Bookends

The soldiers of the 22nd and 28th Iowa defined themselves as citizens fighting in the defense of the republic. Their political attitudes as expressed in their own extant letters and their newspaper of choice, the Iowa City Weekly Republican, provide motive for their killing of Butler’s bloodhounds. Historians have agreed that the United States Army of the American Civil War was a force of volunteer citizen-soldiers and were conscious of their role as a political weapon. A republican ideology…

the ring cycle, which is significant in making the story a bildungsroman; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are the two books in the series that most dramatically contrast from each other—as they are the bookends of the series—thus resulting in their being most appropriate for the analysis of the series structure. Meetings and Partings Beginnings and endings are a part of life, and the life of a wizard does not have much of an exception to this rule.…

ently rings the bell to get help checking in. The bell rings for a whole 37 seconds of screen time. This is perhaps the first diegetic sound that suggests that something is off with the Hotel Earle. Barton, already somewhat uneasy about being in Los Angeles, is unhinged even more by the long ringing of the bell. His unease is not helped when Chet, the bellboy, appears from a trapdoor in the ground to silence the bell. Chet is friendly enough, but when Barton informs him that he would like to…

also look muted and weathered as if they had been exposed to the sun for many seasons. Add antique pieces of furniture. Choose an antique wooden headboard, dresser and wardrobe as furnishings in the room design. Place handmade wooden artifacts like bookends, shelves, chairs and accent tables in the primitive bedroom. Use the faux crackle painting technique to make new furniture look old and weathered. Tables, chairs and chandeliers can be painted with a faux crackle to make the decor look as if…