The Great Unknown

fascinating childhood in a more fictitious way. In her book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes and details the life of a little girl called Scout, and her older brother, Jem, who live in the town of Maycomb, Alabama during the time of the Great Depression when racism and segregation were at its peaks. Scout and Jem at first seem almost identical to just about every other kid, but as they grow and mature through the years, they witness a multitude of life experiences that represent the…

Sin comes and goes in everyone life, through the big and little mistakes they make. No matter how much a person tries to avoid it, sin will come and go with the common mistakes people make. Although scary, and is never ‘good’ the importance of sinning is to learn from the mistake that they made. Also commonly known as a solution, it is important that after making a mistake or committing a sin to learn from it so history doesn't repeat. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne sin…

Aldous Huxley, Huxley questions the values and goals of 1931 London through the use of irony and satire to portray a futuristic version of the world in which the social trends of Great Britain and the United States are taken to extremes. The world Huxley writes about, since the setting is still on Earth but an unknown amount of time in the future, is still able to resonate with readers today. Within Brave New World, there is a social caste system. At top, there are Alphas and Betas who are…

issue was quickly cleared up in favor of the Shakespeare family; however, three years later, Judith Shakespeare had married Thomas Quiney, a vintner in Stratford, and the couple was excommunicated from the church for attempting to marry during the Great Lent without a legal license to do so. It was later revealed that Quiney was responsible for the impregnation of a Margaret Wheeler, who died in childbirth. He was consequently summoned to court on charges of “carnal copulation” to which he…

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 In Australia The Great Depression occurred between the years of 1929–32. It is said by many to be a time of extreme hardship. According to Evans, (2006, p. 5) ‘the Australian society reacted to the depression with confusion, anger and a search for someone to blame’. However, some researchers believe that this time period was not as bad as what the statistics tell us, stating that perhaps the hardships are a myth. Potts, David is one of those researchers who calls the Great Depression ‘a…

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the United States during the roaring twenties.; With both prohibition and organized crime ruining the country, and the drastic differences between rich and poor, this book talks about them all. The story is a recount from a man named Nick, who met the infamous Great Gatsby. The story, however, has a tragic ending, with death and the destruction of relationships. Nick, reciting the incident, adds in as much…

major effect on many people’s lives. A. previous techniques (erosion) Prairie grasses used to cover the land of the great plains, but when farmers arrived in the 1890’s, they plowed under the grass (“ Dust Bowl, 1934-1938"). Grass keeps soil from drying out, and it keeps the soil from blowing away (“ Dust Bowl, 1934-1938"). The number of acres of wheat in the Great plains tripled in the 1920’s and the total cultivated land in the US was at it’s highest in the 1930’s, reaching 530 million…

the year 1986, an Italian businessman who goes by the name of Silvio Berlusconi bought an 87 year old club called AC Milan, which was then languishing in the bottom tier of the Italian Serie A. The now ex- prime minister of Italy took the club to great heights by pumping money into the club and straight away bought the biggest names in football in the late 1980’s. As soon as he took over, Milan’s most successful period began as they went on to win an unprecedented number of trophies. Back in the…

Middle school bullies harass the another student because either they are insecure about themselves, or because they are jealous of the victim. People's actions, however do not always accurately reflect their true selves. In the third chapter of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals that one’s private self can be masked with the way they publicly carry themselves with the use of imagery, euphoric tone, and long syntax. Through the large parties Jay Gatsby holds, Fitzgerald claims that…

said, "The inspiration driving why I gave you Alexander Grandbell for a moniker was since your mind never absolutely stops working and you can comprehend almost anything". I stayed with it since it was the name of a notable pioneer. For reasons, unknown when I was youthful, I would dependably reply to it. Mother and associates ' ordinary calls me just Adam, yet just in the event they require my immediate attention they would. Another sobriquet I had was one that I accommodated myself, which was…