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In this day and age, classics range from movies such as Titanic, to books such as Moby Dick, or even television shows such as I Love Lucy. But what makes something “classic”? Herman Melville, a classic author, stated that “To produce a mighty book you must choose a mighty theme.” In literature, theme is the main idea or underlying message of the book. The reason why in my opinion theme is the quality that makes a story classic is because it reaches the reader intellectually and emotionally. Good…

The mid-nineteenth century was the immense time of British radicalism. Illustrative of the time was William Ewart Gladstone, who served as leader four times somewhere around 1868 and 1894. Before 1848, Gladstone had been a traditionalist with a solid reformist streak; his two noteworthy interests were unhindered commerce and the restoration of London's whores. “By the 1860s he had gone separate ways with the traditionalists and turn into a main liberal, pushing for expansion of the establishment…

that the pencil was never actually made to write and the use of pencils to write didn’t come until many years after. The pencil was first used for people such as artists, the pencil was used to mark direct measurements in a very faint matter. Dennis Baron stated “The first pencils were made by joiners, woodworkers specializing in making furniture, to scribe measurements in wood”. I believe this is amazing, I never knew that the pencil that we use daily was first designed for markings. It wasn’t…

Everyday Americans are challenged with the choice of making the right decision, whether one person robs a bank and kills an individual along the way, a police officer risking his own life to protect the lives of innocent citizens, a couple accused of murdering their new born child and dumping the body on the side of the road, the choice is yours. Americans are blessed with the power of free will, you are in charge of the choices you make and the consequences that come along with them. You are…

intentions are still relatively the same: deliver a message. Technology, literacy rates, who will read a text, and original viruses copied texts will discussed in what it takes to create and deliver a message, from "Should Everybody Write?" by Dennis Baron. Commencing, writing, a shadow of speech, started off as being done…

case that students should be allowed free access to the internet without such strong filters because it is too problematic. K,Baron. (2014, June 26). What’s the impact of overzealous internet filtering in schools? Retrieved April 1, 2016, from, http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/26/whats-the-impact-of-overzealous-internet-filtering-in-schools/ In this article, Baron believes that schools should not block access to internet websites. She believes because thinks that the schools are…

John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller, the first robber baron of America and the Hero of America as well.. John D. Rockefeller born July 8, 1839 in Richford, New York and died May 23, 1937. (Rockefeller Biography) John D. Rockefeller a man believing in the Gospel of Wealth, helped the american people by making oil affordable to the masses and creating new ways to use the by-products of refining oil. Through the life of John D. Rockefeller, he influenced the United States especially with his…

described how Locke believed that human nature is good and that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience and that a child is born with Tabula Rasa which means blank slate. He believed that a representative government would be best for our society. Baron de Montesquieu is a French philosopher who wrote a book called The Spirit of Laws in 1748. He developed the idea of having three district branches of government. He also believed that power corrupts everyone. Montesquieu supported checks…

him or his kingdom, so he signed. The purpose of the Magna Carta was to guarantee landowners that they would not be unfairly taxed. A year later, this causes more conflicts with the Barons, concluding them to declare war with John. In 1216, John became violently ill. He still continues to fight in the war with the Barons. He suffered from dysentery, bloody diarrhea, but rumors say he was poisoned by a Monk of Swineshead Abbey in Lincolnshire. His intestines continued to get packed more and more.…

During the Revolutionary War, there were many battles going on. Throughout the battles, there were a lot of armies who had to have a place to stay. The armies would all have their own campsite to live at. One of those places where an army could camp at was Valley Forge. The American Continental Army stayed at Valley Forge for the winter in 1777 and 1778. Valley Forge was a turning point for America. It was a turning point since it helped America gain independence from the British. Valley Forge…