
was
most thankful that this was so. If Jesus had said, "You call be
high
society and have all the money you want and be thin and svelte-
like,
but you can't be a good woman with it," she would have had to
say,
"Well don't make me that then. Make me a good woman and it
don’t
28. matter what else, how fat or how ugly or how poor!" Her heart
rose. He
had not made her a nigger or white-trash or ugly! He had made
her
herself and given her a little of everything. Jesus, thank you!
she said.
Thank you thank you! Whenever she counted her blessings she
felt as
buoyant as if she weighed one hundred and twenty five pounds
instead of one hundred and eighty.
"What's wrong with your little boy?" the pleasant lady asked the
white-
trashy woman.
"He has a ulcer," the woman said proudly. "He ain’t give me a
minute's
peace since he was born. Him and her are just alike," she said,
nodding
at the old woman, who was running her leathery fingers through
the
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29. child's pale hair. "Look like I can't get nothing down them two
but Co'
Cola and candy."
That's all you try to get down em Mrs. Turpin said to herself.
Too lazy
to light the fire. There was nothing you could tell her about
people like
them that she didn't know already. And it was not just that they
didn't
have anything. Because if you gave them everything, in two
weeks it
would all be broken or filthy or they would have chopped it up
for
lightwood. She knew all this from her own experience. Help
them you
must, but help them you couldn't.
All at once the ugly girl turned her lips inside out again. Her
eyes were
fixed like two drills on Mrs. Turpin. This time there was no
mistaking
that there was something urgent behind them.
Girl, Mrs. Turpin exclaimed silently, I haven't done a thing to
you! The
30. girl might be confusing her with somebody else. There was no
need to
sit by and let herself be intimidated.
"You must be in college," she said boldly, looking directly at
the girl. "I
see you reading a book there."
The girl continued to state and pointedly did not answer.
Her mother blushed at this rudeness. "The lady asked you a
question,
Mary Grace," she said under her breath.
"I have ears," Mary Grace said.
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The poor mother blushed again. "Mary Grace goes to Wellesley
College," she explained. She twisted one of the buttons on her
dress.
"In Massachusetts, she added with a grimace. "And in the
summer she
just keeps right on studying. Just reads all the time, a real book
worm.
31. She's done real well at Wellesley; she's taking English and Math
and
History and Psychology and Social Studies," she rattled on "and
I think
it’s too much. I think she ought to get out and have fun."
The girl looked as if she would like to hurl them all through the
plate
glass window.
"Way up north," Mrs. Turpin murmured and thought, well, it
hasn’t
done much for her manners.
"I'd almost rather to have him sick," the white-trash woman
said,
wrenching the attention back to herself. “He’s so mean when he
ain’t.
Look like some children just take natural to meanness. It's some
gets
bad when they get sick but, he was the opposite. Took sick and
turned
good. He don't give me no trouble now. It's me waitin to see the
doctor," she said.
If I was going to send anybody back to Africa, Mrs. Turpin
thought, it
32. would be your kind, woman. "Yes, indeed," she said aloud, but
looking
up at the ceiling, "It's a heap of things worse than a nigger."
And dirtier
than a hog, she added to herself
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"I think people with bad dispositions are more to be pitied than
anyone on earth," the pleasant lady said in a voice that was
decidedly
thin.
"I thank the Lord he has blessed me with a good one," Mrs.
Turpin
said. "The day has never dawned that I couldn't find something
to
laugh at."
"Not since she married me anyways," Claud said with a comical
straight face.
Everybody laughed except the girl and the white trash.
33. Mrs. Turpin's stomach shook. "He's such a caution,” she said,
"that I
can't help but laugh at him."
The girl made a loud ugly noise through her teeth.
Her mother's mouth grew thin and tight. "I think the worst thing
in the
world," she said, "is an ungrateful person. To have everything
and not
appreciate it. I know a girl," she said, "who has parents who
would give
her anything, a little brother who loves her clearly, who is
getting a
good education, who wears the best clothes, but who can never
say a
kind word to anyone, who never smiles, who just criticizes and
complains all day long."
"Is she too old to paddle?" Claud asked.
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The girl's face was almost purple.
34. "Yes," the lady said, "I'm afraid there's nothing to do but leave
her to
her folly. Some day she’ll wake up and it'll be too late."
"It never hurt anyone to smile," Mrs. Turpin said. "It just makes
you
feel better all own"
"Of course," the lady said sadly, "but there are just some people
you
can't tell anything to. They can't take criticism."
"If it's one thing I am," Mrs. Turpin said with feeling, "It's
grateful.
When I think who all I could have been besides myself and what
all I
got, a little of everything, and a good disposition besides, I just
feel like
shouting, 'Thank you, Jesus, for making everything the way it
is!' It
could have been different!" For one thing, somebody else could
have
got Claud. At the thought of this, she was flooded with gratitude
and a
terrible pang of joy ran through her. "Oh thank you, Jesus,
Jesus, thank
35. you!" she cried aloud.
The book struck her directly, over her left eye. It struck almost
at the
same instant that she realized the girl was about to hurl it.
Before she
could utter a sound, the raw face came crashing across the table
toward her, howling. The girl's fingers sank like clamps the soft
flesh of
her neck. She heard the mother cry out and Claud shout,
"Whoa!"
There was an instant when she was certain that she was about to
be in
an earthquake.
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All at once her vision narrowed and she saw everything as if it
were
happening in a small room far away, or as if she were looking at
it
through the wrong end of a telescope.
Claud’s face crumpled and fell out of sight. The nurse ran in,
36. then out,
then again. Then the gangling figure of the doctor rushed out of
the
inner door. Magazines flew this way and that as the table turned
over.
The girl fell with a thud and Mrs. Turpin's vision suddenly
reversed
itself and she saw everything large instead of small. The eyes of
the
white-trashy woman were staring hugely at the floor. There the
girl,
held down on one side by the nurse and on the other by her
mother,
was wrenching and turning in their grasp. The doctor was
kneeling
astride her, trying to hold her arm down. He managed after a
second to
sink a long needle into it.
Mrs. Turpin felt entirely hollow except for her heart which
swung from
side to side as if it were agitated in a great empty drum of flesh.
"Somebody that's not busy call for the ambulance," the doctor
said in
37. the off-hand voice young doctors adopt for terrible occasions.
Mrs. Turpin could not have moved a finger. The old man who
had been
sitting next to her skipped nimbly into the office and made the
call, for
the secretary still seemed to be gone.
"Claud!" Mrs. Turpin called.
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He was not in his chair. She knew she must jump up and find
him but
she felt like someone trying to catch a train in a dream, when
everything moves in slow, motion and the faster you try to run
the
slower you go.
"Here I am," a suffocated voice, very unlike Claud's said.
He was doubled up in the corner on the floor, pale as paper,
holding
his leg. She wanted to get up and go to him but she could not
move.
38. Instead, her gaze was drawn slowly downward to the churning
face on
the floor, which she could see over the doctor's shoulder.
The girl's eyes stopped rolling and focused on her. They seemed
a
much lighter blue than before, as if a door that had been tightly
closed
behind them was now open to admit light and air.
Mrs. Turpin's head cleared and her power of motion returned.
She
leaned forward until she was looking directly into the fierce
brilliant
eyes. There was no doubt in her mind that the girl did know her,
know
her in some intense and personal way, beyond time and place
and
condition. "What you got to say to me?" she asked hoarsely and
held
her breath, waiting, as for a revelation.
The girl raised her head. Her gaze locked with Mrs. Turpin's.
"Go back
to hell where you came from, you old wart hog," she whispered.
Her
39. voice was low but clear. Her eyes burned for a moment as if she
saw
with pleasure that her message had struck its target.
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Mrs. Turpin sank back in her chair.
After a moment the girl's eyes closed and she turned her head
wearily
to the side.
The doctor rose and handed the nurse the empty syringe. He
leaned
over and put both hands for a moment on the mother's
shoulders,
which were shaking. She was sitting on the floor, her lips
pressed
together, holding Mary Grace's hand in her lap. The girl's
fingers were
gripped like a baby 's around her thumb. "Go on to the
hospital," he
said. "I’ll call and make the arrangements."
"Now let's see that neck," he said in a jovial voice to Mrs.
40. Turpin. He began to inspect her neck with his first two fingers.
Two
little moon-shaped lines like pink fish bones were
indented over her windpipe. There was the beginning of an
angry red swelling above her eye. His fingers passed over this
also.
'Lea' me be," she said thickly and shook him off. "See about
Claud. She
kicked him."
"I'll see about him in a minute," he said and felt her pulse. He
was a
thin grey-haired man, given to pleasantries. "Go home and have
yourself a vacation the rest of the day," he said and patted her
on the
shoulder.
Quit your pattin me, Mrs. Turpin growled to herself.
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"And put an ice pack over that eye," he said. Then he went and
41. squatted down beside Claud and looked at his leg. After a
moment he
pulled him up and Claud limped after him into the office.
Until the ambulance came, the only sounds in the room were the
tremulous moans of the girl's mother, who continued to sit on
the
floor. The white-trash woman did not take her eyes off the girl.
Mrs.
Turpin looked straight ahead at nothing. Presently the
ambulance
drew up, a long dark shadow, behind the curtain. The attendants
came
in and set the stretcher down beside the girl and lifted her
expertly
onto it and carried her out. The nurse helped the mother gather
up her
things. The shadow of the ambulance moved silently -away and
the
nurse came back in the office.
"That there girl is going to be a lunatic, ain’t she?" the white-
trash
woman asked the nurse, but the nurse kept on to the back and
never
42. answered her.
"Yes, she's going to be a lunatic," the white-trash woman said to
the
rest of them.
"Po' critter," the old woman murmured. The child's face was
still in her
lap. His eyes looked idly out over her knees. He had not moved
during
the disturbance except to draw one leg up under him.
“I thank Gawd," the white-trash woman said fervently, "I ain't a
lunatic."
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Claud came limping out and the Turpins went home.
As their pick-up truck turned into their own dirt road and made
the
crest of the hill, Mrs. Turpin gripped the window ledge and
looked out
suspiciously. The land sloped gracefully down through a field
dotted
43. with lavender weeds and at the start of the rise their small
yellow frame
house, with its little flower beds spread out around it like a
fancy
apron, sat primly in its accustomed place between two giant
hickory
trees. She would not have been startled to see a burnt wound
between
two blackened chimneys.
Neither of them felt like eating so they put on their house
clothes and
lowered the shade in the bedroom and lay down, Claud with his
leg on
a pillow and herself with a damp washcloth over her eye. The
instant
she was flat on her back, the image of a razor-backed hog with
warts on
its face and horns coming out behind its ears snorted into her
head.
She moaned, a low quiet moan.
"I am not," she said tearfully, "a wart hog. From hell." But the
denial
had no force. The girl's eyes and her words, even the tone of her
44. voice,
low but clear, directed only to her, brooked no repudiation. She
had
been singled out for the message, though there was trash in the
room
to whom it might justly have been applied. The full force of this
fact
struck her only now. There was a woman there who was
neglecting her
own child but she had been overlooked. The message had been
given
to Ruby Turpin, a respectable, hardworking, church-going
woman. The
tears dried. Her eyes began to burn instead with wrath.
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She rose on her elbow and the washcloth fell into her hand.
Claud was
lying on his back, snoring. She wanted to tell him what the girl
had
said. At the same time, she did not wish to put the image of
herself as a
45. wart hog from hell into his mind.
"Hey, Claud," she muttered and pushed his shoulder.
Claud opened one pale baby blue eye.
She looked into it warily. He did not think about anything.
“Wha, whasit?" he said and closed the eye again.
"Nothing," she said. "Does your leg pain you?"
"Hurts like hell," Claud said
"It'll quit terreckly," she said and lay back down. In a moment
Claud
was snoring again. For the rest of the afternoon they lay there.
Claud
slept. She scowled at the ceiling. Occasionally she raised her
fist and
made a small stabbing motion over her chest as if she was
defending
her innocence to invisible guests who were like the comforters
of Job,
reasonable-seeming but wrong.
About five-thirty Claud stirred. "Got to go after those niggers,"
he
sighed, not moving.
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She was looking straight up as if there were unintelligible hand
writing
on the ceiling. The protuberance over her eye had turned a
greenish-
blue. "Listen here," she said.
"What?"
"Kiss me."
Claud leaned over and kissed her loudly on the mouth. He
pinched her
side and their hands interlocked. Her expression of ferocious
concentration did not change. Claud got up, groaning and
growling,
and limped off. She continued to study the ceiling.
She did not get up until she heard the pick-up truck coming
back with
the Negroes. Then she rose and thrust her feet in her brown
oxfords,
which she did not bother to lace, and stumped out onto the back
47. porch
and got her red plastic bucket. She emptied a tray of ice cubes
into it
and filled it half full of water and went out into the back yard.
Every afternoon after Claud brought the hands in, one of the
boys
helped him put out hay and the rest waited in the back of the
truck
until he was ready to take them home. The truck was parked in
the
shade under one of the hickory trees.
"Hi yawl this evening," Mrs. Turpin asked grimly, appearing
with the
bucket and the dipper. There were three woman and a boy in the
truck.
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"Us doin nicely," the oldest woman said. "Hi you doin?" and her
gaze
stuck immediately on the dark lump on Mrs. Turpin's forehead.
"You
48. done fell down, ain't you?" she asked in a solicitous voice. The
old
woman was dark and almost toothless. She had on an old felt
hat of
Claud's set back on her head. The other two women were
younger and
lighter and they both had new bright green sun hats. One of
them had
hers on her head; the other had taken hers off and the boy was
grinning
beneath it.
Mrs. Turpin set the bucket down on the floor of the truck.
"Yawl hep
yourselves," she said. She looked around to make sure Claud
had gone.
"No. I didn't fall down," she said, folding her arms. "It was
something
worse than that."
"Ain't nothing bad happen to YOU!" the old ,woman said. She
said it as
if they, all knew that Mrs. Turpin was protected in some special
way by
Divine Providence. "You just had you a little fall."
49. "We were 'in town at the doctor's office for where the cow
kicked Mr.
Turpin," Mrs. Turpin said in a flat tone that indicated they
could leave
off their foolishness. "And there was this girl there. A big fat
girl with
her face all broke out. I could look at that girl and tell she was
peculiar
but I couldn't tell how. And me and her mama were just talking
and
going along and all of a sudden WHAM! She throws this big
book she
was reading at me and ...”
"Naw!" the old woman cried out.
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"And then she jumps over the table and commences to choke
me."
"Naw!" they all exclaimed, "naw!"
"Hi come she do that?" the old woman asked. "What ail her?"
Mrs. Turpin only glared in front of her.
50. "Somethin ail her," the old woman said.
"They carried her off in an ambulance," Mrs. Turpin continued,
"but
before she went she was rolling on the floor and they were
trying to
hold her down to give her a shot and she said something to me."
She
paused. " You know what she said to me?"
"What she say," they asked.
"She said," Mrs. Turpin began, and stopped, her face very dark
and
heavy. The sun was getting whiter and whiter, blanching the sky
overhead so that the leaves of the hickory tree were black in the
face of
it. She could not bring forth the words. "Something real ugly,"
she
muttered.
"She sho shouldn't said nothin ugly, to you," the old woman
said. "You
so sweet. You the sweetest lady I know."
"She pretty too," the one with the hat on said.
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"And stout," the other one said. "I never knowed no sweeter
white
lady."
"That's the truth befo' Jesus," the old woman said. "Amen! You
des as
sweet and pretty as you can be."
Mrs. Turpin knew just exactly how much Negro flattery was
worth and
it added to her rage. "She said," she began again and finished
this time
with a fierce rush of breath, "that I was an old wart hog from
hell."
There was an astounded silence.
"Where she at?" the youngest woman cried in a piercing voice.
"Lemme see her. I'll kill her!"
"I'll kill her with you!" the other one cried.
"She b’long in the sylum" the old woman said emphatically.
"YOU the
52. sweetest white lady I know."
"She pretty too," the other two said. "Stout as she can be and
sweet.
Jesus satisfied with her!"
"Deed he is," the old woman declared.
Idiots! Mrs. Turpin growled to herself. YOU could never say
anything
intelligent to a nigger. YOU could talk at them but not with
them. "Yawl
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ain't drunk your water," she said shortly. "Leave the bucket in
the
truck when you're finished with it. I got more to do than just
stand
around and pass the time of day," and she moved off and into
the
house.
She stood for a moment in the middle of the kitchen. The dark
protuberance over her eye looked like a miniature tornado cloud
which
53. might any moment sweep across the horizon of her brow. Her
lower lip
protruded dangerously. She squared her massive shoulders.
Then she
marched into the front of the house and out the side door and
started
down the road to the pig parlor. She had the look of a woman
going
single-handed, weaponless, into battle.
The sun was a deep yellow now like a harvest moon and was
riding
westward very fast over the far tree line as if it meant to catch
the hogs
before she did. The road was rutted and she kicked several
good-sized
stones out of her path as she strode along. The pig parlor was on
a little
knoll at the end of a lane that ran off from the side of the barn.
It was a
square of concrete as large as a small room, with a board fence
about
four feet high around it. The concrete floor sloped slightly so
that the
54. hog wash could drain off into a trench where it was carried to
the field
for fertilizer. Claud was standing on the outside, on the edge of
the
concrete, hanging onto the top board, hosing down the floor
inside.
The hose was connected to the faucet of a water trough nearby.
Mrs. Turpin climbed up beside him and glowered down at the
hogs
inside. There were seven long-snouted bristly shoats in it-tan
with
liver-colored spots-and an old sow a few weeks off from
farrowing. She
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was lying on her side grunting. The shoats were running about
shaking
themselves like idiot children, their little slit pig eyes searching
the
floor for anything left. She had read that pigs were the most
intelligent
animal. She doubted it. They were supposed to be smarter than
55. dogs.
There had even been a pig astronaut. He had performed his
assignment perfectly but died of a heart attack afterwards
because they
left him in his electric suit, sitting upright throughout his
examination
when naturally, a hog should be on all fours.
A-gruntin and a-rootin and a-groanin.
"Gimme that hose," she said, yanking it away from Claud. "Go
on and
carry, them niggers home and then get off that leg.”
"You look like you might have swallowed a mad dog," Claud
observed,
but he got down and limped off. He paid no attention to her
humors.
Until he was out of earshot, Mrs. Turpin stood on the side of the
pen,
holding the hose and pointing the stream of water at the hind
quarters
of any shoat that looked as if it might try to lie down. When he
had had
time to get over the hill, she turned her head slightly and her
wrathful
56. eyes scanned the path. He was nowhere in sight. She turned
back again
and seemed to gather herself up. Her shoulders rose and she
drew in
her breath.
"What do you send me a message like that for?" she said in
a low fierce voice, barely above a whisper but with the force
of a shout in its concentrated fury. "How am I a hog and me
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both? How am I saved and from hell too?" Her free fist was
knotted and with the other she gripped the hose, blindly
pointing the stream of water in and out of the eye of the old
sow whose outraged squeal she did not hear.
The pig parlor commanded a view of the back pasture
where their twenty beef cows were gathered around the hay-
bales Claud and the boy had put out. The freshly cut pasture
sloped down to the highway. Across it was their cotton field
57. and beyond that a dark green dusty wood which they owned
as well. The sun was behind the wood, very red, looking
over the paling of trees like a farmer inspecting his own
hogs.
"Why me?" she rumbled. "It's no trash around here, black or
white,
that I haven't given to. And break my back to the bone every
day
working. And do for the church.”
She appeared to be the right size woman to command the arena
before
her. "How am I a hog? she demanded. "Exactly how am I like
them?"
and she jabbed the stream of water at the shoats. "There was
plenty of
trash there. It didn't have to be me.
"If you like trash better, go get yourself some trash then," she
railed.
"You could have made me trash. Or a nigger. If trash is what
you
wanted, why didn't you make me trash?" She shook her fist with
the
58. hose in it' and a watery snake appeared momentarily in the air.
"I
could quit working and take it easy and be filthy," she growled.
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"Lounge about the sidewalks all day drinking root beer. Dip
snuff and
spit in every puddle and have it all over my face. I could be
nasty.
“Or you could have made me a nigger. It's too late for me to be
a
nigger,” she said with deep sarcasm, “but I could act like one.
Lay
down in the middle of the road and stop traffic. Roll on the
ground.’
In the deepening light everything was taking on a mysterious
hue. The
pasture was growing a particular glassy green and the streak of
the
highway had turned lavender. She braced herself for a final
assault and
59. this time her voice rolled out over the pasture. “Go on,” she
yelled, “call
me a hog! Call me a hog again. From hell. Call me a wart hog
from hell.
Put that bottom rail on top. There’ll still be a top and bottom!”
A garbled echo returned to her.
A final surge of fury shook her and she roared, "Who do you
think you
are?"
The color of everything, field and crimson sky, burned for a
moment
with a transparent intensity. The question carried over the
pasture and
across the highway and the cotton field and returned to her
clearly, like
an answer from beyond the wood.
She opened her mouth but no sound came out of it.
A tiny truck, Claud's, appeared on the highway, heading rapidly
out of
sight. Its gears scraped thinly. It looked like a child's toy. At
any
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moment a bigger truck might smash into it and scatter Claud's
and the
niggers' brains all over the road.
Mrs. Turpin stood there, her gaze fixed on the highway, all
her muscles rigid, until in five or six minutes the truck
reappeared,
returning. She waited until it had had time to turn
into their own road. Then like a monumental statue coming
to life, she bent her head slowly and gazed, as if through the
very heart of mystery, down into the pig parlor at the hogs.
They had settled all in one corner around the old sow who
was grunting softly. A red glow suffused them. They appeared
to pant
with a secret life.
Until the sun slipped finally behind the tree line, Mrs. Turpin
remained there with her gaze bent to them as if she were
absorbing
some abysmal life-giving knowledge. At last she lifted her head.
There
61. was only a purple streak in the sky, cutting through a field of
crimson
and leading, like an extension of the highway, into the
descending
dusk. She raised her hands from the side of the pen in a gesture
hieratic
and profound. A visionary light settled in her eyes. She saw the
streak
as a vast swinging bridge extending upward from the earth
through a
field of living fire. Upon it a vast horde of souls
were tumbling toward heaven. There were whole companies of
white
trash, clean for the first time in their lives, and bands of black
niggers in
white robes, and battalions of freaks and lunatics shouting and
clapping and leaping like frogs. And bringing up the end of the
procession was a tribe of people whom she recognized at once
as those
who , like herself and Claud, had always had a little of
everything and
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the given wit to use it right. She leaned forward to observe them
closer.
They were marching behind the others with great dignity,
accountable
as they had always been for good order and common sense and
respectable behavior. They, alone were on key. Yet she could
see by
their shocked and altered faces even their virtues were being
burned
away. She lowered hands and gripped the rail of the hog pen,
her eyes
small but fixed unblinkingly on what lay ahead. In a moment the
vision
faded but she remained where she was.
At length she got down and turned off the faucet and in her slow
way
on the darkening path to the house. In woods around her the
invisible
cricket choruses had struck up, but what she heard were the
voices of
the souls climbing upward into the starry field and shouting