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The land we call home is no stranger to war. Unfortunately, it was all too common for families to become divided. It is even documented that President Lincoln’s wife had relatives battling one another. During the Battle of Gettysburg the Culp family from Pennsylvania and the Crittenden family from Kentucky experienced this division first hand. To them loyalty meant more than a line drawn on a map. Five generations of the Culp family lived in the small town of Gettysburg. Henry Culp was owner of…

Nothing feels worse than being rejected by society because of one’s appearance. In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the true monster is Dr. Victor Frankenstein because of his attitude towards his creation. Even though the creature seeks revenge on his creator, Victor is responsible for its actions because he abandon his creation in the world without giving proper care. One reason why Victor is considered the true monster is because he ran away from a creature that he created. When…

“Oh Captain! My Captain!” is about a son who is attempting to inform his father about good news, unaware that his father has just passed away in a battle. Walt Whitman, the author of “Oh Captain! My Captain!” laments over the loss of his hero, Abraham Lincoln and viewed him as the greatest president in United States History. Whitman saw a “grand tragedy that promised ultimate purgation and unification for America” in the death of Lincoln (Reynolds). Because of this view on President Lincoln,…

papers are a thing of the past, they contribute and play a major role in our society today. From aiding our government in making decisions to contributing in the manner our political system is set up today. Many different people such as: John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton composed The Federalist Papers. Even though numerous and distinctive minds put their hard work, determination, and outstanding ideas into these documents, they all had one purpose. The hope that everyone could come…

essay in first person. The audience has the opportunity to relate towards what life is when not having a place to sleep at night, being tired from work and dirty because there is no home to go to and shower. Likewise, in the story "Sonny 's Blues" by James Baldwin, a black teacher living in the "ghetto" city of Harlem, explains in first person the struggles of his brother Sonny…

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the author incorporates the idea of the negative impact a lack of a parental figure has on the nurturing of the creature’s life. From the moment the creature became animated, he experienced feelings of isolation as even his own creator, Frankenstein, alienated him and left him to grow up as an outsider. For this reason, the creature’s knowledge and nurturing was learnt through experience and therefore lead him to a miserable and vengeful life. From his experience,…

The Dark Knight was the second of a trilogy of the Batman movie series directed by Christopher Nolan. The movie promise to be one to be remember and as others might say an iconic movie for what superheroes and/or future Batman movies should be. The Dark Knight movie was released in July 2008, and for the comic book/superheroes fans that have not seen it I can only tell you one thing: go see it. It was produced by the well-known Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. who are known for producing movies…

to when he won in 1828, as a the Democratic candidate for president. Jackson and his running mate James C. Calhoun won the election of 1828 with 178 electoral votes and 56% of the popular vote. Most of Jackson campaigning in the 1828 election was on the defensive against his opponent John Quincy…

In my opinion, Crash was an excellent movie, which contained lots of climaxing scenes that ended with some happy endings. The movie crash takes its viewers through several events and through numerous races lives. Crash makes a clear point to the viewers that the movie is about racism. From every scene they do a great job of showing different situations that different races went through. In the movie there are clearly differences in race and personality through every scene. However, even though…

Sonny 's Blues written by James Baldwin is a short story about coping with the struggles of life. The Narrator, who Baldwin does not name, finds himself struggling with who his younger brother, Sonny, has become. Growing up as African Americans in Harlem the boys were exposed to hardships at an early age. As adults, the narrator is a successful school teacher and Sonny finds himself struggling with drug addiction and in prison. The Narrator finds it difficult to identify with Sonny who escapes…