.... for food and money. One day her brother Bunio disappeared from the ghetto. Alicia and her family found out later that he had been taken to a work camp, but that they could send food packages to him. Shortly after this, Alicia was taken into custody by German officials and put on a train to another work camp. Alicia managed to escape from this train by jumping through a small window. She found her way to a river which led her back to the ghetto. By this time several people in the ghetto had been feeling the effects of the impoverished conditions. .....

.... this chapter discuss different myths of "," however it all seems to come back to the individual, and what they believe in. Anndee’s house is unique with its red picket fence, a bathroom with two doors, bedrooms surrounded by paper thin walls, and no bedroom doors. Also a glass panel window that was built into a wall that separated the living room from the kitchen. An added feature left behind from years of construction and now disregarded but adding to the overall character of the house. These unique fixtures and anomalies were what made the tr .....

.... not want to face rejection. "I don’t wanna go to no place like that. I’d never wanna go to a place like that" Crooks is also a proud man, sometimes causing him to forget his lack of authority of the ranch. Crooks grew up on a farm owned by his father where he was respected as an equal to the white men. Now on this ranch on California he is discriminated against and segregated. His pride is shown when he defends Lennie against Curley’s wife, but when she lashed out at him, he knows he must back down or face the consequences. Those conseq .....

.... pay the bills and even resorts to Rodolphe and Leon for help, not neither are willing to aid her. Out of shame, Emma poisons herself and suffers a painful death. Shortly afterward, Charles dies. Emma searches for "happiness, passion, and intoxication" (55) because she cannot accept her status in the Petite Bourgeois society. First, through her affair with Rodolphe, and then Leon, Emma tries to escape the rural dullness of her life, but ultimately fails. 's affair with Rodolphe is an attempt to escape the dullness of her life. For example, after Leon deserts .....

.... wearing warm clothes, perhaps saving enough money to purchase his manumission. (McLennan, S.) Toward the later part of the nineteenth century, the picture had changed. America had spread westward and had filled with immigrants from Asia and Europe. While this was going on America was forming the modern day government and started to put proposals together to make this "Land of the Free" cost a little bit. Those fortunate and industrious enough to do so were accumulating vast fortunes. Despite America's great wealth, freedom from basic want was still only a dream .....

.... was able to learn their language quickly. This is extremely important because communication in any kind of society is essential to making and keeping a functioning relationship. Also, the BaMbuti accepted him as one of the because he was not an animal like the negroe villagers. Simply put, he was able to keep up and run with the BaMbuti through the forest which meant a great deal to the tribe. This meant that he was part of the forest and not an "outsider". Based on the fact that he could move through the forest with ease and quietness, proved to the BaMbu .....

.... honor, and a sense of justice. Achilles does not feel that it is right that he or the rest of the soldiers should be punished for the brashness of their commander. So, as the epic starts to unwind, Achilles is described as a strong-willed, though a bit hot tempered, man. It is in the following books that Achilles shows some of his not to desirable qualities, yet in these qualities the character of Achilles is ultimately developed. Homer describes the plot of Achilles to avenge his disgrace at the hand of Agamemnon. He has his mother, the goddess Thetis, as .....

.... is in the universe, and acceptance of that justifying it only to ones self. I don't believe one could be truly self reliant and selfish, because self reliance means an understanding of the world around you in order to be independent enough to find confidence with in yourself to exist self reliantly. I think that one could be very independent though, and at the same time be selfish. A person of such mind set would view them self as the center of the universe and not take into account the events, people, ideas around them. Self centered Ness is the same evil as selfishness in my humble opinion. There r .....