ONE After staring in the mirror for a fraction of a second too long, Eileen Donahue decided she was going to kill her husband. Petty theft had kept her eyes their pretty green color, and cheating on a past boyfriend had given her a decent nose, but this was in no way sufficient for Eileen. She was not stoic enough to bear the burden of mediocrity, of having too-close eyes and teeth tinged yellow, and she also lacked the mental strength (not to mention the moral compass) to be one of the Uglies––the people who were incomparably good, who had their angelic acts etched concretely into their almost inhumanly hideous faces. Eileen knew exactly what she had to do, the suffering that she would have to inflict in order to reach a state of lasting happiness––after all, she …show more content…
In an almost trancelike state, she pulled open the knife drawer and surveyed the array of blades in front of her before picking up the largest and sharpest-looking of the bunch. She turned the knife over in her hands and traced the edge of the blade with her fingertips; satisfied, she tucked the knife into the waistband of her skirt and lay it flat against the small of her back. Then she went to wake up her husband. …show more content…
Eileen tried to smile at him, tried to ward off the insecurity and jealousy that clouded her mind every time she was reminded of his almost perfect face. Slowly, she inched her hand behind her back and clutched the handle of her knife reassuringly. A few moments of stillness passed, with Eileen trying to build up the courage to walk up to her husband and stab him in the heart, before she noticed the gun her husband held in his right hand and the finger he had curled lazily around the
… They interfered with the perfect ugliness of the place; they were too beautiful; they said too much that we could not understand; they did not make sense.” This quote exemplifies a clear depiction of the ignorance of immaturity and a brilliant use of imagery. Collier creates the scene using descriptive words and attaches them to the reader's mind, one can see the torrid flowers and disfigured house. These images capture the author's feelings of disarray and discombobulation, which all contribute to Eugenia Collier's voice. These feelings lead to the character uprising to adulthood.
Commentary on Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood This passage, consisting of three paragraphs, out of Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood, is presented by an all-knowing first-person narrator. It revolves around a young girl’s, the narrator’s, school life and childhood experiences. It follows the evolution of a friendship between the narrator and her dear friend, or shall we say her “sworn enemy”(l 11), who is first introduced in the second paragraph, “Gail…had hair in ringlets, green-hazel eyes and pale, clear, slightly olive skin stretched tight and shiny over her muscles…” (ll 11-13).
To continue, the story emphasizes on the lover's cleaning of the house. The author begins the story through both the lovers "cleaning [their] house" and also the morning after their argument they both started to clean the mess. Through the repetition of this action it signifies that even though they had already made up, they still had unresolved issues and still four years later continue to clean as to symbolize that those issues still remain. Upon the finding of the knife, the woman disregards the knife as something not even remotely significant, as the narrator did and "went into the next room and continued to clean". Because she does not want to deal with the strains that argument put on their relationship, she continues to clean. The narrator after sweeping everything off the table after their argument and seeing the mess, says that he thought he had "destroyed everything". Cleaning was his way of fixing what he thought had broken in their relationship and continues to clean as a symbol of still trying to take back what he had done.
The Narrator feels suffering is something we cannot control and is ridiculous to cry over as she
While reading through Eileen Fisher, Repositioning the Brand, it became apparent early on that the company’s main issue was relevancy—an issue that many companies face in today’s market. Keeping the company current in order to attract new customers while not abandoning already loyal customers in the process is a huge challenge that EILEEN FISHER struggled with. For purposes of differentiating between the company and the person, “EILEEN FISHER” shall refer to the company for the duration of this analysis summary.
“All right, she [tells] herself. So I’ve killed him”(Dahl 2). She does not care about the death penalty for herself, but worries what they will do to her unborn child. She immediately plans her next move, putting the leg in the oven and making herself look as normal as possible, going to the store to give herself a cover story. She does not care about anything on the way to or from the store, but when she returns home, the reality of her husbands death sets in and she returns to loving
Looking a certain way does not always tell the whole story of someone. In their short stories “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl both demonstrate appearances can be deceiving. The short stories “The Possibility of Evil” and “Lamb to the Slaughter” are similar to each other; both characters seem sweet and innocent yet have another side to them. Miss Strangeworth and Mary Maloney seem suspicious yet no one suspects anything. Also Miss Strangeworth and Mary Maloney seem as if they have been exposed of who they really are.
"Her face was made of heavenly smiles" heaven is known I was a place where everyone is welcomed, beautiful , everything is bright and kind. The reason he describes that her smile is heavenly because it is, bright beautiful and welcoming. "That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery" the term under the influence is when somebody or something thinks something/the influence is what's meant to do and how things should work based on society this image the author is giving is another term for the character having a change of heart because they think what society is doing g is what's right. "angelic face gave place to that of a
Her lips formed strange and unusual sounds, her eyes closed softly and her cheeks paled. From her side belt she withdrew a small knife, a dagger. With a quick movement she cut her left hand with the dagger. As the drops of blood hit the cold marble floor the knife also clattered to the ground. The girl remained speaking her foreign tongue and let her life's blood run down her outstretched arm.
People with a lot of power are usually very influential and can change your life. In the Novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, McMurphy and Nurse Ratched both had the same main goal of beating each other. Both the Nurse and McMurphy have an impact on the patient’s and how they act. Big Nurse tries to divide the patients to keep them from uniting while McMurphy is trying to unite them, so they can rebel against the Nurse. Both Nurse Ratched and McMurphy have a huge impact on the patient's.
Her rosy cheeks were now of Death's own livid hue. Her smile, which drew the hearts of lovers from their bosoms, had become a hideous thing. A grinning mask looked on the world, and to the world her gaping mouth and protruding tongue meant a horror before which the world stood terrified, dumb"(109).
He inhaled deeply, standing next to the seamstress, gazed up at his sudden fate. One. A wasted life, he had explained, a wasted life that soon would never see the light of day again and sink into the grave, but a trace of significance would be left throughout his bones. Towering over all six carts, fifty-one souls and one faux Evremonde, the sharp female heisted the hundreds of eyes, and pinned down all chance of escaping the fate. Ten. It was at the eleventh-hour, and he could not abandon his sacrifice, but only accept what this wasted life could now achieve. It could save the life of the one man he resembled but desired to be and in parallel, save the life of Her- the only one capable of giving him a purpose. Although gruesome, the sharp
The Husband loves his wife and the narrator writes through the tenderness of the Husband's eye. When Ann slices her finger re-washing the silverware, all animosity is lost as he scrambles up stairs to get her a Band-Aid as a peace offering to cease the argument. He finishes the cleaning in the kitchen and goes as far as to mop the floor while he waits for the frustration and anger to subside in his Wife.
She was not only physically ugly, but she did not treat her husbands with respect or dignity either. She would beat her husbands, if she felt the need to. If she in return would get beaten, she would gain some love for her husbands. In fact her fifth husband, Johnny, routinely beat her, and she loved and respected him most of all, “He struck me, still can ache, along my row of ribs…but…I think I loved him best, I’ll tell no lie.”
“My name,” she repeated, this time more steadily, “is Elizabeth .” My Father’s expression changed drastically, now the face that was once a little annoyed, began to morph to pure anger. All these years no one ever talked back to my Father, not once has anyone ever said anything against him. Time slowed down as he began to raise an arm to discipline my Ma, but bit his lip in regret and retreated to the couch across the room. Everyone froze in the silence. Nobody in this household would ever hit a lady, especially someone who does as much for us as my Ma. He was such a nice man, so handsome and helpful, why would he even think about hitting my Ma? I watched as he slouched into the crevice that's been created in