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- 1371: Biography Of Edgar Allen Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and in his many restless moves, lived in half a dozen Eastern cities. His true home was always in the "misty mid region of Weir" of his own fertile and troubled imagination. His father was David Poe, a Baltimore actor. His actress ... Poe's friend in the house. Mr. Allan had remarried and had no intention of further entangling himself with his troublesome foster son. In the two years after his final rupture with Mr. Allan, Poe lived for a considerable time in Baltimore with his aunt, Mrs. Maria (Poe) Clemm. She was a poor seamstress, but she welcomed Poe into her home and took care of him. Outwardly, it was a do ...
- 1372: The Life And Work Of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... of Poe's antagonists. "The Cask of Amontillado", "Hop Frog", "Fall of the House of Usher", and "William Wilson: A Tale" each deal with some kind failure or loss or death. Such as how Poe lived. Being that these failures were negative, it would seem right for the antagonist of Poe's works to fail or die in the end. There could be worse fates for a man who started out ... Waldo Emerson is supposed to have called him, and Henry James thought that enthusiasm for Poe was "the mark of decidedly primitive stage of reflection." And reflect was what Poe did. Besides writing Romantically, he lived Romantically and his personality and fault are refleced in the structure of his works.
- 1373: The Life Of Sid Vicious
- ... why, I just have this feeling." Sid's death was a tragic end to a tragic story. Sid Vicious was a symbol of punk rock; he had all the makings of a legend. His short-lived tragic life is known by many. He so badly wanted a life filled with fame, but that dream was never fulfilled. The Sex Pistols career was short lived, but will forever be remembered, along with Sid.
- 1374: Death Of A Salesmen: Freedom And Willy’s Dream
- ... Biff. When Biff is honest with his father and his family he frees the Lomans from Willy’s dream and the dishonesty that it brought on. Biff was the biggest captive of this dishonesty. He lived his whole life from what his father wanted him to do. Biff first came to terms with the lie his life was when he went to Boston to have Willy get his grade changed. He ... everything was for his father. But now he doesn’t believe in his father anymore. Because of this Biff becomes a lost soul. He realizes his father’s life is a total lie. Biff has lived his life according to what his father has taught him and now Biff’s life is a lie also. When Biff comes back at the age of 34 to see his father and tell him ...
- 1375: The Grapes Of Wrath: Rose Of Sharon And The Starving Man
- ... is a novel by John Steinbeck which begins in Oklahoma and leads to California, first published in 1976, which exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's lived. As the novel The Grapes of Wrath progresses, the Joads progress from a concern only for themselves and their own personal welfare to a concern for all the people; a change accompanied by the disintegration ... in thinking is also accompanied with the replacement of the individual family by the world family. The thing that started the breakup of the individual family was the loss of their land. The family had lived there for many generations and had strong ties to the land. Getting thrown off the land was like losing their family history. The same concern for humanity at large is seen in Ma Joad. At ...
- 1376: Carver’s Characters
- Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, on May 25, 1938, and lived in Port Angeles, Washington during his last ten, sober years until his death from cancer on August 2, 1988. He was twice awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1983 Carver received ... would have to have condemned the first forty years of his own life for its ordinariness. "I do know something about the life of the underclass and what it feels like, by virtue of having lived it myself for so long," he said in one of the interviews. "Half my family is still living like this. They still don't know how they're going to make it through the next ...
- 1377: Cuban Revolution
- ... of AlegrÃa de PÃo, Castro and his few followers fled to the Sierra Maestra mountain range. Here Castro healed his wounds, the failed attempts to destroy the military, through support. The peasants who lived in the hills favored Castro easily over Batista. This population provided Castro with supplies and supporters. They also protected them against the Batistan military, traveled to the cities to obtain information, and directed those who ... influential results. Changes in Cuba have been made that reflect democracy, agrarianism, and a humane society. A hero has been celebrated and declared el jefe máximo. The Cuban Revolution, both intellectual and physical, has lived up to its prestige and will alter history forever.
- 1378: "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers": Women And Society
- ... fearless of men. The two women respond to the dominance of men in two contrasting manners. Aunt Jennifer followed society's rules while Hester followed her own. The outcome of their actions also differed. Hester lived her life as she wanted to live it. She said what she meant, she went where she wanted to go, and she left when she felt it was time to leave. She led her own ... Jennifer did not accomplish much. She was born mastered, and she died mastered. She never thought for herself, and she never fully understood what freedom was. Aunt Jennifer died with fear and suffering, while Hester lived with pride and freedom. Obviously, Hester has led the more fuller life, although she did not follow the principles of society. A woman who is independent and outspoken will lead a much better life than ...
- 1379: George Orwell
- ... most of his time writing in very poor living conditions because he felt that the poor in London and Paris represented the people of Burma under British rule. When he came back to London he lived among the homeless and poverty-stricken because he felt that he should expose himself to such living conditions. In December 1929, Blair announced his decision of writing a book describing his time spent in Paris ... That year, he received a commission from the Left Book Club to study the state of affairs of the poor and unemployed. This lead to him writing The Road To Wigan Pier. He once again lived among the poor to write this book, a detailed portrayal of the mining communities of north England. When the Book Club read what he had written about the English class system and socialism they were ...
- 1380: The Count Of Monte Cristo
- ... had long ago with Madam Danglars. He also revealed to him, by hints, that he knows about the illegitimate child whom he fathered, a child whom Villefront had believed to be buried alive. The child lived, however, and was now engaged to Mademoiselle Danglars, who is really his half-sister. Ironically, Villefront's wives proves to be more villainous than her husband, for she poisons her parents and her daughter so ...
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