The story itself is both well written and interesting, using the incident of the snake to suggest that the life of the drover's wife is a hard, lonely one, livened up from time to time by episodes which only serve to heighten our sense of the woman's courage and endurance. ... She is a representative figure, one of the "gaunt and haggard women who live alone and work like men" - alone, that is, except for their children and the livestock they have to care for. ... The young boy, Tommy, seeing how drained and distressed his mother is, with a burst of insight exclaims "Mother, I won&#...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Macomber is attacked by a lion and looses all his self esteem and courage by running away from the lion. ... Ernest Hemingway born July 21st, 1899 the second of six children. Over his childhood he was very attached to his mother, Grace Hemingway. ... She also tried to include all of the children in the arts and music, Ernest played the cello and attended operas. ... All through his childhood Hemingway despised his mother and saw her as "that bitch", (Kert 21) he blames her as the reason of his father's suicide. ...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He often refers to adults as "Phoneys", identifying them as being fakes while he identifies children as being innocent and pure. An example can been seen in the scene where Holden wants to be the "Catcher" in the Rye and stops children falling off the Cliff, which could also be symbolised as Holden wanting to catch children from falling into adulthood. ... This is shown when Holden hires a prostitute in the hotel and when she just wants to "get it on" Holden wants to just talk, he feels that buy having sex with her he is somehow running her innocence. ... Neil is clearly shocked by that decisi...

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