Cliff Lee

The narrator, Immaculeta Uzoma Achilike, or, Imma Achilike, in the story ‘Why Couldn’t I Have Been Named Ashley?’ has two different reactions to her name. Early in the text, the author/narrator talks about how they felt embarrassed of their name, ashamed that their name wasn’t a common one, but rather one that very few people can pronounce. This is because her first day of first grade, where her teacher mispronounced her name. Now, it is rather embarassing, but it only became worse when the…

Both the poem “I Stood Upon a High Place” and the novel L ord Of The Flies represent not only what individuals think of humanity as a whole, but also how individuals view themselves. The poem “I Stood Upon a High Place” uses a fairly simple metaphor to represent how we as humans view humanity as a whole. It depicts a person looking down at others who were, according to the bystander, “carousing in sin.” The first line of the poem, “I stood upon a high place,” shows that the narrator believes he…

Life. The struggle is real. Even though life can be unfair sometimes, the glass can still be “half full!” Everyone deals with the unfairness of life; you just have to choose to be an optimist. Life in itself can be, and is many things: joyful, happy, sad, depressing, abstract, dull… unfair. An example of my life not being fair is when I spend all day cleaning the entire house, and at the end of the day my parents say that I did not do anything all day but sit in the house or that they did it…

In the short story “Thank you, ma’am”, Mrs. Jones’s kindness to Roger changes him. Some evidence on how Mrs. Jones’s kindness to Roger changes him is “ the boy turned around, wondering what next. The door was open. He could make a dash for it down the hall. He could run, run, run, run, run! The woman was sitting on the day bed. After awhile she said, "I were young once and I wanted things I could not get." There was another long pause. The boy's mouth opened. Then he frowned, but not knowing he…

Superheros and the mythological characters in stories inspire us to be our better selves in several ways. Superheros help us to help others, be courageous and that their is always something we can do to help and we are not powerless and we can make a change. In the stories ¨Into the Maze of Doom¨ and ¨What's With These Guys¨ they taught me Superheros help us to help others and save lives. One way I found was on pg.14 of ¨Into the Maze of Doom¨ that specifically stated ¨You can't change my…

Who was your favorite character in The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe ? Was it Peter, the oldest brother? Was it one of the sisters? Or most unlikely, was it Edmund. After reading The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, one question must be asked: how can Edmund see the bad side of everything? Even though his pessimism and untrusting behavior can be his downfall, Edmunds cunning nature gives a fresh breath of air from his siblings naivety - which Peter demonstrates perfectly, “Still- a robin, you…

The novel by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird is an awesome book that takes place in Alabama during the Great Depression. This novel is about the sister Scout and the brother Jem learning the ethic and moral from their father, Atticus. Family members, neighbors; also experiencing through the events in their life. Back during Jem’s childhood, he shows immaturity and violates his father’s words; however, as he gets older he has accomplished on how to be a responsible brother, and uses his own…

The subtitle “A Tale for Children” is not a suitable subtitle for the short story, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, since the story displays that things that are different are bad and should be treated negatively. When Pelayo sees the old man for the first time, he becomes “[f]rightened by that nightmare” (1). Pelayo’s reaction to the old man is prejudiced and close minded, instantly judging the old man by the way he looks and was dressed. Pelayo and Elisenda…

The story of Cinderella is well known all around the world but not all of these 700 stories are the same. Each of these stories are culturally diverse and have different themes and ideas. Still many of these tales also share similar magical elements, characters, and endings. All these similarities create suspicions because most of the stories were written when communication was almost impossible from country to country. One main subject shared between these tales is the stupidity that the men…

In to kill a mockingbird the narrator Scout explores and try to learn about her town, but also one question that she will ask will lead use of many questions, and the story. “What’s a nigger lover”(lee144),Atticus? It shows sensitivity will began to experience conflict through on the three years of this book. Scout will learn many lesson from Atticus, Boo Radley, the Tom Robinson cause and from her own experiences. Scout changes, grows and matures throughout the novel to kill a mockingbird.…