Handmaid's Tale: A Narrative Fiction

Jeanie was once a friend of the two sisters, until one day she went to the goblins. For Lizzie, she served as a cautionary tale. “She thought of Jeanie in her grave,/Who should have been a bride;/But who for joys brides hope to have” (312-314). Maidens in the Victorian era, as we are reminded were not able to partake in sexual activities prior to being married. When Lizzies thinks of Jeanie being a young bride, she is alluding to not having intercourse on her wedding day.

At this point, Juliet still hasn’t told her mother that she loves Romeo, leave alone that she actually married him already. Lady Capulet believes that Juliet cries because of the death of Tybalt. This shows the partial maturity of Juliet. A mature person would have confronted lady Capulet with their true feelings on the matter. When lady Capulet tells Juliet that Juliet is to marry Paris on Thursday, she tries to change it by saying that she can’t properly marry him, as Paris has not even courted her.

The Fault in our Stars Held prisoner by the cancer flooding her lungs with fluid Hazel has lost her ability to interact with people, Hazel is lost to her books and herself, feeling guilty. She is aware that there is nothing she did to cause the cancer but she only tries to decrease the pain she believes that she is somehow causing her family. She gives in to death and gives up rather than make a profound impact on the people around her. She begins to explain this as she narrates “Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time thinking about death,” Green, p.78. She realizes that she spends precious time obsessing about death, she is wasting her life grieving about something she cannot control, predict or change.

This quote is noteworthy because the point of view, first person, shows how Martha feels about getting the jacket. If this was written in third person, the reader might not understand how much the jacket truly means to her. This piece from the text shows that Martha was very upset about hearing she might not receive the jacket. These craft elements used by the author not only show the

The choices made at the end of each story were made due to characters pride getting the best of them and can be predicted to harm them in the future. After walking away from Miss Moore, Sylvia thinks about the day and claims “ain’t nobody gonna beat me at nuthin” (Bambara 6). Throughout the story, Sylvia has pessimistic thoughts that may affect her future. By not admitting she learned something, it can be inferred that her pride will not allow her to acknowledge the lesson. Due to this, Sylvia may suffer a fall in her life, such as the quotation, “pride comes before Destruction” suggests.

To fall asleep, she needs a medicine, but that doesn’t ensure a peaceful night. She dreams of prison and the time she’s spent there, screams at the memory of whipping. When Corinna wakes up, she realizes that all her items have been destroyed, lost or damaged during the night. For her it’s a tragedy, since she needs all those items to prepare for the day. Despite the desperate situation she still manages to carry on day after day, which is a proof of an incredible strength of her character.

Beatrice is the main character, in the book Insurgent Series by Veronica Roth, Beatrice was trying to figure out how she was going to confess what she has done. Beatrice is Divergent, she has different traits and emotions compared to other people in the society. She was in Candor, a courtroom where she can let her anger out and no one can judge her for what she has done, especially from the ones she loves. When the attention was pointed to her, she was scared to tell the full story about what was bothering her. Beatrice thought to herself, “Safe places, where confessing that I shot one of my best friends would be easy, where I would not be afraid of the way that Tobias will look at me when he finds out what I did.”

In this book the social worker is very reluctant to as what's going on. She always tries to give Barbra the benefit of doubt, even though its not whats right for Dawn. Cathy calls Ruth trying to get better conditions for dawn. Everytime Ruth just says, “Well let’s give Barbra a call and let her know whats going on”(Glass 65). Ruth is really hard to like especially when we as reader see what's really going on with Dawn and what she's going through.

Due to her constant need for change, making new friends any where she goes is not a problem. The thing is – she is unable to keep in touch with her old pals. For instance, she might be with you at this moment, in the next time with someone else, and a different person in the future. Gemini woman is brutally frank, honest when stating her opinions.

She felt ugly, betrayed, and not on her element. After 2 hours of thinking, she decided to go visit a witch known for black magic in a small town outside of the city. The witch opened the door and asked (in a rough voice): “ what can I help you with?” Kenza explained to her that she had a crush on a guy and he proposed to her cousin for marriage in her house. The witch started laughing and said: “Hmm..should we kill her or kill him?”

I did not receive notice until midyear that the notes were not turned in. I responded by writing a letter to the Principal listing all the dates that were on the notes and that Cadence had failed to turn them in, that I excused her for those dates because of

Candidate Infantolino was quick to ask questions during her initial brief. This showed that she understood the need to have complete comprehension of the situation and mission. While briefing her team, SNC allowed her members to relax too much and they may have lost their concentration on her. Along with this, SNC’s grammar and occasional stuttering led her to show a lack of command presence. Candidate Infantolino looked nervous!

Jessi walked home alone, like she always did. Nobody went to the school where she lived, so she never had anyone to walk with. When her house came into view, she sped up, hoping to get home in time to do her homework. Most of the teachers just let the students have the day off, but a few dispensed assignments like nothing had ever happened. It somewhat offended Jessi.

It was also a very common discrimination. Desmond however did not accept the inequality and decided to fight for her right. When her car broke down in Nova Scotia, she decided to see a movie to pass time while it was being fixed. At the counter she was refused a ticket for the downstairs seating because the seats were usually for ‘English’ Canadians only. She was angered by the treatment she got and then she went to sit in the downstairs seating despite having a ticket for the balcony seat.

“ Also, Anne had to leave her pet behind when they left because they could only take things that would fit in their bags. Anne says “ I have one… a darling little cat. But they made me leave her behind. “ They couldn’t even get a chance to say goodbye to their school