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- 1671: Beloved 2
- ... her in the attempt to kill her children, resulting in the death of one daughter. Finding release from the death-penalty, she ends up living alone with her daughter in a haunted house. When Paul D, a former slave and friend of Sethe returns, the ghost, Sethe's murdered child, is not finally successful in drivig him away, so she disappears herself. -- Cultural Milieu "Beloved" is based on an ex-slave ... is written in major". Excerpts from the Novel This excerpt is related to the topic of discrimination in slavery and the injustice which has happened. Chronologically, the excerpt takes place when Stamp Paid tells Paul D. that Sethe once tried to kill all of her children. Stamp has a newspaper that contains an article about the killing, but Paul D. does not believe its truth, because there is only one reson a slave would be in a newspaper. "A whip of fear broke through the heart chambers as soon as you saw a Negro' ...
- 1672: Tom Sawyer: Summary
- ... of freedom he had a stroke of genius, instead of him paying people to work for him, he made people pay him to paint. Tom managed this by telling people that it isn't every day that you get a chance to paint a fence and he thought it was fun. He had people begging him to paint by the time that he was finished his story. He would have taken ... and paddled to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River. They stayed and pirated for several days, then they all became so home sick that they could not bear it anymore. The next day Tom, Huck, and Joe showed up for their own funerals and there was much thanks and praise. The next big event in the town was the trial of Muff Potter for the murder in the ... cell for a week. At the end of the week he was to be hung unless some one in court had proved him innocent. While Muff was in jail temporarily he was not alone. Every day Tom and Huck would go and talk to him through the jail cell bars and on occasion bring him food. On the last day of court, to everyone's surprise they called Tom Sawyer ...
- 1673: The Themes in Of Mice and Men
- ... has taken care of Lennie Small since his Aunt Clara died, and they are now traveling and working together. Although both are uneducated, George has a natural wit which Lennie lacks. They dream of one day owning their own land, but in the end their well-laid scheme goes astray. George and Lennie had a dream that Crooks, the stable buck, says all ranch workers had. It is the dream that ... of “doin’ all the work and not getting what comes up outa the ground.” Their dream was one of independence and self-fulfillment that was often hard to come by for migrant workers of that day. Yet in this case, the plot develops to the point where their dream seems more attainable with Candy’s involvement. But here lies the tragedy of this classic novel. Their dream turned into a cliché ... He does not realize that there are obvious obstacles to reaching his goals, and his undoubting attitude helps others to believe that the seemingly impossible really could come true. Lennie helped George get through the day. He gave him reason to get up in the morning and give a hard day’s work. If Lennie was not present, there would be no dream, and with his death the dream died. ...
- 1674: Adolf Hitler
- ... of the child was Adolf Hitler. He was the son a Customs official Alois Hitler, and his third wife Klara. As a young boy Adolf attendated church regulary and sang in the local choir. One day he carved a symbol into the bench which resembled the Swastika he later used as the symbol of the Nazi party. He was a pretty good student. He received good marks in most of his ... to the school of architecture as he had no high-school diploma. During the next 35 years of his live the young man never forgot the rejection he received in the dean's office that day. Many Historians like to speculate what would have happened IF.... perhaps the small town boy would have had a bit more talent....or IF the Dean had been a little less critical, the world might ... and it was here that his disliking of the Jews most likely began. Germany after the war was in chaos. With no real Government to control the country, many groups tried to take control. One day a big communist group staged a big riot but another group of ex-soldiers including Hitler managed to hold them back. 3. THE NAZI PARTY Since there were not many chances for employment Hitler ...
- 1675: Arrested In Winder, Georgia
- ... to come along with me. I was living in Atlanta at that time. My uncle lived on a farm in Winder, a small town fifty miles north of Atlanta. It was a nice and breezy day to be driving in the countryside. The sun was bright and traffic was light, we blasted the radio on and enjoyed the scenery. Winder is a pretty small town. It has two stoplights and a ... see a car in sight. I was even smiling, but my smile soon faded when I saw a police car in front of me and another one not too far behind. I knew that my day was going to get a lot worse. The officer got out of his car and asked me to step out of the truck. I did as he asked and acted like I did not know ... I should have never passed that car. I should have been more patient. Why was I not more patient? I wished at that moment that I could go back into time and change everything that day. I could not believe that I was handcuffed and being taken to jail. I was scared about what would happen to me. After the questions and the paperwork, the officer escorted me to a ...
- 1676: Ernest Hemingway: Allegorical Figures in The Sun Also Rises
- ... 2. Can't prevent accidents. 3. “It was like certain dinners that I remember from the war. There was much wine and ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent.” D. Condition represents a peculiar form of impotence. E. Restrained romantic. F. Private grief with Cohn's public suffering. G. Strongly attracted to Pedro Romero. H. Later, when Barnes says that he hates “homos” and wants to hit them. III. Lady Brett Ashley. A. First appears with a group of homosexuals. B. Wears man's hat on short hair. C. Refers to men as fellow “chaps”. D. All complete distortion of sexual roles. E. The war has turned Brett into the equality of a man. F. This is like Jakes demasculation. G. All releases her from her womanly nature. H. “Steps off of the romantic pedestal to stand beside her equals. IV. Robert Cohn. A. Women dominate him. B. Old fashioned romantic. C. Lives by what he reads. D. To feel like a man. 1. Boxes. a. Helps him to compensate for bad treatment from classmates. b. Turns him into an armed romantic. 2. Likes authority of editing and honor of writing, but ...
- 1677: Drinking: A Love Story - A Review
- ... mother with a chirasmatic smile and a newly found interest in what they were saying. This is the father that Caroline imired and adored so much. She could not wait for that point in the day where she actually could interact with her father without him bing preoccupied by all the other things in his life. This situation is another which inforces the power of alcohol to break down walls, to ... people tried to help her to see what she was doing to herself, the more distant she became and the more she drank. She drank just to be able to get out of bed each day, and to cope with the increasing pain she felt in herself and the pain she saw herself causing others who loved her. As much as Caroline saw her relationships with her family and loved ones ... biligerent drunken state she realized she had to stop. Once Caroline made the decision to stop drinking she gave her self a two month period before she entered the rehab. She spent every night and day up untill that day of enterence in an almost black-out state. Out of six people who became Caroline’s close friends in rehab (and some for life) only her and one other managed ...
- 1678: Theme-Basketball (no Works Cit
- Just to let you know i got a 97 on this paper. Hoops Galore Filled with tension as I walked into the run-down gym, I arrived early for my first day of basketball practice. My first line of business was to stretch my muscles so I could get loose and ready to play. As more of my teammates came in, we started to converse about old ... earlier years of life and made me grin. As we started to play, I began to focus on the game. After scoring a couple of baskets, I started relaxing and having fun. After my first day when I practiced for some time, I began to realize that participating in basketball was helpful socially, mentally, and most importantly, physically. My Participation in basketball was socially uplifting. One way that it helped me ... out of my shell and now am one of the first players to introduce myself to everyone. More importantly, participating in basketball helped me develop better friendships with people that I already knew. The first day of practice I knew almost everyone on my team from school and have talked to them, but never really got to know them. Playing with them helped me find the true personalities of these ...
- 1679: Life And Legend Of Howard Hugh
- ... million dollar firm, he set out to find solid management. Hughes found it two months later in Noah Dietrich, an out of work accountant. Before hiring Dietrich, Hughes insisted that they go on a seven-day train ride. Hughes never mentioned one detail about the business over the seven-day period, and announced to Dietrich upon their return that he was hired. Dietrich managed Hughes' business affairs and Hughes Tool for the next thirty years. In 1925, an old friend of Big Howard approached Hughes ... asked what he was doing, Hughes replied that if he were going to be in the movie business, he would need to know how everything worked, down to the projectors themselves. By dawn the next day the projector was back in order, and Hughes was back on the set of Swell Hogan. Dollars were not of concern to Hughes as the cash flowed freely out of Hughes Tool. In early ...
- 1680: Tom Sawyer
- ... of freedom he had a stroke of genius, instead of him paying people to work for him, he made people pay him to paint. Tom managed this by telling people that it isn't every day that you get a chance to paint a fence and he thought it was fun. He had people begging him to paint by the time that he was finished his story. He would have taken ... and paddled to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River. They stayed and pirated for several days, then they all became so home sick that they could not bear it anymore. The next day Tom, Huck, and Joe showed up for their own funerals and there was much thanks and praise. The next big event in the town was the trial of Muff Potter for the murder in the ... cell for a week. At the end of the week he was to be hung unless some one in court had proved him innocent. While Muff was in jail temporarily he was not alone. Every day Tom and Huck would go and talk to him through the jail cell bars and on occasion bring him food. On the last day of court, to everyone's surprise they called Tom Sawyer ...
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