John Reynolds Gardiner

all. In many circumstances the different interests came into to conflict with one another. As white Patriots fought for their liberty, they found themselves on the opposite side of blacks fighting for their own freedom. In Virginia, as Nash noted, John Murray, earl of Dunmore, decided “to arm all my Negroes and receive all others that will come to me whom I shall declare free.” If black slave took up arms and aided in suppressing the Patriots cries for liberty, they would gain their freedom.…

“Fate of the Sons of Usnach”, by Lady Gregory, was written for the people of Ireland. Lady Gregory took it upon herself to write the Cuchulain stories as the people of Ireland knew it and not how the scholars of the time would write it. Her rewriting of the Deirdre story may have been for the people, but it was not without its political motives. At this point in time there was a need for the Revival of the Irish people and Lady Gregory along with W.B. Yeats wanted to unite the people of Ireland…

dropped to half. Because businesses cut by laying off workers, the unemployment rate rose from 3 to almost 25 percent. Thousands of Americans took to the road in search of jobs and thousands lived in shanty towns for the homeless, called Hoovervilles. John Steinbeck lived through the Great Depression. His novel, Of Mice and Men, focuses on rural America and the lives of migrant workers during the Great Depression. Thousands of Americans took to the road…

The writers treated nature like it was almost a religion, they worshipped it. They spoke about nature in the most positive way possible. Nature was very informative to the writers, they say it taught them life lessons. To William Wordsworth nature was his one only teacher. The majority of the writers prefer nature over anything artificial or industrial. They explain that nature proves to be overpowering and is seen to be greater than anything artificial. Nature is a visionary for the writers and…

John Proctor says ”It’s like a mouse no more. I forbid her go, and she says to me, I must go to Salem, Goody Proctor; I am an official of the court” (52). Mary 's defiance to John Proctor 's disagreement to let her be the part of the court is the first example of Mary exerting her power. She also states that she will be attending the court everyday since she is one of the officials now. She stands up to John, telling him " I’ll not stand whipping any more…

actually a moral quality of a dependable and loyal person. It is usually the result of a sin, and is a companion of deception. Guilt has the potential to consume an individual’s mind to the point of changing their nature. In The Crucible, although John Proctor is a Godly and trustworthy man, he commits a sin that transforms him into a deceptive person. The reader can see this change in his demeanor. Proctor becomes a quiet man, who walks around as if he has something to hide. He not only…

The Dovre Witch was a hunchbacked old woman who wore a silver belt, birch-bark shoes, and a leather jacket. Her pipe was filled with moss and she begged from the very poorest. Even though she begged, she was in fact a very wealthy witch. The Dovre Witch had the ultimate power and if she wanted, she could strike fear into any peasant who failed to satisfy her needs. On this particular afternoon, Dovre Witch was feeling very irritable after she was denied her prized ham by the Countess Marta.…

Title The Spanish and the British both endured many obstacles and overcame multiple hurdles while settling in the Americas; however, the reasons for settling in the Americas differed vastly between the Spanish and the British. While settling in a new, unknown country could not have been easy, the approach taken when establishing a new settlement plays an imperative role in the future of the settlement. Motivation for immigration, course of settlement establishment, nature of relationships…

A book by John Clifton Bogle, founder and former CEO of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group and one of the greatest investors in the history, titled “Enough”(2009) is a relatively quick and good read in the financial literature genre. Although the book’s jacket is not very attractive— it has no photographs or illustrations, its title, in my opinion, is quite catchy, and attracts ones’ attention. Moreover, the title does encapsulate the main message—that the average investor feeds at the bottom of…

The eighteenth century presented itself as a very interesting time in history, especially in the literary world. Changes were occurring in British society, as well as Europe as a whole, which sparked a change in literature. Literature became more satirical and authors felt that they had more of an obligation to "out" crooked politicians, a monarch that did not do much, or to even go as far as to criticize other authors and their incapability of proving themselves worthy of joining the literary…