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- 461: Comparison Of Colonies
- ... the good of the colony. Also, this general court only met four times a year, which is far too little to get any important, every day decisions made. Other colonies with a unicameral, or one house assembly, government include New Jersey and New York. New Jersey, before 1702, was proprietary; the business owners made decisions. This type of government is an autocracy. After 1702, the King of England appointed a governor and council, and there was one house of elected freemen. New York, much like New Jersey, was a one-house government that consisted of a powerful governor and a council of elected freemen. Two other colonies, Maryland and New Haven, had bicameral, or two housed, governments. In Maryland, the governor was appointed by the ...
- 462: Comparing William Faulkners Tw
- ... she once had in her otherwise empty life. Although Miss Emily is stubborn and eccentric, she is a pitiful woman who needs more attention and love. In ¡§Barn Burning¡¨, Faulkner uses Major de Spain¡¦s house to symbolize Sarty¡¦s ambition. Sarty vibrates to the house: ¡§¡Khe saw the house for the first time and at that instant he forgot his father and the terror and despair both, and even when he remembered his father again (who had not stopped) the terror and despair ...
- 463: Feathery Friends Or Carnivorous Beasts?
- ... year, it implies that something strange and unnatural is going on with the birds. Another example of foreshadowing in this selection is when smoke is not coming out of the chimney in the Trigg’s house, and the windows of the Trigg’s house were smashed. Dead and living gulls surround the house. The implication is that the Triggs are dead, for if they were alive, a fire would be burning and the windows would not be smashed. The military does try and intervene in this disaster, ...
- 464: A New England Nun By Mary E WI
- ... placement of the books. Joe transposes the order when he finished looking at them. This annoys her greatly, so she returns the books to their original order as if was compulsive. The order of her house like the structure of her life gave Louisa a sense of security. She becomes nervous if not angry when Joe later knocks over her work basket. The order of her house is so compulsively exact that she feels the need to remove his tracks from the rug. Joe Dagget and Louisa Ellis were engaged for over fourteen years. He went to Australia to make his fortune ... of it. When Joe returned he disturbed her life, just as he disturbed her work basket. Louisa's dog Caesar was chained up in the yard. He lived a lonely existence with only his dog house and a couple feet of chain in his world. Caesar was a prisoner of his home as Louisa was a prisoner to her's. The dog became accustomed to solitude and would not know ...
- 465: To Kill A Mockingbird: Analysis of the Title
- ... stages. Primitively, Boo is Scout's worst nightmare. However, the author hints at Boo actually existing as a nice person when he places things in the tree. The secondary stage is when Mrs. Maudie's house burned to the ground. As Scout and Jem were standing near Boo's house, it must have been rather cold. So, Boo places a warm and snug blanket around Scout and Jem, to keep them warm. This scene shows Boo's more sensitive and caring side of him, and ... save Scout and Jem. This stage portrays Boo as the hero and one who has indefinitely changed his personality and attitudes. After the final stage, Boo does not deserve to be locked up inside his house. Atticus Finch is a man of strong morals. He follows them exclusively, and does not hold up to the Finch family name, as defined by Aunt Alexandria. Atticus is the most pure and good- ...
- 466: The Life and Accomplishments of John F Kennedy
- ... tomorrow, my brother Bobby would run for my seat in the Senate. And if Bobby died, Teddy would take over for him." Kennedy began his political career in 1946. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives. He opposed nine others for nomination in the solidly Democratic 11th Congressional District of Massachusetts. He won the nomination and went on to easily defeat his Republican opponent. In 1946, Kennedy's brothers ... ailment, he had to take medicine daily for the rest of his life. In Congress, Kennedy voted for most of the social welfare programs of President Harry S. Truman. He was re-elected to the House in 1948 and also 1950. In April 1952, Kennedy announced that he would oppose Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Lodge, a popular and experienced legislator, seemed certain to win re-election. Kennedy's brothers ... judicial branches in making it clear to all that race has no place in American life or law." Kennedy's Democratic party gained four seats in the Senate and lost only two seats in the House in the 1962 elections. This was only the third time in the 1900's that the party in power increased its representation in Congress in a midterm election. In his second year in office, ...
- 467: Bella
- ... in our colony was dirty gray, and I was born white. The leaders marked it at once as a tag, and my mother was shaking every time when I departed on a walk from the house. She left out, that her Bella – so I was called – is very clever and cautious. Once in front of the house a corpse of one of the oldest rats was laying, crushed by an automobile. Upon seeing the turned up, insipid muzzle with the intestines out of the stomach… mother never could get rid of obsess ... and independent, deferring from many other rats, who were primitive, as though programmed for eating, sleeping, having sex and dying. Cellar, in which one our colony was leaving, belonged to a large, not very aged house. When I just started the travels among its floors I was drawn by unconscious curiosity. Only later, I have understood, that most interesting and relevant of all occupations in life is analyzing the humans. ...
- 468: Flooding
- ... a time of “insouciance” when no storms struck, and pavilions were built up and down the coast. Ferocious storms followed the 50-year lull: a Great Nor’easter tore off one end of the Haddock House hotel in 1920, a severe hurricane washed out all the timber jetties in 1944, another large storm struck in March ‘62. But there was not the storm frequency experienced in the 1980s and early 90s ... eventually causing polar ice sheets to disintegrate. Warmer temperatures are also increasing annual rainfall and the frequency of severe rainstorms. Before discussing the impacts of rising seas, Titus showed a picture of his family’s house on Long Beach Island, New Jersey and showed the portion of the house that would be underwater during a storm if sea level rises as projected. “But my grandfather built this house with all of the money he didn’t lose during the bank failures of the ...
- 469: The Swimmer: Themes Of Loss And Social Status
- ... the time to stay. He swam across the pool, spoke with them for a few moments and then moved on to the next pool. Men and women were gathered together drinking at the Bunker’s house for a small poolside party at Merrill’s next stop. Once again, the hostess Enid Bunker, is happy to see Merrill drop by unexpectedly and leads him straight to the bar for a drink where ... s social prestige still exists in his fantasy. Merrill now had several drinks at this point and begins to wonder what time it had gotten to be. At Merrill’s next stop, the Levy’s house, there seems to be a shift in the seasons and Merrill’s memory. It seems the trees are filled with yellow and red leaves and the cool air causes Merrill to shiver. He also cannot remember the year the Levy’s had purchased Japanese lanterns in their backyard. Once he reaches the Welcher’s, Merrill cannot remember where they are, if they sold their house, or when he had heard from them last. “The memory was unclear.” (Cheever 286). At this point, Merrill considers going back to his wife at the pool, but decided against it. However, as the ...
- 470: A Look At Poes Evil
- ... starts to become irritable and violent, not only to people but also to his pets. Late one night after drinking excessively at the bar, the man returns home. Upon the man's arrival at the house, Pluto, the cat tries to avoid him most likely because his now violent temper. The man grabs Pluto, which startles the cat who reacts by biting the man's hand. The man was so enraged ... because he can not bear to look at the one-eyed monstrosity he had created, so he hung the poor animal. The same night, following the cat's hanging, while everyone slept the man's house caught on fire. The whole house burned down except for one wall that had a burn mark on it. The mark on the wall looked exactly like a cat being hung with a noose around its neck. He feels very ...
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