It was a normal-ish working day at the Mystery Shack. Wendy was on cash register (AKA flipping through the pages of a magazine), Grunkle Stan was in his office counting his profit, Dipper and Mabel were taking inventory on the merchandise, and Soos was on his lunch break. "How many Grunkle Stan bobbleheads do we have?" Mabel asked her brother, holding a pencil and a notepad. "Six." Dipper replied. "Again? How is that possible? We had six last month!" "Mabel, who honestly wants a Grunkle Stan bobblehead?" Dipper questioned, rolling his eyes. "How could you not want one? Anyways, how many postcards do we have?" "Let me check." Dipper stated, walking over the postcards and mumbling numbers as he flipped through them. "Twenty-two." "Ah, …show more content…
"Good thing Stan charges so much for a tour or else he'd be in serious financial trouble." Just as it seemed like their day would remain uneventful, the twins were delighted by the appearance of their friend Coraline Jones through the front door of the Mystery Shack. She was just a tad bit younger than the twins, with navy blue hair running slightly below her neck. She was wearing her signature outfit: a plain black short-sleeved T-shirt and blue shorts. Mabel asked why she kept her signature outfit so plain once, to which her reply was "I don't like change. Or standing out." "Hey guys." Coraline said. "What's …show more content…
However, Mabel made it her goal to make Coraline jolly again from the moment she met her, as Mabel didn't like to see anyone unhappy. And from her special Mabel charm, it seemed to be working. "Oh, uh...hey, Coraline." Dipper said, looking up at the ceiling as he spoke to Coraline. "Hey, Dipper." Coraline replied, doing the same. Mabel frowned at the two. For whatever reason, Dipper's relationship with Coraline had been quite awkward since they met her. He didn't even remember why, but Dipper must've said something awkward or something, because whenever he was in the same room with Coraline the tension increased significantly. "Anyways, there's actually a reason I came here." Coraline explained. "Not just for entertainment. Something...weird happened inside my apartment." "Ooh! We're good with weird stuff!" Mabel excitedly exclaimed. "Right, Dipper?" "Uh, yeah, right." Dipper said awkwardly. "Well, um...gee, how do I put this? It sounds crazy even to me." Coraline
Jolly flourishes from the person who she was at the start of the book to the person she is now. Before, Jolly did not have her life in order and she couldn’t raise her family with her low-income. In page 7 of the novel, Jolly repetitively states,“I can’t do it all alone”, because she had nobody that supported her or at least gave her advice on parenting, life, etc. Jolly left school three years ago because she was pregnant with Jeremy. According to LaVaughn, she can barely spell and she depends on everyone to help her. For example, when she was filling out the Department of Human Resources application, Jolly states, “Nobody ever tells me. Do you know there ain’t a single person in the whole world I can count on?” (Pg 113). Her apartment is very disorderly and smells and she does not receive any medical benefits. However, things get worse for Jolly when she loses her job at a factory after she got sexually harassed by her bos...
Pearl is never, in the entire book afraid to speak her mind. Her mother, embarrassed by many of these outbursts, tries in vain to...
Hawthorne uses vivid descriptions to characterize Pearl. She is first described as the child, “…whose innocent life had sprung, by the inscrutable decree of Providence, a lovely and immortal flower, out of the rank luxuriance of a guilty passion.” (81). From the beginning of her life she is viewed as the product of a sin. Physically, Pearl has a “beauty that became every day more brilliant, and the intelligence that threw its quivering sunshine over the tiny features of this child.” (81-82). The exquisite dresses and her beauty cause her to be viewed as even stranger from the other typical Puritan children, whom are dressed in traditional clothing. As a result, she is accepted by nature and animals, and ostracized by the other Puritan children. “Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world… the whole peculiarity, in short, of her position in respect to other children.” (86). Pearl was not accepted by the children; her unavoidable seclusion was due to the sin of her mother. On the rare occasion that the children show interest in Pearl, she lashes out at them.
The Haunting of Hill House written by Shirley Jackson, and Tony Burgess’ People Live Still in Cashtown Corners, are horror novels. Both evoke fear in readers in dissimilar ways. The Haunting of Hill House takes readers on an ominous journey that creates feelings of uneasiness, while Burgess’ novel has a direct approach to create fear, right from a rampant killer’s point of view. Despite the differing approaches on the classic genre, Jackson and Burgess demonstrate that horror stems from isolation. Isolation negatively affects mental health, which produces petrifying chaos and destruction of oneself and others.
“Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken. The great scene of grief, in which the wild infant bore a part, had developed all her sympathies; and as her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor forever do battle with the world, but be a woman in it. Towards her mother, too, Pearl's errand as a messenger of anguish was all fulfilled.” (Hawthorne 281)
"This is an island. At least I think it's and island. That's a reef out in the sea. Perhaps there are not any grownups anywhere."
“Um, well, I only have,” said Paisley hesitantly wondering what lie would fool the handsome prince, “one
Uncannily intelligent and devilish at times, Pearl also has a peculiar connection with the scarlet letter. She often asks adults such as Hester questions that catch them off guard. She often acts like a little imp, causing trouble and acting in such ways that are looked down upon. Strangest of all, she has an obsessive connection with the scarlet letter “A”. Although Pearl as major of a character as Hester, it seems as though the whole novel revolves around her. After all, she is as close as one can get to a psychic seven year old.
Typically in the show, Mabel and Dipper are the ones to go off and solve the mystery together but what if in this episode it’s Dipper and Candy?
In the articles, “Are These Stories True? (Nope.)” by Kristin Lewis and “The Story That Got Away” by Debby Waldman, the appeal of fake news and counterfeit stories is explained. One reason why people may find it interesting is because they are re-telling stories that they have heard before, but with a slight twist to make it seem worse than it was. For example, in the folktale “The Story That Got Away”, it gives an illustration of why it is appealing by saying, “At the schoolyard, Yankel told his friends his latest story. ‘Reb Wulff put salt in the rugelach. Not sugar! Salt! Imagine that!’ Yankel said. ‘Those rugelach tasted like stones!’” (Waldman, 14). The boy, Yankel, was recounting what he heard in his father’s shop, which may have seemed
“No.”, meg replied. Later in the text, the group of children started talking about the letters and why they stopped coming.
As well as feeding the seaweed to Squilliam instead of squidward. As Squidward awakens, his mind is clear; no longer is he under the seaweeds spell, his love to Squilvia returns once more.Squilliam wakes up with the sight of Sandy Cheeks in front of him and instantly falls in love. Karen awakes from what she thought was just a dream. King Jellyfish tells her over a magnificent feast how everything she experienced was real. Strangely, Karen completely understands why he did it and decides to reconcile over a movie after
Nixie swims up to her cave and see’s Pearl staring at the picture of their parents. She swims up to her and puts a cold hand on her shoulder, Pearl jumps back and puts her own hand over her chest, “Nixie you startled me.” she says with surprise. Nixie just laughs with a sparkle in her purple eyes. Pearl sighs and says “I just miss them, I am sorry you never
She epitomizes how shallow Clarissa truly is. At the point when word that Ellie is going to the gathering Clarissa is disappointed, she supposes her cousin is dull and can 't stomach the thought about her being at the gathering. Ellie is not invited in her cousin 's home and gets a handle on of spot for the whole time. This fair demonstrates the amount of a highbrow snot Clarissa truly is. Daisy Simmons is Peter 's young sweetheart. She is hitched to a high positioning authority in the Indian armed force and helps me a tiny bit to remember Clarissa being hitched to higher society men. Daisy however has succumbed to Peter, she is innocent youth.
a dull grey colour as if it had lost the will to live and stopped