... for a sinful act, and as living reminders of human foibles. The symbols used in this book are the scarlet letter, Pearl, and the rosebush next to the rusted prison door. The scarlet letter was a stigma worn by someone who had committed a sinful act many Puritan settlements. The Puritans believed that public humiliation was ... crime. The question of whether Pearl is normal or not becomes clearer when Dimmsdale's relationship to Pearl is revealed. Additionally, the rosebush next to the rusted prison door should not be overlooked. The rosebush symbolizes nature and its ability to forgive p...

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In the town of Kinston, there is a girl named Entiree because her mother at birth told her that's what she will get from this world. Sorry that her mother plan failed because Entiree mother died right after she ... was it true and he laughed at her and that made her feel better. She went to sleep that night dreaming of being a perfect human just for laughs and the next day rolling out of the bed was the most beautiful thing she ever seen. Freaked at the mirror image that she seen pasted out. Regaining consciences. Her parents come in ... ...

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... Life" The short story The Mourning Door is a devouring tale scattered with ideas perpetuating an intense type of confusion because of the portrayal of such random thoughts. However, examining this story it is ... the walls, the basement or in the attic. These are the body parts the woman continued to find throughout the house everyday. Every child that has passed through the mourning door left a body part behind, a part that has contributed to the reconstruction of a new child, although, a problem exists. The child is not a child at all, it ... constructed so that it may be put to res...

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... was all getting kind of old. Most of his friends were dating and that was okay by him, but he didn't like watching his social life diminish with each new girl that his friends took out. It was becoming boring and he was getting lonely. "Man, wouldn't that be so rad if I can find ... a girl who's exactly like me?" he pondered aloud. Then he trudged his way to the beach. No point in making his friends wait because he was feeling sorry about his life. ... the people around them. They loved meeting new monkeys and it was even better that they all shared the same interests! Brad and his bu...

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... to, well, myself, my human nature. It itself is a blessing and a curse. One might now ask what does this have to with the story, well in actually everything. Within the next three paragraphs I shall not just give examples on a person that reminds me of Tom Walker I will attempt to prove that we are all Tom Walkers. In a way I am rewriting the ... it is just that Tom Walker was one of the ones that "gave in." There is a saying "Knock and the door shall be open" well the devil was at his door and opened it, just like Pandora's box. The devil is at our door, will we open it? In the story T...

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... if you ask me. I see guys that make a lot of money get any girl they want even though they are mean pigs that don't know how to treat themselves let along another human being. I know I myself have been turned down many times just because the next guy had a better car or lived in a better neighborhood. I can't even ... remember the many times I had to shell out a lot of dollars just to be able to take out a girl that looked ver good. But that's where even I fall into the trap that ... are truly all about. Just like it was shown in the video when the American guy would go all the way to R...

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... her husband Claud for treatment. In the waiting room, she occupies her thoughts by putting the patients into categories. They are put in many different categories. One girl in the waiting room she referred to as fat and acne face, an elderly woman and her child are referred to as white trash, and another woman in ... others. "On the bottom of the heap were most colored people, not the kind she would have been if she had been one, but most of them; next to them not above, just away from were the white trash, then above them the home owners, then the home and landowners" (Paragraph 24). Mrs...

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... only because young ladies often get involved in one night stands that turn into to undefined relationships. I definitely know the main character is a girl because the poem talks about the girl wanting to lay her head on his chest. "My Expression is overwhelmed with emotion I don't understand is this or can this be my ... of uncertainty tells me to confine it to myself" The expression on the girls is overwhelmed; I picture a distraught look, a somewhat painful one. The reason the girl doesn't understand the definition of her and the guys could be either person fault. You"re not just frie...

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... usual and caught Gregor as he was looking out the window, motionless and terrifyingly upright.but not only did she not enter, she also actually jumped back and shut the door"" (Kafka, pg.294). Inconsiderate of her brother's feelings she has made it known to him that she can no longer bare the sight of his insect form. This is the ... his metamorphosis, the family is now free to prosper and can now look forward to the hopeful future of Grete for "she had blossomed into a good-looking and well-developed girl"" (pg. 310). Although Gregor's physical appearance had changed, his personality r...

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... introduced with the Puritan community. The emphasis of the prison is used to represent the rigorous enforcement of the laws and the inability to break free of them. The prison door itself also serves as a metaphor for the authority of religion, which will not tolerate deviance. In using the cemetery in context with the prison, it reveals that even the Puritans ... is fair authority for believing, it had sprung up under the footsteps of the sainted Ann Hutchinson as she entered the prison-door, we shall not take upon us to determine" (Hawthorne 36). Hawthorne ironically places the rose b...

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... across the street. George kept walking, and then did a double take. "That is the kind of person that I wish that I could have in my life," thought George. Just seeing that girl, that woman, took his mind off of the Sentinels. Just as he thought that, the woman crossed the street, and was walking right towards George. She stuck out her hand ... Dahlia's apartment building, another black brick building, identical to all other buildings in PureLiving, and hadn't said one word to each other the entire way there. Dahlia opened up her door to Apartment Number 101. For the first time in a whil...

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... between Joy and her mother. During Mrs. Hopewell and Mrs. Freeman's morning routine, "Joy would get up while her mother was eating and lumber into the bathroom and slam the door- (185). This is clearly an act of drawing attention to one's self in an immature way. Another apparent act of juvenile behavior is when Joy refers to Mrs. Freeman's children ... a child. She is not given a fair opportunity to prove herself as an adult. She tries to do this by attending school, but her mother doesn't understand a Ph.D. in Philosophy. "The girl had taken the Ph.D. in Philosophy and this left Mrs. ...

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... tired. Everyone else was playing cards. Although I was in deep sleep, suddenly at 11 my brother tried to wake me up. He was shouting that he saw the river flowing next to our house and that water was there all around our society. I was surprised by his words. But I thought that he was making fun of me. Then he repeated the ... same thing and pulled me out of my bed and took me to the door. I was just shocked by seeing water all around our society. Our society was completely inundated by water. The water level on the road had risen to about 3 to 4 feet. Mixed ... . It was late night so t...

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... to a person. To some, it might mean quite a bit more than to a person who does not actually have a religion. I met a girl one night at school. She was nice, intelligent, and sweet. Her personality was awesome. She was the kind of girl that you could just be very happy to be with. Well we hung out a bit, going out and getting coffee and ... out up until the time where I realized there was something going on between us, it was great. I do not think I had ever felt more alive. She was a very church oriented girl and she was catholic. We kept hanging out and seeing each other for a while. T...

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... All silent, all still. Sweet and sound she sleeps in granny's bed- (227). Instead of the death that the reader is convinced will occur, the girl is sleeping quietly and happily with the wolf. Also, the fact that it is nighttime, close to midnight, and dark outside makes the situation appear that ... "savage" in this passage symbolizes the link between the animals and humans. Humans are normally not associated with savagery, but in this passage it shows the girl committing a barbaric act. Also, since the wolf is half animal and half man, it is accepted for him to act in a wild manner. The...

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As I walked into the small room I shared with three other students at the male hostel, I wanted to slam the door behind me to signal my frustration. However, the door slowly slid shut as I did not have any strength left to pull off such antics. I felt sore all over my body and felt numb in muscles I never knew I had. Most ... they had each seemed to have been placed as far away from the previous one as the campus space will allow. Now, you understand why I could not perform even a good door-slamming operation at the end of my day. As my second-year roommates greet me now, I look bitterly int...

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... they succumbed to a heavy sleep. A bright red light and a high squealing sound woke the boys. They heard feet shuffling and mumbled voices outside they're rooms. A head peaked behind the door and told them to stay put. They ignored the order, and ran to the deck. The hole in the side of the ship caused it to slowly tilt and begin ... darkness of the mouth. The head with fair hair sat on a stick, sharpened at both ends. The face blankly stared at the boy. And next to the head with fair hair was a head with red hair. And next to the head with red hair were two heads that looked exactly al...

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... to murder him, she was expiating her crime. (Faulkner 59) In the same interview, Faulkner gives reasons to feel pity for Emily. In this case there was the young girl with a young girl's normal aspirations to find love and then a husband and a family, who was brow-beaten and kept down by her father , a selfish man who didn't want her to leave home ... in the new Board of Aldermen, in Homer Barron (the representative of Yankee attitudes toward the Griersons and through them toward the entire South), and in what is called "the next generation with its more modern ideas (West 206). The read...

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... he didn't have to be like the rest of the people around him and become part of society. Two Kinds is the next story that assimilation can be applied to. This story is about a Chinese woman who wanted her little girl, Amy, to become a prodigy and leave a mark on society. She wanted her to become the best she could be but Amy ... 's mom wanted her to be able to fit into American society. She figured she could do this by making her flaunt her talents. She thought once people saw this little girl with so many talents she would become an important part of society. To Kill a Mocking Bird is th...

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... for humans to actually experience due to the fact that we most likely see it in other people. For instance, in the narrative "Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, she sees her slave master as evil; her slave master views slaves as animals. These are two very obvious examples of the shadow archetype. ... of these represents a symbol to us as an individual or as a whole of what we see or perceive in our unconscious state of mind. The next archetype is called anima for males and animus for females. Anima is considered or is another name for the male soul and animus is another name for ....

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... is making a morally incorrect decision. They might not see it as the proper choice. This fact is closely related to the situation in entry 33. This girl's family anticipated her decision based on the belief that no matter right or wrong you never go against your own people. They completely excused the idea of ... doing what was right because it conflicted the code of their family. This girl chose to see a problem from two different perspectives. She could either live up to the expectations of her gang or her family, and keep the ... do nothing short of this. This was what she was saying...

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... 't realize that they themselves are infected. Once a person gets a bit older the cognitive dissonance strategy mat not be enough for the virus to keep a tight grasp. This is where the next strategy comes in, conditioning. Many religions have chants and group prayers that repeat over an over the beliefs that make up that religion. As noted before this is effective method ... and that there religion is the right one. Some religions use the Trojan horse method to infect new minds. For example some followers of a certain faith will come to your door and use this method to attract you to thei...

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Journal response "The Museum today is a very different place from the Museum of half a century ago. Now, high technology laborites filled with computers and electronics can be found next door to storerooms full of human mummies or snakes coiled in jars of alcohol. The collections are being cared for and studied in ways that Roy Chapman Andrews never dreamed of." ( ... ...

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... will have to rely on our feet instead. Our factories use gasoline to power their machines, and make it possible to get our everyday needs manufactured and delivered to our door step. Most of the third world countries use gasoline to produce electricity, and it helps them to keep the power supply steady during shortages. Natural gas keeps us warm during ... , and the world will not be the same without it. From our households to space shuttles, technology plays a big part, and continue to shape and affect our lives towards the next century. It is early to predict where the new age will tak...

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... of the road. I automatically remembered my mother warning me to obey the speed limit or else I will be caught when I least expect it. Nevertheless, I saw the officer stand near my door and so I rolled down my window. He first asked me for my license and registration of the car. I timidly handed them to him. He told me that he caught me ... told me that I must attend a court hearing because speeding is considered a serious driving offense. He told me to be careful on the roads because if I was caught again in the next six months, I would have my license suspended. Therefore, I would have...

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