Victorian Literature
.... from the East India Company, a trading firm, to the British government. Victoria was proclaimed empress of India in 1876. Britain seized control of Egypt and many other areas. British colonies united in Australia and Canada, and these countries became important members of the growing British Empire.
The development of a worldwide colonial empire made Britain the richest country in the world. Britain ended restrictions on foreign trade, and its colonies became both sources of raw materials and markets .....
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Trifles By Susan Glaspell
.... The County Attorney makes the statement:
"I guess before we're through she may have something
more serious than preserves to worry about."
Mr. Hale responds with:
"Well, women are used to worrying over trifles."
Because the women were concerned with cleaning and tidying the kitchen, which men considered trifle, the men overlooked that area and went out to find some real clues. However, the real clue to solving the murder was found in the kitchen. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find a birdcage in t .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Scout
.... Alexander's wishes, showing the high value he puts on Calpurnia. Atticus even goes as far to say he considers Calpurnia as a faithful member of the family. By doing this, Atticus hopes to show Scout and Jem that he still treats Calpurnia as an equal, even though she is black.
Through her everyday life, Scout is able to gain a sense of what it means to be courageous. In the beginning of the novel, Scout faces terrible encounters with her neighbor, Mrs. Dubose. Mrs. Dubose often shouted vicious comme .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Injust
.... were claimed about him even though they were untrue. Just because he didn't leave his house, people began to think something was wrong. Boo was a man who was misunderstood and shouldn't of suffered any injustice. Boo did not handle the injustice because he didn't know about it.
In conclusion, the person who deserves the deepest sympathy is Tom Robinson. He did nothing wrong but his crime was being nice to white people. This type of injustice is the worst because everyone puts up with it. There .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Plot S
.... of Jem. And the point of view from Cal and Atticus is very difference. Cal will give lecture to the children if they did something wrong, but Atticus will try to impact the important message to the children. 2. Burris Ewell, Walter Cunningham, and Chuck little are all from extremely poor families. However, there are great differences both in appearance and in attitudes, particularly between the Cunninghams and the Ewells. What are those differences and why do you suppose they exist? Between Burris Ewell, .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird
.... not know what to do with all of the food that they have offered to him. For example he drowned his waffles in a lake of syrup. Bob Ewell's son, Burris was also faced in the same way but in an total opposite direction and purpose. The same day as the Walter Cunningham incident there was another incident concerning the Ewells. Burris had "cooties." A "cootie" came frantically flying out of the assumed Afro of Burris's hair, and scared the overseer of the class, Miss Caroline. Miss Caroline quickly demanded .....
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To Build A Fire - Significance
.... story portrays the man accepting his fate and understands the old-timer at Sulphur Creek had been right; "no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below." Typically, short stories written in the early 1900's often conclude the story with a death or tragedy. London's story is no exception. This story follows the pattern by illustrating events leading up to and including death.
Thesis Statement- The significance of the words "dying and death" in Jack London's 1910 novel, "To Build a Fire" c .....
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To An Athlete Dying Young By A
.... runner; his glories outlived him. "And silence sounds no worse than cheers; After earth has stopped the ears." Here Housman implies that death is not worse than being in the height of glory, as in both circumstances one perceives invulnerability; they are unaffected by anything outside of their system.
Housman reiterates his earlier implications of lament with the fifth stanza of the poem. He suggests that he was one of the "Lads who wore their honors out". In time, his own accomplishments became meaning .....
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Touch Wood By Renée Roth-Hano
.... take action. They have friends who know Mother Superior. They send Renée and her sisters to a Catholic residence in Normandy until the war is over. Their father emphasizes for them not to tell anyone that they are Jewish. When they arrive in Normandy, they find a cozy bedroom, appetizing meals, and friendly people. Renée has to deal with a nosy housekeeper, who could possibly uncover their secret. Renée and her sisters love their new school, which is much more spacious and modern than the one in Paris.
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Tom Sawyer
.... found out they knew, he would for sure kill them. Tom wrote on a wooden board "Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer swear to keep mum about this and they wish they may drop down dead in their tracks if they ever tell and rot", then in their own blood they signed their initials TS and HF.
A few days after that incident Tom, Huck and Joe decided to go and become pirates because no one cared for their company anymore. They stole some food and supplies and then they stole a raft and paddled to an island in the middl .....
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Tom Clancy
.... have just happened. Terrorism, for one, is a major scare tactic that can and does strike fear into millions. This was demonstrated by two suspected attacks in the U.S. recently (Bombing of Flight 800 and the Olympic Park bombing). Secondly, the threat of losing petroleum resources is enough to drive governments to drastic measures. This fact is evident in the world’s participation in the 1991 Gulf War. The leaders of the Soviet Union decided that the only way to prevent the total collapse of their ec .....
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Through The Tunnel By Doris Le
.... lay like discolored monsters under the surface, and then he was in the real sea - a warm sea where irregular cold currents from the deep water shocked his limbs" clearly describes the beach where the boy is swimming and how it is seen by him. With the addition of words like "discoloured monsters" and "real sea" we can tell what the boy's feeling are toward his beach which he considers scary but at the same time challenging.
By using the third person omniscient point of view, the narrator is able to .....
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Thoreau And Transcendentalism
.... who first introduced Henry to the concept of Transcendentalism, which drastically changed Thoreau's view of life from that moment on. Transcendentalism, which places emphasis of mysticism and individuality, gave Thoreau the platform he needed to express his thoughts. Emerson then employed Thoreau as a gardener and a handyman. During their spare time, they would freely converse over the concepts and beauty of Transcendentalism. Their lives were shaped and bonded together by their desire for understandi .....
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Things Fall Apart By Chinua Ac
.... difference in Ibo and Christianity is the belief in animate gods and an inanimate God. Christians have an inanimate God, which means that He cannot be seen. Christians also believe that God is eternal. Unlike Christianity, the Ibo believe in animate gods, which are alive and can be seen. An example of the Ibo believing in animate gods is they worship carved wood, the Oracle of the Hills and Caves, and the sacred python.
Another contrast of the two religions is the practice of polygamy compared to mono .....
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The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlo
.... Jane observes the moonlight John sleeps, acknowledging the idea that man is suppressed by the feminine aspects of the psyche (1155). Illustrating John’s determination to demolish the remaining fragments of femininity, John considers using the axe to destroy the “beautiful door” (1161).
As a result of societal gender roles men and women have been restrained from achieving self-individuation. Both John and Jane lack attributes that society deems necessary for one to obtain self-individuation. Obviously .....
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