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business, so maybe I can take him up on it.” Why is Biff giving up on the farm in Texas? What is the significance of the stage direction? What impact does Biff’s change of plans have on Willy? - Biff is giving up Texas so he can move back home and take care of his family. The stage direction is so we can see that Biff really is trying to make Willy proud. Willy seems to be confused and maybe a bit annoyed that Biff changed his plans. On page 1808 Happy says, “I’m gonna get married, Mom, I…

Helen Keller Disabled Rights Fighter Symbol of triumph, enthusiastic, and overachiever are three words that people think of in connection to Helen Keller. Many people know Helen Keller as a blind and deaf women, but she was so much more. As a member of the American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller showed the world that through determination, persistence, and positivity anyone can accomplish more than the usual. She left a legacy as a mute equal rights fighter. Many people did not…

n old sailor, calling himself "the captain" but really called Billy Bones, comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the English coast during the mid 1700s, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for "seafaring men." One of these shows up, frightening Billy (who drinks far too much rum) into a stroke, and Billy tells Jim that his former shipmates covet the contents of his sea chest. After a visit from another man, Billy has another stroke and dies; Jim and his…

Agreeing to Disagree in Kidnapped by: R.L Stevenson In kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson discusses a waif named Davie. Davie is seeking his newly discovered inheritance; beginning with his wealthy uncle. However, this proves to be an unwise decision when his uncle cruelly forces him on boarding a ship, whose destination would be torturous, backbreaking slavery. Davie formed a tight bond with a fugitive, Alan, whose arrival on the ship was an enigma. They endured numerous struggles, yet they…

The Roman Empire was established after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 27 B.C.E. Every emperor, starting with Augustus, brought something new to the table that is the impressive Roman Empire, that stretched throughout most of the Western world. The third to come to power after the murder of Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, more commonly known as Caligula, may easily be one of the most mad of them all. Gaius Caesar was born on August 31 in the year 12 C.E to his father Germanicus…

Julius Caesar was well known for his position as a Roman general, statesman, and politician (Mark, 2011). He was very successful in the battlefield due to the fact he never been defeated. Julius Caesar can be easily perceived as an autocrat. Even though Caesar was becoming to powerful, without him Roman Empire would never come to existed. Julius Caesar was born into a senatorial noble family in July 100 BC. Caesar father, Gaius Julius Caesar, was a praetor. Caesar father died when Caesar was…

Legend has it that Rome was founded by the two demigod brothers, Romulus and Remus. They were sons of Rhea Silvia, daughter of King Numitor of the mythical city, Alba Longa. She was impregnated by Mars, the war god. Her brother ordered Romulus and Remus to be drowned, but the survived and washed up on the shore of Palatine Hill. They were raised by a she-wolf and then found by the shepherd, Faustulus. They learned who they really were and went back to Alba Long and killed Rhea’s brother.…

At the beginning of the Palpatine administration the Republic had no standing armed forces, though the debate about the reinstatement of an army and navy had been ongoing for decades. The only military forces were the Jedi, which kept peace for generations. The Jedi were no army though. At one time, the Republic's military forces were considerable, but in the wake of the New Sith Wars gradual process of downscaling began, in favor of increased support from the Jedi Order. More and more often,…

Greco-Roman City: Team Project Corinth, a city that has a history of two rich cultures that had great influence on the history of the world. Christopher Gornold-Smith (2013) called it, “Corinth a city between two cities with a decade between them” (Gornold-Smith, 2013). Corinth was destroyed in 146 B.C. by the Roman army. Corinth made the decision to join several of the Greek states to fight against Rome, and the Roman army defeated them and burned Corinth to the ground. All the valuables…

Mark Twains real name was "Sameul Langhorne Clemes" and he was born on November 30, 1835 and died April 21, 1910 at the age 75,Mark was born and grew up in Hannibal Missouri. He worked for his older brother Orion Clemens in a newspaper company. Where he typed newspaper articles,then he moved to Neveda to be with his brother. When he moved he tried to mine that was very unsuccessful, but the he went to Virginia city and worked as a journalist for the company Territorial Enterprise. In 1865 and…