Edith Sykes
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I teach high school English, Religion History and various electives, such as Sociology. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing with a minor in English. After that I earned an MBA in Management and a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies focusing on English and History.
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Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
Mildred tells Montag that she forgot to tell him about the death of Clarisse. They don't talk to each other like regular people, she is always busy watching the TV walls and has the Seashell... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
When Holden makes the snowball from his window, he is very nervous because Jane Gallagher is out on a date with Ward Stradlater, his roommate who is very slick, handsome and has a reputation with... -
Answered a Question in The Gift of the Magi
This is an interesting question since Jim and Delia's characters are usually defined by their positive traits. One of the biggest character traits that I would characterize as negative would... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
Hamlet's reaction to the ghost gives him an impressive and aw inspiring presentation. Hamlet is stricken with fear at the thought that the ghost might not actually be his father, but might be... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden has a deep love for books in Catcher in the Rye, that is why he is so angry at his brother D.B. for being a sellout and not writing books. Holden tells us that his favorite book of all... -
Answered a Question in The Lottery
The narration in this story is third person, meaning that the narrator is not a character in the story, but someone outside of the story telling the story. The narration is very matter of... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
The salamander is the symbolic name that the fireman give to the fire truck and the symbol for the fireman, himself. Therefore, if books are found in the home of a fireman, it is... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
The three principle characters in The Glass Menagerie are Amanda Wingfield, Tom Wingfield and Laura Wingfield. Amanda, the mother of Tom and Laura, world is defined by her past experiences when she... -
Answered a Question in History
"Since the end of World War II, each administration has sought to develop and perfect a reliable set of executive institutions to manage national security policy, and tried to install a... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden is the manager of the fencing team, I'm not sure why he has this position, but from reading other works about fancy Prep school settings, it is possible that Holden had to either play a... -
Answered a Question in All My Sons
Steve Deever is Joe Keller's former partner in business. When the play begins, he is in jail for the crime that both he and Joe were originally convicted of, shipping cracked cylinder heads... -
Answered a Question in All My Sons
Chris Keller and Ann Deever grew up as next door neighbors, their houses were side by side on the same block. When they were younger, Ann was Chris's brother Larry's girl, in fact Ann was... -
Answered a Question in All My Sons
Jim Bayliss has an important role in the final act of the play, he explains to Kate that he knew all along that Joe was guilty. He also tries to reassure Kate that Chris, who has run off... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
East Egg is the location where the rich people who have family money and prestige, what would be called old money, meaning that the person or persons inherited the money from a previous generation... -
Answered a Question in Gothic Literature
If you look at the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, "The first gothic novel is identifiable with a precision unusual in genre study. Horace Walpole began writing The Castle of... -
Answered a Question in All My Sons
In the play "All My Sons" the significance of the setting contributes to the overall theme which is the pursuit of the American Dream. The setting for the play is Joe Keller's backyard.... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
For the most part, the meaning of the symbols in The Glass Menagerie don't change they consistently reflect the conditions in which the characters live, such as Laura's fragile nature which is... -
Answered a Question in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Henry Jekyll is a man who is proud of his upstanding reputation and position in the community, but he struggled with his darker side which presented him with temptations and behaviors that his good... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
The information and images appear to add to the reader's understanding of the scene, to provide background and relevance from the past to give context to the current actions in the play. Laura and... -
Answered a Question in History
I definitely would go North, joining the Union Army. Although slavery was a hideous institution, it was practiced throughout most of the world, and accepted as part of the culture and social... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden has a deep respect and admiration for Jane Gallagher, he has an emotional bond with her since they lived near each other in Maine while they both occupied vacation homes. They lived... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
I think that your question asks if people today are similar to those in Fahrenheit 451? In some ways they are, for example, Mildred's obsession with the television which has been transformed... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden believes that children are more honest than adults, they can't be phony, they are genuine and sincere in their joy and opinions. "It is not surprising that Holden's epiphany of happiness at... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
The quote that you are referring to starts on page 51 and continues on the top of 52. I have the 50th anniversary edition of the book. The quote comes from a conversation that Montag is... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden makes a reference to the crazy cannon, which was he says: "in the Revolutionary War and all" (Salinger) Holden tries desperately to find things wrong with Pencey Prep, he must find fault... -
Answered a Question in The Adventure of the Speckled Band
There is a simple theme in this story, good vs evil. Dr. Grimbsy Roylott represents evil and Sherlock Holmes is a force for good. If you wanted to characterize it more dramatically, you... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
In A Christmas Carol, the three ghosts are sent to Mr. Scrooge by his dead partner Jacob Marley who attempts to save his friend's immortal soul from the torment that he is experiencing. Mr.... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
In Chapter 14, Holden has a run in with Maurice, the elevator operator/pimp who barges into his room demanding the extra money that he claims that is still owed for Sunny, the prostitute's,... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
As a 16/17 year old boy, Holden was in that grey area where, although still young enough to be considered a "child" he really was having adult thoughts and experiences. Such as the loss of... -
Answered a Question in The Road
The Road is so full of heartbreaking images, the father and son have nothing but each other and the few shared terms that help the son understand the dystopian nightmare in which they live.... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Phoebe Caulfield prefers to sleep in her older brother D.B.'s room when he is away because his room is the biggest in the house. She likes to sit at his enormous desk to do her homework. Holden... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
At this point in the play, Amanda, Jim O'Connor and Tom are sitting around the table getting ready to have dinner. Amanda has worked very hard on the evening, spending extra money to make the... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
At this point in Scene 7, Laura and Jim are alone in the Living Room and she is face to face with her high school crush. This moment is truly a holy moment for Laura, she worshiped Jim O'Connor in... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden's attitude towards money reeks of hypocrisy, for example, he resents the adults that he characterizes as phonies who spend their time pursuing financial success. One such adult is a... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
I would add that Holden wanted both Ackley and Stradlater to care about him; he wanted to be real friends with both of them. Holden willingly writes Stradlater's composition for him even though he... -
Answered a Question in A Good Man Is Hard to Find
The grandmother is the central character in this story by Flannery O'Connor. The transformational experience of the grandmother finds her being judged by a murderer who has cornered her family.... -
Answered a Question in The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Dr. Roylott's plan backfires because he is unsuccessful in killing Helen in the same way that he killed her twin sister, Julia, by allowing a deadly snake to crawl into a vent, enter her room and... -
Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour
Mrs. Mallard's tears are tears of joy and relief, she cannot believe her good fortune at being freed from the constraints of marriage. Although she would not wish anything bad on her husband,... -
Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour
In The Story of an Hour, the antagonist would be Mr. Brentley Mallard, Mrs. Mallard's husband. The central conflict revolves around Mrs. Mallard being informed that her husband has been... -
Answered a Question in The Miracle Worker
The Miracle Worker is set in the late 1880s, after the Civil War, just after the Reconstruction, a period in the South that was full of chaos and turmoil and change. Southerners like Captain Keller... -
Answered a Question in The Lady of Shalott
The most common form of imagery in this poem is visual imagery, where the words in the poem invoke images in your mind that you can visualize, for example. "On either side the river lie Long... -
Answered a Question in The Road
In "The Road" the author does not provide names for his characters because it makes the story's theme of the violent indifference that has stricken the world more intense, it conveys how this... -
Answered a Question in London, 1802
The poem is addressed to John Milton, who is dead, the figure of speech known as apostrophe is used. "Apostrophe, figure of speech in which an absent person, a personified inanimate... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
King Duncan is the present king of Scotland in Macbeth, there is no other name provided for him or Macbeth. Macbeth's first name is not provided in the play. The description for the... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Macbeth's fatal flaw in the play is unchecked ambition, that is a desire for power and position, namely to be king, which is more important to him than anything else in life. He is willing to... -
Answered a Question in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
In An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge the author illustrates the ability that human beings possess to make decisions based on a desire for recognition and glory. Peyton Fraquhar volunteers to... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
In Scene 7, Tom's character is particularly revealed, the aggression and hostility between Tom and his mother reaches a boiling point. Tom's mood is as dark as the storm that rages outside... -
Answered a Question in Brave New World
A story that centers on a dystopian environment is one that is opposite to a utopian environment, or a perfect or ideal society. The dystopian environment is a society that lacks harmony, is... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Synecdoche is a figure of speech which expresses either more or less than it literally denotes. By it we give to an object a name which literally expresses something more or something less than we... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
Holden is emotionally distant from his mother. The loss of her younger son has locked Mrs. Caulfield in a state of nervous exhaustion that is characterized by constant headaches and anxiety...
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