First Transcontinental Railroad

Does the capital punishment appropriate to prisoners, who are not ready for dying, are forced to execute to die in front of other prisoners (or other people) without giving a chance and caring their human rights and feelings? In the 1920s, the Southeast Asian country, Burma (now known as the country in Asia, Myanmar) was the part of the British Empire. The British controlled their new land, Burma through direct rules like the implementation of a secular education system, which "was given control…

The Last Voyage? Analysing “Crossing the Bar” by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Alfred Lord Tennyson was a highly popular writer during his time. He was tutored in classical and modern languages by his father, a minister prone to violent outbursts (Greenblatt 613). He was viewed upon as a peculiar character, who wore a wide brimmed hat, sported a bushy beard, and preferred solitude to company. Tennyson was…

not the major discovery for the reader. Instead, it is the uncovering of his madness that is most confronting, inviting us to experience the cognitive action of a psychopath. The use of a confessional tone and symbolism, “It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain,” inviting us into his mind as we are confronted with his obsessionality, here we discover an insane man's illusion that he has control over his actions. While acknowledging that he, like the house is “haunted” by his…

Ford 1 Raeya Ford Miss. Fleming NBE 3U1 21, November, 2017 Unhealthy Medicine Wheels In Motorcycles & Sweetgrass Medicine Wheels are a very important idea to Indigenous people throughout Canada, they can represent many things such as east, south, west, and north, or infant, youth, adult, and elder. The Indigenous people tried very hard to keep each section in balance because they believed that if they were to become unbalanced than that person was no longer healthy. In the novel…

The Journey A Pawnee Journey Laure Mbonimpa Long, long ago in the plains there lived a village. A village of the Pawnee. In the Pawnee culture, a village like that was called a band. A celebration was going on called the Powwow. It was loud and cheerful. You could hear music and voices. You could see people in colorful clothes. Here goes the story… “WHOOO HOOOO!” cried a boy named Pawn who was in that band. The Pawnee tribe and people were a fierce, wonderful, and brave group. Pawn went…

and were promised forgiveness of all their sins. King Louis IX of France also known as the “Crusader King” spent his life doing crusades to spread the Catholic religion and beliefs. Peter the Hermit was a priest/preacher and a key individual for the First Crusade. Both, King Louis IX and Peter the Hermit,…

In Obasan, Joy Kogawa highlights the emotional trauma that came with the decision by the Canadian government under Prime Minister Mackenzie King to intern immigrants of Japanese ancestry, even if they held Canadian citizenship. Kogawa is able to convey her points with the usage of flashbacks to the period between 1941 and 1949, when the interment took place while the main setting of the story takes place in 1972. Therefore, the fact that the main storyline takes place in 1972 and the book’s 1981…

In the Elizabethan society women were dependent on their male relatives to support them. Married women in particular, were to submit under their husband’s decisions without the opportunity to question or critique them. All women, irrespective of their socioeconomic status believed they were inferior to men, as a consequence, a women’s voice was absent in the political and economic atmospheres. Any sign of disobedience to these norms was seen as a crime against the holy establishments ordained…

INTRODUCTION: HISTORY: Titus Andronicus is assumed to be written in late 1593. The first recorded performance of the play was very early in 1594. There is said to be 3 different versions of the play. It is known for being one of shakespeare's most aw William Shakespeare was a famous playwright in the Elizabethan Age. He wrote many plays including Titus Andronicus. It is one of shakespeare's very first works, and one of his most hated, for being gory, intense, and disturbing. CHARACTERS: Titus…

The First Crusade “Wake up Darius!” yelled from outside the tent. I stood straight up and ran to the guard who yelled. “What’s wrong? Did the king die? Or, or…” “Nothing’s wrong you idiot, our lord called for us to go forth to the pope’s palace. “Why did he call for us?” I asked. “You’ll know soon.” replied the guard. Standing forth in front of the crowd, stood the pope along with some of the greatest lords. The pope explained how the city, Jerusalem, is the holy city where Jesus prayed…