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Many years before Christopher Columbus stumbled upon America, there were Indians who declared America their home. Indians had originated tribal areas, similar to states and they resided under their own laws and government. Native Americans fought a long and bloody battle to protect their land and defend their families. Some Indians were also captured as slaves by Europeans and some Indians also fought in American wars to defend America, but it took decades for them to receive any type of…

such a unique way of looking at the ordinary aspects of life. First, Jane Doe’s intriguing background led to her uniqueness as a writer. In “The Sister: A Novel of Emily Dickinson,” Kauffman says, Dickinson “was born in 1830 to a wealthy family in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was raised under the Calvinism religion. Having grown up in a religious home,…

Frost also won four Pulitzer Prizes and became a teacher and lecturer at Amherst, Dartmouth, and Harvard. The latter two of the three he attended but never obtained degrees. He shared his poetry at these colleges and on many other occasions throughout his career. Frost’s poetry uses natural imagery to present a realistic view…

Abstract Less than 2% of middle-class families use a financial aid service compared to 60% of lower-income households. Due to these statistics, this difference is a result of middle class’s belief that financial aid is not beneficial to the wealthy nor the middle-income families. Middle-class America is extremely hard working due to the fact they could work every single day of their life and not qualify for any financial aid towards a higher education, as opposed to a low-income house hold that…

Abstract This article, by examining and analysing Indira Bai (one of the early novels in Kannada literature), argues that the native intellectual class of India employed the medium of novel not only to critically interrogate their socio-cultural practices in the backdrop of a new consciousness and experiences ushered in by colonial transactions but also to refashion their idea of ‘tradition’ and modernity. Thus, their response to the colonial ‘modernity’ was not merely an act of ‘civilizing…

The University of Massachusetts Amherst reports that it is a small, elongate beetle only about half an inch long, and a brilliant metallic green in color. Similar to the Asian Longhorned Beetle, female beetles lay their eggs on the bark of host trees, and the larvae that emerge bore under…

Who was John Brown and if he was a man of faith, how could he have been a leader in the taking of innocent lives? This is a question that has baffled the minds of many scholars and historians since that October day in Harpers Ferry in 1859. Was what John Brown organized and executed right or wrong? These are difficult questions to answer about a man who felt so strongly about his convictions about slavery and the God whom he served. John Brown was committed to the abolition of slavery at a young…

Emily Dickinson consistently expresses the notion of gender roles within a patriarchal society. Many critics have alluded to the fact that the women’s rights movement influenced Dickinson’s work. Kelly writes in her article ‘Critics, who have surveyed the different cultural elements that fed into Dickinson's poetry, have concluded that Emily Dickinson's work was influenced by the women's right movement. In addition, some of these critics believe that some of her poetry can be interpreted as…

Visiting the Worcester Art Museum, I was drawn in by the piece Static Variations: Blue x2. The art museum was having a series on her, and had several of her works up, but this one stood out most of all. Static Variations: Blue x2 (fig. 1) is a highly political piece about the Civil Rights Movement. In order to interpret it one must understand the life of the artist, Terri Priest, and the Civil Rights Movement itself. Terri Priest was born in 1928, in Worcester Massachusetts. She spent her…

Kaimesha McLean Mrs. Joyner English 4 Honors 16 December 15 Beowulf: The Epic Hero In the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf, Beowulf’s character portrayed him as an epic hero and not just a warrior. Certain qualities essential for an epic hero such as bravery, pride, and strength. The story of Beowulf connects with the old culture of Anglo-Saxon literature. Beowulf’s boasting and his farewell in the book made a connection to his heroic deeds throughout the whole story. Throughout Beowulf’s three…