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- 1061: Underground Railroad
- ... conductors often left a number of signs for the slaves to follow so they didn't go to houses that belonged to allies of the slave owners. A quilt on the clothes line depicting a house with smoke coming out of the chimney was a sign of a safe station. A white ring of bricks around the the top of a house's chimney was another sign of a good hiding spot. Shoppes that were safe often had a silohette of a fleeing man or woman on in sign. Other siggns were used to guide the slaves. There were knocks that slaves used when approaching a house,animal calls, and lights hung in windows. When a slave was moving to the next house along the railroad, this was called "catching the next train." There were also songgs that ave directions to ...
- 1062: The Dark Romantics: Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
- ... way he wrote of it will allow him to haunt the earth forever. Ironically enough his rationalistic views still created some reality and scientific truth within his writing. For example, in The Fall of the House of Usher the main character suffers from a strange mental disorder that was actually a real proven case. No matter how much the critics lash out at Poe’s life his writing will still express ... Hester’s sin. One of Hawthorne’s purposes in his writings was to convey his feelings that the negative acts of past generations would have negative effects of the future generations. For example, in The House of Seven Gables, Hawthorne states very clearly in the preface that he intends to show the mischief that the past does when it lives in the present. The House of Seven Gables is about a family who has lost a very expensive property deed, which was cursed, several generations back. The family becomes so obsessed with what happened in the past that they ...
- 1063: Creative Writing: Dogs and Cats
- ... passage of time on the street while Scampi vented. Soon, Roy the Basset and his owner walked by. Mustard nodded hello. "Who's that?" Roy asked, looking in the tree. "Dunno. New in town." "Which house?" "No house." "Freeloader, hm? Give him one from me." Roy's owner shushed him. Poor guy. Owner was one of those uppity types who had to have everything perfect. Mustard rolled on his belly. They had better ... quite by chance, so there was no real way of planning an attack. That wasn't really Scampi's style anyway, so they started running. The cat took off for the hedges around that corner house, trying to lose them in the underbrush, but the two dogs knew the block like the backs of their paws. Scampi stayed at the opening while Mustard circled around and up the porch from ...
- 1064: Jim Morrison: The Lizard King
- ... place until the day before he was to leave. Tandy was to go on a formal date with someone else and she would not break the date for Jim. He quickly ran over to her house and told her to give him all of his poems and such that he had given to her. Then he quickly left, for the next morning he would leave for Florida and claimed that he ... he were a psychologist. At this time he began keeping a journal of all of the things he had done to his roommates and what their reactions were to those things. Soon everyone in the house began to become weary of Jim because of his pranks and wondered what he would do next. Before too long his roommates came to a conclusion that he had to go, so that night he left. “He moved into a half-trailer behind a girls boarding house three blocks from the campus"(34). Jim only paid fifty dollars a month, which was half of what his grandparents sent him. His parents only would send him money if he wrote them a ...
- 1065: Put Myself In My Shoes
- ... the book. For example, it depicts the kind of interaction between two couples that we have seen in "Neighbors" and "What's in Alaska?"; in this case, the Myerses go to visit the Morgans, whose house they had lived in for a year while Professor Morgan and his wife were in Germany, but whom they have not seen since. Furthermore, the issue of empathy that surfaced in "Fat," "Neighbors," and "The ... also reluctant to pay a holiday call on the Morgan, although his wife, Paula, finally convinces him to go. The meeting does turn out to be quite an uncomfortable occasion, however. As they approach the house, Myers narrowly avoids being attacked by the Morgans' dog. Shortly thereafter, following a seemingly inoffensive discussion of writing, the Morgans themselves more directly attack him. Edgar Morgan, from the beginning of their encounter seems to ... do with some facts. The story is about a university professor that has had and affair with one of his students. He asks his wife for a divorce, and she throws him out of the house. While leaving, he is hit with a can of tomato soup thrown by his son, and his is now in the hospital in serious condition, Myers finds the story quite amusing while Paula and ...
- 1066: Investigation Techniques of A Homicide
- ... Simpson were interviewed. Their statements helped in the establishment of the time of the incident. Both Nicole and Ron's friends were interviewed. The police found out why Ron Goldman was at Nicole Simpson's house. The police also found out about the victim's lifestyles in order to determine if they have any enemies who might do this to them. At the same time, the victims' next of kin were ... more interviews with the witnesses and friends of the victims, the police found out that O. J. had a history of domestic violence. Also some of the statements given by his limo driver and his house guest did not favor O. J. any. Soon the police narrowed the investigation and focused on O. J. When O. J. found out that he was the suspect of this double murder case he became ... fairly low speed chase in his white Ford Bronco driven by his friend. The chase was captured by the news media and gained the attention of the world. The chase ended at O. J.'s house where he turned himself in to the police. THE ELEMENTS OF CRIME The LAPD had arrested O. J. Simpson as the suspect of the double murder. They collected enough evidences to charge him with ...
- 1067: One Messy Situation (book Thei
- ... mean it just sort of happened? Why did you lie to your husband about where you were going tonight, and why did my boyfriend lie to me about arons? Janie screamed. Sam went inside the house to call Teacake over. When Teacake got there he knew it was a messy situation. Why d you do it, why? screamed Janie. Ah been hear uh long time listenin to dat heifer run me ... me how good of a friend he is to you. A friend, and that s it you cheating scum yelled Janie. Y all really playin de dozens tunight said Sam. Janie walked back to her house to get away from the whole thing, while Teacake did not know what to do or say. Phoeby was kicked out of the house by her husband for the night. The next day Sam called a lawyer and got the legal papers for the divorce. He signed all of them and then gave them to Phoeby to sign. ...
- 1068: Saint Francis of Assissi
- ... foot of the crucifix, he was completely drawn out of himself and lost all consciousness except of God. From the cross Christ spoke to him. “Francis,” the Voice came, “do you not see that My house is being destroyed? Go therefore and repair it.” He took Christ's words in the most literal sense. He could see that the neglected chapel was badly in need of restoration, so he accepted the ... his appearing in a coarse habit patched with material still coarser, sack-cloth that did not even match in color. Detail the search for truth One day Francis, who had begun to walk about the house learning on a stick, thought the time had come for him to go and breathe the country air; he opened the door and went out , undoubtedly on to the road from Spello and Foligno, which was nearest to his house and most convenient for him, being almost level. The road runs along the side of Subasio: on the left rise the curves of the broad mountain shoulder, here green with woods and there showing ...
- 1069: Ben Franklin
- ... useful things than just burning it. Ben wrote, ”Since wood has become so expensive, any new proposal for saving the wood may at least be worth consideration”(Parker 13). They could use wood to build house or any other kinds of building or structures. They could also used the extra wood to build furniture and other things for the inside of their houses. Also there would be a lot of extra ... and the present. During that time, wood burning was everyone’s source of heat, now there are many sources of heat. People still burn wood and it is probably the cheapest way to heat a house. Many people also use it as their primary source of heat or just as back up heat just in case something happens. Ben Franklin next invention was great for the people with a vision impairment ... world with his inventions such as the Franklin stove and his experiments with electricity. He will be remembered forever for his accomplishments. Bibliography Work Cited Cousins, Margaret. Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia. New York: Random House, 1952. Donovan, Frank R. The Many Worlds of Benjamin Franklin. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1963. Parker, Steve. Benjamin Franklin and Electricity. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995. Usel, T.M. Benjamin Franklin. ...
- 1070: Mysteries 2
- ... Bogart is also known to be nasty and mean; these habits include scratching, punching and pinching, and even in some cases snatching people up and carrying them away. These vicious ghouls can inhabit a church, house or graveyard, and even at times a cat or a dog. These are evil things but are usually put to an end by exorcism. On a somewhat humorous note, this terrif! ying creature, whom is ... sensational and controversial of an alleged diabolical presence, but took place not in a European chateau but in a suburban Long Island , New York."(Guiley 9) The Lutz family moved into the large Dutch colonial house at 112 Ocean Avenue on December 16, 1975. The house was comparable to a palace, but was ironically available at the low price of eighty - thousand dollars; this cheap price was because of the murder that had taken place there approximately thirteen months before. ...
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