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- 501: Ernest Hemingway
- ... drunk, womanizer, lunatic, and several other names. However, he is considered to be one of the greatest writers of our time. Which is bigger, the man or the maniac? Sadly, we may never know. He lived life to the fullest, but he ended his life tragically and prematurely on July 2, 1961. Many critics believe he had an abusive childhood and that is what most influenced his writing. It may have ... as it is. Soon afterwards, he found the liquor. The book "For Whom the Bell Tolls" was written from experiences he reported from the Spanish civil war. He interviewed soldiers and learned a lot. He lived in Spain for a while where he fell in love with the art of bullfighting. He had respect for the matador as well as the bull. He saved another person from dying by helping save ...
- 502: Henry Ford: A Life In Brief
- ... the country, and he liked operating and repairing a steam threshing machine so he stayed. At a dance on New Year's Eve in 1885, Henry met a dark-haired young woman, Clara Bryant, who lived only a few miles away. In 1888 Henry and Clara were married. As a gift, Mr. Ford gave Henry and his bride forty acres of wooded land. Henry built a small cottage and they lived off the land. Henry's father thought Henry was content and had settled down for life, but this was not to be so. All of Henry's spare time was still spent on engines. Three ...
- 503: Abigail Adams
- ... slaves but were called servants to avoid the dehumanizing effect that the word 'slave' can mean. Their house was a sight of luxury in the eyes of the common folk in the parish. Though they lived well, the Smiths had no fortune. Abigail's father often worked with his own hands, planting corn and potatoes, gathering hay, sowing barley, or making sure that his sheep received proper care. Abigail, with the ... war and on June 17 John Quincy and Abigail went to Bunker Hill and watched the roar of the cannons and saw the flames of burning Charleston atop of Penn's Hill near where they lived. Soon they learned of the British losses and how greater they were, but Abigail knew someone named Dr. Warren who died. He helped John Quincy from the loss of his finger. Abigail wrote many letters ...
- 504: Their Eyes Were Watching God 5
- ... friend Pheoby the whole story of her life. Janie's story begins in the backyard of her grandmother's white employers, where she realizes she is darker-skinned than the white children she has always lived around. Janie has lived a conservative childhood, for she is being raised by her protective and traditional grandmother. When her grandmother sees her kissing a local boy over the garden fence, she grows worried about Janie's future and ...
- 505: The Jungle: Character Analysis
- ... able to get jobs only through bribery. Ona was exploited by Connor, who threatened to have her, Jurgis, and the rest of the family fired if she refused the relationship. When Jurgis left Packingtown, he lived by thievery, selfishness, and bribery. When Jurgis switched to this amoral lifestyle, he finally became successful. The foremen (and foreladies) of Packingtown also lived by corruption. They fired union members, cheated people out of their pay, and required "gifts" before hiring people. When a foreman’s boss learned of this, he required "gifts" from the foreman to keep quiet ...
- 506: Chronical Of The Death Foretold
- ... of the main places to describe and to explain their relation to the story. These places will be Santiago Nasar's place, Clotilde Armenta's store, Xius's house, and the main market place. Santiago lived in Plácida Linero's house. This house was always barred from the inside and Santiago carried the keys to the back door of the house and this is where he always entered and left the ... quickly about the killing of Santiago nasar (when people finally believed the brothers Vicario). The village was a very social place and the main market place was where they all met up. When San Roman lived in the bachelor's lodge on the market, he first saw Angela Vicario walking along the market square (this is when he started liking her.) Xius's place is the house on the hill that ...
- 507: The Yellow Wallpaper Vs. Story
- ... people about now (Gilman 635). Mrs. Mallard in The Story of an Hour had to deal with the same sort of affliction. Her husband had control over her body and soul . She felt that he lived her life for her and did not believe that anyone had the right to impose a private will on a fellow creature (Chopin 13). McLauchlin 2 This control caused both women to long for freedom ... from grief to joy and then back to grief again. When she was initially told of her husband s death, she wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment (Chopin 12). But, her grief was short lived. She soon was overcome with the joy that her husband would no longer control her. Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of ...
- 508: Austrailian Aborigines
- Prior to the colonization of Australia by the British in the late 1600's, large group of natives called Aborigines lived there. They received the name Aborigine due to the translation of the word "the people who were here from the beginning" (Internet, Aboriginal history and culture). The Australian Aborigines occupied the entire Australian continent, which ... See Flag) The Aboriginal flag was first raised on National Aboriginal day in 1971. The Flag was soon adopted nationally by the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in 1972 (Internet, Aboriginal Flag). The Aborigines have lived in Australia for many years. By about 40,000 years ago small groups had arrived by sea, probably traveling from Southeast Asia to the north coast of Australia. Aborigines are dark skinned, with numerous regional ...
- 509: In Shape
- ... When considering coming out in middle adulthood, these women looked at their careers, place of residence, and family and friend reactions (Eliason, p.51). Percy and Johansson (1994) found in their study that women who lived in rural areas were more likely to remain closeted from family and coworkers from fear of being ostracized by their community. Women who were in white-collar professions as opposed to blue-collar professions stated ... relationship. Amy expresses her doubts about coming out as a lesbian, p. 6 “Here I was, doing my damnedest to draw this woman into a relationship considered perverse and degrading by the society we lived in, one proscribed by law in many states, one that, according to accepted opinion, ran contrary both to human nature and to God…………..” I think this states all the deep-seated ...
- 510: The Sun Also Rises
- ... indulges in her passion for sex and control. Brett plans to marry her fiancée for superficial reasons, completely ruins one man emotionally and spiritually, separates from another to preserve the idea of their short-lived affair and to avoid self-destruction, and denies and disgraces the only man whom she loves most dearly. All her relationships occur in a period of months, as Brett either accepts or rejects certain values ... s beauty, as he falls in "love at first sight". Furthermore, like an adolescent, he attempts to satisfy his curiosity about Brett by asking Jake numerous questions about her. After Cohn and Brett's short-lived affair in San Sebastian, Cohn is nervous around Jake: "Cohn had been rather nervous ever since we had met at Bayone. He did not know whether we knew Brett had been with him at San ...
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