... Suzette is raped by Eugene Durant, a Frenchman who is related to her owner. She eventually has two children by this man, one of whom is a daughter named Philomene. After Philomene becomes a teenager, the story shifts to tell her story. Narcisse Fredieu, another relative of Philomene's owner, becomes smitten with her, ... The oldest of the eight children is Emily. Emily is born in 1861, right before the emancipation of the slaves. She is the first daughter in this line of females that will never know what it is like to be someone else's property. She is sent to New Orleans to ... family...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... plantation owner family. The history of his family and the Old South has inspired Faulkner's imagination. Almost everyone is familiar with his works. His stories were about changes in the Old South and the struggling of its old values in the new world. There are many example of this theme ... the new generation took over but Miss Emily never seemed to realize (West 1). It all started with her father, a traditional Southern aristocrat who believes no man in Jefferson is good enough for his daughter. He scared away all of her suitors and unfortunately left her with nothing but a soul that ...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the heroine, Jane Eyre. When Emily and Charlotte returned home their lives were much better. The siblings spent most of their time making up wild stories on the moors and developed their imaginations greatly. In 1826, their father fueled their imaginations by presenting each of them with a wooden soldier. Each child chose a soldier and gave him a name and a character. This was the ... , Ellen Dean, about the history that surrounds Heathcliff and the other families from that area. It is here where the reader learns that the girl living with Heathcliff is the daughter of Catherine Linton, ...

• Word Count: 1956
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School