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- 1931: Catcher In The Rye And For Esm
- There have been many great authors to this date in history, as we know it. In my lifetime, J D Salinger is one of the most famous and powerful authors I read. "J D Salinger, one of the world's most influential and reclusive authors " (Brooks Richard, The Sunday Times pg 3) states Richard Brooks from "The Sunday Times". One of Salinger's greatest achievements was the novel "The ... Esme have only their long run futures to look ahead to. Holden wanted to move down south and get employed at a gas pump and live in a cabin he made with his salary. "They'd let me put gas and oil in their stupid cars, and they'd pay me a salary and all for it, and Id build me a little cabin somewhere with dough I made and ...
- 1932: Creative Writing - Fiction - T
- ... desperation". If you ask me, the moment is now, but I don't complain. At age 15 and 5'7", Dexter weighs 80 pounds and his mother weighs the same at one inch shorter. One day they'll finally consume me, but they shouldn't kid themselves that it will make any difference. Their time is approaching. We've lived like this ever since Dexter can remember, but not me. I ... us all, soon to be a useless meal to two useless individuals fallen victim to the foolishness of the greater race. Now I am doomed to live only in waiting for an inevitable death. Every day Dexter wakes up and checks with his soiled, ruff hands to assure himself that I am right where he left me. Here he sits, every day, steering clear of the occasional fights and raids by other appartments. It's quite a surprise I've lasted so long, I reckon I've been here with them for at least two months. ...
- 1933: Jerome David Salinger, Born In
- ... many of Salinger’s short stories and especially his most well-known novel he writes about how the main character falls from his or her own innocence then rises to face their challenges. In J.D. Salinger’s , Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield goes through a fall from his innocence throughout his journey to his safe haven, home. One example of when Holden fell from his own innocence is when ... rye is when Holden first sees the "fuck you" on the wall. Holden said, It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other kids would see it, and how they’d wonder what the hell it meant, and then finally some dirty kid would tell them- all cockeyed, naturally what it meant, and how they’d think about it even worry about it for a couple of days. I kept wanting to kill whoever’d written it.(Salinger 201) Holden’s final fall comes when he is in the Egyptian ...
- 1934: Lizzie Borden
- ... parents for 5 years (Meganet, 1998). With a resident maid to do the heavy housecleaning and cooking, and dressmakers to do the serious sewing, Abby, Emma, and Lizzie were left with little to do all day outside of a little dusting, ironing, and fancy needlework, if they were in the mood. Of the three, Lizzie seems to have had the hardest time adjusting to this lethargic existence (Crimelibrary, 1998). As for Andrew, he had his financial concerns to keep him busy during the day, but he still had to come home to a miserable situation every noon and night (Meganet, 1998). Abby Borden, herself, had become a miserable soul who had few friends, seldom left the house, and had ... been in popular at the turn of the century, no doubt someone would have tagged the Bordens with it (Meganet, 1998). At about 11:10 am , on Thursday, August 4th, 1892, a heavy, hot summer day, at the Borden home, Bridget Sullivan, the hired girl was startled while she was resting by Lizzie Borden crying out "Maggie come down!"(Crimelibrary, 1998) Lizzie Borden was first to make the terrible discovery ...
- 1935: The Reality Of Good And Evil
- ... this right or wrong or even good or evil this is because at that time it is justified for an individual to follow the way of life set for them but as for the present day everyone belief that he or she is the master of their destiny and do not care about what other people think. From their point of view they have the right to choose because if their ... where a situation is based on what I do for you and what would I get in return for helping you. For example, if a friend of mine comes and ask me for help, in day and time of the present, I wouldn't straight away say yes to him. Why is this? This is because I would like to know what is the benefit for me or what is my ... diseases. We cannot expect the doctors to treat the patience on a personal basis. Where would they have the time to socialize with the patience if they were to treat about one hundred patience a day? I for one would like the doctor treating me to get to know me better but in my heart I know that I would not happen. And also most of the doctors at this ...
- 1936: The Industrial Revolution
- ... directly or indirectly, foodstuff and the means of production." Capitalists, are people who have their own materials, money and space. They bought many machines and stored them in factories, where hired people worked the whole day manufacturing goods. "The factory system was a reliable way to lower prices on goods but the quality of life declined." The process of social change was not confined to industry alone, it also occurred in ... children in the mines. Children aged six usually worked down in the coal mines as trappers. They sat alone in the dark tunnels of the mine beside a wooden trap door for twelve hours a day. They had to open and shut the door to let coal carts through. Women and children worked tedious hours, developing fatal illnesses and diseases, as well as deformities such as spinal curvatures. The children of ... women and children. On February 7, 1883 Shaftsbury had the Factory Act passed. The Act stated, Children under nine years old could not work. Children between nine and thirteen must only work eight hours a day. Those under eighteen were limited to twelve hours each day. Mill owners who disobeyed this law were punished. The passing of the Factory Act of 1833 was not the end to the problems within ...
- 1937: Hackers
- ... Assessing the degree and manner in which the underground is organized provides the opportunity to also examine the culture, roles, and channels of communication used by the computer underground. The focus here is on the day to day experience of persons whose activities have been 9 criminalized over the past several years. Hackers, and the "danger" that they present in our computer dependent society, have often received attention from the legal community and ... The reluctance or inability to differentiate between roles and activities in the computer underground, as exhibited in the media and computer security firms, creates an ambiguous definition of "hacker" that possesses two extremes: the modern-day bank robber at one end, the trespassing teenager at the other. Thus, most any criminal or mischievous act that involves computers can be attributed to "hackers,"2 regardless of the nature of the crime. ...
- 1938: Fast Food Reality
- ... is not often labeled with nutrition facts, but people do not care about it, they just want something fast to eat. The problems begin when the intake of fast food is frequent or almost every day. It is really easy, cheap, and of course fast going to any fast food restaurant or drive through and buy a burger and fried chips, but is it good for your health? The response is ... is still possible to eat fast food occasionally and follow sensible diet. Fast food also contributes polluting the environment. Just think that for a second how much garbage do fast food restaurants throw away every day. It is a lot. And where it comes from? This is an easy question. It comes from every wrapped burger, straw, or chips and drinks containers. Just imagine thousands of burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches and so on are sold every day in United States, so a lot of garbage is collected every day, but just a small part of it is recycled. Another reason of why fast food pollutes the environment is beef. In the ...
- 1939: Shiloh
- ... who had moved from Fort Donelson to Corinth, Mississippi. The North was commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant and the South by General Albert Sydney Johnston. The Union army was taken by surprise the first day when the Confederate Army unexpectedly attacked, but after Union reinforcements arrived the fighting virtually ended in a tie. Lasting for two days, April 6 and 7 of 1862, casualties for both sides exceeded 20,000 ... the morning of April 6. Johnston’s men burst out of the woods so early that Union soldiers came out of their tents to fight. The Confederate army drove the Yankees back eight miles that day. One area that was especially troublesome for the South was nicknamed the Hornet’s Nest and was commanded by Union General Prentiss. The area was a sunken road that Federal troops rallied behind and mowed ... to which the whole nation has so long been looking forward, begun this morning and has resulted in a complete victory" (New Orleans, Times-Picayune, 1862). This report was accurate as far as the first day’s fight was concerned. General P.G.T. Beauregard wrote to C.F.S. (4) President Jefferson Davis in agreement with the the Times-Picayune reporting that "We this morning attacked the enemy in ...
- 1940: Samuel de Champlain
- ... the Blackrobe and his friend reach the Huron Indians and the other Blackrobes. We got up early this morning to begin our long journey to the Hurons. The trip was very peaceful and long this day. Blackrobe surprised and impressed our people as they worked as hard as we did. Blackrobe and Daniel paddled strongly along side our men. But Blackrobe has a lot to learn about the forest. He does ... again, nothing he did made any sense to my father. I think what made him mad was when Blackrobe demanded paddlers for the rest of his trip. We traveled 1500 miles, paddling 12 hours a day. This was enough. But my father made a promise so back we went. We had to pick up Blackrobe before the Indians killed him. Little did we know we were headed into danger and death ... die. We walked with him. As I lay him down he was saddened. He felt he had not been brave in his life. He felt that if he had only known that this was the day of his death, he would have been much braver. He felt he had been as greedy as the white man, but he was not. He was very brave and he made us all proud. " ...
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