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Analysis Of The Red Scare
Words: 2344 / Pages: 9 .... Undoubtedly the most important topic of an investigation into a historical occurrence is its inception. What caused the Red Scare?
At the heart of the Red Scare was the conscription law of May 18, 1917, which was put in place during World War I for the armed forces to be able to conscript more Americans. This law caused many problems for the conscientious objector to WWI, because for one to claim that status, one had to be a member of a "well-recognized" religious organization which forbade their members to participation in war. As a result of such unyeilding legislation, 20,000 conscientious objectors were inducted into the armed forc .....
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Who Has Seen The Wind: Brian O' Connals' Understanding Of Birth And Death
Words: 1031 / Pages: 4 .... this matter that results in a brief but not detailed discussion. From this discussion Brian concludes that the father pigeon places the baby in the egg and the baby pigeons grow while the mother pigeon is laying the egg. When the baby pigeon grows as much as it needs to grow, it hatches out of the egg. This explanation leaves Brian quite confused and uninformed of natures way to reproduce. At this stage Brian seems to understand that humans and animals reproduce babies the same way.
Brian's second encounter with birth is again with Forbsie as the two experiences the birth of rabbits. Brian's knowledge of birth is further developed in this section of t .....
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Tar Baby
Words: 1916 / Pages: 7 .... see what would happen. L' Arbe de la Croix is the vacation home of Valerian Street a retired candy maker and his wife Margaret Street. The house is also occupied by a black couple, Sydney and Odine, who have been the long time servants of the Street's. During the time of the story the house is also occupied by Jadine, who is Sydney's and Odine's niece. Jadine was took in by the Streets and they paid for her to go to school and become a model. Jadine came down from Paris to contemplate a marriage proposal from a Frenchman and to spend Christmas with her aunt and uncle. Jadine can be considered the in this story. She was taken in by the Street's and .....
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Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry...
Words: 305 / Pages: 2 .... thought he had to but he did it out of love. Many white people were gathered together and about to hang TJ because RW and Melvin framed him for robbing a store. Out of love for TJ Papa set the cotton field on fire to set up a distraction. The distraction worked but the novel isn’t clear on saying exactly if he lives or dies, but I think it leads more towards to TJ dying.
Many risks were taken in this novel. Almost every character took a risk some of the risks came out positive and some came out negatively. I think papa and TJ’s risks were the biggest in the novel. The scary thing about this book was that America really used to be like th .....
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Catcher In The Rye: Letter To The Editor - An Unfair Trial
Words: 390 / Pages: 2 .... which most people lacked. He was probably
the only person that would actually take defending a black man seriously in
Maycomb, which shows the lack of morale in the town. After looking at the
judge and the jury, I realized that Tom never had a chance in the first
place. The odds were still against him even though the plaintiff was the
lowest form of human imaginable, who would have lost no matter what the
case was if she was up against another white person. She was Mayella
Ewell; disgusting. The point is, how would Tom might have been sentenced
if he was in another town like yours and mine, say (your state here)?
There's no doubt in my mind .....
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Thier Eyes Were Watching God
Words: 487 / Pages: 2 .... it and left with Joe.” It had always been his wish and desire to be a big voice and he had to live nearly thirty years to find a chance.” (28) While, Janie was with Joe in Eaton Vile she had a higher status then the rest of the towns people. Janie tried to interact with them, but Joe would not let her. He thought of Janie as being better then all of them. This led to the way she was treated in society. All of the women in the town thought Janie had everything, but Janie did not. She wanted to be excepted as part of them. When Joe died people in the town expected Janie to be mournful, so she put on an act for them. “She sent her face to Joe’ .....
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Oliver Twist: Summary
Words: 1609 / Pages: 6 .... She makes all the decisions.
The Artful Dodger - A talented pickpocket, recruiter, cheat and wit. Jack
Dawkins, known as the artful dodger, is a charming rogue. Fagin's most esteemed
pupil. A dirty snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy (short for his age).
Dickens makes Dodger look more appealing by describing his outrageous clothes
and uninhibited manners.
Fagin - A master criminal, whose specialty is fenang (selling stolen property).
He employs a gang of thieves and is always looking for new recruits. He is a
man of considerable intelligence, though corrupted by his self-interest. His
conscience bothers him after he is condemned t .....
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The Awakening: Public Controversy
Words: 592 / Pages: 3 .... caretakers of the home.
They wore an excessive amount of clothing and never exposed themselves in public
or otherwise. If a woman was caught exposing herself in public, would be shunned
and looked down upon. Loyalty and commitment to the family was very important
during this time. Regardless of their family problems, they were expected to
endure and stay faithful. [ In fact, ] " the nineteenth century's message of the
supremacy of motherhood was so strong and so intense that it was absorbed into
the systems of it's women - even women like Edna [ ,a character in Chopin's book,
] who were not maternally inclined." ( ? ) You could almost say that wom .....
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The Necklace: A Closer Look At Character
Words: 1178 / Pages: 5 .... she doesn't have, to
realizing that she over looked all the riches she did have.
The story opens with the description of how miserable Mathilde is.
Maupassant describes her as “suffering constantly, feeling herself destined for
all delicacies and luxeries.” (Pg 4) She sits dreaming of silent rooms nicely
decorated and her own private room, scented with perfume to have intimate “tete-
a-tetes” with her closest friends. Then she is awakened, only to realize that
she is in her own grim apartment. In her eyes, she lives a tortured and unfair
life. Mathidle has a husband named Losiel. He is much the opposite of his wife.
He is completely .....
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1984: Duty Or Desire
Words: 1313 / Pages: 5 .... that he doesn't agree to. He is
a protagonist and the society that he lives in is ruled by the Big brother
who is an antagonist. He works as a minor member of the ruling Party in
London, under the leadership of the all-seeing and all-powerful Big Brother.
The big brother's eyes are following Winston everywhere. "On coins , on
stamps, on the covers of the books, on banners , on posters and the
wrapping of the cigarette packing-every where the eye is watching you and
the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake ,in bath or in bed -no
escape"(p-26).
If Winston does anything out of order, a voice barks out
instructions. The Party frowns on ar .....
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