In the story “ The Landlady” Billy was drinking his tea that the landlady had made for him. He had said in the story that it tasted like “bitter almonds” . There is two things that could have happened here, either the landlady can’t make good tea, or she was poisoning Billy. If the landlady was poisoning him, she would have been using cyanide. It would make sense if she killed him with cyanide because Billy had mentioned a war going on, and in WWII British and American secret services developed the "L-pill", which stands for lethal pill. They would give these L-pills to agents that way if they were captured they would bite this pill and die. The pill had a thin plastic casing and was filled with potassium cyanide.Which of course has the smell …show more content…
He had said that it smelled like pickled walnuts, new leather, or a hospital. The landlady had later pointed out that her dog and bird were stuffed and she did them herself, saying that she knew how to do taxidermy. Billy could have been smelling her preserving agents like, borax or alcohol. He might have smelled the “new leather” because leather is organic, it use to be living, as it was the skin of an animal. When you take the skin of an animal it starts to break down, or rot, so people have to start preserving the hide as soon as it comes off the animal. You have to do the same in taxidermy. As soon as an animal dies, it starts to break down. So you have to freeze the animal until you are ready to start preserving it. When you are ready to start, the first thing you have to do is skin the animal. Then soak the skin in a 50/50 mix of glycerin and alcohol for up to two weeks.When you remove the skin, you would need to pat it dry and remove any glycerin from the inside. For bird and fish preservation,you rub borax on the inside of the skin. Then all you would need to do is stuff it and sew it back up. So Billy could have been smelling the borax and the hides of the animals or people she was performing taxidermy
The awakening is plenty of characters that describe in a very loyal way the society of the nineteenth century in America. Among the most important ones there are Edna Pontellier, Léonce Pontellier, Madame Lebrun, Robert Lebrun, Victor Lebrun, Alcée Arobin, Adéle Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz.
I know the theme is acceptance strengthens bonds between family and friends.Because the text says Henry is on lunch duty in his all white school when he is joined by a Japanese girl named Keiko. At first, he is dumbfounded but slowly starts to accept her as the other white kids are teasing them. They share a can of peaches in the school pantry and Henry enjoys his time with her very much. A quote from the text Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet says “Then they ate their lunch, together, splitting a can of pears in the storage room. Henry thought they tasted especially good that day.” These sentences have a much deeper meaning than they appeared to have. The moment Henry and Keiko shared in the storage room was the blossom of their friendship.
The book, “The House of the Scorpion” by Nancy Farmer is a 3 time award winner and a fantastic novel in the genre of utopia and dystopia. Matt is a clone saved from the burden of having a blunted intelligence. Evidence from the book supports this was a faulty move. The novel also says why El Patron blunts their intelligence; it's fully out of greed. Overwhelmingly, it seems that these things played a big part in the outcome of the novel, and why Matt is such a interesting, dimensional character in the book.
In Alice Walker’s, “Everyday Use” Dee is one of the daughters of Mama. Mama also has another daughter named Maggie, but she is portrayed not as smart as her sister Dee. When they were growing up Dee used to read to her sister and Mama. She used to read to them ever when they did not want her to. That showed how she was smarter than Maggie and after that Mama started treated them differently.
Abuse is a subject that should be considered important. There are about 960,000 abuse incidents reported annually. 85% of them are reported by women. The resting 15% are reported by men. In Fried Green Tomatoes, abuse is a recurring part of the book, Fannie Flagg does an admirable job in describing in detail the abuse incidents that happen throughout the book. Ruth is a character that receives abuse from her husband, she believes she deserves everything he does to her, even push her down the stairs. She finally takes the decision to escape from the abusive relationship she is in when her near death mother advices her to. Along the way characters develop some effects caused by abuse. People who suffer from abuse may develop fear, low self-esteem, or strength.
In March, by Geraldine Brooks, a mixed-race slave named Grace Clement is introduced after a young, aspiring Reverend March visits her manor to sell books and trinkets to women as a peddler. Grace Clement is a complex key character that is a controlling force in March and exhibits a symbol of idealistic freedom to Reverend March during the Civil War. Her complexity is revealed through her tumultous past, and her strong façade that allows her to be virtuous and graceful through hard times.
Elizabeth Lavenza (later Elizabeth Frankenstein) is one of the main characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. She is a beautiful young girl; fragile and perfect in the eyes of all. Her father was a nobleman from Milan, while her mother was of German descent. Before she was adopted by the wealthy Frankenstein family, she lived with a poor family. After Alphonose and Caroline Frankenstein adopt Elizabeth, they lovingly raise her alongside their biological son, Victor Frankenstein, in hopes that the two will eventually get married. When Victor goes off to Ingolstadt college, Elizabeth writes letters to him that later become a crucial part of the story. It weaves together every piece of the story, holding together each individual
There is no doubt that Miss. Strangeworth is not an easy person to deal with, let alone live with, and although her character is fictional, there are many people with the same personality. We can tell quite easily that she is a very meticulous woman, with a lot of perfectionist tendencies, a few of which are to nitpick people’s lives and make sure that even the most minute detail is up to her standards. I know of someone with these attributes and as difficult as they are to deal with, with their list of requirements to be met and their eagle-eye for detail in even the smallest things, they mean the best, and are always trying to help, despite the possible repercussions.
Firstly, Brave Orchid is a woman warrior because she receives an education later in life. Kingston writes, “Not many women get to live out the daydream of women – to have a room, even a section of a room, that only gets messed up when she messes it up herself” (Kingston 61). In this passage, Kingston reveals that a woman going off to live at school was not a commonality. Amongst the other women she lives with, she is by far the oldest. Despite the fact that older women are supposed to be wiser, Kingston does not provide any characters at school that share Brave Orchid’s age; she is about twenty years everyone’s senior. Therefore, being a fully grown adult woman attending medical school must have been a rarity. She did not subject herself to
The Glass Castle is a novel that follows the life of a dysfunctional family from the perspective of Jeannette Walls, the third child of the Walls family. Throughout the stories, the readers see all the hardships the children face, as their lunatic parents do what they think is right. After reading the book, it seems to agree the quote “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands” by Anne Frank.
Daisy and Hazel has a fragile relationship before they realised that Miss Hopkins could not be a murderer because Daisy did not understand Hazel’s intention, thus causing their friendship to fall apart. This can be seen from where it all started when Hazel started accusing Miss Hopkins of the possibility of murdering Miss Bell. Hazel said that Miss Hopkins could have killed Miss Bell as “she might have been afraid The One would jilt her for Miss Bell.” The word jilt denotes one abandoning one’s love, suggesting that The One could have cruelly ditched Miss Hopkins causing Miss Hopkins to kill Miss Bell for love. Daisy have always been obsessed with Miss Hopkins and hearing that her favourite teacher would kill someone for such mild reason like love, she could not help but feel upset with Hazel’s deduction. This caused Daisy to become biased. Thus, she said multiple unfair reasons as
Second, Gretchen portray this theme indirectly to the readers three different ways in the novel.
Our perspective on life can have a significant impact on our life. Depending on how you were raised it can impact your perspective on life very differently than others. For example if you were raised in a home of poverty or drug abuse you are use too that lifestyle when you're young. It wouldn't be till your older you would realize it is not a normal way of life. It shapes our life. In the novel the Glass Castle Jeanette is a perfect example of how your perspective changes throughout life as you experience life in addition to maturing. Her change in life had an unbelievable impact on her life that made her a well round mature adult despite her upbringing in poverty.
Jeanette Walls is the picture-perfect illustration of an individual who finds righteousness for herself. She is the protagonist in the book “The Glass Castle”, who has an unfair miserable childhood due to how her parents were. Walls stands out for her determination as she goes out to the real world to seek her own justice, with the ultimate goal of being stable for once, and take responsibility for herself, not for the whole family.
In the book The Road the man and the boy kept saying “we are carrying the fire” the author kept bringing this quote back into the book when the man and the boy had little hope left. This quote is a symbol of hope and a sign that if they keep going their will be a better outcome eventually. In the movie I am Legend some characters keep referencing the Bob Marley lyric “Light up the darkness” the main character Neville is trying to achieve his life motto, to cure the world of a disease that takes over people. The quote is saying that Neville wants to bring back light and goodness into the world. Both of these quotes they use in the book and the movie symbolize hope in desperate times of need and it shows the characters that good times are ahead. The characters in both of the stories get through very hard times but they preveal and believe that their are better times ahead.