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- 1881: The Hobbit
- ... with the dwarves and the hobbit but leaves them because he has other business to attend to. Beorn- is a large man who can change shapes into other animals. He lives by himself in large house with animals who he can speak to. He helps the dwarves and the hobbit after they have escaped from the goblins. He later joins them in the Battle of the Five Armies to help defeat ... turning point of the novel. The goblins quickly tracked down the travelers and almost killed them but the eagles had came to their rescue carrying them far from the goblins. They sought refuge in the house of Beorn where they rested and then replenished their supplies. While traveling the group was captured by the giant spiders. Bilbo used his ring to help his friends escape but not before Thorin was captured ...
- 1882: Tom Sawyer
- ... with the teachers things. Becky finds Tom to be very noble. Summer is coming near. Injun Joe is still at large and Tom and Huck are searching for treasure. While searching near an old ghost house one night the two boys over hear Injun Joe talking about some loot that he hid. The boys are determined to find it . As an end of the year celebration, Tom's whole class goes ... ragging desire to go somewhere and dig for buried treasure." (page 151) This feeling suddenly came upon Tom one day. Tom got Huck and the went to search for treasure by the old abandoned ghost house. Tom often uses his creative imagination to get out of punishment from his Aunt Polly. Tom could make up lies like nobody else. He was very slick. Tom would use his adventures to escape the ...
- 1883: Character Analysis
- ... fits into the category of a hero? Catherine Morland certainly had not been a born heroine. At a young age Catherine is opposed to the common activities of young girls. While many girls are playing house with their dolls, Catherine's dolls are left untouched as she entertains herself playing cricket. Her most favorite thing being a hearty roll down the green slope behind her house. Unlike most girls, her thumb is far from green. She can be found in a garden only when picking forbidden flowers. Catherine is never able to figure something out on her own. She needs to ...
- 1884: Camelot Kennedy Lagacy
- ... the Bay of Pigs was al learning experience for the beginner president. He was young and still learning." "The presidency was nothing but a pimp farm." As one voter so eloquently put it. The White House had become something that never had been seen in the modern age. As a poll once said, on the average, probably 90% of the presidents that have been in office have probably been unfaithful to ... up. Marilyn was trying to get publicity from the romance. It was hurting the Kennedy name. What wasn't realized though, was that there was an already established reputation. Jack was known through the White House as Jack the Zipper. He could have possibly had a different woman every night. The thought of Jack having Jackie, a beautiful woman, wanting to have so many other women was not easily established in ...
- 1885: Of Mice and Men and The Pearl: Characterization
- ... When George spots Curley's wife's body in the barn, he says, "I'll work my month an' I'll take my fifty bucks an' I'll stay all night in some lousy cat house...." George knows he will be just another ranch hand without Lennie. One other way that Steinbeck hints at George's need for Lennie is that whenever George is in the bunk house without Lennie around, he plays solitaire. George is basically a loner without Lennie. So Lennie is right then when he says that George takes care of him, and he takes care of George. There is ...
- 1886: Chanel, Gabrielle
- ... 1969, Chanel had achieved first-name recognition and was simply Coco. BORN Aug. 19, 1883, in French village of Saumur 1909 Opens first shop, a millinery, in Paris 1910 Moves to Rue Cambon, where the House of Chanel remains 1923 Debuts Chanel No. 5 1939 Closes her fashion house when France declares war on Germany 1945 Exiled to Switzerland for her love affair with a Nazi officer 1954 Launches successful comeback 1971 Dies Jan. 10 in Paris "I was the one who changed, it ...
- 1887: Buddhism And The Six Point Att
- ... thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. (The Bible, KJV, Deut 6:3-9) That one Lord is the final authority and recipient of all worship. All authority in Heaven and in Earth belongs to him. While the ...
- 1888: To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice in Maycomb
- ... and Tom Robinson and prejudged; but because prejudice is so inclusive, even those who help the mockingbirds, Atticus, become victims of prejudice. Maycomb people gossip about Boo Radley because he chooses to stay in his house, while Tom Robinson is stereotyped by Maycomb because of his skin color. Rumors are spread about these men because most of Maycomb is guilty of prejudice. Boo Radley is generally gossiped about by Miss Stephanie ... He was convicted guilty of murder, and ended up shot. Tom was a mockingbird though, because he showed intrepidity. Boo was not given a chance neither. Boo is hated for not coming out of his house, but Boo had the intrepidity to watch over his children and save their lives. Courage to help the "mockingbirds" is really what conquers prejudice.
- 1889: British Chartism
- ... People all across Great Britain (including European refugees and exiles) were now fighting for one common cause; The Charter . Chartism reached its highest point with the calling of a National Convention just meters from the House of Parliament. An enormous petition for which hundreds of thousands of signatures had been collected was presented to the Parliament. Following the submission of the petition, the question on everybody s mind was what to ... peaceful protest. O Conner and the more extreme revolutionaries continued to want to resort to violence. In July 1839, the petition, signed by over one and a quarter million angry citizens, was rejected by the House of Commons. Utter chaos broke out, but the riots, strikes, and insurrections never led to revolution. The moderate Chartists continued to resort to peaceful propaganda, and the few remaining extremists persisted with their small uprises ...
- 1890: Brian Mulroney And The Free Tr
- ... He was the only "bilingual Quebec candidate, and as such, his ability to appeal to Tories across the country" was considered a great advantage. Mulroney won the leadership and gained his first seat in the House of Commons through a by-election in the riding of Central Nova. In the election the following year, Mulroney led the Conservatives to the greatest majority in Canadian history, winning 211 seats in the House of Commons. Brian Mulroney was also a party animal, having "attended his first PC convention in 1956 as vice- chairman of Youth for Diefenbaker." He learned his French easily, growing up bilingual in the company ...
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