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- 1631: Personal Writing: Myself and Tennis
- Personal Writing: Myself and Tennis The streets are silent as a sanctuary. The sun is still asleep in its bed of clouds and the only thing open is Waffle House. The clock on the dashboard of the car reads 5:58 a.m. The temperature reads 31 degrees Farenhieght. Although most of other kids my age are within the warm heat of their homes in ... usually illuminates my blue-green eyes, is tied back under a white Hard Rock Café hat from London. The brim of my hat hides my lightly colored angel kisses, which are scattered across my baby doll cheeks. I am a big bulky Eskimo waiting to fish. Dressed in gloves and a blue Adidas wind suit with more layers than you can count underneath I wonder why I am here. Usually at ...
- 1632: ‘A White Heron’ by Sarah Orne Jewett
- ... and was returning to the farm. “‘Afraid of folks,’ they said: I guess she won’t be troubled no great with ‘em up to the old place!” When the reached the door of the lonely house and stopped to unlock it, and the cat came to purr loudly, and rub against them, a deserted pussy, indeed, but fat with young robins, Sylvia whispered that this was a beautiful place to live ... that Sylvia is so withdrawn from other people. She automatically assumes that her talking to a man out it the woods is a ‘bad’ thing. When Sylvia and the hunter arrive at the grandmother’s house, Sylvia is surprised and relieved that her grandmother is not angry at all, in fact, she is very hospitable to the young man. They all eat dinner together and afterwards the handsome man tells them ... before. She soon discovers the home of the elusive white heron. On her way down all she can wonder is what the stranger would say to her. She soon makes her way back to the house, where the grandmother and the hunter are waiting for her. Finally her time to be the hero has come. “But Sylvia does not speak after all, though the old grandmother fretfully rebukes her, and ...
- 1633: Come As You Are The Nirvana St
- ... punk concert, Black Flag, and introduced him to Krist { at the time Chris} Novoselic. Krist Anthony Novoselic was born on May 16, 1965 in Compton Ca. Kurt was starting to get kicked out of his house, he didn't have a job, He began sleeping at friends houses. On some nights he would sleep under a bridge on the Wishkah river. {He later wrote a song about it called "some thing ... When he did he was amazed. In 1987 the original Nirvana line up is formed with Kurt on guitars {vocals}, Krist on bass, and Aaron Burckhard on drums. They played their first gig at a house party in Raymond, WA. Later Dale Crover of the Melvins replaces Burckhard on the drums to record a ten song demo With Seattle producer Jack Endino. A local record label hears them and offers them ... February of 1993 they begin recording "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" with producer Steve Albini. There Was controversy over the name so they changed it to "In Utero." Kurt and Courtney buy a house in Seattle, were Kurt soon locks himself in a room and threatens suicide. Courtney calls the cops who come and confiscate four guns. Nirvana soon starts a three month tour of America with former ...
- 1634: The Merchant Of Venice
- ... wonder about how fair Shylock is, when Launcelot is deciding whether or not to leave him. Shylock also mistreats his own daughter, Jessica. He mistreats her by keeping her as a captive in her own house, not letting her out, and not letting her hear the Christian music around her. He orders her to: "Lock up my doors; and when you hear the drum... ..But stop my house's ears-I mean casements. Let not the sound of shallow fopp'ry enter My sober house." 3 Jessica considers her home to be hell, and she calls Launcelot, a "merry little devil". She even states that her father is Satan. Shylock also mistreats his own daughter, by not loving her ...
- 1635: Katherine Anne Porter
- ... family because he is a "bad boy". After Stephen's mother and father have a dispute over the mistake of having a child, Marjory, the family's help, whisks him off to his grandmother's house. While there for a summer, Stephen goes through many changes. His Uncle David, gives him balloons as presents, which interest Stephen greatly because of his deprived childhood. Soon after Stephen arrives at his grandmother's house, he begins to go to school where he becomes fond of a girl named Frances. Stephen begins to steal balloons and lemonade for her so she will continue to like him. His grandmother's servant ... believe that it is time for Stephen to live with his parents again because they didn't want Stephen to turn out a thief like his father. On the ride home from his grandmother's house with his mother, "Stephen began suddenly to sing to himself, a quiet, inside song so Mama would not hear. He sang his new secret; it was a comfortable, sleepy song: 'I hate Papa, I ...
- 1636: Madam Walker's Life and Her Cosmetic Products
- ... York State's first licensed Black architect and a charter member of the American Institute of Architects, Madam Walker built "Villa Lewaro," her palatial 32-room mansion in Irvington-on-Hudson, NY. Construction on the house, which contains marble staircases, a three-story pipe organ and sunken gardens, was begun in 1916 and completed in 1918. She selected the site on Broadway in Irvington-on-Hudson because, if you were going to Albany, you had to pass the house; she pictured the house as a symbol to her people. Madam Walker died in May 1919, at age 51, of kidney failure due to complications of hypertension (high blood pressure); a year after Villa Lewaro was completed. In ...
- 1637: Why Is The Crucible So Called
- ... passionately and physically, in a way filling the gap due the opposite relationship John has wife his wife Elizabeth. Abigail says to John during Act One I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! . John is also tested by the relationship. He admits that he still has feelings for Abigail but knows that he must not succumb to them again ... explain the behaviour of the Salem community and to make a moral stance on what he saw as mindless persecution. Many lives and careers were ruined by the McCarthyite trials. The people summoned before the House of Anti American activities were only required to betray others by naming names as in The Crucible. Those who did not were blacklisted. The title The Crucible is therefore relevant to the McCarthyism. In 1956 Arthur Miller was tried before the house. He refused to name others who had been at particular communist meetings years before and was convicted of contempt. The trials were a severe test or trial for him. Like John Proctor he had ...
- 1638: Obasan
- ... for she must decide between traditional Japanese ways or modern Canadian living. Obasan, lives on the basic requirements of life, while Emily lives in the large metropolis of Toronto, enjoying modern day luxuries. Obasan's house is cluttered with antique furniture and pictures; described by Naomi in the following paragraph: "The house is indeed old, as she is also old. Every home-made piece of furniture, each pot holder and paper doily is a link in her lifeline. She has preserved in shelves, in cupboards, under beds ... pencil, every corn-flakes box stuffed with paper bags and old letters is of her ordering. They rest in the corners like parts of her body, hairs cells, skin tissues, tiny specks of memory. This house is now her blood and bones." (15) Obasan lives her life very much on the motto of "let things be", for she ignores and attempts to block out the trials and tribulations of war. ...
- 1639: Creative Writing: Beer and Drugs Make People Suck
- ... so happy about but he wouldn't answer. The day went and the watch was coming closer eight. He was suppose to get Kelly at that time. He got dressed and walked towards Kelly's house. On the way there was a flower shop where he bought a bucket of flower to Kelly. He came to Kelly's house and rang the door bell. Her mom came out, and Dan asked if Kelly was home. "I'm sorry Dan, Kelly can't go out today." She said. "Is she sick ?" Dan asked "No, she ... of flower to Kelly from me?" "Of course I will, and I'm sorry about I slamming the door in your face." "Oh....That was nothing," Dan said. He walked fast over to George's house and rang the door bell. George came out and acted like nothing had happened. "Hey Dan, How are you today?" " I'm fine but you will not be after I'm finish with you." ...
- 1640: Jane Eyre Role Of Male Dominan
- ... barely any rights at all, and women were not allowed prominent positions. Male dominance proves to be the biggest obstruction at each stop of Jane's journey through Gateshead Hall, Lowood Institution, Thornfield Manor, Moor House, and Ferndean Manor. As she grows, however, as she is her own shoulder to lean on in her times of need, Jane slowly learns how to understand and control repression. Jane's journey begins at ... the idea of love which has so long been denied to her. She still must continue her pilgrimage when she finds Rochester's physical and material love unacceptable. Jane's next lesson comes at Moor House. Here, she must answer to St. John, her cousin (though in name only). He portrays the ultimate sacrificer, willing to do anything for others, no matter how undesirable. St. John also expects this of Jane ... concedes to him by calling him "sir," even after beginning their intimate relationship, no doubt, she will do anything or change any of her ways for him. With a bit of a twist at Moor House, Jane begins to understand that her search for sympathy can not be realized without real love, where a man, St. John, treats her as a goddess. Finally at Ferndean Rochester appears as the dominant ...
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