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- 5401: Huckleberry Finn: On the Surface…
- ... not to be racists”(Simmons 1). This means then, that books that discuss racism to its fullest (fullest including the language of the period) are inappropriate for students to read. Honestly, though, how many high school students haven’t heard the word nigger? And it’s not like Twain’s usage was meant to be derogative- he was merely showing how bad racism was back then. The fact that it remains ...
- 5402: Chinese Shih Poetry And Philos
- ... i expressed the ideas of Taoism and Confucianism, respectively, while their fellow poet T’ao Ch’ien expressed both, through their poetry. Confucianism is based on the ideas of Confucius, the man who gave the school of thought its name. The main goal of Confucianists was to return a gentlemanly society to China. The core of Confucianism concerned social structure. Confucius taught that a man should respect and obey those of ...
- 5403: Abigail Adams
- ... or making sure that his sheep received proper care. Abigail, with the help of her family grew a very religious bond between each other and a long lasting friendship. Abigail never went to a real school because of poor health. So, she learned at home. Her father s library was not big, but she still went to it to read books. Abigail s favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson. Abigail ...
- 5404: The Bell Jar And Catcher In Th
- ... In both books, Holden and Esther were in a stage of their lives that proved to be very difficult mentally on each of them. Holden, at the age of sixteen, had been in a private school and left. He ventured off into the city to face the hardships that came with the package. Esther, an award-winning student was sent to New York on a scholarship. Both of these characters ended ...
- 5405: Tale Of Two Cities Charictariz
- ... as a victory for her country, too. -STRYVER Dickens dislikes Stryver. You may be hard put to find a single lovable feature in this "shouldering" lawyer, who has been "driving and living" ever since his school days with Sydney Carton. Yet the ambitious Stryver--his name a neat summing up of the man--is making his way in the world. With little talent for law, he pays the doomed but brilliant ...
- 5406: To Kill A Mocking Bird 3
- ... to Scout's perception of the world. Through her experiences she grows more tolerant of others, learning how to " climb into another person's skin and walk around in it." On her first day of school she finds that there are both social and poor classes in society, some are respectable and others not. She also learns that her father is an extra-ordinary man, fighting for a Negro's rights ...
- 5407: Andrew Johnson
- ... into extreme poverty and had no formal education. Yet with determination and hard work, he had risen rapidly through politics, to state government and on to national office. He married Eliza McCardle, who was a school-teacher and was a big part of Johnson s education, she helped him learn how to write and do arithmetic. He had three sons and two daughters. Andrew Johnson was a democratic and had served ...
- 5408: The Sacred Pipe
- ... It was creatively written and had a lot more foot notes than any book that I had ever read. One negative thing that I personally had a problem with about this book was throughout my school career I have heard so many stories and read so many books about native Americans and native American rituals that it was kind of getting a little old, but never the less I gave this ...
- 5409: The Old Man And The Sea
- ... After leaving the smell of land behind him, he set his line. The line went straight down into the deep water. Later, with the aid of a hovering man-of-war bird, he sees a school of flying fish but is going too fast and too far away. The bird circles again and again and the old man sees a tuna which he hauls onto the skiff. Toward noon, a marlin ...
- 5410: The Nature Of Man In Lord Of T
- ... space around Henry, perhaps six yard in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law". The dark and savage facets of human nature begin to unravel with the increase in the boys' fear of the beast and the realisation that there would be no one ...
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