The many elements that affect the identity of John Grimes can be observed in the book Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin. ... It was then she decided not to tell [Richard] yet about [his child John]. ...That night [Richard] cut his wrists with his razor and he was found... dead among the scarlet sheets." Elizabeth never tells John this because, like any mother would, she wants her current husband to love John as if he were his own and keep the house a loving place to live. ... If Elizabeth would tell John who his natural father is, this may relieve his mind and he would at least un...

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Heidi The main conflict of the story is Heidi trying to figure out if she wants to go back home to live in the mountains with her grandfather or stay in Frankfurt with Clara. ... I can tell because in the story it does not say I, we or those kinds of things; it says the name of the person, like Heidi, grandfather, or Clara. ... The author described the color, texture and the shape of the mountains very well. ... And at the end of the story she also is confused about to stay with her grandfather or go back to Frankfurt with Clara, and her family, after her visit with Heidi. ... A point in th...

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When teh air is clear enough, mountains can be seen across the Idaho-Montana border. ... For example, Christina may have meant for the title to show that the story tells of how her youth was different from hwoever her life may be now. "There Was a Time" could also be a universal story title, since every story tells of a certain time. ... Why does the mother tell the father when Clara misbehaves, when she knows that the father might severely punish her? Why don't the parents find some way to prevent Clara from going into the cattle pens, when they are constantly having to go get her out? ...

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The Dolly clan, a group of wayward, backcountry folk all related in one way or another, lives in a shoddy town nestled in the Ozark mountains. ... In the end, Teardrop tells Ree, "I know who now.... You go straight to hell'n fry in your own lard. ... Don't you make me come out here and tell you again!... During a bleak winter in the Ozark mountains, Ree receives nothing but tough love and detachment from those around her. ...

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The boy's mother was not all accepting of it since the last time she let her son go with him his father sneaked him into a nightclub. As both parents keep going back and forth the young boy is silently listening to them argue. ... They are in the mountains and he no longer has the desire to continue with the skiing but his father coerces him, "He was indifferent to my fretting" (1332). ... There was no point in trying" but he latched himself to his father and continued the ride down the mountain (1332). ... The story tells how the son would ask his teachers for homework ...

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Don't go into the basement alone!. ... These stories tell different tribes where they came from. ... The adults always go golfing on the morning of the 4th and get back in just enough time to watch the 4th of July Parade go throughout the town. ... Whether it be creation stories like those in "On the Way to Rainy Mountain-, or trickster stories like a few in the Erodes/Ortiz packet. ... This book tells the creation and evolution of the Kiowa's. ...

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My house lies on top of a mountain that has an incredible view of the Mediterranean Sea. When I look down from my house, I see the mountain's feet touching the water softly. ... That's my father, always a morning person: he would wake up really early to go to work and come home late; he didn't have much time for us. ... One night, my brother and I were swimming and when we swim together, we always go crazy. ... We used to sleep in the living room around my grandma while she used to tell us stories about my grandpa's adventures. ...

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Danger: The Slithering Kind It was mid-July and almost 85 degrees in the small town of Bastin, located in the mountains of West Virginia. My parents and grandparents were going into the big city of Bluefield, population 3000. ... They told us that they would take us down to the river to go swimming when they got back. ... When he suggested we go to the river to go fishing and explained to us that they said we could not go swimming, it made perfect sense to us. ... We returned home ready to tell our story to whoever would listen. ...

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Here, the fields are rolling in green, the mountains always in the horizon, a never ending stream of people going in and out of the front door and her life, a great place to live. ... To this day Gwen's friends seem shocked when she tells them about the way she grew up. ... They do not usually go to bars and talk, instead they go to Starbucks. She has been to Germany and eleven states, and hopes to go back someday. ...

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Kingston is a Chinese-American woman, who has never been to China; however, Kingston writes about the stories her mother tells her in great detail. ... Kingston imagines her rapist telling her, "If you tell your family, I"ll beat you. ... According to Kingston, it was very hard for a village to have enough to eat and the only exile was America, "your father and his brothers and your grandfather and his brothers and your aunt's new husband sailed for America, the gold mountain," her mother states (1). ... She sees the story in Liberal eyes, and that is the reason why she does not truly und...

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Bill grew up in Colorado, back in the mountains, and his dad was a construction worker and his mom a certified dietician. ... Bill always got his way though, and would not stop screaming at her until she agreed to go get him his food. ... Things would go great for Bill. He would be so happy, but as soon as his dad would go away, Bill changed his character again. ... He would curse at her and tell her that he hated her, and that he wished that she would die. ...

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Her eyes were filled with pain and weakness and her lips set straight and stern in a way I could not tell whether it was of anger or regret. ... When I had fully awakened I clime down to go take a shower while my little sister ran behind me asking so many different questions? ... Want to go play?... She vents to me because she has no one else she cries, yells, and tells me her dreams because she has no one else and no matter how painful it ever gets I have and will always lesion when she needs me. ... To this day I remember the flood of feelings I fealt flow threw me like a thundering water fl...

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Even though her cancer acted more aggressively than my grandfathers she passed away smiling, as mountains smile to see the spring. ... He tells me looking back it was the best thing that ever happened to him. ... In the end, they inspire others in a ripple effect that goes beyond one's wildest imagination. ... Going through such an experience can change families forever but can teach very valuable lessons about life along the way. ... "Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. ...

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This must mean mother was up early getting another wonderful campfire breakfast going, I thought. ... I wanted to get up and help mom but the cool mountain morning breeze left me snuggled in my sleeping bag. ... It was only around twenty miles tell he would reach Bob's Market, a little farm store on the edge of town. ... I never want a family to go through the unknown that my family has since that day. ...

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(Up the road from where the Parkhams used to live, the road going to Happy Hollow that runs along the side of the mountain, it's not graveled, probable grown up by now). ... Amy can tell you about other relatives I never knew about. ... Gay yelled, "you go to hell he is mine-. ... Finch started going off leaving Mama at home. ... Then walked over and through the mountains to my oldest brother's house, another 6 miles or more, arriving there about dark. ...

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Now, while these are not the only semiotic guidelines but they are the ones I"m going to focus on for this paper. ... So, as a white American male I am going to deal with the realism in The Joy Luck Club. ... The use of the party before June goes to China is an excellent way to tie all the pieces together. ... Every shot that takes place in China begins with a long low woodwind sound and mountain shot, while the establishing shots in America jump right into the action. ... Maybe The Joy Luck Club had more embellishments that some thought necessary to tell the story, I felt it made an enterta...

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My family and friends had rented a cabin up in the mountains, far away from any civilization, to spend the Christmas break. ... We were all still stuffed from lunch, and we all opted tom go straight to bed so we could get an early start tomorrow morning. ... We were all a little perturbed by the colossal hole in the side of the hill, and were debating on whether to go in or not. After a few minuets of discussing, we all got up the courage to go into the cave. ... Farther, farther, and even farther we walked, hoping to find something interesting or weird to tell a story about when we got ...

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