Walk two moons “We never know there worth of water until the well is dry” (Creech192) Sal did not know how much she loved her home in Bybanks Kentucky, until she moved to Euclid Ohio in a city home with a small square of grass. She wanted to go back to her farm home but her farther believed that her mother was haunting the house The singing tree When Sal and her grandparents were waiting in a hospital room when they heard a familiar sound. Sal believed that it sounded like the singing tree they had in Bybanks. This was Sal’s second favorite tree in Bybank. She had a great connection with the tree Sal always believed it was a bird singing the song that it made. She loved this tree because it helped her get through hard times. One example is when Sal’s father left to find out her mother was not coming back she slept under the tree with her grandparents. It did not sing that night because the wind was not blowing therefor the tree would not sing. …show more content…
When she went outside and tried to hug it but it was too large for her to get her arms around. She got some blackberry on her shirt. Sal realized it was from her mother who was eating blackberries and must have kissed the tree. This affected Sal because after her mother left her when she was offered blackberries she didn’t want them because they reminded them of her mother. The
Joey suggested that they would go to Miss Lottie’s house. The story describes her home as, “The most ramshackle of all ramshackle homes.” They stayed their distance from Miss Lottie’s home. The home was in pieces, yet there was something special about it. The story says, “Miss Lottie’s marigolds were perhaps the strangest part of the picture.
On the actual trip to Bountiful, it was Thelma, the young lady whom Mrs. Watts exchanged memories and confidences that provided a more meaningful companionship that would last long after the trip. When Thelma was gone, it was the country Sheriff who would see through the heart of Mrs. Watts, her long desire to go home to Bountiful. The car ride to the town and the few moments outside the deserted and empty house, would be witnesses to the act of kindness and understanding of the Sheriff towards an old lady, whose only wish was to see for the last time her home in Bountiful.
Kathy's odd disappearance is haunting the reader all the way throughout the novel. Her husband?s unstable emotional being is somewhat a key to the mystery. We examine his inner thoughts and simultaneous occurrences, but we are still left guessing. There are various situations that lead to multiple possibilities of Kathy?s disappearance. Did John eat Kathy? Did she take the boat and vanish, or did John murder her, and hide her in the Lake of the Woods? These are all possible hypotheses that will be looked into and taken apart to find out what really happened to Kathy.
The two women were left in the kitchen while the men were investigating inthe crime scene. Mrs. Hale noticed the half done work in the kitchen. She hated unfinished things. For example, her unfinished kitchen that she had to leave. Therefore, she made a connection between her unfinished business and the one at hand.
She cried when it wouldn’t latch, cursing herself for not being a good mother” (59). Marisol feels like a failure of a “mother” because she cannot provide what her offspring desire and need. Innocent, on the other hand, knows exactly what they need and what Marisol has been pushing from her mind; he allows Mango to nurse from the soil of the Earth, and from there, watches plants grow up from that very spot. Although Marisol feels her own wants and needs as a mother, her not being able to provide for her “babies” ultimately causes a fracture in her mind where the dissimilarity between Mango and a regular child becomes apparent, if ever so
When Mrs Hale and Mrs. Peters first walk into Minnie Wrights house, they see how lonely and unkept her house was. The men could not understand why a woman would keep her house in that condition, but the women determine how sad and depressed Mrs. Wright was. "'I might 'a' known she needed help! I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together, and we live far apart. We all go through the same things—it's all just a different kind of the same thing! If it weren't—why do you and I underst...
Sal longed to visit her mother’s grave for quite some time, but her father refuses to take her. She believes that if she makes it to the grave by her mother’s birthday, her mother would miraculously be there for her. Sal takes a road trip with her grandparents across the United States of America. To pass the time she tells a mysterious tale about Phoebe Winterbottom. The main purpose of the trip was to go to her mother’s grave in Lewiston, Idaho. They stop at some of the major tourist destinations along the way, including The Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore, Lake Michigan, and even Yellowstone National Park. While on the trip, Sal’s grandmother, Grams, suffers from a stroke and they make an emergency trip to the hospital. Sal’s Grandfather, Gramps, tells Sal to drive to Lewiston by herself to finish the trip. On the way, traffic police stop her and explain to her that underage driving is dangerous. Sal explains to the police man that she is taking a trip to see her mom’s grave. The helpful police officer offers to take Sal to see her mom’s grave. On the trip to her mom’s grave, she realizes why her grandparents took her on this trip. They wa...
Filban said the home had a yard that was overgrown. “The trees and bushes were overgrown, and the house was dark,” Filban said. “And the windows were covered.” She and her sister slept in the front bedroom of the house. She remembers the bedroom having a large, floor-to-ceiling window. She said you could look out and see the wra...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie once said, “The higher you go, the fewer women there are.” For centuries, women have been relegated as the second-class gender, with limited access to everything from education to jobs. Nowadays, things such as the gender-pay gap, the #MeTooMovement, and the lack of women in power positions are aspects that make us wonder if women are any closer to equality. For the most part, authors write stories that are heavily influenced by their own personal experiences. This is not the exception when we’re talking about Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Mrs. Mallard’s repressed married life is a secret that she keeps to herself. She is not open and honest with her sister Josephine who has shown nothing but concern. This is clearly evident in the great care that her sister and husband’s friend Richard show to break the news of her husband’s tragic death as gently as they can. They think that she is so much in love with him that hearing the news of his death would aggravate her poor heart condition and lead to death. Little do they know that she did not love him dearly at all and in fact took the news in a very positive way, opening her arms to welcome a new life without her husband. This can be seen in the fact that when she storms into her room and her focus shifts drastically from that of her husband’s death to nature that is symbolic of new life and possibilities awaiting her. Her senses came to life; they come alive to the beauty in the nature. Her eyes could reach the vastness of the sky; she could smell the delicious breath of rain in the air; and ears became attentive to a song f...
What would you do if you had been imprisoned or captured? Would you stay calm or would you panic? In “The Cat of Bubastis.” Amuba fighting in a war with his father against Egypt, and lost. The Egyptians then took the entire kingdom of Ruba and took its inhabitants as slaves including Amuba. In “Antigone.” The main character, Antigone wishes to bury her dead brother, but her uncle, who is the king, has banned his burial because it was believed he was a traitor. Antigone defies the law, buries her brother, and is caught and thrown in prison. Both Antigone and Amuba were captured, however, both had circumstances different outcomes. Three of them are how they were captured, how they were held and how they held, and finally how they escaped.
Jane next lived at Lowood. This institution was anything but a true family unit. However, Jane sought out people to care for and who would care for her in return. Helen Burns and Miss Temple became very close to Jane. In ways like the mother of the typical family served as a moral guide and a nurturer, so too did Helen Burns, and to a certain extent Miss Temple.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Birdsong” explored the life of a young, single, Nigerian woman in a love affair with a married businessman. The young woman who is the narrator invariably portrayed herself as the victim in the story. However, a closer look at the situation reflected that the opposite in fact seems to be truer. She was the culprit.
In A Bird in the House, Margaret Laurence is able to incorporate many themes and motifs into her stories such as, war, tragedy, religion, and faith. Another theme that is also shown throughout the book is identity, both national and individual identity. National identity is defined as “ a sense of a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture, etc.” (“national identity”), while individual identity is what makes a person unique, it is what a person believes, thinks and feels. Sometimes in life identity gets mixed up and can become a confusing aspect of life. People are a product of their environment, which is a factor in shaping identity. The protagonist in the book, Vanessa MacLeod, witnesses and experiences both types of identity. She sees the influence of the Canadian national identity in her Grandfather Connor, Scottish heritage in her Grandmother MacLeod, Irish heritage in her Uncle Dan, which ultimately influence Vanessa’s personal identity.
David staggers into the kitchen of the old wooden home where his wife is washing the dishes. As she scrubs a pot he can see that she is raw with exhaustion and jittery with coffee. David holds the letter out to his wife, not wanting to meet her eyes. He stammers that it’s time to move and sell the farm, ashamed that there is no other option. When his wife lifts her head from the notice, the turmoil he was feeling was not reflected in her face.