Chapter 27 in The Norton Introduction to Literature talks about Paraphrase, summary, and description. This chapter explains how to practice writing an essay and even completing an essay using three different key points. This chapter helps you to understand paraphrasing, summarizing, and even describing someone’s work. This chapter also talks about the different forms of writing and an essay is just one way. Learning how to paraphrase, summarize, and how to use description will help produce an essay worthy of the original piece of work.…
Jones’ William Clark… chapter 3 starts with George Rogers Clark (GRC) declining Jefferson’s offer to lead a military excursion westward, suggesting that a few men could sufficiently do the job. Jones then writes of the Clark family’s belated travels across the Appalachians and down the dangerous Monongahela and Ohio rivers before landing outside Louisville and building a farm. He then writes about more problems with Indians, prompting GRC to lead an unsuccessful military campaign after a forced peace treaty was disregarded by non-invested tribes. William Clark is also written about: his joining of and exploits in the Kentucky militia, his journalizing of these exploits and the areas they took him, his self-taught education and naturalistic writings, and his commissioning as a lieutenant in the newly reformed, post-St. Clair’s Defeat US Army. Clark’s early duties as a lieutenant, Jones writes, involved ferrying soldiers and supplies around western outposts and forts, and even to the Chickasaw Indian tribe once. Within a few years, Clark became quartermaster of one of the four Sub-Legions of the US Army, joining the campaign into northern Indian lands that culminated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the final and deciding battle in the Northwest Indian War. Jones then recounts General Anthony Wayne’s successful…
2. What do stalking the old man and the post-murder details reveal about the narrator’s character?…
The author shows that Holmes is very mindful because he can notice things that the common person cannot. In the play Holmes begins to tell everyone what he observed and how he knew who committed the crime from the very beginning. “Elementary, my dear Watson. I knew that Spaulding was awfully keen to spend time in Mr.…
Larson's book is complex and interesting. It shows the contrast of the United States crowning achievements and the horrors that one man can commit. Holmes thrill of killing is wrote in very descriptive words that leaves your skin itching, almost as if you were there watching the whole thing in person. Holmes didn't just kill for the thrill though, he did it for insurance money.…
For every man who devotes his effort and intelligence into enriching the world, there will be an equally powerful man who intends to counterbalance the goodness with malevolence. In The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, the intertwining tales of Henry H. Holmes and Daniel Burnham show that good cannot exist without evil, just as evil cannot exist without good. In the midst of one of Chicago’s finest architectural happenings, one man is working meticulously to create the most extravagant architectural endeavors of the time, whilst another man is working equally hard to be detrimental to those who are drawn in by the 1893 World’s Fair. Although the two characters seem paradoxical, they are similar in their people skills and obsession – but differ in their relationships and legacies.…
From early on in the novel it is clear that Harry Lavender is a very dominating character. He speaks of himself in the highest regard in comparison to everyone else; he is very powerful and callous. We learn about Lavender through various extracts throughout the novel, ‘The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender’, these extracts are written from his point of view and provide the audience with a deeper understanding of his background story as well as his distinctive voice throughout the entirety of the text.…
Imagine having a family member that suffers from a mental illness and is not always in full control over his actions. He has not gotten the help he needs yet and has become addicted to medication with life dangering side effects. Then one day he unexpectedly goes out and commits a horrific crime. Should he have to go through the same process that a perfectly sane criminal would go through? Should he be detained or actually get the help he needs through rehabilitation to overcome his illness? This story summarizes exactly what happened to James Holmes. On July 20, 2012 during The Dark Knight Rises premier, James Holmes allegedly killed 12 people and injured 58 others in Aurora Colorado (Press). It was not Holmes’ complete fault for committing the crime. Holmes should have the opportunity to be rehabilitated because his mind is a great asset to society; he also suffered from psychiatric problems that can be fixed through rehab.…
In this passage, Larson officially introduces the character of H. H. Holmes as he roams around a Chicago train station. Larson’s purpose in this passage is to characterize H. H. Holmes’s persona as well as his tendencies around women in order to foreshadow his behaviors later in the book. According to Larson, Holmes possessed a sense of confidence that- in addition to his good looks- naturally attracted many women. He had, “dark hair and striking blue eyes,” and with his confidence as well as his sense of fashion, Holmes often created the impression, “of wealth and achievement.” Larson then employs a metaphor, connecting great murderers to having, “blue eyes,”- alluding that since Holmes has “striking blue eyes,” he is possibly a great murderer; he also uses a metaphor to compare Holmes’s eyes to those of a “Mesmerist,” connotating that he possesses a powerful sense of control over people- particularly over women.…
Over 100 years have passed since the murders in Massachusetts and the murders are still “unsolved.” People still have a fascination for the events surrounding the murders of Abby and Andrew Borden. No single theory has ever been regarded as the “correct one,” and every writer seems to have a different take on the murders or a “favorite culprit.” Who can look at a picture of her, always slightly smiling, and wonder what secrets she carried to the grave with her? No one will ever know the truth about the unsolved case of Lizzie…
In a world where diseases were rampant and widespread, people were desperate to find a cure for any illness. Charles and his wife Mary were poor farmers with failing crops, who became forced to earn money through any means possible, Charles and Mary decided to try their luck as charlatans. Charles suggested that he pose as a war veteran, who found an exotic and rare plant, while fighting in a rainforest that he claimed was the Garden of Eden (allusion), which could produce an antidote for all diseases. Meanwhile, Mary was to pose as someone who had been cured by the antidote. They created the antidote by mixing various herbs together, in order to create a fetid odor. Charles frequently stated that the antidote was a ray of light in a world…
The medicine during Elizabethan Time was painful which has caused lots of people’s death during this time, which was due to lack of medical knowledge, speechless beliefs, and practices. During this time, some important medical discoveries happened and, some horrible practices were gotten rid of.…
After meeting a stranger and going along with the plan to rob another stranger, the narrator gets nothing. “And, man, don’t you know he went on from that basement and took all that stuff! Left me standin’ just as empty-handed as when I come in there. Yes, sir! He left me with that white boy standin’ in the coal. He’d done took the money, the diamonds, and everythin’, even the shoes! And me nothin’!” (Hughes 218). While the reader was expecting the narrator to split half of the stolen items with the other fellow, the other fellow ended up conning him and taking it all for himself.…
Things aren’t always what they seem. In the short story “The Possibility of Evil”, Shirley Jackson writes about Ms. Strangeworth, an elderly lady, that looks to be kind and sweet but turns out to be a judgmental perfectionist. In the story, Ms. Strangeworth writes letters to people in her town judging them about how they live their lives. Clearly, Ms. Strangeworth proves that appearance can be deceiving because below the kind demeanor she is selfish, nasty, and bitter person.…
Secondly, in the sociology section, the reader learns a little about her past. Reading the short story, the reader learns Miss Strangeworth and Mr. Lewis went to high school together. In the text, the evidence shows that “They had been in high school together, and gone to picnics together, and to high school dances and…