Essays Tagged: "Shiloh"

Failure in "Shiloh Leroy and Norma Jean"

In the story Shiloh Leroy and Norma Jean, two very loving people, just can't seem to keep their relationship goin ...

(3 pages) 89 0 3.5 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Civil War, the greatest war in American history

some of the crucial events of the war: the firing of the first shots at Fort Sumter; the battles of Shiloh, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg; Sherman's dramatic march to the sea; the surrender at Appo ...

(7 pages) 408 3 3.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

The Old Testament.The Deuteronomist History 1&2.

that during Davidic times sacrifices were made every where. In writings of J-author and E-author, a Shiloh priest from Northern Kingdom, it was not important where the sacrifices were held. Then there ... uthor of DH1 because the same places and names which are mentioned in DH (such as Hilkiah, Shaphan, Shiloh, Ananoth, Bronze snake, Samuel) are also in Jeremiah.Hilkiah- Jeremiah 1:1; 29:3. Shaphan- Je ...

(5 pages) 77 0 2.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

SHiloh-Bobbie Ann Mason-Battle

The Civil War was a harsh time in American history. Shiloh was the battleground for a major battle during the Civil War. Shiloh was a decisive, bloody b ... Civil War. Shiloh was a decisive, bloody battle, in which the Union army won. During the battle of Shiloh, Rebel forces attacked the federal government, and almost defeated them. But there was a turn ... could not. The Rebel forces can be seen as a symbol of the character Norma Jean in the short story "Shiloh," by Bobbie Ann Mason. Her husband, Leroy, can be seen as a symbol for the federal government ...

(9 pages) 74 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This essay is called "to build or not to build" it is talking about the log house in the short story "shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Manson. it is 4 pages and includes themes of love and marriage

s the life of the Moffit's. The foundation of their marriage was based on a problem; the writer of "Shiloh", Bobbie Ann Manson writes " I'm in a way imagining myself as I would have felt if I had... g ...

(4 pages) 48 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Muslim-Christian Dialogue

d in the BibleBoth Ishmael and Isaac Were BlessedCriterion of the Prophet by JeremiahUntil Shiloh ComeBaca Is MeccaThe House of My GloryChariot of Asses and Chariot of CamelsThe P ... er-in-law, and the daughter-in-lawagainst her mother-in-law." See also Matthew 10:34-36.Until Shiloh ComeThis was a message of Jacob to his children before he died: Genesis 49:1): "And Jacob ...

(71 pages) 246 1 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

Shiloh

Shiloh was written by Bobbie Ann Mason and published in 1982. This particular story modeled her surr ... odeled her surroundings as a younger child. She grew up on a farm near a small city. The setting of Shiloh is in a town of eleven thousand, five hundred people around 1950. Leroy, a truck driver who w ... s very confused and insists that she needs a change. For years Mabel has tried to get them to go to Shiloh just to see the Civil War battleground there. Mabel went there on her honeymoon with her late ...

(2 pages) 38 0 1.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Shiloh

The Second Battle of Shiloh The switch to college life can definitely change people. In high school, one makes friends th ... larger scale, this is the dilemma brought to the readers attention by Bobbie Ann Mason, author of "Shiloh"�.In Mason's "Shiloh"�, Leroy and Norma Jean Moffitt are a married couple livin ... ing has to be done to save his marriage. Mabel, Leroy's mother-in-law, suggests they take a trip to Shiloh, a Civil War battleground. This is ready-made symbolism. A battling couple takes a trip to a ...

(5 pages) 26 0 0.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Different Yet So Alike

Different, Yet so Alike Bobbie Ann Mason's "Shiloh" and John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" explore the emotional demands women of ... llest with someone around to remind people that life sometimes isn't perfect. Norma Jean in "Shiloh" is part of the new working class of truck driver, retail clerks, and Tupperware sales ... do anything to ensure their happiness; the variance is in the women's reaction to the attempt. In "Shiloh" Leroy is determined that Norma Jean will be happy if he could build her a log home in ...

(4 pages) 1272 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Setting "Shiloh"

The story "Shiloh" is about two people who feel in love many years ago and have fallen apart since Leroy, the h ... elf busy. She also spent a lot of time with her mother, Mabel. Mabel always talked about this place Shiloh where she and her husband took their honeymoon. She always said that it was such a beautiful ... r a couple of reasons.One is the fact of Norma Jeans mother and father had taken their honeymoon at Shiloh. This was very important to Mabel but Norma Jean could care less. I think this was because Ma ...

(1 pages) 13 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Shiloh By Bobby Anne Mason

The short story intitled "Shiloh", by Bobbie Ann Mason, is a story about change over the course of a young woman's life. Mason ... rself, and by Leroy (to become more confident and more independant), Norma Jean and Leroy's trip to Shiloh, seemed to bring Norma Jean to the truth. This trip motivates her more than anything. It is h ... erent people. Throughout the story her mother nagged Norma Jean and Leroy constantly about going to Shiloh. It had never been a place that Norma Jean wanted to go, but she finally agreed. Leroy, who w ...

(5 pages) 28 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Hgfdsa

and talented man also wrote poetry. Some poems of his stand out as an example of his fine writing: "Shiloh," "The College Colonel," "Formerly a Slave," "The Conflict of Convictions," ... ce to our country and he could not have done it with out his childhood in the union north.The poem "Shiloh," written by Herman Melville, illustrates war in a questioning fashion. "Shiloh" shows how th ...

(6 pages) 3480 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Untitled

John Gilbert Paper One Dr. Mosser English 1102 6 February 2000 The Second Battle of Shiloh The switch to college life can definitely change people. In high school, one makes fr ... larger scale, this is the dilemma brought to the readers attention by Bobbie Ann Mason, author of "Shiloh". In Mason's "Shiloh", Leroy and Norma Jean Moffitt are a married couple living in Pad ... ing has to be done to save his marriage. Mabel, Leroy's mother-in-law, suggests they take a trip to Shiloh, a Civil War battleground. This is ready-made symbolism. A battling couple takes a trip to a ...

(5 pages) 21 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Character sketch for Shiloh

Character sketch for Shiloh Character Sketch In Bobbie Ann Mason's story "Shiloh" she presents the character of N ... s. She feels overwhelmed when her mother starts talking about Leroy and Norma Jean taking a trip to Shiloh. Norma Jean has no apparent reason to go there. When her mother starts pressuring her about t ...

(3 pages) 24 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Shiloh and the Mermaid Syndrome-week 1

[Writer Name][Subject] [Date] Shiloh and the Mermaid Syndrome Eight years old Shiloh Pepin is a force of nature. Mermaid Syndrome. ... r Pepin, knew it was possible that their child will depend on the syndrome before Leslie gave birth.Shiloh describes one part of his life as dream good dreams. When I was about 2, she said matter-of-f ... newborn. I remember [elmer] saying it was beautiful. When she did not die at home, as some expect, Shiloh parents brought her to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, where Sh ...

(2 pages) 4 0 0.0 Jun/2013

Subjects: Science Essays

Shiloh and the Mermaid Syndrome-Part One

[Writer Name][Subject] [Date] Shiloh and the Mermaid Syndrome IntroductionEight years old Shiloh Pepin is a force of nature. Merma ... e Mermaid Syndrome IntroductionEight years old Shiloh Pepin is a force of nature. Mermaid Syndrome. Shiloh is one of only three people in the world, as is known, a condition called sirenomelia, also k ... new it was possible that their child will depend on the syndrome before Leslie gave birth.DiscussionShiloh describes one part of his life as dream good dreams. When I was about 2, she said matter-of-f ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Jan/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Shiloh" Short Story Analysis

unceMarisha MounceElaine TiseComposition IIJune 12, 2014Reversed Gender RolesIn Bobbie Ann Mason's "Shiloh," Leroy and his wife Norma Jean come to face the difficulties of reversed gender roles after ... ing more feelings of affection than Norma Jean.The first and main gender role that was reversed in "Shiloh" is that Norma Jean is the only one with the job in the marriage. After Leroy's accident on t ...

(2 pages) 1 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry