"Solomon had never let Livvie go any farther than the chicken house and the well. (515). ... The bottle trees were suppose to keep evil spirits Watt 3 way. In this case the bottle trees were supposed to protect Livvie from the evil spirits. ... Now I lay eyes on young man and it come to be somebody I know all the time, and been knowing since we were born in a cotton patch, and watched grow up year to year, Cash McCord growed to size growed up to come in my house in the end ragged and barefoot" (522). ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Freeman portrays Louisa's house as immaculate to express the perfection within her house of solitude. ... When Joe walks into Louisa's house, "a little yellow canary that had been asleep in his green cage at the south window woke up and fluttered wildly, beating his little yellow wings against the wires. ... Joe's clumsiness in Louisa's house illustrates that he does not belong there. ... Freeman writes, "It was now fourteen years since, in a flood of youthful spirits, he had inflicted that memorable bite, and with the exception of short excursions, always at the ...

• Word Count: 2223
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For Kyra, "The car was her sanctuary- (73) In between houses, she found freedom and relaxation as she was in control of every aspect of her driving experience: her music, her speed, and her overall mental state. ... This house was the last house that she had to close up at the end of her day, and it was her favorite. ... Though separated by race, social status and cultural differences, America and Kyra share many similarities when examining their hard work and determined spirits. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

When the boy reaches the age of eight it is the end of his childhood and he is ceremonially removed from his mother's home and joins the men's house in the center of the village. ... These areas are termed the intelligent parts of the body and are painted to get rid of the spirits as well as to re-energize them and add to their sensitivity. ... As part of the ceremony the man would receive a large V stretching from his shoulders to his navel, the men are also confined to their houses and have dietary taboos. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Despite the encouragement of the house overseer, Frank Crawley, and Maxim's sister, Beatrice, the heroine struggles in her new life at Manderley. ... Swept up in the preparations, the heroine's spirits begin to revive. ... But their exile owes not only to the physical destruction of their home; a house can be rebuilt. ...

• Word Count: 3026
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

"Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty.... Even while walking down to the road, under guard, to her tomb where she would be imprisoned, she openly proclaims, "O tomb, my bridal-bed-my house, my prison cut in the hollow rock, my everlasting watch! ...

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate