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- 1861: A Critical Analysis of Herman Melville's Moby Dick
- ... New York: Quinn & Borden Comany Inc, 1929. McSweeny, Kerry. Moby Dick, Ishmael's Mighty Book. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1986. Melville, Herman. Mardi. New York: New American Library, 1964. Melvillle, Herman. Moby Dick. New York: Hendricks House, 1962. Melville, Herman. Pierre. New York: Hendricks House, 1962. Melville, Herman. Redburn. Garden City: Doubleday & Co, 1957. Melville, Herman. Timolean, Collected Poems. Chicago: Packard & Co, 1947. Porter, Carolyn. Call Me Ishmael or How to Make Double Talk Speak. New Essays on Moby Dick ...
- 1862: A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
- ... dinnertime was the need of materials to make the cakes, and the lack of funding to do so. Sook and Buddy begin reminiscing about how they managed to gather their meager sums. People in the house donate a dime or two. Buddy and Sook make some money by selling jams and jellies, rounding up flowers for funerals and weddings, rummage sales, contests, and even a Fun and Freak museum. The secret ... one before, but asks Buddy to go instead to come back and tell she the stories of the picture show. After dinner, Sook and Buddy retire to a room in a faraway part of the house where her sleep's at night, to count their treasure. When finished counting, Buddy declares the total was thirteen dollars. Sook, being a very superstitious person, throws a penny out of the window. The next ...
- 1863: Bless Me, Ultima: The Cultural Distress of a Young Society
- ... thanks to the different episodes that he goes through. Antonio, a seven year old child, narrates in first person, and describes the events that changed his life from the moment that Ultima arrived at his house. During the beginning of the book, his thoughts and actions are typical of such age, but as the events take place, Antonio changes and matures incredible fast through the text. It is even hard to ... across his llano, across his freedom. Gabriel never gets accustomed to the life in the city. Furthermore, he drinks more and more, and looks forward to the visitors of the llano who come to his house once in a while to remember old stories. His Mexican culture is too strong. There will be no possible adaptation for him. In the same way, Antonio goes to school, He does not understand English ...
- 1864: Compromise Of 1861
- ... would have a majority because there were more people in the North. William Paterson and the South called for equal representation. The dispute lead to the forming of The Great Compromise, which consisted of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House would be made up by proportional representation and the Senate would be run under equal representation. Another issue still in 1787 was the question if slaves would count when calculating the population of states. The ...
- 1865: Comparitive Essay Between Gene
- ... merely eat a box lunch on a land that is barren-the equivalent of blank space at the end of a chapter." 16 Coupland This is a generation that has arrived home to an empty house, with both mom and dad working, or a single parent home where the remaining parent is having to work to survive. One of the basic foundations of the Hippie movement was the flagrant use of ... generations broadcast a history that will be noted forever because we, citizens of humanity have learned from it. Works Cited Coupland, Douglas.Generation X.St.Martins Press:New York,1991. Michener, James.The Drifters.Random House:New York,1971. Compton's Encyclopedia Deluxe.The Learning Company:New York,1997. Electric Online Library-http://www.elibrary.com/id/108/108/ Microsoft.Encarta Encyclopedia.1997. The UNC Interactive Library
- 1866: John Coltrane
- ... a saint." Freddie Hubbard said he felt "kind" when he was around him. The New York Daily News said he had "the future coming out of his horn." He enjoyed puttering around the 12-room house he bought in Huntington, New York in 1965. (The "constant vibration" in the ground in Manhattan had bothered him.) "In music it's the little things that count," he said. "Like the way you build a house. You get all the little important things together and the whole thing will stand up." When not working he went to bed before 11 and awoke early to take care of his garden. He heard ...
- 1867: Christopher Marlowe
- ... burning at the stake. Despite the seriousness of the crime, Marlowe was released bail, however he had to appear at the court daily. Marlowe escaped to Debtford, England. He stayed at Dame Eleanor Bull s house who hired out rooms and served meals. Marlowe was murdered there on May 30th, 1593, at age 29. The strange circumstances for Marlowes murder in that room in Debtford, have been the subject for many debates. Four men were present at the house on that day Robert Poley was an experienced government agent who carried the Queens most secret letters to and from the courts in Europe. He had arrived from Debtford, straight from The Hague, where he ...
- 1868: To Kill A Mocking Bird
- ... harm people who do not harm you. The setting of this book was in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s. Scout, Jem and Dill spend the summer trying to get Boo Radley out of his house. None of them had ever seen him. Scout started to school and on his way there and back, he and Jem would find gifts in a hole in the tree by the rocky place. Scout ... defending Tom Robinson a Negro man accused of rape. When Scout, Jem and Calpurnia come home from church, they find Aunt Alexandrea is staying with them for the trial. One night, Atticus mysteriously leaves the house. Scout, Jem, Dill follow him. A lynch mob appears and was trying to force Atticus to let them have the Negro prisoner, but then the kids show up. On the way back from a Halloween ...
- 1869: Chris Lansid
- ... 3 jobs at a time when he was only 12 years old. His family was brought up in poverty. All of his family members had to work to make a living. His family lossed a house and all of there possesions when he was 15. They lived in a motel for the next 3 years. They then got a house off of a award payment one of his sisters got. He had passed all grades with A's and he was on his way to get a scholship. When he was 18 he got a ...
- 1870: Tales of the City
- ... their pasts. Anna remarks that Edgar is not too happy with himself and she tries to bring back memories when he enjoyed his life. She plays with his mind by implying that she runs a house of pleasure. But her words are misleading, she actually runs a boarding house. Finally Anna finishes playing with her prey by saying, "Tomorrow is his turn to buy lunch." "Mona's New Roomie" ch.20 p.70-73: This is the introduction of the self- styled Michael Tolliver ...
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