Dramatic Monologue

Emily’s house is described as “lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay” (451) and “an eyesore among eyesores” (451). Her house is from the Old South and is outdated compared to the rest of the buildings in the town, but she refuses to change anything with the house, leaving it to decay with her. The street that her house is on “had once been our most select street” (451), but now everything has changed around her house and her house is the only thing remaining from the Old South on the street. Industrialism is occurring around this time and is changing the town, but she refuses to change her house to match with the New South. On the same street as her house, “garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily’s house was left” (451).

All we could think about was those extra hours of sleep that the morning would bring. We were so distracted by this that it all happened so quickly. We were mauled by an enraged mob of infected, there was no other option but for all of us to split up. Thats where I got lost. Now I 'm stuck here writing in this stupid journal!

Another spot Hurst shows birds is "For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen Scarlet Ibis from the heresy of rain. " Regret symbolizes this quote because Brother was pushing Doodle too hard, and Doodle couldn 't keep up. Brother left Doodle, and

Chris P. Bacon liked to cook, and he had a lot of silverware. It hung from the ceiling; forks, spoons, sporks and knives. When the dog was scrambling around after Chubbers, a knife fell from the ceiling and stabbed the dog 's collar right to the floor! Finally, Chubbers thought he was safe to get his Twinkie, but then the dog let out a loud bark that made the hair stick up on Chubber 's neck. And that 's when he heard the door

Rex and Rose Mary repeatedly neglected their children to accommodate their own needs. Jeannette awoke frightened to a homeless man lying on top of her. The man walked easily into the Walls home since the doors were not locked or even closed. Rex and Rose wanted to leave to doors and windows opened to let in fresh air not knowing what else it would allow in. After the attack the parents continued to leave the windows and doors open putting their needs before their children 's. Rex and Rose Mary were preoccupied with themselves to pay notice that there daughter was attacked and they could do something to reduce the chance of it happening again.

She knew that having a child in the house would make it less quite, give her company, someone to talk to and keep her busy. The relationship between the Wrights is very strained, there is no bond. The author uses the canary to

In Their Eyes Were Watching God rabies is mentioned many times. Tea Cake took it (water) and filled his mouth then gagged horribly, disgorged that which was in his mouth (Hurston 166). He sprawled on the bed again and lay there shivering until Janie and the doctor arrived (Hurston 167). Tea Cake was tired and Janie thought it was because he overstrained himself in the storm walking and swimming, but it was actually a symptom (Hurston 167). Tea Cake wakes up and he becomes anxious and excited about Janie leaving and he comes up with crazy reasons of why she would leave and those are more symptoms (Hurston

No meat!” This tells how us soldiers have been starving for quite a while now, and most of us are done dealing with the hardships. As Waldo also questioned, “Why are we sent here to starve and freeze? I can no longer endure it (Doc C). I am willing to admit that I am a summer soldier, as Thomas Paine wrote (Doc D).

Scout, I think i’m beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time. . . it’s because he wants to stay inside.” (227).

In no time at all, I had consumed a tall cylinder of salt and vinegar Pringles and an Almond Joy candy bar. My mouth burned from the vinegar and salt while my body felt sick from all the sugar. I hated myself for it and felt the lump in my throat, wishing I had not indulged again. I arrived at the office building early and sat in the parking lot, but soon I found sitting there was making my nerves cringe, so clutching my document called “The Forgotten Girl”, I locked my car and hurried inside to the large professional looking lobby, fearing the whole time I was being watched from windows above for no reason other than to see how fat I was. I tried to think of the words my husband would say “I’m so proud of you, you can do

I knew my life had hit rock bottom when i was on the pavement, in a worn in suit at the edge of China-town wearing my vomit like a bib. I 'm at the bottom of a very dark, dark pit. It 's engulfing every last ounce of hope I was holding when another friend accepted me to sleep on their couch for a few weeks. Until they were sick of my endless broken promises about finding a job and using their money for anything other than alchol to cope with the enclosing darkness. Now I have spent my last ten dollars on a greasy pork bun.

Turkey has a smell like none other and will easily be the first thing you devour. Smelling the sweet aroma of butter and melted marshmallows, the sweet potatoes make your mouth water. The most important part of the meal, desert, it what smells the best. The freshly baked pies have been sitting there the entire meal with their deliciousness wafting through the room. The entire house smells exquisite.

John, Sadie’s brother, sped down the stairs and when he sat in his chair he began to inhale his eggs. “Where are your manners John?” Sadie said eating a forkful of eggs. “Blehhhh” John said sticking out his tongue revealing his chewed up food. Pa walked in and slammed the door.

Dad was making his patented breakfast and in a pretty good mood. He had used a large butcher knife to slice mounds of potatoes into little squares, then fried them in boiling lard in a cast iron skillet. Two additional cast iron fry pans were filled with scrambled eggs and a fourth pan filled the kitchen with the heavenly aroma of bacon frying. There were several baking sheets of his invention, cinnamon rolls made from Bisquick dough with sugar added, rolled thin, spread with a thick coating of butter, pounds of homemade strawberry jam, raisins, more sugar and lots of cinnamon. He rolled up the whole thing and cut slices an inch thick, then placed them on a cookie sheet to bake.

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines is historic novel about the wrongful conviction of a black man in the South. It is centered around how to get the black man, Jefferson, to believe that he is more than what the white man believes he is. Grant, the protagonist, helps Jefferson do this by convincing him of it. In A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines uses monologues and actions between people to emphasize the importance of one's commitment to others. To begin, Gaines uses his word choice to capitalize on what he is trying to get through to look into the commitment and show it to the reader.