Notes on the State of Virginia

Androgyny in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando Ningxin,Sun What is androgyny? It says “Androgyny is the state of being neither distinctly masculine nor distinctly feminine” in the Collins dictionary. In Virginia Woolf’s Orlando (1928), Orlando was such an androgynous person who was a man at first, then became a woman and eventually, she had both male and female characteristics. Actually, this mind can also be seen in Woolf’s other works,…

Thomas Jefferson, sometimes referred to as the father of liberty, has played a key role in not only American history, but also American Literature. From writing the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the Notes on the State of Virginia, various letters, and even to his own Inaugural Address, it is easy to spot the very basis of American principles. However, underneath the historical significance of the documents, Jefferson’s change in writing style and even…

Thomas Jefferson was born in Piedmont, Virginia, on April 13th, 1743. At the age of nine he started to have a formal education. Jefferson’s father died in 1757, when Thomas was only 14. He inherited his father's land and built his home there. He then went back to school at William and Mary and graduated with top honors. Jefferson like to keep very thorough notes about his life, he recorded things such as births, death, work assignments, food, and clothing. As well as living in Monticello, he…

Americans as well. Please note that there are two parts to this “War on Terror,” the Iraq war and the war in Afghanistan. The War on Terror began with the war in Afghanistan around the early-mid 1990’s. Afghanistan was going through a civil war because of the collapse of the communist government. The Taliban was on one side of the civil war, during this time the Taliban was essentially a governing party. They (the Taliban and their co-conspirators) built up an Islamic state government, by…

the raven, for the sole purpose of torturing himself, questions that the young man knows he will not like the answer to. The Raven is a poem that combines everything very well and yet leaves nothing to be imagined (Person 13). As Charles Baudelaire notes in his introduction to the French edition of The Raven, “it is indeed the poem of the sleeplessness of despair; it lacks nothing: neither the fever of ideas, nor driveling terror, nor even the bizarre gaiety of suffering which makes it more…

father, stepmother, and wife died during his lifetime. As some may turn to unhealthy methods of coping with death, Poe dove into himself to create beautiful poems that exude his feelings. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee,” the narrator’s mental state is developed through the use of symbolism. Born January 19, 1809 to Elizabeth and David Poe is one of the world’s most well-known poets, Edgar Allan Poe. He was the middle child out of three children. Growing up, life for Poe…

resistance on both large and small scales. (Dr. Broadnax Notes 10/13). Some small scale resistance included: working slowly, faking illness, breaking tools and running away. Whereas on a larger scale the slaves took part in slave rebellion. (Dr. Brodnax Notes 10/13). The biggest slave rebellion occurred in 1831 and was the Nat Turner Rebellion. A slave, Nat Turner, led one of the biggest slave rebellions in South Hampton, Virginia. (Class Notes, Sectional Tension, 10/18). There were many…

Red Jacket if pictured wearing a large medal around his neck that was supposedly given to him by George Washington. The medal was a symbol of Red Jackets peaceful and professional manner. Thomas Jefferson’s: Notes on the State of Virginia Thomas Jefferson’s book, Notes on the State of Virginia some very distinctive theories about the African American race. Jefferson was a firm believer in polygenesis, the idea that black people came from a completely different ancestry than white people.…

meets one on one with the educator to go over the online evaluation. At this time we discuss our progress, whether we have met our goals and the principal rates us as distinguished, accomplished, emerging or unsatisfactory. The administrator makes notes and we then have to go in the system and “accept” our evaluation and these evaluations are…

Intro: The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution, written by David O. Stewart, describes the grueling process of the ratification of the constitution and provides detailed analyses of the events that occurred during the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787. Stewart is an experienced author and lawyer. He wrote The Lincoln Deception, which examines the unknown facts about the John Wilkes Booth conspiracy. Stewart has written several books that explain his understanding…