Anson compares himself to, a failure to love, a cocky old' unmarried man, a priest, a holy figure. ... His sadness is not about Paula, it could have been any woman, it did not matter because the conflict was within himself. ... Her red tam was a bright spot of color against the steel-green sea, and from time to time she looked up with a flashing bob of her head, and smiled with amusement and interest, and anticipation."" ... It tells the story of a chauvinistic man living in the twenties, when women were first beginning to stand up for their rights. ... Yet even though the women he inte...

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• Grade Level: High School

Of course that Son assimilated old conventions and cliche sees on life and encompassing individuals, which were likely implemented by his work of mariner and his way of life. ... The triumph of ingenuity that had transferred the bored treachery of the sea into a playful gush of water that did exactly what it was told" (Morrison 1996, p.222). ... For instance, her words concerning Valerian that "he's a person not a white man" (Morrison 1996, p.265) are very symbolic and indicate that she is absolutely different from Son, to a certain extent, racist views. ... This encounter...

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Chillingworth was bent finding Hester's man to seek his revenge for nine years. ... Nature symbolizes Hester's internal conflict, it gives a deeper understanding of what is occurring in the plot. ... What does it mean to be a man or a woman? ... Despite that, Hester has a strength that can rival a man's. ... "She needs no old woman's broomstick to fly withal!...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School