The Tall Stranger

... in a grassy hollow where they sat very quietly. In a green hollow the Bacchae sat their hands at work. Pentheus, however, could not see the Bacchae sitting there, so he told the stranger that he would climb a tall-necked pine to get a better view. The stranger then grabbed to topmost branches of the pine and forced it to the ground and placed Pentheus on it. He then gently placed to ... tree upright again. Almost instantly the Bacchae noticed him sitting atop the tree and the stranger disappeared. All of the women then took stones ... and began hurling them at Pentheus who was perched ...

• Word Count: 3013
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... accomplish a greater understanding of our soul and Sylvia has by exhibiting her passion for nature over human companionships, all with the help of a rare special bird named the white heron. The title of the story, "The White Heron," is not just an ordinary bird but a "queer tall white bird with soft feathers and long thin legs. And it would have a nest perhaps in ... climbing up the tall pine tree where she can "see all the world, and easily discover whence the white heron flew" (56). As she's climbing down the great pine tree she keeps fantasizing "what he would think when she told him...

• Word Count: 927
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... that he believes no-one is as good a leader as him, and that the conch, which called the group together, is below him. This is "simple arrogance" (P.29) on the part of Jack. He uses his cloak as a prop - "Inside the floating cloak he was tall, thin, and bony" (P.27). He uses the cloak (a sign of power) to make him into something he's not, he uses ... primitive, his grasp on civilization weakens, and eventually dies. By smearing his face - "He smeared on the clay" (P.79), he covers up the old Jack, and replaces him with an "awesome stranger" (P.80). The mask covers up Jacks face, and giv...

• Word Count: 4263
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

... in his car and sped off. Kathleen drove a few feet before the rear tire fell completely off. The stranger returned, and profusely apologized for the wheel. He offered to give her a ride to the nearest gas station, and she accepted. The stranger drove past the gas station, and off into the dark night, insisting to Kathleen repeatedly over the three hour period that she was in that car, that she ... to do it. "The car came to a sudden halt. The man had driven off of the road. This was Kathleen's chance to escape, so she grabbed Jennifer, and jumped out of the car. She ran across the road ...

• Word Count: 2766
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... in his car and sped off. Kathleen drove a few feet before the rear tire fell completely off. The stranger returned, and profusely apologized for the wheel. He offered to give her, a ride to the nearest gas station, and she accepted. The stranger drove past the gas station, and off into the dark night, insisting to Kathleen repeatedly over the three hour period that she was in that car, that she ... to do it. "The car came to a sudden halt. The man had driven off of the road. This was Kathleen's chance to escape, so she grabbed Jennifer, and jumped out of the car. She ran across the road...

• Word Count: 2768
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... / And somewhat of a sad perplexity, / The picture of the mind revives again" (59-63). Although the memories of his youth are vague, what the speaker remembers most clearly is how he felt about those memories, "I cannot paint / What then I was. The sounding cataract / Haunted me like a passion: the tall rock / The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, / Their colours and their ... forms, were then to me / An appetite: a feeling and a love" (76-81). In these lines, rather than merely recall the straightforward sights and sounds of the past, the speaker remembers the passions, the love; ...

• Word Count: 3484
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... have lived in Angel's Camp. The man in the tavern, simon Wheeler, tells his tall tale about Jim Smiley of Calaveras County which was a gold rush county of California. The tale is a long, drawn out, exaggerated story about a betting and gambling man and how he ends up getting duped in the end by a stranger. American life on the western frontier during the mid-nineteenth century was all about ... the gold rush. Miners came from all over America ... and the world to try to make it rich. Some came with their families and some traveled alone (kidport/lifeof49er). Life ... ...

• Word Count: 881
• Approx Pages: 4

... was at school, some were skipping, and some were just being themselves. Everything was going fine until there was a knock on the door in Mr. Lambert's class. The whole class looked towards the door as he went to open it. On the other side of the door, stood a tall, skinny, pale boy. His pants were tight, his shirt was short and his shoes well they weren ... day he showed up late for geography class, and started banging on the door. Mr. Lambert went to open the door and the whole class turned. As he opened the door, there stood a tall, decent looking guy who was actually starting to mix ...

• Word Count: 1242
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... May I take your coat?" she asked again sweetly. Her arm still extended, I took off my coat and laid it on her arm. I had forgotten to remove the money from my pocket. I wanted to ask her for my coat back to do so, but thought that she might take offense to my request, and left it ... on her arm. The coat was given to me when I joined the army, a green color. To be honest, I didn't like that coat much; it felt quite picky on my skin and left me with a ... glanced over at him, but quickly looked away, not wanting him to see that I knew he was looking at me. I called him Goliath with the o...

• Word Count: 680
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School