A Son of the Circus

Industrialization in the 19th century replaced rural life for an urban society filled with machinery and mass production. This new industrialized society brought riches and an increase in the standard of living for the bourgeoisie while creating dreadful working and living conditions for the poor. These conditions forced the working class into a desensitized state in which they no longer felt the exploitative conditions of industrialization and fell into senseless obedience. Although, the…

Jacob’s empathy leads him to care for Camel, paying no heed to the consequences. As his father figure during his time with the Benzini Brothers' circus, he gives the desolate, naïve Jacob a place to live. Because of everything Camel has done for him, Jacob understands that with his paralysis, Camel is a liability to the circus and is destined to be redlighted. Jacob takes the risk to hide Camel in his compartment of the train, and takes care of all his necessities including “[managing]…

symbolism of the chicken coop. The chicken coop symbolizes a cage that society puts people who are different in because when we don’t understand something, we fear it. At the end of the story, in paragraphs ten and eleven, the angel’s “job” is done and the son of Pelayo somewhat befriends him. The chicken coop then collapses, which represents the angel’s first stage of freedom. To be set free, you first have to be locked up in some way, which also shows that the chicken coop was a cage. Pelayo…

Some of their disagreements were over the Pope’s authority, the addition of “and the son” to the Nicene Creed, and the celibacy of priests. Before the split of the church, both the West and the East were under one church, Christianity. The Pope had authority over the West and the four Patriarchs of the East had authority over the East.…

and consists of mostly concrete and several interior designs such as trap-doors and possible secret entrances for gladiators. This magnificent structure was created by Vespasian, who was the first emperor of the Flavian Dynasty, and finished by his son, Damitian. The Colosseum stood over 150 feet and the actual area itself was about 88 meters by 55 meters (Platner, 2001). This amazing amphitheatre is one of the new seven wonders of the world and is known for its durable materials and design, as…

they can be, and that everyone should treat each other with respect. He was a well liked man by the majority of his peers and the public and now has a university named in his honor. Adler was born in Vienna, Austria, on February 7, 1870. He was the son of a jewish grain merchant and had several siblings. In his early…

small, and his father never has much interest in him. Eventually this all builds up inside him and he runs away from Deptford at age 10 to pursue a career in the circus. This is unknown to most until Dunstan comes across him one day. At this point Dustan is taking care of Mrs. Dempster again and avoids telling her he has found her son until later on, when she was told this…

to Nick on the trip to New York. He describes himself as the “son of some wealthy people in the middle west” (100). Gatsby tries to fit himself into the same category with Daisy, who has inherited her wealth. He imagines that he is finally equal to Daisy, although he is never truly able to actually accomplish this. This is confirmed when, at Daisy’s tea party, Tom’s labels the yellow Rolls-Royce as a “circus wagon” (188). A circus wagon is a fancy car for a performance. The same reference…

greatest empires in history. The Romans have many daily activities they do consisting of baths, chariot racing, and gladiator battles. One of the things the Romans are known for was their iconic structure including the Coliseum, Pantheon, Forum, and the Circus Maximus. 147 emperors ruled over Rome but some are the greatest are Augustus, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and Tiberius. The Romans had a very successful army that dominated over its time of existence. They had many great achievements that…

famous music composers. Born in Washington D.C in the mid-1800s, this music inventor is very well known by marchers. Mr. Sousa has composed 136 military marches. Not only was he a terrific song writer, but he also invented the widely used sousaphone The son of two immigrants, John Philip Sousa was born in Washington D.C. on November 6, 1854. John was thee third of ten children and his parents’ names were Antonio Sousa and Maria Elizabeth. He began his musical journey on the orchestral violin and…