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- 1831: Catcher in the Rye and Of Mice and Men: Go West Young Man
- ... Young Man For centuries, Americans have gone west in search of what is called “The American Dream”. And still, writers try to portray the American dream in their work. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie, two Californian ranch laborers, are in search of their dream which is to own a piece of land. In JD Salinger’s novel, Catcher In The Rye, Holden Caulfield is also ... in search of his dream which is to be the “catcher in the rye”. Holden, George, and Lennie all have dreams and none of them ever come true. George, in Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, has a dream to own a piece of land that he can run as his own. All his life he spent traveling from ranch to ranch, working in other people’s fields. He is ...
- 1832: Daniel Boone
- ... the Yadkin Valley in North Carolina, a trek that took over a year. At nineteen or twenty he left his family home with a military expedition in the French and Indian War. There he met John Finley, a hunter who had seen some of the western wilds, who told him stories that set him dreaming. But Boone was not quite ready to pursue the explorer's life. Back home on his ... they were married. In 1767 Boone traveled into the edge of Kentucky and camped for the winter at Salt Spring near Prestonsburg. But the least explored parts were still farther west, beyond the Cumberlands, and John Finley persuaded him to go on a great adventure. On May 1, 1769, Boone, Finley, and four other men, started out. They passed Cumberland Gap and on the 7th of June, they set up camp ...
- 1833: General George Patton
- ... favourites of young Georgie, who could recite lines from both texts long before he could even lift a sword. These classic images were filled out by recent war stories of living soldiers, particularly those of John Singleton ''Ranger'' Mosby. John often visited the Patton house and would entertain Georgie for hours with tales of his Civil War adventures. With this steady diet of combat regalia, Georgie was convinced that the profession of arms was his ...
- 1834: Grapes Of Wrath
- The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's live under. The novel tells of one families migration west to California through the great economic depression ... come together at the end to paint a clear picture of the conditions, treatment and feelings the people (migrants) as they make there journey through the novel to the West. Bibliography The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
- 1835: The Grapes of Wrath
- ... family, and later for the whole migrant society. If Casy is a Christ figure then Tom would have to be his disciple. He lives on after Casy to carry on and implement his philosophy. Uncle John Uncle John shows what too much worrying about sin will do to a person. He blames himself for his wives death and is constantly worried about sin. He thinks that he is bringing bad luck to the ...
- 1836: Of Mice and Men: A Comprehensive Comparison of Novel and Movie
- Of Mice and Men: A Comprehensive Comparison of Novel and Movie Who doesn't know of John Steinbeck's classic novel "Of Mice and Men"? It is a novel that almost everyone educated in the United States has either read it or pretended to read it. But how many have seen the ... reasons. The novel gave good descriptions of the characters but I learned more about them and the story form the film because I was watching and listening to them, rather than just reading about them. John Malkovich's (Lennie), Gary Sinise's (George), and Ray Walton's (Candy) performances made the film very worthwhile. Malkovich and Sinise are touching and pleasurable to watch together. Malkovich uses his baldness with bulky costumes ...
- 1837: Paradise Lost The Devil Compar
- How does John Milton portray Satan in his poem, “Paradise Lost”? In this epic poem, Satan’s traits include pride, treachery, and persistent spitefulness. I believe that these character traits compare to the leadership of Howe Military School ... Cadet leaders often act in this spiteful manner when they meet resistance in their attempts to expand their power. The leaders order cadets to commit acts of an extremely offensive nature to get revenge. In John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” the poem portrays Satan as a prideful, treacherous, and spiteful being. After reading the epic poem, I believe that Satan could have acquired his character traits and leadership skills at Howe ...
- 1838: Frederick Douglass
- ... 1847, Frederick became the "station master" of the Underground Railroad in Rochester, New York. Here he also began publishing his anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star. During these publishing years, Frederick became good friends with John Brown. John had a vision of training groups of men to help slaves escape via the Underground Railroad. However, in 1859, Douglass learned it was Brown's intention to raid the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He ...
- 1839: Mononucleosis 2
- ... Dreher, Nancy. What You Need To Know about Mono. Current Health 23: 3 (1997): 28-29. 5. Kaye, Kenneth M., and Elliot Kieff. Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Infectious Mononucleosis. Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed. Ed. John G. Barlett, MD, Neil R. Blacklow, MD, and Sherwood L. Gorback, MD. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1998. 1646-1650. 6. Schooley, Robert T. Epstein-Barr Virus (Infectious Mononucleosis). Ed. John E. Bennett, MD, Raphael Dolin, MD, and Gerald L. Mandell, MD. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 4th ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1995. 1364-1373. 7. Silverstein, Alvin, Virginia Silverstein, and Robert Silverstein. Mononucleosis ...
- 1840: For Whom The Bell Tolls
- ... himself in a never-ending tunnel of beatings and ultimately destruction (Frohock 167). Robert Jordan must make a final stand in For Whom the Bell Tolls if for no other reason, to save his manhood. John Wain explains: "…To make a last stand—for if defeat is accepted in Hemingway’s world, humiliation and rout are not. His fictions present moments of violence, crisis and death, yet these become occasions for ... Wave of Wonder: Naivety and Reality in American Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. 228-57. Villapiano, Gavino. Interview. Off-Camera Conversation with my Father. By Nicholas Gavino Villapiano. New Jersey: 1999. 1-2 Wain, John. "The Conflict of Forms in Contemporary English Literature." Essays on Literature and Ideas. St. Martins: Macmillan, 1963. 230-35
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