... grandmother is also proven when he has problems and feels like she is the only one who understands him. Because of how Tony feels his mother treats him and his grandma, he thinks they have a lot in common. He feels like they are both treated like outsiders in their own home. After one particular incident, Tony goes to his grandmother for ... comfort. He says, "I went to her. I started to cry. I kneeled down and buried my head in her lap. She stroked my hair. For a minute I felt like a little kid again. Grandma used to hold me like that when I fell down or when I was scared." (Blume 130)...

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• Grade Level: High School

... across the country to the "promised" land where ignorance leads the Joad family to search for the American dream in the long lost land of California. Problems transpire contiguously as Grandma and Grandpa Joad die, their vehicle breaks down, money becomes a non-existent necessity, Tom gets into trouble after killing Casy's murderer, and the sickly, whiny daughter, Rose of Sharon, gives ... birth to a dead baby because of malnutrition. Grandma and Grandpa Joad cannot endure the difficult journey in the beginning, hence, at their old age, rot away in the back of the vehicle. When the vehi...

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... "use of Spanish to evoke a Hispanic place and culture- (Eder 2) is sometimes very subtle to make the usage seem natural. By simply calling his grandmother "Abuela- (McCarthy 25) instead of Grandma, McCarthy shows the Spanish influence on John's innocent life. Even from the beginning of the novel, the Hispanic setting is put in place. The first conversation in the novel is ... ...

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... on the Spanish woman because she was with the woman on a daily basis. The family later left for the North in hopes of a better life. In my opinion yellow Mary grandma and the girl that was involved with the Cherokee were most loyal....

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... . "I don't want those. They are stitched around the borders by machine." "That"ll make them last better," I said. "That's not the point," said Wangero. "These are all pieces of dresses Grandma used to wear. She did all this stitching by hand. Imagine! She held the quilts securely in her arms, stroking them. (Walker 703)" Wangero tried to connect to her heritage ... ...

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... of leaving this world, Robinson has purposely described their deaths as "escaped from this world". * "Edmund Foster who escaped this world years before I entered." Ruth views her world as a prison. -Grandma's death, Nona and Lily's farewell *More death in the family leaving Ruth and Lucille to Sylvie -Ruth finding the world beautiful *Discovered the beauty as she has suffered pain and ... ...

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... her pride when handling certain situations in society. When she arrives at the hospital, the first thing the attendant says is, "A charity case I suppose." "But Phoenix looks above Speak up, Grandma," the woman said Old Phoenix only gave a twitch to her face as if a fly were bothering her." (344) The lady behind the instantly assumes that Phoenix is a "charity case." She ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School