… society is the definition of the American/Puritan society. If one was to be asked to do work in the Puritan era, that person would have done it because they feared the consequences which were usually some type of isolation. That person also respected…

… their means but needing to keep up the appearance of having some wealth and social standing. The main characters described in this tale are the mother, her young son Paul, the presence of an uncle who interacts with the young boy and the family’s…

… What an awful burden to stomach. It’s of no mystery why one would attempt to forget his life, or try his best to elude it. Perhaps this is the case with Neddy Merrill. Why face life gone sour when you can be a hero in your own mind? Neddy takes…

… truths of the wrongs done to people of the past as well as today. It is a very depressing realization of how everybody has their own motives and disregards those of others. Throughout the book Sinclair shows the struggles of an American family in…

… in “The Joy Luck Club,” it would be the loss of a child and the after effect it had on their relationships with their living children. This lead to a misunderstanding between mother and daughter, and the climax of their separation before the problems…

… your job, all restaurant stations will always be at their highest level of presentation and customers will leave the restaurant with a sense of having been personally attended to by an individual who puts each and every customer's restaurant…

… find a teen smoking. Even though a number of commercials and school orientations have given the effects of smoking, the kids feel they are invincible to the effects smoking can cause. Tobacco companies have targeted the youth, ages eleven to seventeen,…

… to how individuals become literate. This summer I began my questioning in a third world country, Cuba, who has between a 95 to 97 percent literacy rate. It has amazed me that many individuals can comprehend this complex phenomenon, and use it in life.…

… and “My Last Duchess,” by Robert Browning, are poems about killings. The killings in each poem, however, are completely different. Robinson’s poem is about euthanasia, while Browning’s is about a murder. Both poems are dramatic monologues, and…

… his experiences at Disneyland. At the end of his essay Eco claims that Disneyland is America’s “Sistine Chapel”-a place where our true national values are shown in artistic form. I agree with this claim. To show why I agree with Eco’s claim, I am…