The only insight of Claude's childhood that Cather gives the reader is the story with the cherry tree and Claude's father. ... Wheeler eventually comes back to the kitchen and instructs his wife and Claude that "Cherries won't give you any trouble. ... The full, uncut, cherry tree represented Claude's fulfilled desires and fantasies. ... After Claude catches sight of tree he went into a tantrum and his mother tried to console him by telling him "it's your father's tree. ... The cherry tree incident with Claude and his family left him emotionally disturbed. ...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Summary - This is the story of two families who have been neighbours for a long time. The first family is the Kellers; Mr Joe Keller, his wife Kate and their two sons Larry and Chris. The neighbouring family is the Deevers; Steve Deever, his wife, his son George and his daughter Ann. The ...

• Word Count: 3955
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

"The roof came down steep and black like a cowl, " the narrator says, and the shade of oak trees surrounding the dwelling suggested that it was a tomb rather than a house. ... Women are subordinate to men, he believes, and persons with a black in their family tree are little more than subhuman. ...

• Word Count: 2905
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Jewish religious and cultural history and biblical authority have made the Bible one of the most important means by which woman's place in society has been defined down through the centuries. Not only is the Bible itself a partial historical document of the Jews, the way it has been received and analyzed has its own intriguing historical chronology. It is nearly impossible to accurately posit a specific date to any books or verses in the Hebrew Bible.1 The Dead Sea Scrolls, most probably written by a minor sect, the Essenes, are the oldest extant pieces of scripture. Prior to their discov...

• Word Count: 2927
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

The first are dunes which are home to the Ju's primary food, the mongongo tree. ... This shows that the Ju have a very evenly stratified society not giving preference to a child of either sex, reaffirming the egalitarian status of their society. ...

• Word Count: 3645
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Whiting discovered that societies dependent on root and tree crops (presumably low protein societies) are more likely to have a long postpartum sex taboo, and there did seem to be a statistical association between the presence of this taboo and a preference for polygyny. ... Trading not only gives independence from the husband's authority (and may ease tensions between co-wives), but also brings women together in extra-domestic cooperative groups such as trading associations (Benson 1971). ...

• Word Count: 3116
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jane Eyre is by far the best known of Charlotte Bronte's novels. The story is interesting and impressive because the heroine's personal character is quite different from the common run. In other novels, the heroines are always beautiful or powerful or rich, but Jane Eyre is only a short, penniless a...

• Word Count: 3066
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Therefore, a girl's parents would strive to give her a luxurious wedding ceremony since they took it as the last thing they could do for their daughter, and by doing so it might help solidify her status in her husband's family. ... Nowadays, the popular way of love pledging include the exchange of rings, taking a photo together and some romantic way such as planting tree as the eyewitness of love. ...

• Word Count: 9974
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: High School