Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog, had written in reference to immigrants in America, "Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' ... She wouldn't feel at home in America until she was accepted for who she was and met a person who didn't look at her as if she was a roach and alien. ... Moscovitz shop where she had to make paper flowers, she was exploited by the manager because of her gender. ... For example, in the book, he had invited her to come to his shop at nighttime and get her pay, but thin...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

When Colonel Pyncheon pasted away, there was a small window shop that was closed when he died. ... When Hepzibah opens her shop, her first customer is Holgrave, a descendent of Matthew Maule. ... Hepzibah's shop symbolizes the old aristocracy because it gives way to new times. ... He is surprised to learn that she has opened a shop. ... She had brought sunshine into a wretched home and family. ...

• Word Count: 2022
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

So we all started walking home because there was no one to come get us. ... Steve would come home late almost every night. My mother would wait up for him and when he got home they would have a fight. ... Grandmother would take us grocery shopping every now and then so we could have food. ... So then we started to lock up all of the valuable stuff and to slowly get our stuff out of the pawn shops. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

My mom has always been home for me when I need her. ... On the day that they went, my parents left early, and I was home alone despite my young age, only 10 years old, I knew how to take care of myself. ... After she entered a room, with large and wide door, my father and I were alone, we started walking by the hospital to see if we could find any coffee shop, and we notice that the hospital was really clean, a lot of employees were working to keep it in that way. As it was too early, none of the coffee shop were open yet, so we decided to go across the street of the hospital, where there was ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She is portrayed as jealous upon her first visit to the Burden family's home. ... Harling plays the role of the peacekeeper when her husband was at home. ... Lena Lingard has become a successful business woman and owns her own dress shop. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Just drive home, right? Home is only 5 minutes away, I can handle my alcohol, so why not. ... I had just gotten home from the fun filled opening night of Farm Fest that happens every year the weekend before Labor Day in Fountain City, Wisconsin. ... We headed to pick up the papers in Winona in my cousin Jared's Beretta that Ryan was borrowing for his truck was in the shop having repairs made to it because of some accident he had just gotten into. ... Drinking and driving is not ok, no matter were you live or how close home is. ...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School