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- 5771: Jane Erye - Feminism
- ... This episode was productive of her amusing correspondence with Mr. Clarke. Persuasion This relatively short novel, her last, was written in the last few years of Jane Austen's life, and published only after her death in 1817 (though she described it, in a letter of March 13 1816, as "a something ready for publication", she probably would have revised it further, if she had not already been ill with her ... ten years later, after several of her other novels had been published, and apparently made some revisions, but finally "put it on the shel[f]" (letter of March 13, 1816). It was only after her death in 1817 that her brother Henry finally had it published(together with Persuasion). The title "Northanger Abbey" was not chosen by Jane Austen (she referred to the book in her letter as "Miss Catherine"). The ...
- 5772: Booker T. Washington
- ... the foremost black educator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also had a major influence on southern race relations and was the dominant figure in black public affairs from 1895 until his death in 1915. Born a slave on a small farm in the Virginia backcountry, he moved with his family after emancipation to work in the salt furnaces and coal mines of West Virginia. After a secondary ... aid to these and other black colleges. His speaking tours and private persuasion tried to equalize public educational opportunities and to reduce racial violence. These efforts were generally unsuccessful, and the year of Washington's death marked the beginning of the Great Migration from the rural South to the urban North. Washington's racial philosophy, pragmatically adjusted to the limiting conditions of his own era, did not survive the change. Bibliography ...
- 5773: Billy Sunday
- ... For almost a quarter century Billy Sunday was a household name in the United States. Between 1902 when he first made the pages of the New York Times and 1935 when the paper covered his death and memorial service in detail, people who knew anything about current events had heard of the former major league baseball player who was preaching sin and salvation to large crowds all over America. Not everyone ... born on November 19, 1862. His father, a union private, would die of pneumonia just five weeks later, three days before Christmas, in a cold, damp army tent in the Missouri wild. His father’s death and a series of other deaths would come to have a tremendous impact on Sunday’s life. For the first three years of Billy Sunday’s life he was a very sickly child. His mother ...
- 5774: Inherit The Wind
- ... stay with him. His frustration towards everyone is shown . . ."A few people leave. He watches them desperately, out of the corner of his eye…" (Pg. 106). This final beckoning is a precursor to his sudden death the same day. There is almost a tear shed at his death by the reader but that is to say … almost. Lacey Witham put it best when she said, "See this tear? It’s not for you." It just goes to show that in almost every case ...
- 5775: Social Darwinsim History
- ... American Social Thought. Philadelphia: Temple U P, 1979. Bryant, Keith L., and Henry C. Dethloff. A History of American Business. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1990. Cashman, Sean D. America in the Gilded Age: from the Death of Abraham Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. New York: New York U P, 1984. Cooke, Alistar. "Money on the Land." Directed by: David Heycock, Chicago, 1984. Current, Richard N. et al. American History ... American Social Thought. Philadelphia: Temple U P, 1979. Bryant, Keith L., and Henry C. Dethloff. A History of American Business. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1990. Cashman, Sean D. America in the Gilded Age: from the Death of Abraham Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. New York: New York U P, 1984. Cooke, Alistar. "Money on the Land." Directed by: David Heycock, Chicago, 1984. Current, Richard N. et al. American History ...
- 5776: Gods In The Iliad
- ... a natural disaster would be today. The general acceptance of a god's will is a recurring trend throughout the poem. A prime example of this trend is in book XXIV. Achilles, angry over the death of Patroklos, disgraced Hektor's body. Tethering the corpse, he dragged it around Patroklos's tomb every day for twelve days. This barbaric treatment displeased the gods. Zeus sent Achilles' mother, Thetis, to tell him ... Iliad. He attempted to increase the honor of certain individuals. He knew that Hektor was going to be killed by Achilles, and, feeling sorry for Hektor he attempted to allow Hektor to die an honorable death. For instance, when Hektor stripped Achilles armor off Patroklos, he helped Hektor "fill out" the armor so he would not seem like less of a man then Achilles. He also gave his word to Thetis ...
- 5777: Richard III
- ... of surrounded by sorcery, influencing Edward to the bidding of the Woodvilles and their rise to power. Edward's eldest son was in the primary care of the Woodvilles at the time of Edward's death, and had become very attached to influential lords in the family. These included his uncles, Rivers and Grey. They were rising lords who sought to control the young heir and supplant the House of York ... it a great personal blow to Richard, who had worked to ensure his son's place on the throne, but it had religious implications for the public. The public saw this and the Queen's death as a punishment from God for Richard's involvement in the killing of the princes. His hopes for an heir were further dashed across the ground when his wife died of a tragic disease. The ...
- 5778: I Know WhyThe Caged Bird Sings
- ... find confidence through books - Mr. Freeman - a past boyfriend of Vivian’s; he rapes Maya and is killed by her uncles - Tom, Tutti, Ira & Billy - Vivian’s brothers; they are tough; they beat Freeman to death after he rapes Maya - Daddy Clidell - married to Vivian; poorly educated property owner; Maya’s closest father head figure - Viola Cullinan - Maya’s first employer, a barren white woman; her husband has two children with ... hospital and he was arrested. After a hearing, Mr. Freeman was sentenced to one year. Bailey and Angelou moved back with Grandmother Baxter. A policeman later told Grandmother Baxter that Mr. Freeman was beaten to death. - Mrs. Flowers broke Maya’s silence from school by offering her books to read under the condition that she’d have to read them aloud in class. - Maya took a job for Mrs. Viola Cullinan ...
- 5779: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
- ... were very siddity they were very strict and had the same characteristics that white folk had. The walked with their knees together and their lips tight. 4. How does Ritie feel about Mr. Freeman's death? She said she felt guilty and had forfeited her place in heaven. She said she was pure evil,because she had lied about him in court and that this lie caused his death. 5. Why is Ritie so offended that she wants to quit working for Mrs. Cullinan? How does she get out of her job? Mrs. Cullinan calls Ritie not by her given name, Marguerite, but by ...
- 5780: I Heard An Owl Call My Name
- ... never return to the village. In the end, he did succeed in earning respect and trust, maybe even love from the people. But most of all he learned a most valuable lesson - the acceptance of death, life and submission. At the end after finally reaching the people and helping them, he reaches his destiny. His mission does end, but he lives on in their hearts. Mark Brian, who went to an ... that makes her work much more realistic and believable. The themes discussed in this movie are cycles or changes of life, vanishing ways of life of the natives, and most of all, the acceptance of death.
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