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None Essays None Essay None Essay Name: Course: Lecturer: Date: 1. The writer suggests that despite what people might think about the benefits of living the American dream, it is not all that it is crafted out to be. People get tired and bored easily when they do not have to do anything substantial with their lives. They have to do the same things most of the times, and this wears them down. The narrator tries this form of life because he has chosen to lie about his disability. However, boredom compels him to try out other activities, and he ends up making repairs to his car, and driving it. He is not supposed to do this owing to his disability. He ends up killing a private investigator who was about to reveal his fraud because he does not want his form of life to end. 2. The members of the institute had discovered the truth concerning the Jermyn family. It was an embarrassing truth, and one that they hoped that people would not find out. They hoped to keep the fact that a white man had an intimate relationship with an ape and that this had led to a generation of strange looking people. Without Arthur, there would have been no way of proving the existence of this unusual union since there were no other descendants. No one would know that Sir Wade and the ape goddess had had children together, and the story would, therefore, remain a legend. The fact that the author decided to use a cover up in suggesting that the Jermyn’s did not exist, might show that he is not comfortable with the unknown, or with the things that seem foreign to him 3. Nawabdin realizes that he is lucky to be alive. He refuses to forgive the man who had intended to rob him, although the man pleads with him to absolve him of his mistake. He does not try to save his life, and neither does he try to convince the pharmacist to help him. Nawabdin rebukes the man for his crime, yet he fails to realize that he is also a criminal because he steals electricity. He condemns the man and tells him many things until eventually the man dies. The author has noted Nawabdin’s ingenuity and knowledge, but he has also noted how these factors have failed to help Nawabdin. 4. Dee hates the house that her family lives in, but she ensures that she captures it in her photos. Much as she detests it, the house represents a part of her and a part of a tradition with which she wants to relate. She is aware of the African pride, and she wants to reflect this. The house is made of tin, and it has rawhide that holds the shutters on the outside. It is surrounded by pasture, and it has a yard. It could be a house in any part of Africa. The author demonstrates the main difference between Dee and her family. Despite the fact that the cultural traditions and beliefs are not part of Dee’s daily life, they are part of her family’s life. The past means a lot to Dee’s family, but it does not seem to mean much to Dee. 5. Paul’s mother tells him that his father is not lucky because he does not have money. She then explains to him that lucks enables people to get money. Paul and her sisters hear voices telling them that there must be more money. The voices seem to come from within the house. Paul tells his uncle that he hates his house because of all the whispering. Paul focuses on winning and getting money so that he can stop the continuous whispers telling them that they have no money. The voices that Paul hears symbolize the mother’s desire, for materialistic things. Paul’s parents are materialistic. His mother constantly stresses that her husband does not have any luck, yet they want to maintain a lifestyle that they cannot afford. Paul seems to realize that his mother’s desire for money and the belief that she has of her husband’s unlucky streak influences the form of feelings that she has towards her children. He hopes that he will get his mother’s att ention and affection by getting more money for her. 6. Bergeron lives in a world where people are not able to think on their own without the government censoring them. They are not free to do or think what they want. They cannot have emotions that the government does not approve of, and neither can they stand out because of their abilities. They have to maintain everything in a pre-determined order irrespective of the price they have to pay. When Bergeron tells the people to watch him become what he can become, he is aware of the limitations and hindrances that he is facing. He knows that he does not have a chance to do much, yet this does not restrain him. He has much potential, and he has a dream, yet the world he lives in does not allow him to realize this potential. 7. In the story, Who’s Irish, Nattie is of the opinion that her mother does not understand the modern ways, especially relating to family. She criticizes her approach of bringing up her child. She does not approve of spanking, and she only expects her mother to talk to her child when she does something wrong. Nattie’s mother does not approve of many things. She does not condone her sons in law behavior of staying in the home, and refusing to help around with the child. She constantly proves Nattie wrong when her way of doing things works. In the story, Everything that Rises Must Converge, Julian and his mother have different levels of awareness and acceptance towards African Americans. Julian’s mother does not approve of integration while Julian seems more tolerant. Even as he visualizes the different ways he can use to make his mother more accepting of the black race, he realizes that he is worse at it since he does not relate well to the African Americans he kn ows. Both stories are similar in the sense that the mothers are intent on upholding different aspects of their traditions while their children are more aware of the changes taking place. The children want to adopt the modern ways without much regard to tradition.