Essays Tagged: "Jeanette"

Letter to my Grandchildren

he past in the first hand.I have three sisters, Lucy who is 18,Hannah who is 13 and Jodie who is 8. Jeanette lives with her boyfriend and her daughter Nicole who is 5, so that makes me an uncle. My tw ...

(4 pages) 65 0 4.2 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Pride and Prejudice" by Austen and "Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit" by Winterson.

; the first about higher society, the latter about the "lower" working class. Also that Louie wants Jeanette to be a model daughter in their immediate society of the church, and therefore not wanting ... o marry them off.Another major difference is that Mrs Bennet has five biological daughters, whereas Jeanette's mother has adopted her. Jeanette's awareness of her adoption must make the relationship b ...

(11 pages) 48 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Discuss the presentation of Jeanette's mother in 'Oranges are not the only fruit'

Discuss the presentation of Jeanette's mother in'Oranges are not the only fruit'Readers are introduced to Jeanette's mother as s ... 's personality being controlling, powerful and self-righteous is formed from this description. Also Jeanette's personal view of these qualities is shared as the tone of the narrator during the stateme ... er's character as she interacts with different individuals.During the first chapter her mother sees Jeanette as 'a way out now for years and years', suggesting that there is something in her mothers p ...

(6 pages) 28 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Slave Narrative

e of the best in my opinion. He never beat us and we never worked a lot. My mother and grandmother, Jeanette worked inside for our master. They cooked and cleaned; they also sewed all the clothes for ... and sisters. I had four brothers; Dennis, George, William, and Charles, and I also had two sisters; Jeanette named after my grandmother and Jessica named after my mother's sister who is now dead. She ...

(6 pages) 19 0 0.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Photography: The Life of Edward Weston

Great American photographer, Edward Weston was born to Alice Jeanette Brett and Edward Burbank Weston in 1886. Weston began his life in Highland, Illinois, but s ...

(3 pages) 39 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Title Symbolises Homosexuality in Allan Hollinghurst's "The Swimming-Pool Library" and Jeanette Winterson's "Oranges are not the only Fruit"

Allan Hollinghurst's "The Swimming-Pool Library" and Jeanette Winterson's novel "Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit" has a lot in common from a homosexual po ... be the Corry, where people change their sexual partners such as books are borrowed in a library.In Jeanette Winterson's novel, the "Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit", the symbol of orange appears more ... the only option, hence this is how the title refers to homosexuality. The symbol of orange follows Jeanette's life, always indicating for the reader to pay attention to those events, when oranges app ...

(8 pages) 10 0 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Untitled

role? Where will a young girl turn to when her life goes against the rules society has set for her? Jeanette has lived a sheltered life with no influence on her except for the church. Her mother is a ... way of thinking. In effect, a cult based on a long -standing text, the bible. In this cult though, Jeanette finds a kindred spirit that doesn?t fit the mold set by this religious society.Elsie is an ...

(4 pages) 6 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith