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- 14221: Sinclair Lewis
- ... New York for a while. After working on some temporary jobs, he graduated Yale in 1908. After he got his degree, he worked for publishing houses and various magazines in Iowa, Carmel, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York City. During his time in Greenville Village, he associated with some radicals like John Reed and Floyd Dell, and he became, for a while, member of the socialist party. In 1912 ...
- 14222: Seeing Futher Through Tears Th
- ... she hath not seen the charge of fourteen years. . ." (Lines 8-9, Scene 2, Act 1). It is also shown during the balcony scene when she agrees to marry Romeo after knowing him only a day and she is not even sure herself that Romeo wants to marry her. "If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow. . . And all my fortunes at thy foot ...
- 14223: John Keats
- ... other children, for he was the oldest male member of the family. That year he hurled himself into his studies with the energy that was to become one of his most remarkable traits. He studied day and night and carried with that year’s school prize for best literary work. By then he had read nearly every book in the school and he begged his master for more. Of course he ...
- 14224: William Shakespeare
- ... When William Shakespeare was about seven years old, he probably began attending the Stratford Grammar School with other boys of his social class. Students went to school year round attending school for nine hours a day. The teachers were strict disciplinarians. Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was probably fascinating. Stratford was a lively town and during holidays, it was known to put on pageants and many popular ...
- 14225: Scarlet Letter - Pearl
- ... the characters suffer from the tolls of sin, but none as horribly as Hester's daughter Pearl. She alone suffers from sin that is not her own, but rather that of her mother. From the day she is conceived, Pearl is portrayed as an offspring of evil. She is brought introduced to the pitiless domain of the Puritan religion from inside a jail, a place where no light can touch the ...
- 14226: Andrew Carnegie: "Capt. of Industry" or "Robber Baron"?
- ... partners to return their company stock if they resigned or retired; and that is mostly true. His workers had a lot of potential injuries waiting to happen… and they had to work twelve hours a day, 7 days a week. When they started to form a labor union, he tried to stop it. He had to go to Scotland for a couple of days and told his partner to stop the ...
- 14227: The Life of Jackie Robinson
- ... in the long jump. His final jump was twenty five feet and six inches. Not only did he win the meet, but he also set a new record. (Stealing Home) After his impressive performance that day, several major universities offered him scholarships for his last two years of athletic eligibility. Jackie chose the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to finish his last two years. Basically because UCLA was the ...
- 14228: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... another book called Tamerlane and other Poems by a Bostonian. This book included “Tamerlane,” as well as “Song,” “Dreams,” “Visit of the Dead,” “Spirits of the Dead,” “Evening Star,” “Imitation,” “Stanzas,” A Dream,” “The Happiest Day,” and “The Lake”. A while later I was appointed company clerk, but I wanted to leave the army. In order to do this; I had to find a replacement. Finally, I found a man, who ...
- 14229: Scarlet Letter- Guilty Heart
- ... has committed he will end the personal stress on his soul. Feeling full well the torment of his own secret, Arthur proclaims that those who hold such "miserable secrets will yield them up that last day with a joy unutterable" (Hawthorne 91). By this expression, Arthur offers a glimpse into his tortured heart and shows how heavy a burden his secret is. This is where the novel begins to delve into ...
- 14230: Joseph Stalin
- ... but as a terrible leader for the people. He held the title of a totalitarian leader beause he had all or total power. He disrupted the Soviet Union’s economy for years even to modern day. Stalin wanted to industrialize Russia quikly and effectively. Stalin lainched his first Five Year Plan in 1928 by making Russia a command economy. Stalin motivated the Russian people by using these words,” To slow down ...
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