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Pony is a seemingly sweet and good-natured small-town girl who seeks to do something important and special with her life. She meets Cape when she wanders away from home on a long walk and finds him distressed over his father’s state. She claims to have psychic powers and helps Cape to understand exactly what he must do to save his father’s life and in doing so, his own. She is a tragic victim of Cape’s manipulation and cruelty and her character suffers an intense transformation for the worse after

difference between the story of the Monaca di Monza and Una Donna, lies in the reaction that the two female protagonists show with regard to their personal affairs. The first, locked in a convent against her desire, soon betrays the religious order she has just joined, becoming one of the wicked characters of the novel and even being accomplice to a murder with her lover. The second one, on the other hand, finds the strength to react: even if forced to make a choice between her freedom

was accused of assisting or causing the deaths of the patients, in terminal illness, at a lung hospital in a Paris suburb. She was also banned for life from the nursing profession, but was acquitted of a seventh count of murder. Malevre is originally said that she was helping 30 terminally ill patients to die but later confessed to just four deaths. She says she acted out of compassion and was helping to end people's suffering. 'Morbid fascination' Prosecutors had asked for a minimum

lovely place to work (l.12); buy a picture (l. 13); it’s art (l.28)... c) Gillon is (1) Sarah’s (2) granddaughter. She works in a (3) gallery. (4) Sarah has come to (5) find Gillon in order to (6) invite her for (7) dinner. 2. a) Gillon lives in Society Street. It is a « bohemian » neighborhood. b) It is bohemian, it’s cheap, and she needs her independence. 3. a) She is single. b) « You won’t have a shred of independence, my girl, until you marry » (l.42). 4. Gillon is self-restrained:

She reached fort the answering machine they used during the off-hours, but before she could set up, the door to the office suite opened and Susan rushed ih Shoot. She'd been trying to get out of here before that woman got back. As usual, Susan was in a hurry and had that look on her face that meant she was about to bark some order. Charmaine stood and made a point of slinging her bag over her shoulder to signal that the day was over for her... « Oh great » , Susan said, approaching Charmaine's

Antonia is eager and enthusiastic about learning to speak English. Jim and his grandparents are saddened for the Shimerdas, whose life on the farm is undoubtedly difficult. Despite the many hardships, Antonia remains cheerful and optimistic. She knows that she and her family must sacrifice much of their happiness to make do in a new, unfamiliar country. Chapter 5 Antonia and her father are thrilled by the discovery of their Russian neighbors, Peter and Pavel. Mr. Shimerda has been lonely since

disgust. She wanted to say, « Everything ».She wanted to scream it knew she’d be punished for her disrespect of her elders. Because she was Indian, she’d been taught to fear and hate white people. Sure, she hated all sorts of white people the arrogant white businessmen in their wool suits , the illiterate white cheerleaders in their convertibles , the thousands of flannel-shirted rednecks who roamed the streets of Spokane but she knew they represented the worst of whiteness. She knew racism

about the landscape near the house she had lived in twenty years ago. She and her husband were walking towards a lake. Her husband was going to have a swim and suddenly a gigantic snake appeared under the water. The serpent came right up to the dock and raised his gross head out of the water and looked at Jeanette. She was amazed to see the intelligence reflected in the black eyes of this big creature looking at her without moving. Jeanette recognized that she wasn’t afraid of the snake which could

waitress in a coffee shop. She is in her early- thirties, but too old to be doing this. She is very pretty and meticulously groomed, even at the end of her shift. She is slamming dirty coffee cups from the counter into a bus tray underneath the counter. It is making a lot of RACKET, which she is oblivious to. There is COUNTRY MUZAK in the b.g., which she hums along with. INT. THELMA'S KITCHEN - MORNING THELMA is a housewife. It's morning and she is slamming coffee cups

is a math teacher and the mother a homemaker, they have five daughters (between 13 and 17 years old). The story begins with Cecilia, one of the Lisbon's sisters, who tries to commit suicide by opening her veins. After the drama of Cecilia's suicide (she tried to commit sucide a first time and succeed the second time in jumping thought a window), Lux, who had a romance with a young boy called Trip Fontaine, and her sisters are taken to a homecoming dance. As Lux missed the curfew, the girls become recluse