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- 5211: The Life of Emily Dickinson
- ... of Emily Dickinson Although she lived a seemingly secluded life, Emily Dickinson's many encounters with death influenced many of her poems and letters. Perhaps one of the most ground breaking and inventive poets in American history, Dickinson has become as well known for her bizarre and eccentric life as for her incredible poems and letters. Numbering over 1,700, her poems highlight the many moments in a 19th century New ...
- 5212: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... wrote two books expressing how he felt about the US. These books mainly criticized the US for not having a copyright law, the acceptance of slavery, and the vulgarity of the people. These books were American Notes for General Circulation (1842) and The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (1844). Chuzzlewit was a big failure, but many critics believed it was a critical turning point in his career because he realized ...
- 5213: 1984 2
- The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is an American classic which explores the human mind when it comes to power, corruption, control, and the ultimate utopian society. Orwell indirectly proposes that power given to the government will ultimately become corrupt and they will attempt ...
- 5214: The Life of George Armstrong Custer
- ... the Indian mirrored the country's views of the time. The Americans could not agree on what to think about the Indian, but they did agree on what to do about them. Custer and the American society believed that nothing would stand in the way of the country's destiny to overspread the continent. Americans of the time felt that the conquest of the continent added to the strength of the ...
- 5215: 1984 Ignorance Is Strength
- ... of our world lies in the hands of beasts or proles, but deep within them lie hearts which may show them the road to our salvation. List of Sources Orwell, George Nineteen Eighty-Four (New American Library; New York, 1948) Pourie, T.L. Political and Economic Systems (Academic Press, Canada: Ontario, 1983)
- 5216: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- ... with its wealth of clear-cut forms..." Footnote: Magill, 49. After this journey he wrote Italienische Reise in which he expressed his enjoyment of the Italian landscape. As the years went on, and the French Revolution occurred, Goethe began an active political life. He thought much about German politics, saying that the root of the trouble is the fragmentation of German culture. Surprisingly, as Goethe's life came to its last ...
- 5217: Marilyn Monroe: Suicide or Murder
- ... very unique woman, who had a lifetime full of fame ahead of her. Why would she do something so weak as to commit suicide? Or did she? Dazzling, seductive, extraordinary, Marilyn Monroe was the All- American Sex Goddess, a superstar legend with magnetic energy so strong she captured the world and her heels with her woman-child charm.On Her own, against almost all impossible personal and professional odds, she had ...
- 5218: Various Works Of Ee Cummings
- ... have to be both. Works Cited Cummings, E. E. 95 Poems by E. E. Cummings. New York: New York, 1950 Cummings, E. E. 73 Poems. New York: New York, 1961 Navasky, Bruno. The Academy of American Poets. 25 May 1997. 15 Mar. 1999
- 5219: Review of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
- ... and it supplies a reader with many ideas and virtues, which he/she may not have been aware of previously. This book changes a view of history in a positive way. My previous perceptions of American history were vague but also negative. I was under the impression that the lives of our forefathers, one of whom was Benjamin Franklin, were very dull , consisting of no entertainment and basically no excitement. I ...
- 5220: We All Take Things For Granted
- ... in the life of someone faced with those types of challenges, life in its self does not seem so bad. Futhermore, in the United States we live in society that is always on the go. American s generally take their way of life and everyday easy comings for granted. We are at the cutting edge of technology, industry, and medicine. This country is advancing so fast that the sky is the ...
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