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- 1291: The Anglo-saxon Literature
- In the Anglo-Saxon literature, the scop has a privilege of retaining history, culture and social values of that society. In many cases the scop exercises the power to create stories which reflect the values of that society. The Rood in the ¡°The Dream of the Rood¡± also tells a story of which affects its society and people. The existence of this witness that reports the ... great rejoicing¡±(The Rood, 140-141). The scop refers the heaven as an eternal place of ¡°great rejoicing.¡± The Rood desires to direct the people of its society to reach that eternal place and its short-lived suffering becomes a significant accomplishment that provides the only salvation. Similarly, the heroes of the Maldon through their sacrifice desire to protect their community. Bryhtnoth states in the ¡°Maldon¡±, ¡°my prayer is this, that ...
- 1292: The 1800s Were A Tumultuous Time for the US
- ... to live on his own. So when his father moved he stayed and decide to go to New Orleans again. When he returned he worked as a clerk in the town store. This is where stories about his honesty first started, people said that he once walked six miles just to give back a few pennies to a woman who had paid too much for groceries. People knew that they would ... him the city of Savanah as a christmas present. In may 1864 General Grant ordered an attack on Richmond. The army of Northern Virginia fought off the attacking soldiers. They fought many battles during a short span of time. Both sides lost heavily, Grant lost 60,000 men in less than a month. He knew though that he could handle these losses better than the confederacy. He was still unable to ...
- 1293: African-Americans In The Civil War
- ... of the Underground Railroad - a secret, organized network of people who helped fugitive slaves reach the Northern states and Canada - to the daily resistance or silent sabotage found on the plantations. Stokesbury acknowledges in, A Short History of the Civil War, the existence of the Underground Railroad but disagrees with other historians as to its importance. He notes that it never became as well organized or as successful as the South ... the early years of the war some Confederate states accepted blacks into their units, much to Jefferson Davis’s opposition. Black workers found their way into armament factories and into the Confederate Army doing anything short of handling a gun. Throughout the war effort in the South, blacks willingly dug field fortifications, mounted cannons and built entrenchments to fortify cities and towns. Wilson cites an article in the Charleston Mercury on ... Norton, Ww, Louisania University Press, May 1991 McPherson, James M. The Negro’s Civil War: How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union., Ballantine Books, Inc., February 1989 Stokesbury, James C. A Short History of the Civil War Morrow, William & Company, March, 1997 Wilson, Joseph T. The Black Phalanx: African-American Soliders in the War of Independence and the Civil War Plenum Publishing Corp., April 1994
- 1294: On The Left Side
- ... those people were the ones that sat the left side of the church. B One must always look upon things from different angles, for if everybody were narrow-minded progress would never be made. This short story takes place in Conn in western Ireland which means that the inhabitants of Conn must be Catholics. Catholics have very strict rules compared to the Protestants, and when it is revealed that O'Halloran ... he is to them. If e.g. someone has done something wrong, he is the one to talk, because it means a lot to a Catholic to go to confession to get absolution. In this short story the narrator went to confess with O'Rourke and he did give her absolution even though it was quite serious rule she had broken, and this tells us that even though Father O'Rourke ... a hard decision to make, for defying Father O'Rourke could mean that they would be ostracised from society if the protest was backed by the majority. When Miss Dwyer in the ending of this short story places the black man of the Three Wise Men in front of the crib protesting against O'Rourke's treatment of Friday and O'Halloran, she compares him to Friday. This is really ...
- 1295: Imagination
- ... thought about all the “what if” possibilities. But this method of storytelling can be used in much more subtle and/or sophisticated ways than in science fiction or fantasy novels. Through such works as the short story Dreams and the novel “Headhunter” by Timothy Findley, the film “the Matrix”, and the short story the Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one can see how a writer can use the concept of the imaginary invading reality to write their story. In Dreams, by Timothy Findley, the main characters ... why. Like Tolken with “Lord of the Rings”, Findley wondered what would happen if the imaginary world invaded the real world, in this case, what if a nightmare became reality. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Telltale Heart, a man’s own overactive imagination, combined with a little obsessive/compulsive disorder, causes him to murder an old man in his sleep. Poe chose to have the narrator be ...
- 1296: Sunrise on the Veldt: Order
- Sunrise on the Veldt: Order Order is sought instinctively. In Literature, as well as Biology, order is sought instinctively by authors and scientists. real-life incidents and make their stories seem more realistic. Scientists use a way of classification to bring order to Biology. The life cycle, as the cycle of a virus, shows order. The young boy in the short story, "Sunrise on the Veldt," found order in the life cycle. He sought this order to help him explain the death of a buck. The death of the buck made the young boy think about ...
- 1297: The Glass Meangere
- ... Southern living. His father, also known as C.C., was a salesman for a large shoe manufacturer and, consequently, traveled extensively. Leverich reports that Edwina filled the void caused by her husband's absence with stories about the South: Over and over again, she would tell Tom [Tennessee Williams] about garden parties and cotillions and her gentlemen callers, until he could recite the stories by rote. She said that in those days she saw only "the charming, gallant, cheerful side" of the smiling bridegroom who had been a telephone man "in love with long distance." In Tom's mind ... another anecdote-based account of the playwright's life comes from his mother, Edwina Dakin Williams. Her Remember Me to Tom is a narrative about the youth and career of Tennessee Williams. The book presents stories told by the playwright's mother to Lucy Freeman, and includes some passages indicating Tennessee Williams's attitudes toward religion. Also included is a considerable collection of correspondence--from the playwright to his mother ...
- 1298: Catcher In The Rye 2
- ... like other girls do. D.B. Caulfield D.B. is Holden s older brother, who lives in Hollywood, California and is a writer and a witty intellectual, according to Holden. He got a book containing short stories published. He gets Holden to read books like A Farewell to Arms, but Holden doesn t like all of them. D.B. can get pretty sore about that. Phoebe Caulfield Phoebe is Holden s ten ...
- 1299: Prostitution
- ... act or practice of engaging in sexual acts for money" ("Prostitution," Macmillan 805). Nevada is the first in the United States to legalize prostitution. Although the long term effects of legalized prostitution is uncertain, the short term effects have been economically beneficial. Prostitution should be legalized because not only could it financially benefit the country, but it could also reduce crime. There are many reasons why prostitution is illegal in 49 ... money and time is spent attempting to stop illegal prostitution. When a prostitute is picked up by the police, she/he usually spends a night in jail, goes to court, pays a fine, serves a short time in jail and/or completes community service. Then, the prostitute is released and is back on the streets in no time. Dennis Martin, president of the National Association of Police Chiefs, once observed that "prostitution enforcement is erratic and depends completely on how much the public complains and on pressure from politicians. It's much too time-consuming, and police forces are short-staffed" (qtd. in "Prostitutes," CQ 32). Many citizens feel that police efforts should be directed towards more serious crimes, such as drug trafficking. With the cost of court fees, enforcement, and jail housing for ...
- 1300: Huck Finn Notes
- ... the Widow Douglas and the judge oppose it, a new judge gives the custody of the boy to his father. Pap promises to reform with the aid of the new judge, but the improvement is short lived. Soon Pap trades his new coat for a jug of whiskey, gets drunk, rolls off the porch, and breaks his left arm in two places. The new judge gives up on Pap.CHAPTERS 6 ... and Jim guides the raft while Huck follows in the skiff until they see the lights of a village on a hillside. Huck startles the sleeping watchman of a ferryboat and relates one of his stories designed to force the watchman to rescue the people on the wrecked boat. Artfully giving the impression that the niece of the richest man in town is on the boat, Huck influences the watchmen to ...
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