Tom Noonan

1) In the story “Wakefield” by Hawthorne is based on this character name Wakefield “The man under pretence of going a journey took lodgings in the next street to his own house, and there, unheard of by his wife or friends, and without the shadow of self-banishment, dwelt upwards of twenty years”(1). Wakefield does indeed sound like an oddly uninteresting character however Hawthorne makes it clear that Wakefield is a painfully normal guy. Because Hawthorne shows that Wakefield is a normal guy without a social life and nobody seems to care about him considering that he’s right across the street from his own wife, thinking that he’s dead causes him to feel pain. Hawthorne includes details like “Can it be, that nobody caught sight of him”(4) which is crazy because he is literally a few feet away from his wife but she doesn’t notice him there even though he sees her. As Hawthorne said before how is it possible that among thousands of atoms, his wife couldn’t see him. Also the fact that he lives in a city and he manages to be undetected. But that didn’t make him feel pain, it is when his friends and wife think that he is dead making him feel sad. This is mention when wakefield has to leave his wife for “Ten years or so, to haunt around his house with all the affection of which his heart is capable, while he is slowly fading out of hers”(5) shows that he’s basically losing his wife and pain/sorrow is slowly increasing within him. Hawthorne makes it clear to the reader that…

After departing Miami, Florida on June 1 where they embarked on a journey through stops in the Caribbean, Central America and South America. West Africa, East Africa and then South Asia, India and eventually to South East Asia where repairs were made on some of the long distance instruments of her aircraft. After a stop in Darwin, Australia Amelia Earhart continued eastward to Lae, New Guinea, arriving there on June 29. This would be their last stop. Sadly, Amelia was only 2 stops short of…

some people may not agree with my and that's ok. I think bold actions are worth it. If you believe and know your limits. Bold actions are worth it because you can help others and yourself. For example Amelia Earhart made woman stand a little taller. She may not of succeeded at flying around the world solo but she was the first woman to fly. She made women think they could do anything if they worked hard. For this bold action she is known for what she accomplished. Bold actions are worth it…

Amelia, now gaining fame and getting nicknames like “Queen of the Air” and “Lady Lindy”, is preparing to take on the plane on her own and set records. i. Records were meant to be broken, knowing this, Amelia was on her way to becoming the most famous female flying of all time. 1. Amelia set a women’s altitude world record by flying to a height of 14,000 feet in 1921. 2. She set an autogyro altitude record by taking it to 18,415 ft. 3. Amelia was breaking records left and right, being the first…

Who set many records in the beginning of the aviation industry or was a role model to many men and women in the early nineteen hundreds? Who fought for women’s rights in the aviation field? If you haven’t come up with the answer yet, it’s Amelia Earhart. Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas and died around the day of July 2, 1937. Amelia Earhart is one of the most significant figures in the twentieth century because of her role in women’s rights, the records she set in her…

Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt. How are they similar? How are they different? These two famously historic women are very different, and yet very alike, in many areas, such as their accomplishments, their support from others, and their inspiration. Eleanor Roosevelt was, as we all know the wife of President Franklin D Roosevelt on the other hand Amelia Earhart has no known spouse. Eleanor loved to read, spoke french fluently, played field hockey, and had 6 children, one of which died at…

During the seventy-three years since Amelia Earhart had “vanished into thin air” many theories have emerged about how and where the famous pilot died. According to some researchers, new discoveries on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro may bring us closer than ever to the discovery of what might’ve happened to her. Amelia Earhart’s daring flight around the world was cut short when her plane, the Lockeed Electra, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on June 2, 1937. Shortly after,…

Amelia’s aviation journey began after an air show in which she got to ride in an airplane, and she instantly knew she wanted to fly. However, her life journey begins on her Birthday, July 24, 187, in which she was born. Her dad, Edwin Earhart, was an alcoholic did not have a stable job. Amelia’s mother Amelia Otis Earhart, would decide to send her daughter Amelia and her younger sister, Muriel to her mothers because of how unstable things were without Edwin working. Years after playing outside…

Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were pronounced legally dead on January 5, 1939, after the two most expensive air and sea searches in American history. The first search for Amelia Earhart started on July 2, 1937, and was led by the U.S Navy and Coast Guard (“Happened”). George Putnam, Amelia Earhart's husband of six years, led a second search of the Phoenix and Gilbert islands which was also unsuccessful (Lovell 290). At the time of Amelia’s disappearance, she was one of the world's most famous…

Haley Cartner 04/05/2017 Amelia Earhart Brief description of their life: Amelia was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24,1897. She spent most of her time at her grandparents, who were middle class. Amelia’s mother Amy Otis married a promising man, that a problem with alcohol. Her father Edwin Earhart was always searching for ways to establish his career and he made sure that his family was taken care of financially. When her father’s drinking got bad, Amelia’s mother would shuttle her…