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- 741: An Analysis of James Joyce's Eveline
- ... leave. She thinks that at her home she has shelter and food; she had those whom she had known all her life. We know she does not feel quite at home in her father's house. For example, after all these years, she does not even know the name of the priest on a photograph in the house she lives in. Another reason for Eveline to stay is that she does not love Frank enough to escape with him. She does not even know him well enough. What Eveline knows about Frank is ... gone for her, like he used to go for Harry and Ernest, because she was a girl. These beatings by their father when they are younger make easier for Eveline's brothers to leave the house, unlike Eveline who, because she is the only girl, is protected by her mother. Memories make Eveline feel more emotionally attached to her home. Although her favorite brother, Ernest, is dead, she still cares ...
- 742: The Harness Conspiracy
- ... They kept this charade of her "illness" to give the impression that her death was imminent. It is also peculiar that Emma always did her own work and refused to hire a girl, but the house was described as the epitome of cleanliness. If she was so weak and sickly, how did she manage to keep such a clean house? It is also peculiar that she refused to hire a nurse when she fell ill and did not let anyone do anything for her except Peter. This was to hide the fact that she was ... but at this point he was new to "acting" and made his whole reaction too melodramatic. Another of these clues appears when Peter starts to spend all of his time devoted to his peas, his house, oddly enough, still stays clean. When Peter breaks down and tells Ed about the changes he is going to make, he says that he will get a new clock, hire a fat housekeeper, and ...
- 743: Robert E. Lee
- ... to Lee that the leader of the gang was called John Brown, a notorious antislavery fanatic from Kansas, who had been unable to rally the slaves to rebellion and was finally besieged in a fire-house. Lee was to lead the United States Marines, to suppress John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry. He asked Brown for his surrender, anticipating that this would not happen. When Brown refused to surrender ... offensive position. On April 9, 1865, realizing that further resistance was a waste of time, he surrendered his near starving, depleted army to General Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander in chief, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. He penned a farewell address to his men and set off the next day to Richmond, where his family had been living since they had abandoned Arlington. His home confiscated, his family impoverished, and ... general factotum. His salary was $125 per month, and he had one secretary to assist him. Nonetheless, Lee set to his task and began writing to other institutions begging for money. Once the President's house was ready, Lee's wife and daughters joined him there. Lee's sons were busy attempting to salvage the family estates, although Arlington was gone forever, forfeited for nonpayment of taxes during the war, ...
- 744: Andrew Jackson
- ... the wealthiest men (John Overton), his campaign was destined to be a success. His opponents were John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, who was the Secretary of State; Henry Clay of Kentucky, majority leader of the House of Representatives; Secretary of War from South Carolina, John C. Calhoun, and William Crawford of Georgia, the Secretary of the Treasury. Due to lack of support for himself, and the apparent overwhelming support for Jackson ... It so happened that Henry Clay wound up as the last of the candidates to have a chance at the presidency, and since Jackson, Adams, and Crawford now needed to win by vote in the House of Representatives, Clay, being Speaker of the House, struck a deal with his least hated person out of the three, which was Adams. So therefore, Adams getting the support of the leader of the House, wins the election of 1824, much to ...
- 745: Jane Eyre 2
- ... places an advertisement as a governess. She gets one reply, from Mrs. Fairfax at Thornfield Hall. Jane becomes a governess there for Adele a little orphan and ward of Mr. Rochester, the master of the house. Mr. Rochester isn't home and there are strange things going on in the house. Many days pass away. One day when Jane goes out to the village to post a letter, she meets a horseman with his dog. The horse falls and the man is hurt and Jane helps ... cousin and that she has inherited a fortune from her deceased Uncle John. Jane wants to share it with her newfound relatives so that they need no longer be governess and come home to Moor house. For some months they all live quietly together. St. John Rivers, a cold man, wants Jane to be his wife. Not for love but he wants her to take to India, where he will ...
- 746: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... resides in the human psyche. But, for now, let us return to the story and witness perversity wreak its havoc. The night of the day he hanged Pluto, a fire swept through the narrator's house. He, his wife, and the servant escaped, but the conflagration completely destroyed the house; yet one wall had not fallen in. Upon visiting the ruin, the narrator witnessed in the standing wall, "as if graven in bas relief upon the white surface, the figure of a gigantic cat...There ... into the wall as well. After searching for the dreaded cat, the narrator concludes that the beast has "in terror, fled the premises forever." However, the fourth day, the police arrive to thoroughly examine the house. They leave no "nook or corner unexplored." (Poe 60) Even upon their third or fourth visit to the cellar, the narrator remains sublimely calm. Finally satisfied, and preparing to quit the search, the police ...
- 747: The Last Hung: Joop's Mid-Life Crisis
- ... hunting, Diana. The solution to the first part of his mid-life crisis is to get rid of the memories of Mari that still resided deep within his mind. He does this by visiting the house where the majority of these memories take place. While touring through the house he remembers all the ways that Mari resembled the goddess of Diana. During the period that Joop was married to Mari, she portrayed herself in a few ways as being Diana. She did this by ... as high priest of her own cult" (Stern 112). In this case the high priest would be the hunter Joop, and he would be serving Mari in her own fantasies. Joop's departure from the house was very swift because he wanted to get the memories of Mari behind him. Joop climbed wearily into the car and told his chauffeur to drive . . . Without turning around he raised a had in ...
- 748: Is The Prime Minister Too Powerful?
- ... not always been in an all-powerful position. It could be said that they are in fact, subject to various limitations. The British Prime Minister is that person who leads the majority party in the House of Commons, or who commands a majority of support in that House. PMs continue in office until they resign (eg due to ill-health - Macmillan 1963), or concede defeat after a general election (eg Wilson 1970). They may also resign after losing a 'Motion of No Confidence' in the House - but this is a rare event, the most recent cases being in 1924 and 1979, and in the latter case - Callaghan called an election for May 1979 (and resigned once the results of the ...
- 749: The Works of Clive Staples Lewis
- ... June 16, 1895. When Lewis turned four, he adopted his new nickname, Jack, and was used for the rest of his life (Gibson 3). In 1905, the family moved to Little Lea, which was a house on the outskirts of Belfast. However Lewis' life turned for the worse when he was nine years old. His mother died of cancer on August 23, 1908, Albert Lewis' birthday. Hoping that her sons would ... 1898-1963). Online.). In 1910 he attended Campbell College in Belfast, just one mile from Little Lea. He had to leave Campbell College due to serious respiratory difficulties and returned to England to attend Cherbourg House, Malvern. Malvern was famous at the time for being a great health resort especially for those with lung problems. He entered Malvern College, a university preparatory school, in September of 1913, where his brother was ... The Wardrobe was dedicated to Lewis's goddaughter Lucy Barfield, daughter of Owen Barfield, another well-known author. It begins with four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie, who are sent to a large house in the country belonging to an old professor to get away from World War II. To entertain themselves they often played hide-and-go-seek, and this is how they end up finding the ...
- 750: Richard Nixon's Presidency
- ... Jerry Voorhis (1901-84). Nixon campaigned vigorously, tabbed the liberal Voorhis as a dangerous left-winger, and won by 16,000 votes. In 1948 and 1949 Nixon achieved a national reputation in the U.S. House of Representatives as a member of the Committee on Un-American Activities during its investigation of what became known as the Hiss case. In 1950 Nixon ran for the U.S. Senate against Congresswoman Helen ... and profited from factional divisions in the Democratic camp. Nixon defeated Hubert H. Humphrey with a popular-vote majority of about 500,000 votes. President At the pinnacle in 1969, President Nixon organized the White House to protect his energy and time. He left routine matters and most administrative affairs to such powerful aides as H. R. Haldeman (1926- ), John Ehrlichman (1925- ) and Charles Colson (1931- ). This allowed him time for ... at the Watergate complex had been traced to men hired by some of the president's closest advisers. Newspaper reporters took the slender thread found at the Watergate burglary and followed it to the White House. Through determined reporting, a larger picture of political corruption was uncovered. Illegal campaign contributions, politica l and irregularities in Nixon's income taxes were unearthed as the story grew during 1973. Testimony before the ...
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