"Bonté!" she cried, releasing herself from his encircling arm and retreating from the window, "the house'll go next! If I only knew w'ere Bibi was!" She would not compose herself; she would not be seated. Alcée clasped her shoulders and looked into her face. The contact of her warm palpitating body when he had unthinkingly drawn her into his arms, had aroused all the old-time infatuation and desire for her flesh." This is the breaking point of their affair. It is more than just meaningless sex at this point, yet it is just natures course. These lines show that this was a natural thing. Comparing their yearn for each other to the storm that was brewing. 

The narrator in the short story The Real Thing is the artist telling us about his encounter with the Monarch family. The artist had many mixed emotions through out the story. When the Monarchs first came in the story he was very happy because he thought that they were their to pay in for a painting. He thought that they were some sort of celebrities. He later found out that they were their to be models because they needed money had couldn't find a job. This made the painter feel very doubtful about the Monarchs. He knew that just because they look rich doesn't mean they really are. The Monarchs set their standards very high as they will only do certain photos, yet they turned out to be terrible models. This disappointed the artist a lot as they weren't cooperating and this affected his work in a terrible way. He then tries to get rid of the Monarchs but they end up being his servants and helping him with whatever he needs. In the end, with relief, he finally paid them a sum of money to get rid of them. "If it be true I am content to have paid the price- for the memory." This shows that in the end he was happy. The Monarchs finally showed who they were and removed their masks of being fake celebrities.

Dear Mr. Hawthorne,

            I enjoy your writing very much as it takes the mind to all different places. Your description to set the scene in the reader’s head is outstanding. Just as I, your writing makes people think what they are reading. You make people think deeper about not only the story but also about life itself. If I may, I don’t always agree with some of your beliefs. As our writing is very similar it is also quit different. Your writing, which is dark like mine, always has a moral to the story. Your writing really shows who you are as a person and what you believe in. It is hard to be such a dark writer and not think of all the evil in the world. The human race is incapable of functioning without a little evil in everyone. Every man is capable of doing evil; it just depends on how far they can be pushed.

                        Yours truly,

                                    Edgar A. Poe  

Shaping a Country with words

American Literature. The Great Gatsby, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter, The Catcher in the Rye, the Grapes of Wrath, The Awakening, Fahrenheit 451, A Raisin in the sun. These pieces of writing are some of the most breathtaking stories ever written. Not only in America but, in the world. But, there is more to these stories than people think. These are more than just a bunch of words on some paper. These novels are a base around our countries history and well being. They act as a stamp to our culture as they have inspired millions of people over the decades. They have made you laugh, cry, love and hate. People like Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald have changed the way people think and live their lives. American literature has not only changed the way American live but the way the world lives.