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- 3031: Similarities of Bradstreet and Wheatly
- ... brought up as a puritan, she had puritan religious beliefs, which were exposed in her poems. In her poems, Bradstreet used a literary device called inversion. These poems were discovered by her brother-in-law, John Woodbridge, who published them without her knowing. Phyllis Wheatly may have lived a very short life, but her accomplishments are still appreciated today. She was a slave brought over from Africa, at a young age ...
- 3032: The Culture Of American Advert
- Masters of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising by: John Solomon Always Real: Coke chillin in the Hood By: Scott Charles How would these two guys analyze an advertisement? Evidently, these two guys know how to sell something. When I see an advertisement, I see ...
- 3033: Paul Revere (1735 - 1818)
- ... was made by Paul Revere and two others that were from Boston. At ten o'clock p.m. Paul received instructions from Dr. Joseph Warren, for him to go to Lexington to tell and warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams about the British coming. He had to ride his horse to Lexington and Concord to warn the American patriots and the colonists. Revere was captured and detained en route, but another ...
- 3034: The Life of Ian Fleming
- ... working with Naval Intelligence. Soon, he was full- time assistant to the director, taking the rank of Lieutenant, and later Commander. Fleming became the right-hand man to one of Britain's top spymasters, Admiral John Godfrey. During the last year of the war, Fleming traveled to Jamaica for a Naval conference. The trip, though brief, revealed the lush island to Fleming. Here there was no war, no rationing, no food ...
- 3035: The Curse Of Right And Wrong
- ... able to distinguish between right and wrong; it is simply that they have just decided that it is much easier to avoid doing so. Jimmy Carter speculated that our moral decline began the day that John F. Kennedy was shot, and he was probably right. But there are probably millions of stories of personal moral decline where that person knows exactly where it began. Most people recognize the moral and ethical ...
- 3036: The Great Gatsby: Doubleness
- ... when the book was published in 1934, America was not interested in a story about rich Americans partying on the French Riviera. This was the Depression, and the novelists in demand were Sherwood Anderson and John Steinbeck, writers who talked about the plight of poor people. Scott continued to care for Zelda, who was to spend the rest of her life in and out of sanitariums. He also kept writing. But ...
- 3037: Alfred Tennyson and His Work
- ... of Arthur", "Ulysses", and "Tithonus". Since Tennyson was always sensitive to criticism, The bad reviews of his 1832 poems hurt him greatly. Critics in those days took great joy in the harshness of their reviews. John Wilson Croker's harsh criticisms of some of the poems he wrote kept Tennyson from publishing again for another nine years. The success of his 1842 poems made Tennyson a popular poet, and in 1845 ...
- 3038: Charles Dickens: Biography
- ... was born at Landport, in Portsea, on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the Navy Pay-Office, and was temporarily on duty in the neighborhood when Charles was born. His name was John Dickens. He spent time in prison for debts. But, even when he was free he lacked the money to support his family. Then, when Charles was two they moved to London. 1 Just before he ...
- 3039: The Development Of The Prison
- ... Early prisons were dark, dirty, unhygienic and overcrowded. They locked all types of prisoners together, including men, women and children, plus dangerous criminals, debtors and the clinically insane. During the late 1700s, the British reformer John Howard toured Europe to observe prison conditions. His book, the State of the Prisons in England and Wales influenced the passage of a law that led to the construction of the first British Prisons designed ...
- 3040: The Effects Of Television On A
- ... medical literature. This is due to the rapidly-changing sound and images that may overwhelm the nervous system of some young children and lead to hyperactive behavior and attention deficits. (The Development of Children 124) John Rosemund, the author of the article ADD is Real, and Misunderstood, stated that Wiring of the brain establishes neural pathways during the formative years appears strongly influenced by the child s environment. If a toddler ...
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