... is in a hurry; he doesn't pick it up. The camera goes to a small boy, the man leads him outside to their car. The Audi is sleek and gleaming and with a door open, ready for the emergency. The sun is setting on the horizon, casting a warm glow across the beautiful scenery. The father and son set off, with the son in the back, the recommended safest place for children. Both are relaxed in ... the car in spite of the urgent situation, they are well protected. The car drives through many different areas, at last reaching the city. It is night and there is ... people who want intelligence t...

• Word Count: 1573
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... ' family primarily his mother. Mrs. Ross drove herself to insanity and drunkenness with each day that Robert was gone. This is best illustrated whenever Findley focuses on the issue of Mrs. Ross and her empty glass. Some examples are: Mrs. Ross stared at her empty glass. How long had it been empty? Hours? Minutes ... and Mister Ross went to see Robert in Montreal before he departed overseas. Mister Ross had tracked his son down so his wife could have one last look at her son. Nevertheless, when Mrs. Ross had another chance to say goodbye to her son she blew it. Instead of running out to ...

• Word Count: 2775
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... have new year dinner. Especially last year, we celebrated for one family member (my brother) who just came to US from VN. Normally, after my father's statement, everybody started eating, talking and giving to each other all the best wishes for new year. I sat at the corner of the table and looked at every single ... we had a lot of things to support: food, cloth, furniture, etc.. that is why we started to look for job right away. My father, the main worker in the family, found an assembly job but they paid him a little because he had no experience and he was old. Besides that, my brothe...

• Word Count: 710
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

To many people, storms brewing in the horizon seem like an omen or despair, a foretelling of bad or evil things coming, or sometimes even associated with death and dying. We have sayings about ... Storms invariably wind up in horror movies and old dramas. In movies and books we often see or read of a storm during a funeral. In Kate Chopin's short story "The Storm" it is used as an omen, as well as perhaps despair, but it adds a different element to this story as well; it seems to be a force, ... as "crashing torrents [of rain], and the roar of the elements" (141). As the passion explodes withi...

• Word Count: 737
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... Gertrude feels happy at Mrs. Lithebe place and seems to be slipping into her former good self. Kumalo writes to his wife of the sequence of events that took place in Johannesburg. Msimangu accompanies Kumalo to his brother's shop. John is pleasantly surprised to see Kumalo ... Msimangu leaves for Doorfontein Textile Company Kumalo and Msimangu leave for Doorfontein and find out that Absalom had quit the job a year ago. One of the workmen informs them that he had last heard that Absalom was staying with Mrs. Ndlela of Endstreet, Sophiatown. Kumalo and Msimangu visit Mrs. ... Ndlela but ar...

• Word Count: 1652
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... to the side of the raft, two children inside it, it was unimaginable. The roar of the lifeboat was heard as it crashed through the waves, there it was a bright yellow angel of a boat, and at last it was over. I recall being pulled up to the boat, then my brother and then the rest. ... with many aunties, uncles, cousins" brother, parents and grandparents. My immediate family consists of four people, my father, mother, brother and myself, being the youngest. My father is forty-six years old and was born in Sardinia and is part of a large family. He has four brothers and two sisters ... fro...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School