"Avarice" is a poem written by Yusef Komunyakaa that explores the theme of greed and its destructive effects on a young girl. The poem is a haunting portrait of a young girl who is consumed by her desire for material wealth and the power it brings. The imagery in the poem is vivid and intense, and it paints a picture of a young girl who is consumed by her thirst for money. She is described as to “weigh a peach in her hands - Till it rotted”(Komunyakaa 433), which emphasizes the extent to which her avarice has taken over her life. The poem ends, by saying the girl "counts eight engagement rings - At least twelve times a day"(Komunyakaa 433), which suggests that her greed has finally caught up with her. This evidence shows that the girl has been
The following day, 09/29/1998, while on the way to school, the nine-year-old saw the man again. She said he forced her and her 5-year-old friend behind a nearby day care center where he sexually assaulted both girls and ejaculated on the nine-year-old girl’s shirt. Police interviewed the girl later that day and she said that the man had touched her with his penis the day before, but she had not told her mother. In this interview, she did not mention that the man had ejaculated on her the second day, so her shirt was not retrieved by police. The girl said that the man said his name was “Johnny.”
There's also DNA evidence, but it has yet to be matched to
“This fog is not so deep that it stops you from attempting to fabricate evidence, right?” (Fairall, 2013). On her journey to distance herself from the crimes scene and the murder of a man she still claims to love, she cleaned the crime scene, dragged Travis's body back to the shower and washed his body to get rid of her DNA. She attempted to destroy the camera, but left the memory card intact so her presence was belied by her own stupidity. On the wall where he staggered to escape her attack, a hand print mixed with her DNA and Travis's DNA was found.
Her accusations were supported by her parents, as they gave names of people she should accuse. She joined the girls and put on an act that the court believed. In court, she would yell and pretend to be getting attacked.
The men characterize her as a “golden girl.” Similar to gold, she was expensive and wanted by many. She was a lavish woman, full of money, living a simple
This proves that they could have done it, because if they have a reputation of doing atrocious things then they are capable of doing this horrific crime. In addition, if they are bad kids then what's going to stop them from doing this to a lady. Bad individuals are capable of doing bad things. Kevin Richardson had a scratch on his face.
Through another list, she offers her observant insight of what’s true success. Going into detail, “the way the wild wrens sang though they hadn’t a penny in the bank,” (ln 10). Using personification, she inserts the liveliness of the forest while acknowledging how the wrens were able be happy without money. The school system trains young adults to think the opposite, that you in fact need money to obtain happiness. Conversely to stanza 2, stanza 4 starts with repetition of the phrase “the way the” showing observation and insight of her surroundings, nevertheless time implying that the reader knows what she’s talking about because it was beyond words.
Jonathan and Brittany Harris took their 23 year old daughter to a cabin in North Carolina for a vacation on break from college. Their daughter Jessica had a bedroom downstairs in the cabin and was preparing a bath and going to drink a glass of wine. A man broke into the cabin and went into the bedroom of Jessica’s where she was at and she bolted to
There is no other solid piece of evidence.
It is apparent that she feels negatively toward her father; although, she loves him still after being a horrible father to her. When she calls him daddy she begins to hint at the love and endearment she still holds for him. The words payday and bill shape the poem to be about money; however, when reading more thoroughly it is actually about time. In the poem, money is a reference to time.
In We Were Liars, a novel by E. Lockhart, the setting of the novel plays a significant role in developing the theme of greed. The setting shows their wealth and need to maintain power, it also shows the consequences of greed and more. All of these things combined, add up to the theme of greed, based in the setting. The Sinclair family's private island is a symbol of their wealth and privilege. The island's luxury attracts envy from people outside the family, making it an object of desire for many.
She is presented in the book with no intention of greed. Once she had seen how this pearl changed their lives and the grief it brought them she wanted nothing to do with it anymore. “ ‘This is evil, this pear; is a sin! It will destroy us. Throw it away Kino.