Hills like white elephant

Hills Like White Elephants Is about a man(unnamed)and a girl named Jig who are at a bar in the train station waiting for their train and talking about getting an abortion and enjoying their life afterwards. Hemongway never comes out and says that Jig is having an abortion until the man says it is a simple operation all they do is let the air in. If you do not know what let the air out means ,it is just another way of saying an abortion. Jig and the man talk about the abortion and why Jig should do it. Jig seems to not be sure if this is the right dwecision because while the man speeks to her she only questions him on what he says or disagrees.

Hills like white elephants

Poor Visitor

The story titled Poor Visitor has to do with trust and pride. The young women who came from a poor background has come to America to an unusual setting. Never has she been on an elevator or met such a mean person in her life(the maid). Though she wants to go back with her parents what strives her to go on is the thought of a better life and pride. Pride meaning the reason why she went in the first place. She most likely told her parents how great it would be to leave there house and because she have finally went she will not admit that she wants the come back.

A biblical reference in "Barn Burning" is when the Black man told him "Wood and hay will burn". In Genesis, two angels went to a city called Sodom to warn a man that the city would be destroyed. The man escaped and the city was destroyed with fire. In "Barn Burning" the stock get out but the barn is still destroyed with fire. Technically this is late but the week is not over yet because is Saturday...

The Stolen Party

In the short story "The Stolen Party," some people may think that Luciana, the birthday girl, had her party taken away from her or "stolen" by Rosaura. Some may assume this because Rosaura has fun and helps out alot at the party, but Rosaura is really the one who gets the party taken away from her. Rosaura is so happy of how the party turns out because she got to hold the magician's assistant, the monkey, and she gets to help serve cake. Rosaura does not feel the same way when she is with her mother at Senora Ines's door, and expects to get a bracelet out of the pink bag, even though she wants a yo-yo out the blue bag, but Senora Ines hands her two bills. Senora Ines pays Rosaura for helping out at the party. Rosaura was considered the help just like her mother. Rosaura has had the party "stolen" from her because Senora Ines's actions to give her those bills, makes Rosaura feel that all the fun she had just experienced, was all for nothing if she was going to be treated unlike all the other kids and taken as the help.

The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Minister's Black Veil is about Mr.Hooper, a minister that wears a black veil for "mourning". Many of the townspeople believe that Mr.Hooper wears the veil because he committed a sin but they do not know what the sin is. The sin that Mr.Hooper committed is adultery. On page three during a funeral for a young woman he could not look at the deceased parishioner for unknown reasons. The reason Mr.Hooper could not give the young woman eye contact was because he had an extra-marital relationship with the young woman. Mr Hooper couldn't tell his fiancee why he wore the veil, possibly out of shame. Nathaniel Hawthorne is the author of Scarlet Letter which is about an adulteress who has to wear a scarlet A to mark her shame. The character's name is Hester and her husband seeks revenge.

The Stolen Party

The Stolen Party is a short story about a nine year old girl named Rosaura. Her mother happens to be a maid. When ever her mom goes to Luciana's house to clean Rosaura goes with her, and does her homewok with Luciana. One day Luciana invites Rosaura to the party, the mother has a bad feeling about letting her daughter go to the party but she lets her go any way. While at the party Rosaura is asked to do multiple tasks. Rosauara is having a good at the party, she even gets to hold a monkey! After the party everyone is receiving gift bags, Rosaura can not wait to see what she gets. Then Senora Ines comes out and gives her to bills and says,"You really and truly earned this. Thank you my pet." Rosaura was fustrated as if the whole party has been stlen from her because of the money she received for being there.

Babylon Revisited

Reading this book was very difficult, because the author did not really tell us when the story was transitioning.

Babylon Revisited By, F.Scott Fitzgerald

Charlie wanted his daughter back. He lost his daughter because his wife died and he became a drunk. Charlie took his daughter out to dinner so he could bound with her. She told him that she wanted to live with him. Also, he started to argue with Marion over how he should get his daughter and how he improved over the years. He only has one drink a day and he tried to stay on top of it.

The Old Man In The Sea

This book is really testing Santiago's moral and physical strength. Due to the fact that he been lost at sea for many days and the marlin is not giving up. He keeps talking to nature and wishing upon the boy was their to help him. I believe he use these references to help keep his moral one, and it shows how patinet he is about nature. If he don't catch the fish I believe he will be so maraly drain that he will not come back home and drift off and dye at sea.

The Monkeys Paw

In the short story "The Monkeys Paw," I chose consequences, nothing worth hearing, and three wishes to indicate the importance of the paw. I chose consequences because once you use the paw a consequence will eventually happen. In the text it says, "If you keep it, do not blame me for what happens," says Morris. He says this because he already had his three wishes and knows what will eventually happen. I chose nothing worth hearing because this shows that the paw is nothing to talk about because of the consequences that could happen, while using it. Finally, to show what the paw is used for I chose three wishes because this tells the person who is using the paw that they only have three wishes. These are three reasons that indicate the importance of the paw.

The Monkey Paw

This is a tale of a The Whites who get a visit from their friend Major Morris. Major Morris brings his monkey paw and tells the the whites the story behind it he tells them that this monkey paw could give them 3 wishes.Major morris talls them that the last man who had this monkey paw wished for things but they did not go so well because the last wish was death.Mr.White still after hearing this story wants to keep the monkey paw the first wish he wishes for is 2oo pounds. His wish comes true but with a twist the wish costs his sons life. mrs.White decides to bring her son back to life with the second wish but Mr.White is scared and believes that is not his son. So he takes the last wish and wishes that his son is once again dead.

Last thought on TOMANTS

The sharks might be a symbol for science. The marlin is a Christ figure, and Christ belongs to religion. What is the thing that tries to destroys religion? Science. The sharks devoured the whole marlin as science constantly fights with religion. Hemingway was trying to portray this conflict. Notice that religion fought back because Santiago is also a Christ figure.

What's wrong with this old man santiago?

I understand how Santiago wants to prove to people that he can fish, but who the heck would stay out in the middle of the ocean for 3 to 4 days for their ambitions. It would have been smarter if he was fishing closer to the sea. He was not even prepared to stay that long out on sea. If I were him I would think ahead before I go and act. Think about what you would need to cook or harvest fish, weapons for shark attacks, and a first-aid kit just in case you get hurt. Other then that I liked his ambitions towards proving himself. He really had his mind set on the fish he wanted to catch he did not really care for himself. Well until his hand cramped and could barely catch the fish because of the pain.

The Old Man and the Sea

In the novela The Old Man and the Sea, some of the motifs are stregnth, rest, and eyes. The word stregnth and rest kept appearing in the novela when Santiago was fishing. The eyes motif was mostly present in the begining of the book before he went fishing. I thought the boy Manolin, represented luck because, he was not allowed to go fishing with the old man because his parents thought the old man was bad. His parents thought Santiago had bad luk because he was not catching any fish. If maolin's parents did not think the old man had bad luck then Manolin would still be fishing with the old man. Turns out, Manolin is a symbol of hope, because while the old man was out at sea he would constantly say, "I wish the boy were here".