Gaines' Short Story, "Just Like A Tree" "Ernest J. ... The narration of "Just like a Tree," shifts from one character to another. ... Although Chuckkie is a child, and not experienced enough to guide the mule, Emile allows him to explore, and gives him a chance to perform a "manly" duty. ... Yet she walks through those mud puddles, in the rainstorm in order to give Aunt Fe a gift and say goodbye. ... The character of the community is illuminated in many ways in "Just like a Tree." ...

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The Kapok Tree is worshiped in the Beng village. Without this tree, there can be no sexual mating. ... With its enormous flying buttress roots providing natural benches and the bright, spreading leaves on its tall trunk giving a wide circle of shade...Not only that, but I noticed that trials, dances, and even sacrifices were held under that enormous tree. ... e tree bear so much social and symbolic weight?" ... The Beng term po gbali translates as "giver of things" and the alternative term ba gbali as the "giver of the earth," but she followed common usage among West African's anthropolog...

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Emily's mother, Maria, died at a young age just 9 months after giving birth to Emily's sister, Anne. ... The stative verb "rue" conveys the message that both Mr Earnshaw and Mrs Earnshaw regret giving birth to Catherine. ... The opening quatrain deals with the harshness of the storm outside as the ash-tree's "terrible whips" lash against the side of the house. ... This image worsens with the sibilant alliteration "shrieked and slashed" which describes the movement of the tree out in the violent wind. ... This gives the impression of an uneasy fami...

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According to Al-Hibri, even when she traces her family tree only the names of male members of the family are written, as if the women don't exist. In her view the role of a woman is perceived in this kind of society by the gender she gives birth to. ... Cheryl Benard highlights how the importance of having a son in the Afghani society is, when women are punished for giving birth to a daughter. Benard in her book writes that when a woman gives birth to a baby girl, not one comes to collect her and the baby; this is because the family and husband are angry with the woman for giving birth ...

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This gives the reader an idea that the cat is going to cause, at best, a bad argument. ... The name gives the reader a feeling of darkness and death. ... The approach of this vehicle gives the reader an eerie feeling. ... The author effectively turns the reader's attention to the trees and mentions that they resemble a dark mouth waiting to consume the family. ... The grandmother gives away the information about the Misfit and constantly refers to him throughout the story. ...

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Swentzell created Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute in 1987, Flowering Tree is a non-profit organization that teaches and prompts different techniques and methods of a sustainable life style. ... The prayer in motion we are conducting is the physical form of giving thanks while also sending out our on blessings to the rest of living life forms. ... As different harvest rolled in and out also rolled in specific ceremonies to give gratitude. ...

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Most fathers would for on not talk about money right after his wives death, and he would give the money to his daughter instead of being greedy. ... If my father ever refused to save my mother from dieing, I would give him a piece of my mind. ... I actually know someone that came home one day from work and saw his own brother hanging from a tree in their front yard. ...

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Most fathers would for on not talk about money right after his wives death, and he would give the money to his daughter instead of being greedy. ... If my father ever refused to save my mother from dieing, I would give him a piece of my mind. ... I actually know someone that came home one day from work and saw his own brother hanging from a tree in their front yard. ...

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But when he is confronted in arguably the most intuitive part of the story 'Calvin' is horror-struck seeming out of his comfort zone, the author gives a realistic image of someone who has met a ghost. ... She also uses gothic effects to show trauma and conflictfor example using an old manor house with a locked up wing, shrouded in branches and enclosed by surrounding trees this sets the scene of a big dark building in the middle of know where with big gates and fences almost isolated from the outer world almost prison like. ...

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She taught me to cook with love, always hug, and smile even when you feel like giving up. ... He could give you the amount of time he was married to his bride, all the way down to the second, at any moment, throughout their fifty-seven years of marriage. ... It's like saying you start out like a tree seed, you know just when it's your time to go shine, to feel the power you did not have when you were alive. ...

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The painting is a white house with a red roof surrounded by trees, grass, a path, and a beautiful lake. ... When Pam and I were young, Granddaddy would come home from work and he would always give Pam and me a stick of juicy fruit chewing gum from his shirt pocket. ... Granddaddy would wink at us and give us a little crooked smile, and we would keep right on chewing our gum while Granny would just shake her head and keep on stirring pots of food. ...

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The readers are giving a feel of both families from the men in charge. In the opening of the book it gives us a feel of how New Orleans and both families are before the storm hits. ... The next day after Wesley and SJ returned to SJ's home where they buried Lucy's ashes under a tree in the back yard and SJ begin to repair his home piece by piece. ...

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Within the novel we are not told who gave the land this name, but why would Hogan, as the author of this story, give this name to this land? ... By giving these women the names she did, Hogan is making a strong statement about what happens when a person's soul, or self, is taken from them. ... Some may see the giving of these beautiful, almost-heavenly names as Loretta's and Hannah's way of trying to give hope to the future, however I feel that a careful reading of the book reveals that neither of these woman had any hope left in them. The giving of these misnomers to their chil...

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At the conclusion of the novel, Luster gives Benjy a narcissus, a traditional symbol of Christ in order to quieten him. ... He also loves the smell of rain (which reminds him of Quentin and of his father) and the smell of trees (which reminds him of Caddy). ... Quentin's encounter with a Negro on a streetcar gives the reader a valuable insight into his position on the newly emerging race relation in America during this period of time. ... When speaking to Quentin, Jason is unable to hide his dislike for his niece. " I"ll give you a whipping right her that you"ll remember for your life You...

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The way in which Willy interprets what Ben is saying now begins to give the audience some idea of his delusions; it is obvious to most that Ben never answers his brothers questions but Willy hears only what fits in with his preconceived ideas, only what will make him feel better. ... In the play the flute music, a lyrical motif for Willy's father, represents this aspect of the characters" lives; "telling of grass and trees and the horizon". ...

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English 305 Asian-American Film The Joy Luck Club A Semiotic Critique The Joy Luck Club as an exercise in semiotic critique. Luckily, the film lends it's self very well this discipline. There are four main subjects of the semiotic method: Rhetorical is the film's intentional meaning or messag...

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That said, between 1800 and 1840, some Americans began to take care of their homes and yards better by planting tree and flowers or painting their houses. ... Almanacs helped give insight to the mysteries of natural cycles of growth and procreation with plants and animals. ...

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Perhaps his interest and later achievement of a Masters of Philosophy in anthropology from Yale, in 1970 came from his unique genealogic tree, Irish and French on his mother's side, and Modoc Indian on his father's. ... One critic noted: "She gives up on her fantasy of having a family like the one the perfect' Ellen DeMarco has."" ... Upon Clara having intercourse with Ida's father, becoming pregnant, and giving birth, she takes off and leaves the child with Ida. ...

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He is quite temperamental and often acts on impulse and also seems to care too much of what other people may think of him so he tends to give in to situations too easily. He depends greatly on his wife O-lan who gives him strength and decisiveness. ... It is an elegant Chinese mansion with carved furniture and screens, courtyard after courtyard planted with flowering trees, and a goldfish or lily pond in its center. ...

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Part 1 When I was a young girl, I lived in Warsaw Poland with my mother father and baby sister Basia. My life was happy and carefree, until the day the planes began dropping bombs from the sky and the men with the shiny black boots came marching into our city. We were scared and unsure of what woul...

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