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- 5591: Islands As A Narration Of A Yo
- ... from anything that makes us anything more than any other dying animal. Uncle Julius next tells the boy a story of the Arkangelsk camp, where “if you were repeatedly late or missed several days of school with no excuse, you would get six months to three years in a camp.” (134) Uncle Julius continues the story about a boy called Vanyka who was sent to one of these camps and tortured ...
- 5592: Iron And Silk
- ... in Asia. I chose to read it because it was a true story and was told that it was a good read. The author travels to China as an English teacher for the Hunan Medical School. There he stayed for two years picking up many anecdotes along the way. The author already had spent a large amount of his life studying Chinese language and the martial arts. However, when he arrives ...
- 5593: In My Fathers House
- ... stepfather (Will McLean) is from the north and is known as a Yankee in the south. Most southerners disagree with his beliefs on slavery, but nevertheless, he is still a respected town leader on the school board and is head of the volunteer fire department. Maria, fifteen and more a southern belle, tries to get along with people and stays out of trouble with Will. Oscie, who is a year younger ...
- 5594: Israfel By Poe, An Analysis
- ... the latters now consumes Poe's work and his outburst of emotion would swell the seams of heaven. Again, this is not your typical work by Edgar Allan Poe and were it read to high school students I doubt that any of them would beable to acknowledge it as so. It does, however, offer a differing veiw of a man that has been referred to as the "Father of the American ...
- 5595: Is Jesus A Socialist - The Jun
- ... man for the Sabbath,” which means that the Sabbath is flexible not just a “day of rest” (Mark 2:27). Jesus tried to show people, not only Jews, the way of God, not a new school politics. Jesus, the “Son of Man,” did not try to appeal to any particular class, but tried to make it known to people that God can accept them. Many times over he feasted with the ...
- 5596: I Heard An Owl Call My Name
- ... man's world. Then he had to help preserve the old culture of totems and salmons from being replaced by a new culture of alcoholism and residential schools. A few Indian youths went to a school in Vancouver, to which the elders disapproved because they knew the young people would never return to the village. In the end, he did succeed in earning respect and trust, maybe even love from the ...
- 5597: In The Lake Of The Woods
- ... would one day become reality. “…The mirror made the vodka bottles vanish from their hiding place in the garage…” (p.66) John would sometimes take the mirror to bed with him, or take it to school, because the mirror was his way of making everything seem all right; he was able to withdraw from reality and feel comforted within his own ‘make-believe’ world. “…The mirror made things better…” (p.66 ...
- 5598: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing
- ... graduation night, Maya faces her challenge as Mr. Donleavy, the superintendent of schools, gives his address extolling everything he has done for the white schools, which in the context of the condition of the black school makes it clear that education is not a priority for black students. Angelou writes "Donleavy had exposed us. We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical ...
- 5599: Into The Wild By John Krakauer
- ... become at one with nature. During Chris’s adventure he seems to neglect all communication with his family and over look the fact that they care about his health and future. After Chris graduated high school he traveled the country and seldom kept in touch with his family. After being on the road for weeks Chris finally returned home, but within the next couple of days he would be embarking on ...
- 5600: Iowa- An American Portrait
- ... despairing times. Towns of all sizes began growing throughout Iowa. With them came churches, schools, businesses, and co-ops. The various institutions and businesses of the towns were flourishing. The children of Iowa were attending school regularly and doing well. The literacy rate of Iowa soon became the highest in the nation. Farms weren’t the only means of earning a living in Iowa. Saw and lumber mills were abundant along ...
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