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- 19941: Willa Sibert Cather and His Works
- ... a "chronicler of the pioneer American West." The Song of The Lark discusses the story of a singer and their rise to success. Her themes are focused on the drama of the immigrant in a new land, views of personal interaction with artwork, and the rise of civilizations in history. She never married; however, she lived with friend and companion Edith Lewis for many years. She later published other collections of ...
- 19942: I Am Joaquin Vs. The First Sev
- ... marries a shoemaker, his dream will be ruined because she will not have a better life than her mother did. Therefore, what is wanted in both selections is not only a better life, but a new life as well. Both works present different ways of realizing their similar versions of the American Dream. In The First Seven Years Feld makes it clear that education is the key to a better life ...
- 19943: Chiang Kai-shek
- ... toil, and all our resources, she be expended for the sake of our sacred war of national recovery...All the evils of Communism must be eradicated so as to eliminate the danger of a destructive world war and restore a lasting peace and well-being for mankind. Only thus can the spirit of Dr. Sun and the revolutionary martyrs rest in peace in Heaven. This is my favorite passage from this ...
- 19944: The Missouri Compromise
- ... allowed below it but prevented above it. However they limited themselves by only applying the Compromise to lands gained in the Louisiana purchase. This led to conflict after the Mexican war in which America gained new territories in the West. This doomed the Missouri Compromise, which was probably the most promising of the three. Had the Compromise been applied to all American lands then perhaps it could have succeeded. Instead the ...
- 19945: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... screamed, "I know youre a good man. You dont look a bit like you have common blood. I know you must come from nice people!" "Yes mam," he said, "finest people in the world." When he smiled he showed a row of strong white teeth. "God never made a finer woman than my mother and my daddys heart was pure gold," he said. So while the grandmother seemed ...
- 19946: Julius Caesar: Military and Political Strength
- Julius Caesar: Military and Political Strength Perhaps no other man in the history of the world symbolizes military and political strength as much as does Gaius Julius Caesar. This man became a legend for his military exploits and an almost global setting, his political manipulations which covered decades of cycles which ...
- 19947: Hellen Nellie McClung: A Canadian Feminist
- ... also the man who Nellie married. She married at the age of 23 in a Presbyterian Church in Wawanesa, Manitoba. Nellie shortly after her marriage, devoted her life to helping women fight for a better world. She saw too many women being mistreated by their drunken husbands. She saw alcohol as a major problem, husbands would get drunk and then assault the women. Nellie though that if women obtained the right ...
- 19948: Huckleberry Finn Book Report
- ... slave hunters or help him remain a free man. Huck decided not to betray his friend even though it was against everything he had been taught. He discovered his own identity and learned about the world in which he lived. PERSONAL REACTION I enjoyed this novel because of the intense use of colloquial speech and dialect. I would recommend this novel because Clemens style gives a realistic view of life on ...
- 19949: Rudolph Christian Karl Diesel
- ... people. Some of the people that helped him are Machine-fabric Augsburg, Gasmotoren-Fabric Deutz and Mannesmann-Werke. It took them six years to finish the Diesel Engine. It was important because it gave a new and easier way of using engines. It gave a way for large vehicles to transport goods safely. It is easier to make than the steam engine. All we did was benefit from the invention. If ...
- 19950: A Lesson Before Dying
- ... young son, Zech. The family had decided to escape the pressures of the Civil War in their native Georgia, and move to the scrub of Northern Florida. The MacIveys experience many troubles and learn many new things during their stay in the scrub, such as meeting Indians, that will turn out to influence their life greatly. Other experiences included Tobias being recruited by Marshall Adler to drive cattle to the confederate ...
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