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- 3971: Victorian Literature
- ... Several writers wrote nonfiction that dealt with what they believed to be the ills of the time. For example, Thomas Carlyle attacked the greed and hypocrisy he saw in society in Sartor Resartus (1833-1834). John Stuart Mill discussed the relationship between society and the individual in his long essay On Liberty (1859). Later Victorian literature. During the late 1800's, a pessimistic tone appeared in much Victorian poetry and prose ...
- 3972: With Malice Toward None By Ste
- ... President Lincoln insisted on attending an evening performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater. Since General Grant was expected to attend the play with President Lincoln, the President's attendance was highly publicized. John Wilkes Booth, a staunch Southern supporter, was a well known and popular actor who felt it necessary to redeem the lost cause of the Confederacy. He had previously planned to kidnap President Lincoln, but when ...
- 3973: Of Mice And Men
- In John Steinbeck's classic novel "Of mice and men" the testament of true friendship is the main theme. Steinbeck uses two migrant workers, Lennie and George, to illustrate the main themes of the novel. The novel ...
- 3974: Of Mice And Men
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is a story which shows how weak the human trait of loyalty can be if put through the test of time. It shows how people can turn on their family, best friend, and even ...
- 3975: Of Mice And Men
- ... nature of the human race. Along the Salinas River and underneath the Gablian Mountains of California during the Great Depression of the 1930s this novel takes place. A famous writer by the name of John Steinbeck, who was also born in California, is the author of this book. He has also has written many other good books such as The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row, and Winter of Our Discontent ...
- 3976: Novel Outline Of The Pearl
- The Pearl Title: The title John Steinbeck gave to his novel, The Pearl, is significant to the meaning of the work. When you think of a pearl or any other kind of precious stone you think of the wealth and prosperity ...
- 3977: Naturalism In Of Mice And Men
- Naturalism is a literary style that displays action or thought that is derived exclusively from natural desires and instincts (The Reader's Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary, p. 901). John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men contains several instances of this element. Some of these are found when Lennie breaks Curley's hand, when Lennie kills Curley's wife, and when George kills Lennie ...
- 3978: The End of the 20th Century
- ... The first half of the 20th century saw both WWI AND WWII. Unforgettable names like George Washington, Beethoven, Mozart, Thomas Edison, Christopher Columbus, Martin Luther King Jr., Shakespeare, Hitler, Joan of Arc, Einstein, Napoleon, The Kennedys, and da Vinci all led there lives during this millennium. So as we cap off such a memorial millenium, we will also see what is to come of the Y2K problem or the millenium ...
- 3979: Jane Eyre As A Modern Woman
- ... Jane, on the other hand, was educated and therefore, she could read well. Jane is actually extremely modern because she started reading as a little girl in the Reeds house. For example, before she and John got into a fight, Jane sat down by the window and began reading. I returned to my book--Bewicks History of British Birds... quite as a blank.--10 Another example of how Jane read ...
- 3980: Wake Island
- ... Shigematsu Sakaibara surrendered the island to Brig. Gen. L.H.M. Sanderson of the United States Marines. Paramount Pictures, Wake Island, represented the first attempt by Hollywood to accurately portray American troops in action. Director John Farrow wanted to make the film as accurate as possible, including the location. The film was shot entirely on location off of Salton Sea, in the California desert. Morrison-Knudsen Co., the construction crew on ...
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