Hartford, Connecticut

In the 1890’s to the 1920’s America had many large businesses and companies starting up. Many of these Businesses and companies were owned by large tycoons like John D. Rockefeller. A tycoon is, as described by dictionary.com, “a person of great wealth, influence, or power.”One of these large business tycoons was John Pierrepont Morgan, he is better known as J.P. Morgan. He was a financial, railroad, and a banking tycoon who sometimes merged with other companies. Such as the time that he merged…

Murphy’s was born in the late sixties. Lynda was the youngest of five children and found herself enjoying skateboarding and bike riding more than playing dress up or with dolls. She attended Conard High School in West Hartford CT, and continued her studies at University of Connecticut. She aspired to be a teacher and received a degree in education as well as another degree. Once she began teaching she fell in love with writing, she would write stories for her students to find errors in and…

a doctor, brings her to a room to rest where the walls are covered in yellow wallpaper. The women is annoyed by the wall paper and throughout the whole story you see her mental state collapse before her eyes. Charlotte Perkins was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1860. Charlotte wrote the short story The Yellow Wallpaper it was said during her breakdown and rest treatment, making this story more personal to her. In this paper I will talk about the symbolism, theme and the characters of The…

On March 27, 2015, Facebook and Twitter were filled with the message “Daundre Barnaby, An Olympic Sprinter from Weaver, Drowns.” When I first read this message, my heart was crushed. I was hoping it was a mistake. Daundre, my dear friend, was swimming in the Atlantic Ocean and was swept out to sea by a strong current. It was hard to control my emotions and tears. I was consumed with anger, frustration, and remorse, and at that moment I knew my life would never be the same. Daundre was a local…

More than 30% of Americans still believe that women should stay home full time to care for children; this affects how much choice women feel that they actually have (Pearson). An insurance firm, Hartford Inc. Connecticut, was sued for saying that women with children are not good planners and cannot do either job well (Murphy). Unlike a father, who is seen as serious, hardworking, and reliable, these qualities make it so they can provide for their family,…

Over a hundred years ago medication wasn’t available to treat depression like there is now so best thing for the narrator was to write and escape to a reality. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an author and poet who was born on July 3, 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Butterworth 1) She was a writer and social activist for women during the late 1800s…

When faced with a seemingly impossible job many cower away in fear of failing not even attempting to succeed. One man, Ocean Vuong, didn’t turn away in fear he faced it head on. Vuong wrote “Surrendering,” Published in 2013 in The New Yorker, He talks about his struggle as an E.S.L student trying to learn the English language. This article isn’t only just an article about a boy that struggled with the English language it had a deeper meaning behind the writing. Surrendering to everything for…

her time were facing through these works, but her real life experiences also exemplify the obstacles that women had to face in order to get to the extent of equality that exists today. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born on July 3, 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut to Mary Westcott and Frederick Beecher Perkins. As a child, Gilman’s family life was less than perfect. Charlotte’s father “found himself married to a dependent wife who loved him desperately and whose affection he returned grudgingly”…

people. It is a universal feeling that is interpreted differently from one to another. More specifically, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, an author and poet, experienced love much differently than most others. Gilman was born on July 3, 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, she was a writer and a social activist for women’s rights. According the Biography.com, she was considered a feminist for “she called for women to gain economic independence” (Biography.com Editors…

“Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times” (Suzanne Collins). Suzanne Collins brought attention to a new corner of young adult literature, blending the problematic society she witnessed daily with the memories that sculpted her childhood. The basis of her writing stems from the intent to discuss issues such as war, violence, and manipulation; Collins presents these themes in varying ways depending on her targeted…