.... not on the surface, but rather deeply imbedded in the mind and soles of the family. Those trapped within often count their casualties, but seldom see a cure. The diseases that afflict the family in A Child Called "It" is that of alcoholism and an undefined mental illness. The problem with a mental illness in the family is two-fold. In our society, we have an attitude of, "don't ask, and if you do find out, then don't get involved. It's none of your business." That is to say that many are reluctant to enter the world of another family because they think that it is not the .....

.... as he could love them, but it saddened me that he had found her just before their deaths. Another scene I particularly enjoyed was the scene in which a large cask of wine had dropped and broken in the street. Because many people had very little to eat or drink, a large crowd gathered around the dirty puddle and began drinking what they could of the spilled wine. This scene was very descriptive, explaining how the people tried to scoop up the wine in their hands, and how they soaked it up with handkerchiefs from women's heads and squeezed the wine into infants' mouths. Ot .....

.... at the front are terrifying. As the narrator puts it, "It is unendurable. It is the moaning of the world, it is the martyred creation wild with anguish, filled with terror and groaning." It is very loud, also, with constant bombardments and frequent attacks. "At that moment," Paul says, "it breaks out behind us, shells, roars, thunders." The screamhs of injured people is even worse then the blaring explosions and the earsplitting sound of machine gun firing because they know that the wounded soldiers could have easily been them. He says, "This appalling noise, these groans and .....

.... his parishioners to lift him in their esteem by confessing, in all humility, that he is a sinner: "The minister well knew--subtle but remorseful hypocrite that he was!--the light in which his vague confession would be viewed." (127) They love him all the more for his honest and humble character, and this is Arthur's intent. Even as he plans to run away with Hester four days after their meeting in the forest, he comforts himself with the knowledge that he will give his sermon on predestination on the third day, and thus will leave his community with fond memories of his final .....

.... couple. Although she does the job willingly and rarely ever looks back to the horrid past behind. The scarlet letter was constantly worn by Hester with pride and dignity. Hester knew that what was done in the past was wrong and that the scarlet A was the right thing to do, therefor it is worn with a sense of pride. The child, Pearl, is "a blessing and as a reminder of her sin." As if the scarlet A were not enough punishment there "was a brat of that hellish breed" which would remind Hester of what happened in the past. The "brat" could have been given away to Governor Be .....

.... loved ones she knows during her ten years in Atlanta just smile at her and walk in the opposite direction, Ava Johnson decides to sell her hair salon and moves to San Francisco but wants to summer in Idlewild, the small town in northern Michigan where she grew up. Now just a half-abandoned dot on the map, Idlewild offers the only safe haven for Ava, now nearly 30. Telling herself she's just visiting her older sister, Joyce, for a few weeks before she moves on to San Francisco, sophisticated Ava is nevertheless impressed by big-hearted Joyce's efforts to help the teenaged gir .....

.... if a person is not promiscuous they are seen as outcasts. The more partners a person has the more popular the person is. A person is discouraged from having along term relationship with one person. If they have a long term relationship their loyalty to the government and Ford is in question. And you know how strongly the DHC objects to anything intense or long and drawn out. Four months of Henry Foster without having another man - why, he’d be furious if he knew... Sex is discussed openly in Brave New World, it is not seen as dirty, shameful or something to .....

.... say that he is a good man, but because of some strange illness, he is confined to his cabin. On Christmas day, and with Ahab still in his cabin, the Pequod sets sail in the Atlantic. As the weather begins to warm up (several months after leaving port), Ahab is finally seen on deck. The strangest thing about Ahab is his leg. Instead of flesh and bone, he has a white ivory peg leg. As the weeks wear on, Ahab starts to become friendlier. One day, he calls the crew before him. He tells them that the sole mission of the Pequod is to kill Moby Dick. Moby Dick is a giganti .....