Up for most of the night, Jake packed his gear, preparing for an early start. He hadn’t trusted Kat to stay awake, so after catching a couple of winks he traded watch. It probably wasn’t necessary. Duvall would be a fool to double back. With his wounds, he’d need doctoring, and heading to St. Joe seemed like the logical choice. For a price, a man could hitch up with a wagon traveling on the Oregon Trail. If Duvall had any smarts that’s what he’d do, but Jake had been wrong before.
He saddled the horses and glanced at Kat. He’d tried to figure her out. A woman that easy on the eyes didn’t just take off from family, but he’d made a mistake thinking he’d see her home. Hell, he couldn’t even get her to tell him where home was. She made her deal,
out his lips, trying to gather back his pride, his anger, all that thunderclap he’d first come striding in here with” (296). Furthermore, she explains with her point of view of why he wants her to come with him, “Even as he said it, I could tell he didn’t want me, didn’t want me back on the farm, didn’t want me to be reminded of her. Another part of him –the good part, if there was such a thing–might even be thinking that I’d be better of here. It was all pride now, all pride. How could he back down?” *(297). It was only because of his pride that he did not want to leave her with the Boatwright’s.
Gluckel of Hameln was a Jewish woman from Hamburg who lived in the seventeenth century. She wrote her lengthy memoirs in Yiddish. Her memoir is regarded to be one of the most important documents for European Jewish history written by a Jewish woman. The diary or the memoirs are addressed to her fourteen children. In 1690, Gluckel became a widow after the death of her husband and the memoirs were a therapeutic way to heal her wounded heart. The diary was used to take away her sad thoughts and to get her through her sadness. She states “I am not writing this book in order to preach to you, but, as I have already said, to drive away the melancholy that comes with the long nights …”However, in her diary she informs her children that the diary was not a book of morals but one to include them in her life experiences, memories and life. In her memoirs, Gluckel explains all what happened in her life. She also explains the way she directed the financial and personal destinies of her children, how she conducted her trade business with the intention of promoting the welfare of her family.
She then moves on to describe each of the characters, and in doing so, their surroundings and how they fit in: "He was cold and wet, and the best part of the day had been used up anyway. He wiped his hands on the grass and let the pinto horse take him toward home. There was little enough comfort there. The house crouched dumb and blind on the high bench in the rain. Jack's horse stood droop-necked and dismal inside the strand of rope fence, but there wasn't any smoke coming from the damned stove (28)."
...ut Jake in a confused state of his life. His love has always been the river, giving him hope, peace, friendship, brotherhood, and love. The river gave him everything but has now taken away his only brother for no reason at all. No matter how much he tries to get away from his past, the river is his life and has become his home.
She decides the time, place and the bit. Historically, society believed women’s main purpose was to please men. Some women feel the need to be submissive to their partner and engage in their advances. But, Atwood’s character Kat is far from the stereotype, as she held the title as executive of her intimate toils. There is a time and place for everything, and Kat throws that out the window. Kat makes untimely sexual advances in her affair with her married boss, Gerald. In the midst of a professional lunch. Gerald had inquired about the origin of the name “Kat”, and suggested it meant “Krazy”, she then fired a response out of context twisting playful words, to have a sexual under-tone. Furthermore, “It’s Kat as in KitKat. That’s a chocolate bar. Melts in your mouth”. She gave him her stare, quirked her mouth just a twitch. Gerald became flustered, but pushed on, (48). This is an example of Kats untimely advances, in the middle of the day, at an upscale restaurant. She decided to paint a lewd image in Gerald’s head, and had actually got him stirred
The Mother is among a family of four who lives on a small farm and takes immense pride in what interests her, however her passion does not particularly lie in her two children; James and David; nor in her husband and their interests; but instead lies within her chickens. Though chickens bring the most joy to the Mother, they are not the sole animals that live on the farm. The animal that draws the most interest from the father, James and David is their horse, Scott. At a young age, Scott was used as a working mule for the family and grew up alongside the Father and two Sons. To the father, Scott was like one of his own sons, and to James and David, Scott was like their brother; but according to the Mother, “He’s been worthless these last few years”(Macleod, 267). Ever since Scott was young, he was a burden on the Mother’s lifestyle; she never took a liking to the horse even when he served as a source of profit for the family. The Mother had never appreciated the sentimental value that Scott possessed because he had never been a particular interest to her. Once Scott had aged and was no longer able...
In the story “ Seventh Grade,” by Gary Soto , Victor, the main character was embarrassed because he does things he doesn’t usually do. Victor also learns tough love in seventh grade. One of the things Victor learns through trial and error happens when he and his friend, Michael , are in the lunchroom eating. Victor notices Michael Michael is making a weird face. “How come you’re making a face?” asked Victor. Michael replies ,“I ain’t making a face, ese. This is my face.” Then Victor was remembers that “he had read a GQ magazine that his older brother had borrowed from the Book Mobile and noticed that the male models all had the same look on their faces. They would stand, one arm around a beautiful woman, and scowl. They would sit at
In the story seventh grade By Gary Soto, Victor the main character learns how to persevere through his embarrassing moment to get closer to Teresa. This piece of writing that was stated by Mr.soto. When Victor’s English teacher called on Victor for an example of a person, place or thing, Victor stated “Teresa,”when Victor said this, automatically some of the girls giggled, They knew he had a crush on Teresa he felt himself blushing again . In addition to this sentence,it clearly shows that Mr.Soto was inferring that Victor was embarrassed by adding this sentence. “They knew he had a crush on Teresa. He felt himself blushing again.” Besides the piece of writing that is stated by Mr.Soto, there is when Victor caught Teresa eye to eye and Teresa
In the story Curt Lemon insisted the dentist pull a perfectly good tooth because I think he thought it would make up for him fainting. He felt if he got a tooth pulled it would look tough and they other guys would forget about him fainting before you got into the dentist. In the morning after having his tooth pulled O’Brien says in the story “There was some pain ,no doubt, but in the morning Curt Lemon was all smiles.” I think he is taking pride in having his tooth pulled. First Curt was too scared to go into the Dentistry field tent but as soon as his name was called he went in. Then he passed out and the other guys had to put him up on the cot to get checked. Then after he woke up he was so embarrassed about passing out that he went back
Jake breaks off his relationship with Angela. A woman scorned, she plots to make Kat think she is pregnant with Jake’s child. She also conspires with local saloon owner VICTOR RODRIGUEZ to acquire Kat’s ranch—by purchase or other means. In return, she’ll pass along any news linked to the railroad expansion coming to town.
While Addie lies dying on her corn-shuck mattress, Darl convinces Jewel to take a trip with him to pick up a load of lumber. Darl knows that Jewel is Addie's favorite child. The trip for lumber is a contrivance- Darl's way of keeping Jewel from his mother's bedside when she dies. A wheel breaks on the wagon, and before Darl and Jewel can replace it, bring the wagon home, and load Addie's body onto it for the trip to Jefferson, three days have passed. By this time, heavy rains have flooded the Yoknapatawpha River and washed out all the bridges that cross it. The river is vicious, and the Bundrens' mules drown. The wagon tips over, and. Jewel, on horseback, manages to keep the wagon and its load from drifting downstream, saving his mother’s decomposing body. When the family finally makes it through the ordeal, they spend the night at the Gillespies' farm. Darl sets fire to the barn where Addie's body is stored in an effort to spare his mother. However, Jewel once again saves her coffin with a heroic act.
...hat it was not Jake! But he could not because Jake himself did not want that happened. His only option to help Jake is find a bunch
They left by the sunrise and managed to make it far from their houses. All went fine until Jake suddenly screamed… He had fell from a steep and hurt his ankle.
Kendall went further into house, wondering if the dairy was there. If it was in the city, she should have felt an echo. She felt out for the dairy with every other step and listened for the police with the
Back in the carriage, Emma does her best to stay poised. “That is not Charles” She said to herself continually. The man on the black horse drew closer; she could hear the sound of the horse’s hooves hit the ground in a thunderous rage. She leaned out the window to yell her husband’s name, as the horseman passed by he locked eyes with Emma then looked back up and rode on. Emma set back with a sigh of relief, as the carriage rolled into the town. She told the drive to stop, and she got out of the carriage to look for the man who loaned her the money. When she walked up to his office door, she found that it was locked and the man was gone. In her mind she...