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- 4261: Common Sense
- ... a split between England and the colonial states. At the same time as a split is theorized, it would form a union of the colonial states into one country, united into one body on our American principles, no longer under the rule of the British Parliament and its ridiculous taxes and misrepresentation. Paine delivers one of the most compelling arguments I have heard on why there should be a division between ... who approve of the English government are those who are in power, or those who stand to succeed as an heir to a position of power. The British are also a huge economic bane on American colonists. Paine’s stance is that it is crucial to the survival of the colonies that the colonies perform as a separate economic entity, so as not to be ruined by English influences. "Europe is ...
- 4262: Catcher In The Rye
- ... such compassion will fill his need for acceptance and place in the world. Substantially giving Holden an admission into society and the acceptance of the responsibilities of adulthood. J(erome) D(avid) Salinger, is an American author, who controversially dared to cross the line of literary standards. In his first and only novel The Catcher in the Rye, proved to be Salinger’s most important and influential literary work, establishing him ... publishing some of his short stories. Salinger was inducted into the service in 1942, at the age of twenty-three, the following year, he was transferred to the Counter-Intelligence Corps and later joined the American Forth Division, he landed on Utah Beach five hours after the initial assault on D-Day. After the war, Salin-ger began publishing again and featured his stories in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier ...
- 4263: Campaign
- ... of time, by 1953 there were no lynching recorded, this didn’t mean that they did not exist but it definitely shows that the numbers had drastically declined. With the efforts of Wells the African American society may have been diminished by lynching. Wells knew that in order to stop the lynching she had to gain attention and make a name for herself. The significance of her campaign was that it ... laws. Of course there are times when things don’t go right but for the most part Wells helped pave the way for African Americans to be treated the same as anyone else, simply as American.
- 4264: Black And White Women Of The Old South
- ... White Women of the Old South, argues that history has problems with objectiveness. Her book brings to life interesting interpretations on the view of the women of the old south and chattel slavery in historical American fiction and autobiography. Gwin’s main arguments discussed how the white women of the south in no way wanted to display any kind of compassion for a fellow woman of African descent. Gwin described the ... a good illustration of what has and still is happening to women. Their lifestyle is always changing. Gwin’s argument that life was never a sisterhood between the blacks and white in the so-called American fiction and autobiography seems prove true. These women were very much different and the ethnocentrism in a white woman keeps her from ever getting past the dark skin, and makes the white women feel more ...
- 4265: Bartelby The Scrivener
- ... would be perfect if she didn’t have the birthmark. What he doesn’t realize is perfection is unattainable, except in our minds. The Maypole of Merrymount describes a maypole, and it’s significance in American history. Hawthorne creates a scene of revelry (almost a Mardi Gras scene) and has it destroyed by the Puritans. This story reminds me of the Christian Creation Story with the maypole being the Garden of Eden and the Puritans being allegorical figures of Satan. Hawthorne seems to blame the demise of the American freespirit on the Puritans. I don’t have much to comment on this story; it is really a cut and dry case. I think Hawthorne is harsh on the Puritans. I read somewhere that the ...
- 4266: A Tale Of Two Cities
- ... supporter of it. This just simply is not true. Dickens uses capitol punishment as a tool to define the evil embodied in both the French ruling class, and the opposing lower class during the French Revolution; as well as comment on the sheep-like nature of humankind. In the beginning of the novel, capital punishment serves as the "cure-all" for France’s social problems. After all, "death is nature’s ... and left nothing else with it to be looked after" (62). This negative light that the ruthless use of capital punishment casts upon the rulers of France is exactly what Dickens had intended. When the revolution actually takes place, the Jacques become drunk with bloodlust. Their methods of restoring order and peace are exactly the same as those they opposed: send anyone to the guillotine who disagrees with them. "They are ...
- 4267: A Separate Peace - Thematic Analysis
- ... suspicious of all who are perceived as a threat, causing them to lash out at anyone even peripherally involved. Adequately proven in A Separate Peace, there are also historical examples: the Nazi death camps, the American Japanese-American relocation camps, and the McCarthyism of the fifties. Apparently, in America, the Constitution rules until war is declared, then paranoia and vindictiveness take charge. When Gene had the opportunity to get back at Finny, he ...
- 4268: A Separate Peace - Symbols
- ... life of two young boys to the extreme in order to reveal the unfortunate things that can occur in a relationship when these themes are not taken seriously. As stated in Magill's Survey of American Literature, "It (A Separate Peace) can be viewed, for example, as a tale of Original Sin, with the Devon School as an Eden enclosing the great Tree of Knowledge through which humankind falls far from ... be approached as a reworking of the classic tale of the need to accept the potential evil within everyone and thus make peace with one's self." BIBLIOGRAPHY "A Separate Peace." Magill's Survey of American Literature, Vol. 3. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 1993. Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults, Vol. 3, pages 1186- 1192. Knowles, John. A Separate Peace. Prentice-Hall Literature, Platinum, 1996 ed.
- 4269: A Separate Peace - Symbolism
- ... life of two young boys to the extreme in order to reveal the unfortunate things that can occur in a relationship when these themes are not taken seriously. As stated in Magill’s Survey of American Literature, "It (A Separate Peace) can be viewed, for example, as a tale of Original Sin, with the Devon School as an Eden enclosing the great Tree of Knowledge through which humankind falls far from ... be approached as a reworking of the classic tale of the need to accept the potential evil within everyone and thus make peace with one’s self." BIBLIOGRAPHY "A Separate Peace." Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Vol. 3. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 1993. Beacham’s Guide to Literature for Young Adults, Vol. 3, pages 1186- 1192. Knowles, John. A Separate Peace. Prentice-Hall Literature, Platinum, 1996 ed.
- 4270: A Raisin In The Sun
- Conflict in A Raisin in the Sun In the play A Raisin in the Sun, the playwright Lorraine Hansberry depicts the life of an impoverished African American family living on the south side of Chicago. The Youngers, living in a small apartment and having dreams larger than the world in which the live, often use verbal abuse as a way to vent ... Walter’s alcohol abuse. Throughout the play, Lorraine Hansberry displays conflict through the lives of her characters. Throughout A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry does not avoid the harsh, yet realistic facts of African American life during the 50’s. Conflict is one of many realistic characteristics of life that are portrayed in the play. Above all, the conflict between Walter and Beneatha is the most frequently depicted. Nonetheless, the ...
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