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P. T. BarnumPhineas Taylor Barnum reinvented the circus. His knowledge of what people want and how to make people think they want what he had was amazing. He constantly fooled people and had a way of making the customers come back. Barnum was ultimate salesman. He single handedly turned the circus into the ...
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Steven SpielbergAs a kid in Phoenix, charged admission to his home
movies while his sister sold popcorn. Although Spielberg excelled at making
movies he was not a good student. He hated school and was one of the most
unathletic students there. His movie making career began at the age of twelve
when his ...
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Ceremony By Leslie SilkoThe novel Ceremony, written by Leslie Silko deals with the actions of a Native
American youth after fighting, and being held captive during World War II. The
young mans name is Tayo and upon returning to the U.S., and eventually
reservation life he has many feelings of estrangement and apathy ...
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Lucille Ballhas made significant and positive contributions to the country with her comedy. Many consider her America's best female actress. Kathleen Brady, in fact, says, " is one of the greatest performing artists America has produced" (ix). Throughout her career, Ball has not only been a comedienne, ...
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Babylon RevisitedCan’t Buy Me Love The depression was an era of extremes. A person was more than likely extremely poor, or in the lucky upper 1% that was extremely wealthy. The middle class was virtually not existent. All of these income groups, including those characterized in our three stories, wanted money ...
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Shoeless Joe JacksonFor anyone who knows anything about baseball, the 1919 World Series brings to mind many things. "The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 started out as a few gamblers trying to get rich, and turned into one of the biggest, and easily the darkest, event in baseball history" (Everstine 4). This ...
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The Adventures And Maturing Of Huckleberry Finn"My new clothes was all greased up and clayey, and I was dog-tired." Mark Twain uses these words to help create the character of Huckleberry Finn. Twain uses dialogue and dialects to show the reader the adventures of a young, rambunctious boy. Huck paints pictures for his readers with his ...
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ImperialismColonialism is an important concept to address because it has had such a major impact on the modern world. It is often responsible for the movement of peoples throughout the world and is often a factor in the rate of development of nations. In their acquisition of Asian colonies, the European ...
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The Time Is Night By LuidmilaThe Time is Night is a short novel by Liudmila Petrushevskaya. It is one of the few stories that I enjoy reading over and over again. The reason is that each time I re-read it, I perceive it in a slightly different way. The complicity of characters and the style of the novel is what I would ...
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The Journey Of Odysseus And TeIn The Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Richard Lattimore, several themes are made evident, conceived by the nature of the time period, and customs of the Greek people. These molded and shaped the actual flow of events and outcomes of the poem. Beliefs of this characteristic were ...
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Anastasia, Grand Duchess of Russia, was a very mischievous little girl with a sharp sense of humor (McGuire 18). She was always described as having long fine fingers and baby blue eyes. As she grew older, her personality changed drastically because of her dramatic childhood. Her eyes and fingers ...
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The Dark HalfIn the last month, I have read the novel by Stephen King. I have read it cover to cover and think it is a good book, but Stephen King has written better. Some of the book was very exciting while other parts bored me. I would say it is good but not great.
This book is, in my opinion, written ...
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All About TrifflesOn the surface, Susan Glaspell's play Trifles focuses on a wife murdering her oppressive husband. The husband is abusing his wife emotionally out on a lonely secluded farm isolated from society in the Midwest. Under the surface, the behaviors of Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Peters, and Mrs. Wright in ...
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The Importance Of Gender Conflicts Literature To Society Past And PresentGender conflict arises when one set or another defies social norn through thought or actions. Society is constantly changing, some would say evolving, and gender roles are constantly being redefined. Female have traditionally been subservient to males women throughout the passage of time have ...
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The Outsiders 2In this book analysis, about the book "The Outsiders" by S.
E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as
well as the setting, the author's style and my opinions
about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give
some information about the subjects of the book, and about ...
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Young Goodman Brown - SymbolismSymbolically Speaking: Symbolism in Hawthorne\'s
Symbolism, something that figuratively represents something else, is prominent in many literary works. One piece of literature that stands out as a perfect example of symbolism is Nathaniel Hawthorne\'s \"Young Goodman Brown.\" This story is ...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin: An Analysis“The book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is thought of as a fantastic, even
fanatic, representation of Southern life, most memorable for its emotional
oversimplification of the complexities of the slave system,” says Gossett
(4). Harriet Beecher Stowe describes her own experiences or ones that she
has ...
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Porn On The InternetMany mothers do not want their children to experience drugs, violence, illness, or sex. In our society where these are readily available, mothers need to be especially cautious of what their children encounter. Another reason for why mothers need to keep an extra eye open is because women are ...
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American History Vs. American LiteratureAmerican Literature looks at and depicts our American Heritage. It goes into depth what many history books could never cover. Whether it's poetry, drama, novel, short story, biography, satire, humor, or folk literature, all Literature holds a special place in many Americans hearts. America has ...
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