.... are nine years old. Scientists have predicted that every seven years the sun will come out for one hour. None of the other children every remember seeing the sun. Margot does and because of this they despise her. She hates living on Venus and wants to go back to her former life on Earth. Before the sun comes out, the teacher leaves and the children lock Margot in a closet. When the sun comes out, they forget about Margot and go outside to play for the one hour they can spend in the sun. When the sun leaves and the rain returns, they come back inside and .....

.... came, Baby Suggs, holy, followed by every black man, woman and child who could make it through, took her great heart to the Clearing..." (Morrison, 87) Twenty days after Sethe's arrival, Stamp Paid brought them two huge buckets of delicious blackberries. With these Baby Suggs and Sethe decided to share the pies they would make from the berries with Ella and her husband John, and from this their generosity escalated into a full-fledged feast for all the colored people in the area. The area folks accepted the generosity, but resented the bounty of Baby Suggs and h .....

.... arrow through the eye of twelve ax handles. Penelope knew that only Odysseus could accomplish this task. By doing this, she avoided having to marry one of the suitors. Staying loyal to Odysseus brought about positive consequences to Penelope. She was reunited with her beloved husband Odysseus. Kino's wife Juana stayed by her husband through his time of distress. Although it was her belief that the pearl was an omen of evil, she loyally stayed at her husband's side. Juana remained loyal to Kino even after he had savagely beaten her. She knew that she ha .....

.... before Bassanio is about to select the correct casket, he is urged by Portia to delay his selection in case he fails. However Bassanio wishes to continue. Portia: I pray you tarry, pause a day or two Before you hazard, for in choosing wrong I lose your company. Therefore forbear awhile. There’s something tells me (but it is not love) I would not lose you, and you know yourself Hate consels not in such a quality. But lest you should not understand my well- And yet a maiden hath no tongue but thought- I would detatin you here .....

.... this challenge will be Jack. Jack, at the beginning of the novel, was a very considerate and caring. An example of this takes place in chapter one where he is about to kill a pig but did not have the heart to do it. However as the novel proceeds, his environment, the forest, and his new role of hunter will change him to an uncaring, selfish savage. The other group that will co-exist is one that will stay behind and do non-violent work such as building huts or creating weapons. As a result of having two groups within the whole, a leader must emerge in order .....

.... of his level in society at that time seems to drive him to add more value to his life. As many of the richer people start to buy land, Pahom also decides to buy land because of the influence of pressure surrounding him. He is trying to move up and become wealthier, but at the corresponding time he is forgetting some of the things that were important to him before he acquired his new property. In a way, the setting causes Pahom to become greedy and selfish because of his desire to have more. The main need, or actually a desire, that Pahom has is his nee .....

.... dividing her from the meadow of the past. Faulkner begins the story with Miss Emily's funeral, where the men see her as a "fallen monument" and the women are anxious to see the inside of her house. He gives us a picture of a woman who is frail because she has "fallen," yet as important and symbolic as a "monument." The details of Miss Emily's house closely relate to her and symbolize what she stands for. It is set on "what had once been the most select street." The narrator (which is the town in this case) describes the house as "stubborn and coquettish .....

.... as Larry’s Father. He went away to the war, where he was alone, he didn’t have his wife or his son to give him a hug when he went to bed. For some one to spend that much time alone when they know they have a family and people who love them has just got to be heart breaking. Larry’s mother in this story is just thrown in the middle. Although I don’t believe that she is aware of this, to her her son is just not respecting his father. For example, "’Don’t-wake-Daddy!’ she hissed angrily". Because Larry’s mother didn’t really know that her husband and son .....