.... believe he is a great man when he is just "… a dime a dozen" (132). Willy isn’t the only one Linda affects throughout the play. Biff and Happy are also under her effects. Willy always told the boys that if you were handsome, opportunity would come to you. Even though she knows this is wrong, she never teaches the boys right. She simply agrees with everything Willy says. Another example of this is when Biff goes to Bill Oliver for a loan. The two men haven’t seen each other in twenty years but Willy thought Oliver would give him the loan on the spot. She t .....

.... that lunches with the other women of town and she is very cautious about her appearance to the community. Beth cares more about herself and her social standing then she does about her family. For example, when Calvin and her were getting dressed, she made him change his tie. That stuck in Calvin’s mind as why did it matter what he wore to his son’s funeral. Beth was very loving to Buck, though. She didn’t want anyone to know that there was anything wrong and she would avoid problems at all cost. In this novel, Judith Guest tries to portray the same sta .....

.... with sound and appearances led to the following, "Reckon Maury going to let me cry on him a while, too. His name is Benjy now, Caddy said. How come it is, Dilsey said. He aint wore out the name he was born with yet, is he. Benjamin came out of the bible, Caddy said. It's a better name for him than Maury was."(Faulkner 58) Mrs. Compson felt that Benjy did not deserve the family name of Maury. In her eyes he was not her son. She found it impossible to love a feeble child. Caroline Compson's fixati .....

.... proudly fighting in defense of their cities, their families, their gods, and for their own freedom and dignity. Thus, the theme of The History of Herodotus is the struggle between the East and the West. The East, represented by the Persian Empire, signified tyranny and oppression. The West, represented by the Greek city-states, signified freedom. As Herodotus interprets the Persian Wars we see the beginnings of Western Civilization and the association of that tradition with freedom. The Greeks had always been aware that foreign, barbarian peoples wors .....

.... a middle aged man enchanted by the speed and power of the boat. There was a passenger at his side and his daughter directly behind him. I knew it was his daughter because she was hysterically crying, begging her father to slow down. The drama was quick and the speed boat continued to skip along the waves. I watched as there heads bounced to the rhythm of the river. The little girl in the back still crying and her father still willfully riding his enjoyment to the maximum. As a child growing up my parents taught me that self control is key to a balanced life .....

.... diverse neighborhoods of the northeast. The racial breakdown of the participants was as follows: 94 Caucasians, 110 African Americans, and 36 Hispanic. The study was conducted in each of the student_s respective classrooms. The students were prompted to share three instances when they felt guilty. The investigators wanted to know the specific incidences which evoked the guilt and the reason for feeling guilty. The three dimensions under observation were the type of situation which had occurred, the individuals involved, and the specific i .....

.... work to date, the action occurring in and around , the very hellhole in which he toiled for his captors. The former is no doubt less autobiographical, but the main character certainly has many things in common with his creator: an American artist within Nazi Germany, doing what he felt was necessary to stay alive and to further his work. The author himself tells us he had to write this book. His subtitle “A Duty-Dance with Death” also takes on a personal aspect. Vonnegut had to reconcile himself with the war, the death, and its impact .....

.... failure, and he wishes it not to end. In Montag's second meeting with Clarisse, the two of them find a dandelion and Clarisse tells Montag of rubbing it under his chin. Clarisse explains " If it rubs off, it means I'm in love "(22). Clarisse rubs the dandelion under Montag's chin and Clarisse remarks "What a shame, you're not in love with anyone " (22). Montag thinks that he is in love, but realizes that he is not in love and not at all happy. In the third meeting, Montag begins to feel that he has known Clarisse forever. Montag states " You make me .....