Flannery O"Connor's "Everything that Rises Must Converge" tells the story of a middle-aged white lady, the descendant of an aristocratic slave-holding family in the deep south, that is on a journey to the YWCA to attend a "reducing class" that was recommended to lower her blood pressure. ... O"Connor suggests to us, not only in the title but, throughout this short story that people often resist to growing away from egoism towards self-awareness and love for all humankind that is so necessary for life to converge in equality. ... Chardin stated and O"Connor reinforces that if man "remain...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As a teenager Holden lacks the love and affection from his parents that every teenager should experience, thus creating an inner insecurity. As Holden spends the majority of his teenage life without the presence of his family, he becomes independent at an early age, which in turn has significant effects on the way he perceives the world. ... Due to any lack of support from family or friends Holden is forced to carry the burden of all his problems , feel alone and different. ... This being an important example of the relevance if setting as the reason for Holden's continual shifting of sch...

• Word Count: 1661
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel Things Fall Apart is not a tale of passion and love for humankind as I had expected, but a tale of one mans arrogant scramble to be seen as mighty whilst being most undeserving of the title. ... Okonkwo did not give Ikemefuma the same right that was given to him by his elders, regarding his fathers bad ways, that "if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings" the boy paid the price for his tribe's crimes, with his life, at the hand of the man he looked upon and loved as a father. ... Oknokwo is portrayed as courageous, but any man that rules his family with fear...

• Word Count: 1884
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1854, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, which was also an up and coming shipping center. ... A descendant of the prominent Elliot family of New England, the daughter of a highly respected minister, and a former educator in her own right, Nancy Edison now commenced teaching Tom, her last and favorite son, the three Rs" and the Bible. ... Years later, his love of Shakespeare lead him to briefly consider becoming an actor. ... He loved the creatures so much, he once amassed an aviary of over 5,000 of them. ... His father had lost his job, and the local bank was threatening to f...

• Word Count: 3349
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate