thought of finding her cousins dead body in the place that started all this chaos was running through her head. She arrived to the haunted house terrified for her life , but would do anything for her cousin .The exterior was pitch black , it looked like the devil himself was covering the exterior of the buildings . She saw the lock broken off at the haunted house door entrance . She took a big deep breath opening the door and entering . The inside haunt lights were turned on , all she can see was
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carries significance throughout the novel. The house of 124 Bluestone Road is the setting where the characters in the novel are seen locked in the endless memory of their haunting pasts. Gaston Bachelard’s, The Poetics of Space, similarly explain space in a metaphorical and literal sense. Bachelard uses memories, and inhabitance to see how these images influence someone’s sense of happiness and well-being. From the beginning of the novel, it is clear that house of 124 Bluestone Road acts as more of a character
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part in selling the story that helped in the adoption of Taylor. She does weeps convincingly but deep down those tears were for the painful memory of her child that she abandoned back in her troubled country. Through the book, one meets Mattie who owns a tire shop. She does one amazing act that is illegal but very noble. She houses both Estevan and Esperanza, who are illegal immigrants, in her humble abode. She also willingly accepts Taylor into her fold. She somehow seems to get the fact that people
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and there mother Amanda Wingfield. There father abandoned then when they where little. Laura is socially awkward she’s been telling her mother for the past 6 months that she’s going to school but the first day she went and she had to se sent to the nurses office because she was so scared. So she tells her mom she’s go but she really just goes for walks in the park. Tom works at a warehouse he’s the narrator of the play and He wants out of the house. His mother makes him do everything he goes to the
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what is actually happening in the world around them. In The Glass Menagerie, there are three main characters, Amanda the mother, Tom the son, and Laura the daughter and the youngest. Amanda was abandoned by her husband about 16 years prior, leaving Tom to step up as the male figure and head of the house. This forced Tom into a position of always having to work so he could provide for and consistently support his family. Tom holds a job at a warehouse that he absolutely despises, and is getting sick
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afraid of her leaving or him driving her away. Having lost every family unit he had been a part of, Enrique decided that he wanted to start one of his own. “If they have a child together, surely Maria Isabel won’t abandon him. So many people have abandoned him.” (Nazario 35) Despite his relationship with Maria Isabel, Enrique continued to struggle with his issues surrounding his mother, meanwhile his behavior and addiction continued to worsen. Enrique’s family attempts to confront him about his behavior
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Legend” demonstrates meeting this need by hunting wildlife in one of the first scenes. He also searches other abandoned houses or buildings for canned food to add to his supply at his house. The second stage in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is safety. This need includes having shelter to remain free from harm. The main character meets this need by installing extra security features on his house. He installed metal doors over his windows and doors with extra locks to prevent anything from intruding.
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in his vest pocket he was still frightened by every noise every shadow. A water pipe behind him burst sending a cold spray down his back. He shuddered and broke out into a jog. The haunting feeling of being watched followed him all the way to his house. As he fell into bed and slowly drifted to sleep he heard a low moan from the bottom of the stairs. He got up and went down the stairs to the sound. The door to his cellar was wide open, and the small light was on. He hesitated then finally crept down
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There are many fiction novels that help people understand major issues such as: racism, poverty, teen angst, bullying, and sexual orientation. A novel that helped me understand about bullying is when I read Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks in Ms. Kirsch’s 11th grade English class at Lenape Tech for our choice of fiction novel. Throughout this entire novel, the plot and characters also helped me understand poverty and teen angst. Safe Haven is about a girl (Katie) who has made many attempts over many
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Lost Man Bayou. Troy Landry, knowing all the waterways and swamps of Pierre Part, Louisiana, holds the only key to the gate. People who have entered the bayou are known to never be seen again. If you look down the bayou, you see sunken boats and abandoned boats along the bank. The bayou’s name carries a lot of stories and tales with it. If you ever hear it’s name, you know there will be a story. Alligator season is coming to an end and the Landry’s still have seventy three tags to fulfill. At the
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