“You’ll get back to where you came from.” Simon nodded as he spoke. […] Ralph was puzzled and searched Simon’s face for a clue. “It’s so big, I mean—” Simon nodded. “All the same. You’ll get back all right. I think so, anyway.” Some of the strain had gone fro...
“Harlem” was written in 1951, during the era of Jim Crow segregation and the early period of the Civil Rights Movement. It was also written in the aftermath of World War II, when black Americans fought in the United States military—to defeat Nazism and to defend American visions of ...
The Thane of Cawdor, began a dismal conflict, Till that Bellona’s bridegroom, lapped in proof, Confronted him with self-comparisons Cite this Quote Bellona, the ancient Roman goddess of war, was sometimes associated with Nerio, who herself was viewed as the partner of the war god Mars in...
With them he waged the sad war of daily humiliation, of entreaties and petitions, of come-back-tomorrow, of anytime-now, of we’re-studying-your-case-with-the-proper-attention; the war hopelessly lost against the many yours-most-trulys who should have signed and would never sign the ...
The BoyCharacter Analysis Next The Man / The Father The woman’s younger child, the boy is seven when the novel starts. A dreamy child, he has a strong imagination and a deep connection to the natural world. Sensitive, intuitive, and compassionate, the boy deeply misses hisfatherand tries...
And everything she saw she saw through a cloud of fine white dust that had once been the bed of an ancient salt lake. The boy began to cough and the girl untied her scarf and shoved it into his hand and told him to hold it over his nose and mouth. He pressed the scarf to his ...
It seems like Jay’s attempt to break old, harmful patterns was successful, since he and his dad end up continuing the conversation they began in the car. Earlier in the novel, Jay’s dad took off work after learning about Jun but wouldn’t communicate with Jay about it. This time, Ja...
“If you had spoken when you ought to have spoken,” I began: “if you had done me the common justice to explain yourself—” She broke in on me with a cry of fury. The few words I had said seemed to have lashed her on the instant in to a frenzy of rage. “Explain myself!”...