.... perfectly right. On Saturday he was told that he couldn't work because he couldn't work on Sabbath. So, Johnny told Mrs. Lampham about this and she said that he could secretly work on Sunday. While Johnny was working, One of the other workers handed him a broken piece which had a crack in the side. It broke and silver when everywhere. Johnny's hand went on the stove. He nearly burned it, it was completely silver on his palm. They called for an old lady. A month later, they were going to unwrap his hand out of the cloth they put it in. When they took off the cloth, it was crippl .....

.... thoughts and feelings as she makes her way through the pinewoods, brandishing her homemade cane which is fashioned from an old umbrella handle. The weather is cold; it's mid-December, and the ground is frozen. Phoenix's cane taps the frozen earth as she walks along, "like the chirping of a solitary little bird." Phoenix is very old and very small and dressed in a cotton striped dress that reaches to her shoes, which are untied, the laces dragging the ground. Her head is "tied in a red rag" above her eyes, which are faded blue with age. The scent of her hair, the color .....

.... the Indians' culture is the same now in thought, song, narrative, everyday life, religion, and in rituals as many generations before the present. The three major examples of life in the "mythic present" that I will primarily be discussing are the astronomical concept of the Mescalero Apache, the kin-system that the Apache implore, and lastly the Apache girl's puberty ceremony. Although I have only selected three examples, there are obviously many more such as the cultural heroine, White Painted Woman, the creation process in which Apache people are seen as the weakest link in .....

.... herself in a community that she feels she doesn't belong to. With all her heart, she longs for a true friend that she can tell her dreams to and will understand her for it. These wishes seem easy enough to grant, but Esperanza soon finds out that there is more to friendship. "If you give me five dollars, I will be your friend forever." Esperanza discovers that she can not have anything for nothing. Rachel and Lucy sure enough become her friends, but only after she helped them pay for the bike. Esperanza never does truly find a real friend who shares the same goal as she .....

.... to follow. Unfortunately, during this waiting period, she had become pregnant by another man, and the town's people have forced her to wear an “A” across her chest to signify her sin. She has a young child named Pearl who is her sole motivation in life. Hester is a strong, caring woman who made a poor decision early in life, and now pays dearly for it. Pearl- An odd child, she is often compared to an elf. Her nature is that of any rambunctious toddler, but she has a fascination with her mother's scarlet “A.” Her name, Pearl, was given to her to describe the way her mother feels .....

.... social status is important because it has powerful ramifications about the colonial power-dynamics within a particular historical milieu. The Hindu caste system and various stereotypes also play an important role in Kipling’s story. For example, every person Kim encounters is immediately identified as either a member of a certain caste, religion, or race. Kipling depicts these stereotypes as they emerged out of colonial racial attitudes about Indian society. The descriptions of the Indian people Kim encounters depict each Indian as a very distinctive member of a certai .....

.... giving the book its title. The main character of the book is Hawkeye. Hawkeye is described as having a big head and narrow shoulders. His arms are long and skinny and he has small hands. He also has thin legs which are very long. Hawkeye is much like a Metis Because he is white and educated but raised an Indian. Hawkeye at first does not want to get involved in the war he only wants to go and trap and make some money. He only wants to take them to the fort but then he falls in love and he stays. In the book Hawkeye faces a big challenge. Munro's daughters are taken .....

.... and power. Ralph handles the situation very efficiently and in a well-organized manner. Because of Jack's greed for power and his fear of losing it, the small community of young boys are not able to effectively and pragmatically plan ways to eventually be saved. When, having a gathering of all the children, Jack urges everyone not to listen to Ralph's reasoning but rather to listen to his own. This can be described as deleterious to all the children because now not only do they have to deal with how to survive, but also with extra internal conflicts. As a resul .....