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- 1041: Barn Burning By William Faulkn
- ... and will gain his independence and freedom. The opposition of sharecropper (Mr Snopes) and aristocrat (Mr de Spain) suggests social implications. Several elements refer to this possibility. The father points out that de Spain's house is built with "nigger sweat" as well as the white sweat of the sharecropper. He seems to view himself as a victim of an unfair socio-economic system: he "burns with a ravening and jealous ... justice, he would have hit me again" (p.167). Sarty' s resistance is a recognition of "something" beyond his father. Sarty is struggling to be himself. He answers with such intensity to de Spain 's house because he sees it as an object completely isolated from his father's will. De Spain's plantation house, on the other hand, provides the child an objective image for the moral thrust generating his rebellion against his father. His immediate reaction to the sight of the house is to compare it to ...
- 1042: Beloved
- ... her, which drives 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 ... or cheated, since that could hardly qualify as news in a newspaper." Literary Elements Theme The theme of Beloved is revealed in the first few pages of the novel as Sethe wants to leave her house as well as the pain within it. Her mother-in-law, Baby Suggs tells her that "not a house in the country ain't packed to the rafters with some dead Negro's grief." Running from grief will lead to more of the same, but by staying and facing the pain, wounds that ...
- 1043: The Constitution
- ... government. Nearly every colony had a government with elected representatives in a legislature, which usually made laws largely without interference from Parliament or the king. Jamestown, the earliest of the colonies, had an assembly, the House of Burgesses, which was elected by the property owners of the colony. Maryland developed a system of government much like Britain's, with a representative assembly, the House of Delegates, and the governor sharing power. The Puritan colony in Massachusetts originally had a government similar to a corporate board of directors with the first eight stockholders, called freemen" holding power. Later, the definition ... First, the Constitution specifies a federal system of government, which gives each individual state the right to a government. Second, it specifies that each state shall be represented in both houses of Congress. The lower house, the House of Representative, furthermore, is to be directly elected by the people. If the Bill of Rights is considered, the religious aspect of the tradition becomes apparent. The First Amendment states, "Congress may ...
- 1044: The Murderous Miracle: Sherlock Homes - Creative Story
- ... sure my friend Watson" Holmes said "But I fear we'll find out if we aren't dashing to his car in the wink of an eye!" He added with a smile. Sir Reginald's house was more grand than anything I'd ever imagined, but it did not have a comfortable, lived-in environment. It was as if no one had ever lived there and never should, it was a ... a seat and Reginald began his tale.. "There is no archaic background, and no asinine fairy-tale to go along with this incident gentlemen. One of my more prestigious competitors who would never enter my house had it not been for the extensive work he has done on my brother, has been murdered, and there is no trace of the murderer elsewhere, so he must be in this house!!" said the aggravated Reginald. "Well," Holmes asked "If the culprit is indeed stalking among the corridors of this very house why have you not called the police?" "I did you dolt! And they came, ...
- 1045: Beloved. Who Or What Is Belove
- ... understand why she killed her child. This was a man that she could share herself with. In the stage when the ghost is still in its intangible form and Paul D presents himself at the house, Sethe almost lets the "responsibility for her breasts, at last [be] in somebody else's hands" (22). As soon as she has this thought, the ghost attacks and wreaks havoc. Sethe's conscience, manifested in ... So, as life begins to get better for Sethe and Denver again because of Paul D, Beloved shows up, and when she gains some strength she promptly begins to move Paul D out of the house, systematically further and further away from Sethe. This is consistent with the masochistic pattern exhibited by Sethe's conscience, because Paul D is the only individual who shows potential (at this stage in the plot ... to some fun. Sethe also takes things into her own hands again when "she solved everything with one blow," and suggests to Paul D that he would rather sleep inside than out in the cold-house (161). At this point, Beloved sends "threads of malice" (161) across the table, because she is indignant that her position of power is being undermined; she recognizes that Sethe is taking matters into her ...
- 1046: Cuban Missle Crisis-11pgs
- ... guests entered the State Department to attend the ball, EX-COMM was preparing to meet just one floor below. During the discussion a majority opinion had been reached on recommending a blockade. At the White House, Kennedy liked the idea of the blockade because it provided the Soviets a way out of the crisis. But because EX-COMM still hadn't reached a consensus Kennedy instructed his speech writer Theodore Sorensen ... Western Union telegraph station in Washington, which sent a bike messenger to pick up the cable. Dobrynin recalls urging the messenger to travel back to the station with the utmost speed. Back at the White House, the President decided to give Khrushchev more time and pulled the quarantine line back to 500 miles. Day 10: Wednesday, October 24 On the 24th EX-COMM convened at 10:00 a.m. (EST), the ... ever in U.S. history. The notification, sent round the world from Strategic Air Command headquarters, was purposely left uncoded to let the Soviets know just how serious the Americans were. That evening, the White House received a second letter from Khrushchev: "You, Mr. President, are not declaring a quarantine, but rather are advancing an ultimatum and threatening that if we do not give in to your demands you will ...
- 1047: The Rajahs Of The Western Worl
- ... around men is something every female does starting with the father and the brothers and later the husband - in Sri Lanka, at least twenty years ago, every man is a rajah, a prince, in his house. Having lived in Austria I would have said this is not the case here, however, when one takes time to study people it becomes clear that although both legal and social rules may be liberal ... Gina and Linda are much the same. They both love their husbands and try to manage their affairs so that they do not worry the men. Gina and Linda both do the accounts in the house remembering payments and loans and try to make the money they have last for as long as possible, even if this means denying themselves something; as Hedvig says to her mother when they are talking ... to be a key word in both their lives as the present reality is transformed by their wives and children for them into what they want to see. Gina and Linda not only run the house smoothly they also motivate their husbands by listening to them and telling him how wonderful they are. When Hialmar relates how Werle s dinner was he changes the facts so that he is presented ...
- 1048: Chronicle - Life And Times Of
- ... it was as if they were two halves of one whole. Like many things in life, they each secretly enjoyed the immediate surroundings of the other. As much as Nel regarded the neatness of her house with dread, Sula felt the house to be comfortable and relished the neatness. On the same token, Sula disliked the disarray and lack of privacy in her house, but Nel found it to be a welcome change and a taste of real life. Sula and Nel found friendship in each other, because they were both lonely people. When they were young girls, ...
- 1049: King Solomon
- ... in the construction of the magnificent temple at Jerusalem. One other note of wisdom comes from the Biblical story of two women struggling for the rights to a child. They both lived in the same house and both bore a child on the same day. When one mother lost her child, she claimed that the other child was hers. They went to Solomon to resolve the situation, and he told them ... old, may contain the oldest reference to King Solomon's Temple aside from the Bible. NEW YORK -- Talk about holding on to a receipt. A recently discovered piece of pottery recording a donation to the "House of Yahweh" may contain the oldest mention outside the Bible of King Solomon's Temple. The 3 1/2-by-4-inch artifact is nearly 3,000 years old; dating to a time when kings ... built sometime in the 10th century BC, and to have lasted for some four centuries until it was destroyed by Babylonian soldiers. The Bible frequently refers to the temple by the Hebrew term for "the house of the Lord." But that term has been found complete in only one inscription other than the Bible: a faded shard of sixth-century BC pottery from Arad, an ancient town now in modern- ...
- 1050: To Kill a Mockingbird: Summary
- ... Rachael is Dill's aunt that lives in Maycomb. Dill is a friends with Jem and Scout. According to Scout they are married. (Boo) Arthur Radley is the person that takes Jem back to his house after Jem gets hurt by Bob Ewell. Tom Robinson is a black man that was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell is Mayella's father. He is out for revenge on Atticus for what ... spend the summer with his Aunt Rachael. Dill is fascinated by the neighborhood gossip about "Boo" Radley. Egged on by Dill, Jem and Scout try to think up ways to lure him out of his house. Soon it is Summer again , and Dill returns for another visit. The children's plans for making contact with Boo Radley grew bolder this year, and on Dill's last night they decide to sneak ... from a shot gun. Jem realizes that Boo is not a monster after all, but has been playing along with them. Scout does not figure this out until the winter, on the night that the house of their neighbor burns to the ground. While Scout is standing outside in the cold, someone sneaks up behind her and places a blanket around her. Later, Scout and Jem realize that there was ...
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