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In The Devil in the White City, a novel published in the year 2003, Erik Larson describes the greatness of both the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and one of America’s first serial killers, H.H. Holmes. In the novel, Larson uses juxtaposition, imagery, and repetition to emphasize the characteristics of good and evil for the reader. In his implementations of juxtaposition, Larson directly contrasts the characteristics of opposing elements. In his contrast between “the moral” and “the…

Pre-Civil war period (early 1800s) was divided into two main types: white music and black music. White music consisted of mostly classical and minstrel music. Black music was mostly religious music; however, there were also some secular black songs. Classical music was heavily influenced by European Composers, and would often be played for wealthy, white people. Minstrel music was played for common people and included blackface, where white people would pretend to be black people and try to…

Kim Yu-jong’s “The white rabbit” and Park Won-so’s “Mother’s hitching post” were written in different historical backgrounds; “The white rabbit” has a setting of Japanese colonial period and “Mother’s hitching post” has a setting of the Korean war. However, the two stories express one common theme, which is the pain of Koreans. In his story, “The white rabbit”, Kim Yu-jong describes the pain of Koreans who felt powerless due to their loss of nationality under Japan’s colonization. In Park…

spoke with a British accent. Peter felt like he had two identities. In the very first paragraph (1-9) we get introduced to a different and very interesting person. Minotaur! “My mother fell for a white bull. Not that he ever loved her back”. Minotaur’s mother was Chinese and fell in love with a white Welsh “bull”. He feels awful for his mother. He can’t figure out how embarrassing it is for his mother to have a cow…

issues that he didn’t agree with. He did this while using humor. This is why Mark Twain was successful as a humorist because of his writing is relatable with the reader by showing common people flaws in their morals views and actions. In Tom Sawyer White Fencing story, Mark Twain used humor because he wanted his writing…

If people are all the same why do we look at one another so different? White, Black what is the difference, the difference is that society has made the change for people’s opinions. Our grandparents and our great grandparents have and had different opinions on race and racial discrimination. Time eras and generations have changed and so has the definition of race. People are no longer racist in a way of calling people names, but in stereotyping races. Individuals in society today are said to be…

privileged individuals are considered as the norm, since they gain immense invisibility and ease in the entire society whilst others are seen as inferior variants (Karsten, 2006). The noteworthy and specific examples of privilege in my life consist of, white…

The Devil in the White City is a nonfiction book that is divided into four different parts. The last part takes the reader into two perspectives. One perspective is of Daniel Burnham who was the architect that built the 1893 Chicago’s World Fair. The book describes of the obstacles that Daniel and his partner John Root had to overcome. These obstacles include the two of them having to figure out an attraction more spectacular than the Eiffel Tower. Also, Daniel was left building the fair by…

Is Killing the Solution Over the past Century there have been various opinions on how to prevent, or maintain overpopulation of White-Tailed Deer (WTD). Although killing is the oldest, and most effective method of deer population control according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC). Some animal rights groups like People for the ethical treatment of animals (PETA) feel that killing of the WTD is not the answer to the problem. The population of these beautiful WTD is on…

White Boy, a Black Man and a Kite Racism continues not only in the United States, but many other foreign countries. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of many men to bring great attention to such problem; leading to his assassination in 1968. Despite such tragedy, many have not realized that this dilemma began way before the 1960s in the country of South Africa. In the play, “ Master Harold and the Boys” we find such discrimination fought against. Author, Athol Fugard uses a…