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- 271: Life and Work of Shirley Jackson
- ... magazine, Leonard Brown, a modern literature teacher, backed the students and the publication. Later, Jackson was always to refer to Brown as her mentor; and in 1959 she dedicated her novel "The Haunting of Hill House" to him(Oppenheimer, 45). But in the summer of 1940, since Jackson and Hyman were graduating, and it was announced the "The Spectre" had been discontinued. "Apparently hard feelings on the part of school authorities ... she wrote the children's play "The Bad Children" and a novel called "The Sundial". A year later Jackson had significant literary success with the publication of her notable "ghost story", "The Haunting of Hill House", which was dedicated to her mentor Leonard Brown. "Hill House" having received excellent reviews, went through several printings and was purchased by "The Reader's Digest" for its condensed books. Four years later, under the title "The Haunting", it became a successful movie. Through ...
- 272: A Dolls House - Noras Rebellio
- A Dolls House: Nora’s rebellion against society The central theme of this play is Nora’s rebellion against society and everything that was expected of her. Nora shows this by breaking away from all the standards and ... society had set up for her. In her time women weren’t supposed to be independent. They were to support their husbands, take care of the children, cook, clean, and make everything perfect around the house. Nora’s first rebellion was when she took out a loan so that she could pay for her husband, Torvalds medical treatment. It was against the law for women to take out a loan without ...
- 273: Frank Lloyd Wright The Pioneer
- ... Wright accomplished more that any other in history, with the possible exception of DaVincci or Michangelo. His philosophy of Organic Architecture showed the world that form and function could both by achieved to create a house that was both true to nature and affordable. Wrights homes, have today become monuments of greatness and distictionn. Most of them serve as museums, displaying the his ideas and the achievements of a lifetime of innovation. It wasn't until Wright published "The Natural House" however, that he fully was able to illustrate all of his ideas relating toward housing. In the "Natural House" wright defines the meaning of Organic Architecture and how it can be applied to creating housing which provides a closeness to nature for the occupents. Wright was undoubtly a romantic and individualist. His feeling ...
- 274: Spy Games - Creative Essay
- ... because we were working our maneuvers on real people who didn't know we were just a group of teenagers pretending to be spies. Every week we'd have at least one meeting at my house to talk about how things were going. Sometimes depending on the case or goal we were pursuing, the meetings would run on into the late of night. I guess it could be said that I was leader of our group. The meetings were held at my house, and I was the one who brought together the present group of agents. In the theme of espionage, we referred to everyone as an agent. Never as a friend. However we preferred to think of our agency, which we had given the name of the Renegades, as a collective. That is, everybody had a say in what we did. My bedroom was in the basement of our house, and I had the entire basement at my disposal. Against the far wall was a room with my bed, stereo, and the usual stuff you'd find a bedroom. Perhaps the one difference being ...
- 275: House Of The Seven Gables
- ... history or cultural background. If we are familiar with a subject it is much easier to convince our reader of the experience or story that is being written about. Although Nathaniel Hawthorne s allegory, The House of Seven Gables, was not entirely true, the incomparable part of it had to do with his personal history and his cultural background. His relation to the house was from his cousin Phoebe and the ideas about the witch trials were because he was living in the very time they were taking place. Therefore, I do think that the personal history and cultural ...
- 276: The Black Death
- ... feel my walls cracking. I feel my suds rot and my inner structure collapse in upon itself to relieve my suffering. I wish this upon myself I no longer want to exist. I am a house. I am a house that wishfully rots away. I once felt the joy of being the shelter from the storm. I once felt the joy of being filled with a family that cared for me, kept me and cherished me. I felt the joy of love on all holidays . I was decorated with care and I stood with pride because I was the most beautiful house on my street. I felt more beautiful than the palace here in my city of London. Now it is all gone. The family is all gone to the pits where the store all the ...
- 277: The Yellow Wall-Paper: Effect of Oppression of Women in Society
- ... Yellow Wall-Paper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the protagonist is oppressed and represents the effect of the oppression of women in society. This effect is created by the use of complex symbols such as the house, the window, and the wall-paper which facilitate her oppression as well as her self expression. It is ordinary to find the symbol of the house as representing a safe place for a woman's transformation and her release of self expression. However, in this story, the house is not her own and she does not want to be in it. She declares it is "haunted," and that "there is something queer about it." Although she acknowledges the beauty of the house ...
- 278: “Barrio Boy” and The House on Mango Street Comparison
- “Barrio Boy” and The House on Mango Street Comparison “Goals determine your thoughts. Thoughts determine your life.” The quote means that what you are striving for often influences your thoughts. What you think then influences your life. Therefore your goals indirectly determine your life. Both “Barrio Boy” by Ernesto Galorza and The House on Mango Street by Saundra Cisneros give support to the critical lens. Their characters, Ernesto and Esperanza have very different lives, but they both have goals which effect their thoughts and their lives. Ernesto’s ...
- 279: Son of Dallas Cop Says Dad Was 1 of 3 Who Shot Kennedy
- ... of the JFK Assassination Information Centre, says he hopes White's story will result in an investigation of the assassination by Texas authorities. Two Washington-based probes - the Warren Commission in 1963-64 and the House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1976-78 failed to resolve the enigma of the Kennedy shooting, Shaw maintains. As with previous conspiracy theories, White's story is tantalizing, the evidence intriguing. Yet, as with other ... other well when this took place." A FOOTLOCKER AND DIARY Ricky White says that, after his grandfather died in 1982, he was given his father's footlocker, which had been stored in the grandfather's house in Paris. The locker contained military memorabilia, a Marine uniform, a safe deposit box key and a black leather-bound diary with gold trim that detailed Roscoe White's life. As he and his mother ... matter of dispute in several government investigations. Ricky White says that shortly after the assassination, his father sent the family to Paris and that he and other members of the assassination team used a "hideaway house" in Dripping Springs. He says that, among his father's effects, he found a third decoded message, dated December 1963, that advised his father to "stay within department, witnesses have eyes, ears and mouths.... ...
- 280: Home is Where the Heart is
- Home is Where the Heart is By definition a house is a building built for habitation where as a home is an abode built for one's family. But a home is something more special than that. A home is a place, where you feel comfortable. A house is just shelter. A home is a place that one love's to live in, but a house one just lives in. A home is built with a family, but a house has no intentions of family life. "A house belongs to you, but you belong to a home." (C. Marks) The ...
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