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- 531: JFK
- ... to be unstable (Beck 72). The Cubans showed no interest in what Oswald had to say (Parshall 72). Oswald then returned to Dallas, where he was disappointed that the Cubans did not want him. He lived in a rooming house, while Marina lived with Ruth Paine. Oswald got a job working at a school book depository in downtown Dallas (Beck 72). At this time, President John F. Kennedy had made his motorcade route for the Dallas trip. The ...
- 532: ‘A White Heron’ By Sarah Orne Jewett
- ... but fat with young robins, Sylvia whispered that this was a beautiful place to live in, and she never should wish to go home.” From this, we can see that Sylvia had not always lived in the country. She grew up in a crowded manufacturing town and was never happy there. She is not comfortable around other people. Sylvia’s natural comfort and connection to animals is apparent as soon ... decide how many wished-for treasures the ten dollars, so lightly spoken of, would buy.” Even thought she was exited by the hunters interest in her knowledge of the woods and the wildlife that lived there and all the ‘wished-for treasures’ that she could have, she was still more concerned with the toad and the fact that it was being ‘hindered’ in its attempt get to it ...
- 533: Ethan Frome: Poor Surroundings, Poor Life
- ... to their lives. The first character named Ethan had his life doomed when he married a woman named Zeena and ended up living in “...Starkfield...” (pg.7). His life was doomed because he lived in Starkfield for too many winters and “ most of the smart ones get away” (pg.6). Most of the people knew what life would be like if they spent their whole life in Starkfield ... happened to him. The second character named Zeena had her life doomed when she started to take care of Ethan’s Mom when she got sick. After Ethan’s Mom died Zeena married Ethan and lived with him on “...that the sawmill and the arid acres of his farm yielded scarcely enough to keep his household through the winter” (pg.13). Even the place they live on depicts their doomed ...
- 534: Gatsby As F. Scott Fitzgerald's Self-Portrait
- ... Zelda, was a detriment to him. Despite all of his love for her, he ignored this feeling and it never wavered. A letter from Fitzgerald to his daughter, Scottie, explains: When I was young I lived with a great dream. The dream grew and I learned how to speak of it and make people listen. Then the dream divided one day when I decided to marry your mother after all, even ... off her feet by the writer whose wife was far away in a mental institution with no signs of ameliorating, Graham soon became abhorrent to her engagement, and broke it off.. Until Fitzgerald died, they lived together in harmony, sharing their lives, their thoughts, and their desires. Like Gatsby, Graham had spurned her drab inheritance and invented herself in a new manner. “He sprang from a Platonic conception of himself ...
- 535: The Other Side
- ... has incorporated many different ideas and concepts into these few pages. The story is about a woman who is on somewhat of a journey. She has gone back to visit the place where she once lived and where she grew up. At first read the story seems quite simple and shallow however once the story has been read in its entirety, it becomes quite evident that there is much more to ... she was standing on ." (358), makes the reader aware that she is still a very able lady at her age. When the woman crosses the river she begins her jaunt to the house she once lived in. There are a few lines in the story that clue the reader in that it has been a very long time since she has been back here. She explains, " The road was much wider ...
- 536: Beautiful Blueberries (About Into The Wild)
- ... last journal entry before dying of starvation in the Alaska bush was simply the words "Beautiful Blueberries". Over the previous two years he bought a secondhand canoe on impulse and paddled to Mexico. Then he lived on the streets of Los Angeles with vagrants, camped in the Arizona dessert with hippies, tramped through almost every western state, occasionally holding odd jobs. He also lived completely off the land in the Alaskan backcountry. McCandless' epic journey separated him from his parents and peers, a world of security and material excess, and a world "in which he felt grievously cut off ...
- 537: 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 ...
- 538: Michelangelo Buonarroti
- ... a very early age. Michelangelo went to study with Domenico Ghirlandago, who taught him about painting. He then went on to work with Donatello to learn about sculpture. Between the years of 1490-1492 Michelangelo lived in the house of Lorenzo de' Medici and was influenced by Neoplatonic thought. Some of Michelangelo's early painting showed the influence of Giotto and Masaccio. Also many of his early sculptures show the influence ... skin is being stretched While it folds up behind and forms a knot And I am bending like a Syrian bow (Liebert 148). During the first half of his painting of the Sistine Chapel he lived in misery. Michelangelo's only world was the world in which he created through his paintings. Michelangelo had an inner conflict concerning his relationship with the Pope.”He believed that despite his great effort ...
- 539: Frederick Douglass
- ... except that the man was white. As a child, he had heard rumors that the master, Aaron Anthony was his father. Frederick's mother was required to work long hours in the fields, so he lived with his grandmother, Betsey Baily. Betsy Baily lived in a cabin a short distance from Holmes Hill Farm. Her job was to look after Harriet's children until they were old enough to work. "Frederick's mother visited him when she could, but ...
- 540: To Kill A Mockingbird - Class
- ... workers, primarily farmers who struggled to make ends meet. The Cunninghams, Dolphus Raymond, and the mysterious Radley family represented this group. The third class of Ma ycomb County were the " white trash". The Ewells, who lived at the dump, and relied on welfare for survival, were members of this group. It is important to note that the difference between the second and third class was not a financial one. Both w ... it. All blacks were included in this group. Prejudice ran deep in Maycomb County. Although many classes existed within the blac k community, one of color must always be in the lowest class. The blacks lived apart from the whites in their own section of town and seemed to have a society separate from the whites. The strong prejudice of Maycomb County and the negative effects of its social strata were ...
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