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- 3601: With Malice Toward None By Ste
- ... 3) support of federally sponsored internal improvements, a protective tariff, a railroad to the Far West, and free land for Western settlers. This stand was obviously very attractive to Northern and Western voters. When election day finally came, Lincoln simply waited, first in his office at the statehouse and later in the telegraph office. When the final results came in at about two o'clock in the morning, Abraham Lincoln had ... of his victory, Lincoln replied, "I went home, but not to get much sleep, for I then felt as I never had before, the responsibility that was upon me." (p 231) By Lincoln's inauguration day in March of 1861, seven states had already seceded from the Union, electing Jefferson Davis as President of their Confederacy. In his inaugural address Lincoln attempted to avoid aggravating the slave states that had not ... Ulysses S. Grant and General Sherman. By the time of the election in November, Lincoln won overwhelmingly with 212 of the 233 possible electoral." (p 402) The very weary President addressed the Nation the next day with less than victorious words. He stressed that the South should be dealt with mildly in order to bring the entire Nation back together as soon as possible. "Let us all join in doing ...
- 3602: Narrative Voices In Huck Finn
- ... who have sought the coolness of the church and notes "most folks don't go to church only when they've got to; but a hog is different"(122). The narration of Huck's final day with the Grangerfords is prefaced by: "I don't want to talk much about the next day"(124). For Huck's easy-going fluid dialogue to become stilted and censored, the reader knows the young boy has been hurt. A senseless fatal feud is not the only tragedy depicted through the events of that day, also shown is the heartbreak of a young boy who loses every vestige of the hopeful trust he put in a father, brothers and sisters. Huck is shocked to hear the fatherless, brotherless Buck ...
- 3603: Never Lose Hope
- ... poems, “The Chimney Sweeper”, shows many signs of immortality. In this poem, immortality can only be reached by maintaining hope in a hopeless world and embracing happiness. An example of this is line 20: “He’d have God for his father, and never want joy”. Immortality is something people have chased for years and have never been able to capture. In Webster’s dictionary, immortality is stated as, “Not mortal, deathless ... work and they will be happy (ln 17). The tone in these two lines is still a joyful one and changes in line nineteen when the author says “And the Angel told Tom, if he’d be a good boy, He’d have God for his father, and never want joy” (ln 19-20). Blake’s tone in these two lines turns serious. This is a strong change in the poem where it will grab ones ...
- 3604: Flowers For Algernon
- ... has fun with and who are very nice people. Meanwhile, Joe and Frank, ( his friends), are just continuously making fun of him, by making very bad jokes such as " Getting him up Ellen" and " What'd they do, Charlie, put some brains in?". Charlie later realises that Joe and Frank were just using him as a butt for all their bad jokes, and this angers him, for all he ever wanted ... cant even reed a book or rite good." Ultimately, Flowers for Algernon is a radio play about a failed scientific experiment but so much more as well. It gives us an insight into many modern day problems as well as the problems faced by intellectually challenged members of society, and the pressure on them to conform.
- 3605: Jane Eyre And Foreshadowing
- ... strange facts of her own and her sisters lives, - - and beyond and above these she has the most original and suggestive thoughts of her own: so that, like the moors, I felt on the last day as if our talk might be extended in any directions without getting to the end of any subject . . .” Charlotte was born in 1816 and died at the age of 39 in 1855. Like her brother ... s encomiums crowned its success and gave the author her most intensely felt satisfaction. "It interested me so much," wrote Thackeray to the publisher, that I have lost (or won if you like) a whole day in reading it . . . . Who the author can be I can't guess, if a woman she knows her language better than most ladies do, or has had "classical" education. It is a fine book, the ... so to speak. . . . Give my respects and thanks to the author, whose novel is the first English one (and the French are only romances now) that I've been able to read for many a day. While Thackeray conceded the book's excitement, what commended it to him was the quality of the writing, the clear, forceful, unartificial writing, so different from the usual productions of the lady contributors to ...
- 3606: Yellow Wallpaper 5
- ... John insisted she really did not want to go. Dear John! He loves me very dearly, and hates to have me sick. I tried to have a real earnest reasonable talk with him the other day, and tell him how I wish he would let me go and make a visit to Cousin Henry and Julie! But he said I wasn t able to go, nor able to stand it after ... pointless pattern to some conclusion. The woman longed to find some kind of importance in that pattern. The woman herself has made conclusions as to what the pattern symbolized. Being in the house, closed all day, oppressed by her husband, not being able to do anything. The woman had all the time in the world to think about the meaning. She makes an unclear conclusion that the wall symbolizes a woman ... sees herself in the wallpaper. She states: By daylight she is subdued, quiet. I fancy it is the pattern that keeps her so still She describes herself in her writings, but she is subdued by day. The main character mentions I don t sleep much at night, but I sleep a good deal in the daytime By using these quotes from the main character Gilman gives us the impression that ...
- 3607: Wordsworth-shelly Comparative
- ... clouds in the sky as angels of rain an lightning and the dead leaves of Autumn as ghosts from and enchanter fleeing, he is amazed and mesmerized by the wind, and quietly wishes to one day become one with the wind, little did he know that one day that dream would one day become a reality, seeing as he was killed by the wind in a sail boat. On the contrary William Wordsworth has a completely different conception of nature, one of love, happiness, and affection. He ...
- 3608: Water Symbolize (the Stone Ang
- ... and confused, she eats some food from her paper bag. She feels restored but is very thirsty because she forgot to bring water with her. There s no water-none. How has it happened? I d give almost anything right now for a cup o tea. (153, The Stone Angel) Hagar is mad at herself for not remembering to bring water with her. This shows how important water is for Hagar s well being. When she wakes up the next day, she is wandering around and finds A rusty and dinted bucket beside a shed has gathered the rain water for (186, The Stone Angel) Hagar. This symbolizes a sign of hope and life since it ...
- 3609: Walkabout
- ... children seem to be constantly looking for food. The children find their food by learning how to hunt and learning how to fish: She didn t tell him but ever since leaving the gully she d been searching for berries, in vain (Marshall, 29). This quote is telling that they had food but not enough to last them a day, so Mary was searching for the berries or something else to eat. If they had had not of met the Aboriginal they would not have learned how to hunt for food. Water is another essential ...
- 3610: 1984 9
- ... revolve around Earth were once sane statements. Finally do we control ourselves in this Democratic country or are we just puppets dancing to the high and powerful affluent members of our society. Or maybe G-d himself is the one who makes us do the things we do. The thought police seek out and cure the misguided people who simply think too much. They look at you minute by minute to ... the leader of Oceania. No one has actually seen him in person. He controls everything and has been around forever. The people love him even though they can t see him. He is like G-d to them. In the bible, G-d is everywhere. He sees everything and hears everything. He knows what you are thinking and sees your good deeds. Big Brother as well does all of this. With the help of the telescreens all ...
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