In the story "Neighbors", a man and a woman's true nature is revealed when nobody is watching. Bill and Arlene Miller are introduced as a normal, "happy," middle class married couple, but they feel less important than their friends Harriet and Jim Stone, who live in the apartment across the hall. The Miller's perceive the Stone's to have a better and more eventful life. The Stones get to travel often because o Jim's job, leaving their ca and plants n the care of the Millers. When the Stones leave on their vacation, the two families seem like good friends, but the depth of the Miller's jealousy is revealed as a kind of obsession with the Stones" everyday life.
The first night the Millers house sit, Bill tends to the cat, and then to his obsessive curiosity. He wanders through the Stone's medicine cabinets, and steal a bottle of Harriet's pills. This comes as a surprise to the reader because there is not any indication that Bill might act this way. Only after his curiosity is fulfilled does he carry out the rest of his house sitting duties by watering the plants. This shows that he is more concerned with his own needs than those or his neighbors. When Bill returns to his own apartment, arouse after being in the Stones" apartment, he fondles his wife's breasts and asks her if she wants to sleep with him that night. Here the reader can start to get a hint that Bill gets a sexual turn-on from being in the Stones" apartment.
The following day Bill, still aroused, takes off work early so that he can come home and sleep with his wife. Later, Bill heads across the hall again to take care of his house sitting chores. After carrying out his duties of the cat and the plant, Bill snoops around opening cabinets, eating the Stones" food and "found a half-empty package of cigarettes and stuffed them into his pocket." Wondering what is taking her husband so long, Arlene comes to the Stones" apartment and knocks on the door.
Neighbor Rosicky The neighbor Rosicky is a story about one mans last look on life after finding out how fragile his really is. ... In a many ways this story makes me think deeply about my future and whether or not I am just wasting the time I have. ...
In Raymond Carver's short story, "Neighbors"," Bill and Arlene desire the life that their next door neighbors Jim and Harriet Stone live. ... Bill gets more personal when he is looking through the Stones' belongings, "He steps into the panties and fastens the brassiere, then looks through the closet for an outfit. ... Bill is so deep in exploration of the apartment it seems he thinks he is Harriet Stone. ... When Arlene is given the opportunity to look through the Stones' apartment, she gets so distracted while looking that she loses track of time. ... Just from looking at the n...
In Raymond Carver's "Neighbors", Bill and Arlene desire the life that their next door neighbors Jim and Harriet Stone live. ... Bill gets more personal when he is looking through the Stones' belongings, "He steps into the panties and fastens the brassiere, then looks through the closet for an outfit. ... Bill is so deep in exploration of the apartment it seems he thinks he is Harriet Stone. ... When Arlene is given the opportunity to look through the Stones' apartment, she gets so distracted while looking that she loses track of time. ... Just from looking at the ...
The creases in his smooth-shaven face gave him a distinguished look. ... His forehead was naturally high and was crossed by deep parallel lines that ran all the away to his pointed crown. ... While all his neighbors were worrying about where they would et their food from, we were living high on what ever we had stored." ...
This story is meant to be a satirical look at modern religious views.. ... Pelayo looked out the windows; he finds he is staring at a strange entity. ... Pelayo and Elisenda disregard the old neighbor women's advice. ... True Christian love people and care for their neighbors. ... On a deeper level this story has to do with the decline in modern religious belief and the decline in its believers devotion. ...
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could Frost takes the road less traveled, the one that leads deeper into the woods. ... Neighbors meet at spring mending time, to repair a stonewall that divides their property. ... In reality, the wall isolates or protects the traditional neighbor, who continually points out, -Good fences make good neighbors."" All the while the opposed neighbor says in jest, " Something there is that doesn't love a wall-. ... Even though the woods are de...
For example the hippies, one could say without looking deep within were much different then the puritans but if you look a little deeper you find that they were both tryig to achieve the same goal. ... They would in a sense spy on their neighbor making sure that at the first site of wrong they would be apprehended and taking care of. ... That we should all look out for others that if suspected of doing wrong be brought out into the open to the judged. ... This would be a group of residential housing that encourages neighbor to neighbor to report any suspicious activity in the pursuit of makin...
As a child Jones was viewed as the "Dennis the Menace" of his town for he was known to regularly greet his neighbors by shouting, "Good morning, you son of a bitch." ... Jones was once heard saying, "I had had my religious heritage in Pentecostalism deep rooted emotions in the Christian tradition and a deep love which I share to this day for the practical teachings of Jesus Christ." Though he found himself to be quite alienated as child, Jones looked to the Church for emotional warmth and acceptance, something which he never forgot. ...
The neighbor boy who was infatuated with her seemed to be her reason for being around. Truthfully, she was in some honest, deep scenes, but they were marked by the presence of another character for the most part. ... The perfect looking neighborhood, with the perfectly lined trees, with the perfect yard, with the perfect house, with the perfectly set up dinner table in the perfect dining room, with the perfect music on. These kinds of things are looked highly upon in our society, yet this movie came out to show that they aren't everything. ... All in all, I look at American Beauty as ...
