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    compassion in his heart for those has left behind him in the cruel up climb." (pg 129) Betty Smith’s novel A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is a tale of poignant family relationships and childhood and also of grim privation. The story revolves around the protagonist of the story‚ young Francie Nolan. She is an imaginative‚ endearing 11-year-old girl growing up in 1912‚ in Brooklyn‚ New York. The entire story revolves around Francie and the Nolan family‚ including her brother Neelie‚ her mother Katie and

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    An Analysis of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” and “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” By Austin Cooley ENGL 2027 – 007 In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” the story follows the narrator’s experience with life as he takes a beautiful ferry ride. The man talks about the meaning of his life to other people. In this crowd he brings together all of the strangers and finds a connection. His journey through “space and time” is focused on the people. In the first sections‚ Whitman sets the scene by describing his

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    Basking Shark : commentary By : Maaria Chehab Basking shark by Norman MacCaig is a free verse poem‚ that might have been written to question the ‘evil’ natures of humans‚ using sharks metaphorical renaissance for the idea. The narrator introduces this un-intuitive question in line 13‚ quite bluntly by saying “ So who is the monster? The thought made me grow pale….” MacCaig uses figurative language‚ syntax‚ and diction to create this artwork. The poem starts off in a body of water‚ with the narrator

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    Jessica Woodyard 7th period AP European History Jacques Barzun and Norman Davies were historians that wrote books describing ancient and modern Europe. Excerpts from these books describe the different view points each author had on the Protestant Reformation. Barzun ’s outlook of the Protestant Reformation was of cultural movement. Barzun describes Western Europe the most in his passage. Davies ’ view of the Protestant Reformation was a political movement. Davies describes Europe the

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    Norman Scwarzkopf Needed Brainpower‚ Sonny Montgomery Provided It BY Brad Hollingsworth Mississippi State University Draft #1 15 October 2014 History 8823: Seminar in US History since 1877 Dr. Richard V. Damms G.V. ’Sonny ’ Montgomery at Adjournment Party of House Resolution 1400 Source: File Photo/MSU Special Collections The Montgomery GI Bill is a piece of legislation that has been left out of the discussion when it comes to factors that led to victory in the Gulf War‚ and that is an error

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    1) ‘In both Ireland and Brooklyn‚ Eilis feels that her life is controlled by others.’ Discuss. The novel ‘Brooklyn’ written by Colm Toibin explores how the main protagonist – Eilis’s life is controlled by others. Eilis Lacey‚ a passive‚ quiet and acquiescent young lady‚ who is frightened of any conflict and generally considered as a ‘good girl’. According to the description in the novel‚ Eilis passively accepts Miss Kelly’s offer to work‚ takes the suggestion of Rose and leave Ireland away‚ even

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    The theme of the poem‚ "Rising five" by Norman Nicholson is that humans‚ adults and children‚ like nature are impatient and are always looking to the future and‚ in effect‚ are dead if they do not spend a moment to appreciate what is around them (the present). This theme is demonstrated by means of subject matter‚ carefully chosen diction‚ figures of speech‚ parallel construction and antithetical parallelism. To demonstrate the theme of impatience the poet begins the poem by quoting the boy when

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    parent(s) age and can no longer act independently. There is often a debate regarding this topic‚ which consists of the question of whether or not filial obligation should be a moral duty. Two philosophers that argue the idea of filial obligations are Norman Daniels and Christina Hoff Sommers. Daniels argues against the idea‚ claiming that it should not be a moral obligation of a child to tend to their parents‚ while Hoff Sommers argues the opposite‚ stating that parents have entitlements and we have

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    readers of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn had varying opinions on the conclusion Mark Twain wrote for his novel. Some people believed that it was deeply disappointing‚ while some found the ending thoroughly acceptable. In the article "Twain’s Cop-Out: How the Ending of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn diminishes the Meaning of the Novel" author Natalie Lambrecht claims that the ending of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn abates the significance of the novel‚ fails to conclude the moral themes

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    On October 1971‚ Norman Podhoretz published an article in Commentary magazine titled‚ “Doomsday Fears and Modern Life.” In the article‚ according to the author: because of the destructiveness impact of the apocalyptic viewpoint‚ we must accept the‚ “Third alternative as a viable human possibility that the world has seen and inferior to others but in any case a viable possibility and a natural one” (6). In his introduction‚ he briefly gives the over-arching definition of apocalyptic thinking‚ which

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