We all go through these stages of a hero everyday, but does that necessarily make each one of us a hero? In Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neal Hursten, the main character, Janie, goes through stages of life that follow those of a traditional hero. ... Plenty of life beneath the surface but it was kept beaten down by the wheels...going about tending the store and prostrating [herself] before Jody, while all the time she herself sat under a shady tree with the wind blowing through her hair and her clothes (72-73). ...

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In Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie Crawford is a suppressed woman with high hopes and dreams and only in the face of death is she able to break through and emerge stronger than ever. ... Her husband Joe dies and with him goes all memories of the "old" Janie, one that reluctantly conformed to the traditional housewife role. ... "Inside," she is "calm" and "the things of death reach" but cannot disturb her for "all things concerning death and burial were said and done." ... Only God can create such a storm with the fierceness to take their lives at anytime. ... Their Eyes...

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All of which are viewed through the eyes of Peyton Farquhar, in Ambrose Pierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.... The ticking of the watch is interpreted as a countdown within Peyton Farquhar's mind leading to his cognizant demise. ... In describing how insane Farquhar is going from hearing the watch, the reader is really viewing his impatience for what is about to take place on the bridge. In sharing such a grave and personal moment of one's life such as their thoughts before their death, the theme is left to resonate with the reader. ... Seeing in a " first h...

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Sleep fled from my eyes", he recalls. He was so afraid that this would be his fate and the fact that people like him were being tortured in front of his very eyes. ... Such things were hard for an adult to go through let alone a child; she suffered severe mental scars and went through stages of confusion, blaming herself because she was a Jew. ... War is a terrible thing for a human to go through at any age. When people are exposed to and involved in war they watch people they know and loved ones die. ...

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In the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front", I gained a new outlook on World War One, as seen through the eyes of the Germans, who I had previously only viewed as our enemies. I think the most important thing that I realized in watching this movie is that, while we try to un-personify the enemy, they are people just like us, they fight for their own cause, just as we fight for ours. ... Another scene that portrays the low levels of humanity that the men were forced to go into because of their survival instincts was when they guys all went to see their sick friend. ... There was a suggesti...

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"I noticed him the very first day mainly because of his eyes." ... "He looked so happy to see us I thought his eyes were going to twinkle out of his head." ... He would then come rushing back to join the crowd of students and teachers and begin watching other kids get into trouble. ... Besides the fact that both Lorraine and John lie through their teeth all the time, they also basically stole from Mr Pignati. ... Old clothes were ripped souvenirs were broken and furniture was ruined and then Mr Pignati came home early. ...

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There is always an experience in which we all carry with us and never let go of. ... People who are also survivors of the Holocaust, having no place else to go, surround her. ... We can all agree that watching the death of your own child can ruin your life forever. ... In Rosa's eyes, it is normal to not trust others so easily, considering the way people live their life during the Holocaust. ... An experience like this is one in which no one can understand except for those who were there. ...

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The death of her husband related to the railway conditions of the Gilded Age; they were not very safe, so death was a common place. ... It dawned on her as "the vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed [the news of her husband's death] went from her eyes", that she was a free woman. ... The realistic idea was women are capable of caring for themselves and living independently, even without a man to watch over them. ... Yet when she let herself go, she felt as if she had "[drank] in [the] very elixir of life". ... Her joy of being free from her matrimonial duties was the a...

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Lawrence has described the state of the mining village where she lives as being unattractive with phrases such as "the withered oak leaves" and "The fields were dreary and forsaken". ... We get the impression this is a common occurrence and that her anger is like a living thing that eats her up due to the personification of anger, "anger wearied itself, lay down to rest, opening its eyes from time to time and steadily watching, its ears raised to listen". ... She goes round to the neighbours, but she was too proud to go as far as the pub to fetch him. ... Elizabeth's neighbours go out...

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I watched the movie Philadelphia for the first time and took in the portrayal of a man that is discriminated and fired from his workplace because he is living with the AIDS virus. ... In that, I believe that this made Andy live everyday with open eyes and an open heart. ... It is universally applicable because at one time or another everyone has been judged or discriminated against whether they were aware of it or not. ... How were you affected by the portrayal of death in this movie? ... How calm and collect he was when he visited his family to address that he would be going to court. ...

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One book that really came to mind was The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, a book that opened my eyes to the tragic world of rape, murder, and deceit. I became horribly aware of the pain and anger felt by the victim's family from their not knowing what had happened to their daughter, Susie. ... This book changed my opinion because in Susie's heaven, there will never be peace until she can let go of life on earth. ... From heaven, Susie watched his habits and learned of his previous and future victims. This taught me that most rapists are usually lonely people who know their victims prio...

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