In “The Red Convertible” Louise Edrich writes about the relationship of two brothers and how a red convertible is a part of their lives. The story begins with the main character and narrator, Lyman, buying a red convertible, the first person on his reservation to own one. He talks about how he worked hard and how he lost a restaurant he ended up owning when he was younger to a tornado. Lyman and his brother Henry decide to take a trip to Winnipeg with a large amount of money and no clear agenda. They saw the convertible which was for sale and it stuck out a lot to both of them. They decided to use their money and buy the car and only had gas money to get home left over. Lyman talks about how they would travel a lot with the car and one day they met a girl. She was alongside the road with her arm out looking for a ride, so they stopped and offered her a ride home, to Alaska. Her name was Susy and they ended up loving Alaska once they got there. When they met Susy she had her hair in a bun and they had never seen it let down. Before they left Susy let down her hair and it was really long and it went past Henry’s waist when she sat on his shoulders.
When they had gotten home after their trip during the summer, the Army had called up Henry to get to training and he ended up becoming a Marine. Henry was gone for about three years and during that time Lyman had kept the car in pristine condition because he felt the car belonged to his brother more than it did to him. When Henry returned from war, Lyman noticed he was very different. He didn’t talk much anymore and he couldn’t sit still and seemed always agitated. When people were around Henry and Lyman before, Henry would always crack a joke but now, even his laugh was different....
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...at they settled; and it ultimately became resolved when henry had drowned. The other conflict is internal, man versus self, and occurs when Henry returns from war. The reader isn’t given any details as to why Henry feels the way he does though. The conflict is ultimately resolved when both Henry and Lyman are talking around the campfire and he seems to get back to his old self before jumping into and drowning in the river.
The point of view in “The Red Convertible” is first person. An example of this point of view is “as I watched I felt something squeezing inside me and tightening and trying to get go at the same time.” The point of view does not change throughout this story. The first person point of view is effective and relates to the central idea because it allows the reader to connect to Lyman more and understand how much he loves and cares for his brother.
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Mali (232). In Mali, they were able to build great mosques for worship (232). These architects also built cultural public buildings (232). Under Musa, the arts and education thrived in Mali (232). With his wealth, Musa was able to hire professors from Egypt to teach in the learning center of Timbuktu (232). Even the best professors hired by Musa were impressed by the learning level of the scholars in Timbuktu (232). Some professors not only taught at Timbuktu, but also stayed as students (232). In
goin’, honey,” it is understood that she means that she is still going, even though it is not clearly said (Hughes 232). The dialect may also show what area she may live in. When she talks about “boards torn up” it shows that she was from the poor part of the town. It does not seem relevant that she has torn up boards, but these are not found in a wealthy person’s mansion (Hughes 232). Although the grammar of this dialect is wrong, it makes the woman seem more like a real person and less like someone
Our next flight to Narita, Japan was not until 4:05 On a nearby screen, there was a plane crash being reported. It looked horrifying. I walked over to that T.V. screen and continued to watch the report. In the subtitles, I read, Sioux City Flight 232 Failed Engine. I could not believe my eyes, a crash, a plane crash! I informed my wife immediately. Everyone around us looked horrified about the incident, some even called their loved ones to make sure that they were alright. My wife, frightened of
The Maturing of Jane in Jane Eyre When a caterpillar hatches from its mother's egg, it enters this world as an innocent, pure creature. As time passes by, it unwraps its cocoon and goes through metamorphosis. Once the caterpillar grows into a fully developed butterfly, it has lost its innocence and purity forever. Jane was an inexperienced caterpillar but her stay at Lowood and her challenging time at Thornfield with Mr. Rochester has changed her into an independent, matured butterfly
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american readers. Millers’ prevailing strategy is pathos by appealing to the sympathetic side of the reader's emotions. Parris believes, “Now, Mr. Hale’s returned, there is hope” (pg 232). He is trying his best to save the people in his community. Danforth adds to this by calling Parris, “...a brainless man!” (pg 232). Anything Parris said, he denied. The reader can sympathize for this character because he is trying so hard to do the right thing, but
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monologuing about the carousel. He was a little worried because "all the kids kept trying to grab for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe..." (232). He was worried because "[he] was sort of afraid she'd fall of the goddam horse..." (232). Through his fear though, he realized that "If they want to grab the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything" (232). For he realized that the gold ring represented the child's will to ditch their innocence. Through this, Holden fully realized that sometimes
use of dissonance to convey emotion (Wright 232-233). The dark beauty, haunting quality, melodic structure, and lyrical nature reminded me of Frederic Chopin, the master of the nocturne (Wright 232, 270). After comparing it to several pieces by the composer, I determined that it was Nocturne in C Sharp Minor (Op 27 No 1)1. As with other romantic composers, Chopin made use of chromatic harmony to add richness, depth, and sensuosity to his works (Wright 232). Piano music of the romantic period was
herself when he started acting inappropriately with her. Then as the plot unfolds, Ehrenreich starts to shed light on the things women should stop doing in order to be tough such as avoid smiling when it’s unnecessary, “take credit when credit is due” (232), and stop trying too hard to start a conversation with men. However, at the end of her essay Ehrenreich
Virginia Convention”. Henry makes an appeal to logos when he states, “Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?” (232, Line 31-32). He explains that the King and the forces of Britain are attempting to seize the colonies through the use of force, not through ‘love and reconciliation’. The military forces sent to suppress the disloyal colonists are viewed as a threat
nonetheless. After nearly two hundred amendments to the constitution, everyone is supposed to be equal in every way. “Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.” (232 Vonnegut). In this landscape Vonnegut shows that people will never be completely equal, and trying to force equality through controlling individuals will only create a new class system. In the sixties, as today, equality was a frequent topic of debate
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