Second Act Of Compassion: Impact On Other People

presents various symbols that connect to characters and themes. Similarly, so does the metafiction story of Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried.” Actually, without symbolism in these two stories, the meaning of the story would be lost to the reader. Summary and Symbolism in “A Rose for Emily”

In my immediate family, my grandmother and mother are the leaders. My mother provides for us through work and my grandmother kept me company and cooked for me. She would watch me when my mom was still at work when I got home from

The Underground Railroad was an extraordinary protest against slavery. Slaves were fighting for survival and many died in the process. These people gambled their lives to escape the barbaric realities of slavery into freedom. Of course they were not able to escape without the help of others. Slaves did not know the paths to freedom and turned to the guidance of conductors to usher them into freedom.

The first occurrence is when Hazel goes on a trip to Amsterdam with Augustus. A second instance is when Hazel writes a eulogy for Gus and goes to see him, even though her parents do not want her to. Thirdly, the theme appears when Peter Van Houten speaks with Hazel and explains how his grief about his daughter’s death revealed his true self. The theme of The Fault in Our Stars is that death is a part of life, so we need to live our best lives each day.

Her actions made slave owners anxious and angry so they posted rewards for her capture. When the civil war had began she worked for the union army being a cook, a nurse, and as an armed scout. She was active while doing her jobs until her sickness overtook her and she had to go to a place where they put elderly African Americans that she established earlier. After her death she became one a the icons of the American courage freedom.

Racial tensions have put southern beliefs and civil rights on opposite ends of the scales, something Jean Louise comes to notice during her visit and she comes to find that those close to her weren’t as just and right as she had believed them to be all her life. Jean Louise spent her entire childhood in Maycomb, a very rural and southern area. She lived with Jem, her brother, Atticus, her father and Calpurnia, her black housekeeper. Since leaving Maycomb to attend college in New York City, Jean Louise has visited seldomly, one of the notable times being to attend the funeral of her brother Jem. During her visit, she spends quite a bit of time with her hometown friend, Hank and her uncle, Jack, both of whom are very close to Atticus.

Sethe and her daughter named Denver, reside in a haunted house on Bluestone Road outside Ohio. As a matter of fact, her house was once a way station. Historically, the way station was a treasured salvation for ex-slaves who lack, food, clothing and safe passage among whites. The way station also served as a postal center and message drop. Meetings with other wayfarers sometimes reunited them with friends and loved ones.

The narrator in the story tells us that even when Emily’s dad died she still remained the same person. Homer Barron a contractor paving streets from her hometown arrived and she really started to love him, for who he was. However, events that happened in her life made her relationship harder with him. When Emily came back from visiting her two distant cousins, Homer returned but that was the last time the town saw him. Emily

When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin'. Got kinda used to each other after a little while’" (Steinbeck 40). The background information that Steinbeck gives the reader summarizes the origin of George and Lennie’s relationship. It of course, hints as to why they are inseparable.

5)Abraham,Martin and John by Dion Dimucci (1968) Dion Dimucci with his song Abraham,Martin and John tried to prove to people that folk-rock is really good style to express feelings. This song is about Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy (songmeanings). Abraham he was president, and in his time he abolished slavery. This was a huge step for the US. This is brought forward in the lyric, “Anybody seen my old friend Abraham, he freed a lot of people, but it seems the good they die young”.

Land of the free, home of the brave! America. We truly love our family and people who takes care of it! American military veterans are provided with lots remarkable perks, one of which is a mortgage loan program referred to as the Veterans Administration Loan Guaranty Program. This plan has been in place since 1944 and has now assisted in excess of 20 million of our brave servicemen and women live the American dream of being a home owner.

In order to relieve former slaves’ pressure as they transition to freedom, the Freedmen’s Bureau, provided a social uplift for them(408). According to the North Carolina black soldiers, who were very unpleased about them and their families being treated poorly in 1865, decided to write a

Early in her interview, I remember her explaining that her owners were not only kind to her through their teaching of the alphabet, but also to her parents, specifically her father who was continuously supplied with tasks from their master for additional money after gaining freedom. This struck me as particularly generous, because not only did the master keep in touch with the family after the abolishment of slavery, but he tried to provide the family with the most meaningful opportunities in the “real world.” Bernice told me that her mother remained on the plantation for an additional year after freedom, and later when her mother became ill, their old mistress would travel over six miles with gifts every day until her death. Bernice’s explanation of the close bond between her family and her old masters made me realize that it was not only the slaves who felt connected to their owners long after freedom, but some plantation owners grew to care their slaves like family of their own. So although they supported the horrible institution of slavery itself, it did not prevent relationships between their slaves and them.

“I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other,” said Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman saved over 1000 slaves risking her life going back and forth. Later on, she works for the Union Army in the Civil War, and she was one of the first women to lead an armed expedition in the war. Harriet Tubman was a person who cared about other peoples’ freedom she helps free slaves and helps the Union army in the war. Harriet Tubman was a slave but after a while, she and her brothers left for Pennsylvania.

Similar to most families that parted ways during the post emancipation era, Joe Brown looked to the strong women of his family to help care for brown (McBride 48). These family members ensured that he was well mannered. When he moved to Augusta to live with his Aunt honey, he had obtained an education from segregated schools up until the seventh or eighth grade, like most children who got to attend school (McBride