Feb. 1 Issued to Sanchez Corp. 4,000 shares of preferred stock for the following assets: machinery with a fair market value of $50,000; a factory building with a fair market value of $160,000; and land with an appraised value of $270,000.…
The miser was such a “Scrooge”. The addict was drawn in by the casino’s “siren song”. The hall monitor was never one to “cry wolf”. No matter where one goes, what they read, they will see or hear some sort of allusion. Some allusions have become so ingrained into the English language that some no longer recognize them as allusions, just as common expressions. From “it’s all Greek to me” to “off with her head” to even “I haven’t slept one wink” or “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”, allusions are everywhere. Whether the allusions are mythological, Biblical, or Shakespearean, one cannot expect to read any piece of literature, especially not Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, without finding quite a few references to other pieces of work.…
The sky flicker beat and mild wind whiffs around, but for George tonight is one of the longest nights in his life. He was sitting in front of the card table and had already shuffled the deck of cards many times. He wasn’t really thinking about the cards as much as he was about what he had done. He thought about things he would miss, and things he wouldn’t. The death of Curley's wife, the chase after Lennie and finally he was pulling the trigger. "Why did I do it?" George asked himself. "You had to; otherwise, there would have been no end" he replied to himself. Few minutes later after he and Slim arrived at the bunkhouse, the ranch hands returned, and they decided to talk. "At least we don't need to listen to Curley asking, where his wife is!" Carlson said solemnly. There was no reply, only the silence. As George was sleeping, he had a vivid dream: "George, why did you do that to me? Didn’t you love me? At least I have rabbits up here and Aunt Clara takes care of me." Lennie was floating around in George's sub-consciousness.…
This quote conveys the author's message because it show that even though McCandless wasn't prepared professionally on how to endure the wilderness he survived for a long time relying solely on his skills. Jon wasn't sure why McCandless had survived as long as she did. Jon said that McCandless wasn't one to conform…
* “Sometimes a character in literature makes a deliberate decision to sacrifice himself for the good of others” This quote means that people may face challenges and situations, in which they must sacrifice their own needs and wants for the benefit of others. In the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, McMurphy sacrifices himself for the other patients in the ward. Kesey uses many symbolic references to show McMurphy sacrificing himself, just as Jesus Christ did for his own disciples. Many events occurring in the book depict McMurphy as a Christ like figure.…
The word Power is referring to God and that he does care where the fowler is taken and he will help him find his way even though he is traveling alone. Also Bryant uses man's relationship with God in stanza eight;…
Everyone has a dream they hope to achieve, but dreams are not always possible to attain. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, two ranch hands, George and Lennie, find work in Salinas Valley. Lennie, constantly getting into trouble, inadvertently causes the two of them to be run out of town and thus have to find new work regularly. George and Lennie's search for work in the hope of accomplishing their dream of a small farm of their own displays how futile realizing dreams can be.…
In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck tells the story of two migrant workers in 1930’s California, George and Lennie. George shares an unusual, and somewhat questionable, brotherly relationship with Lennie, which faces criticisms from multiple characters. In the story, Lennie has a mild mental disability, but makes up his absentmindedness with his unparalleled strength. As George and Lennie progress through the story, they meet various characters that, along with George and Lennie, convey the themes of human nature, the unachievable American dream, and friendship. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck conveys the themes of human nature, the unachievable American dream, and friendship through the characters in the story.…
The message of the whole short story is that of what a true believer does to keep believing. Church, mass, the day dedicated to the creator, are all examples of what most of the people do every Sunday; or at least what is expected. So, it happens that this Indian out of all the people at church took the priests’ lecture “You know that when you make a donation to God, He returns it…” literally. What the literal people do not know is that it is symbolic. The Indian took his only cow and gave to the priest expecting 100 cows in return. The thing is that the message behind the “giving” is that you have to work hard and with the help of God you will obtain the cows, eventually.…
Dreams build ambition, but when a dream becomes deferred, a person’s personality and mentality can change. In both John Steinbeck’s novels, Of Mice and Men and The Pearl display the tragic results of one’s dreams not being achieved is presented. Evidence of the tragedy and disappointment of unfulfilled dreams is expressed through George and Lennie, Kino, and Crooks. Unfilled dreams manifested into George and Lennie, Kino, and Crooks and is revealed through their actions.…
"The love of money is the root of all evil." This basic proverb it the foundation that Nathaniel Hawthorne builds upon in The House of Seven Gables. Like all of hawthorns works he exploits the evils of the puritan heart in is 1851 Romantic Fantasy. Hawthorne tells the story of the Pyncheon family's struggle to overcome the inherrated problem caused by the sins of their ancestors. The Pyncheon family, however, thinks the problems come from an inherrated curse that was placed on the family. The House of Seven Gables shows Hawthorne's opinion of the puritan heart (Gioia and Kennedy p. 196). He believed that their hearts were full of sin, and that they were blinded by the sin and evil so much that they could not even see that the problem lies with themselves. Hawthorne believed that the inherrated evil of the heart could only be overcome by true love.…
EMILY is a small commercial vessel operated as a passenger launch and skippered charter vessel in and around Port Fraser Harbour.…
After being exposed to the life of the upper class and apprenticed to a blacksmith, Pip, from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations takes a walk with his friend Biddy and confesses his inordinate desire to become a gentleman on behalf of a beautiful, yet snotty Estella. As Pip struggles through the snare of distress over his aspirations, he dismisses Biddy’s difference in opinion about the significance of the upper class. Through this, Dickens expresses that the misperceptions of class bring unnecessary dissatisfaction with one’s place in society.…
Women have been oppressed in many ways since the beginning of civilization. Men have argued that, biologically, women are inferior to men whose only purposes are to produce offspring, given their smaller brains and wider hips. Women are oppressed in the work force, where they are forced to do a majority of the manual labor for little to no pay. Even at home, women are expected to stay and both clean the house and take care of the children. In Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House, the oppression of women is explored in detail through the main character Nora Helmer, who is heavily oppressed by the men in her life. Nora is a definitive example of the role any common female was expected to play, that of the loyal daughter or the doting and obedient wife, during the Victorian era. Acting as a foil, however, is Nora’s friend Kristine Linde, who has been forced to fend for herself and find herself as a self aware and resourceful woman. By comparing the two, Ibsen successfully displays how counterintuitive oppression can be to any woman, in this case Nora under both her husband Torvald and her father, against how liberating freedom is and what a women is entitled to be, strong willed, independent, and, most importantly, equal, shown through Kristine Linde.…
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe delivers a firsthand account about the time in Robinson Crusoe’s life during which he found himself stranded alone on an island off the coast of Trinidad. Throughout the twenty-seven years he spent stranded on the island, Crusoe undergoes a plethora of changes as an individual, both positive and negative. Three positive and prodigious changes underwent by Crusoe were his acceptance of Jesus Christ as his Savior, his newfound affirmative outlook on situations in his life, and his capability to survive frugally upon the island.…