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- 10741: A Meeting in the Dark: A Loss of Priorities
- ... was uncircumcised… then he might probably rebel" (106). He walked back to his hut. He could see the lights on. John went to his hut to sleep. "Dreams of circumcision were no good. They portended death" (106), perhaps of his baby. John and his father go to the market the next day. All day John recalls his father’s "great and strict moral observances" (108). His father questions him about where ...
- 10742: The Great Gatsby and The American Dream
- ... get what they want. Later, as we see in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is convinced of this as is shown when he takes the blame for Myrtle's death. "Was Daisy driving?" "Yes...but of course I'll say I was." (151) He also watches and protects Daisy as she returns home. "How long are you going to wait?" "All night if necessary." (152 ...
- 10743: The Symbolism In Ethan Frome
- ... better fate than the one he has encountered, but cannot seem to change his destiny no matter how he tries. Even in his final attempt to escape his unhappiness and to be with Mattie in death, fate looks down upon him once again and unmercifully leaves both Ethan and Mattie alive, "mutilated and embittered to drag out their lives (Nevius 154)." This story ends in tragedy for all three and the ...
- 10744: The Great Gatsby: American Dream
- ... get what they want. Later, as we see in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is convinced of this as is shown when he takes the blame for Myrtle's death. "Was Daisy driving?" "Yes...but of course I'll say I was." (151) He also watches and protects Daisy as she returns home. "How long are you going to wait?" "All night if necessary." (152 ...
- 10745: David Walker’s Appeal
- ... many and it is only for people like him, colored people are where they are today, equals in our society. David Walker knew that by writing what he did he was giving himself up to death; he was willing to do it for the good of his people and his country. If anyone of that time was a leader, it was not Thomas Jefferson; it was David Walker.
- 10746: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton's Duel
- ... between the two men. Burr persisted in demanding that Hamilton either recognize or rebuff the remarks. Hamilton, not wanting conflict, gave not answer. At last, on June 27, 1804, Burr insisted that Hamilton handle the penalty of his slur. He officially confronted Hamilton to a duel to resolve their problem. To Burr’s contentment, Hamilton received the challenge. Burr went as far as preparing for the duel by practicing his marksmanship ...
- 10747: The Evolution of the Monroe Doctrine
- ... even though many were born in Spain. Even worse then treating the Spanish colonists so poorly, the Native Americans were treated with such cruelty that they were either killed outright, or they were worked to death as slaves. These Spanish colonies were never given the opportunity to develop on their own. They were restricted from trade with all other Latin American countries and foreign vessels were denied entry to their ports ...
- 10748: Frederick Douglass' Speech For Individual Rights
- ... The things that were promised, are the same things that are bringing hate and destruction. Douglass gives the example that sunlight, which brought nothing but “light and healing to you”, has proportionally brought “stripes and death to me.” Every Fourth of July was or should not be celebrated by him and the people he represent, but them. Douglass states that they have a reason to rejoice, but he must mourn. There ...
- 10749: The Colonial Economy
- ... best colonies were nations located far away from the mother country. Obviously, every country cannot run a trade surplus! This leads to conflict between countries. Although many of the first settlers in Virginia starved to death, conditions improved pretty rapidly. The Southern colonies fitted in best with England's mercantilist-determined needs. The Middle colonies fit in with England's needs less well. Their main cash crops were wheat and barley ...
- 10750: The United States' Involvement In World War 2
- ... the general ordered American forces in to southern Germany. By doing this Berlin became encircled, and large cities that were industrial areas were captured. (Gill 213) Hitler commanded his soldiers to keep fighting to the death; yet, he knew he had lost. In his last official act Hitler named Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz to succeed him as chief of state. With that Hitler committed suicide April 30, 1945. Doenitz, who had ...
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