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    English 20.0 (1972): 169-180. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Deborah A. Schmitt. Vol. 101. Detroit: Gale‚ 1997. Contemporary Literary Criticism Online. Web. 7 May 2017. Deutsch‚ Babette. "Article by Babette Deutsch." Poetry in Our Time. Babette Deutsch. Doubleday‚ 1963. 197. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Carolyn Riley. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale‚ 1975. Contemporary Literary Criticism Online. Web. 10 May 2017. Malkoff‚ Karl. "The Greenhouse Land." Theodore

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    with only eight years of schooling; he went to Detroit at the age of 16 to work in the machine shops there. Three years later he returned to Dearborn‚ working part-time for Westinghouse Engine Company and spending the rest of his time in his own machine shop. After marrying Clara Bryant‚ in 1888‚ the couple moved back to Detroit. On November 6‚ 1893 their only child Edsel Bryant was born. A month later Ford was made chief engineer at the main Detroit Edison Company plant. His first vehicle was completed

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    Arc of Justice In the book‚ Arc of Justice‚ the stage is set in the growing city of Detroit in 1925. The racial tension during this time was extremely high‚ with the Jim Crow laws and segregation of whites and blacks. The setting is perfect for Ossian Sweet to move into an all-white neighborhood‚ cause a disruption‚ and begin a domino-effect of events causing him to have an important part in our nation’s history. The book begins with Ossian and Gladys Sweet‚ an African-American couple

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    [Name] [Professor] American Literature Period 2 08 May 2013 When Death Takes Over Originality can bring forth different styles and movements that can introduce new perspectives. Emily Dickinson and Flannery O’Connor bring their own ingeniousness through their most beloved works. The poem “There is a Certain Slant of Light” and the short story “Greenleaf” are prime examples of the authors’ brilliance. Dickinson and O’Connor lived in eras where their works demonstrated original thoughts‚ where

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    only four years old. When he was seven his mother‚ Lillie‚ married Patrick Brooks‚ which brought a family of 16 closer. In 1926 they moved to Detroit‚ Michigan because his father found work in the big city. In the 1920’s Detroit was highly segregated and the Blacks were forced to live in a small area know as Black Bottom. The Black population in Detroit had grown from about 5‚000 at the turn of the century to about 90‚000 in the 1920’s. Most had come up from the South to work in the booming auto

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    222-223. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Joseph Palmisano. Vol. 68. Detroit: Gale‚ 2004. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Oct. 2012. Ed. Laura Standley Berger. Detroit: St. James Press‚ 1994. Twentieth-Century Writers Series Web. 16 Oct. 2012. Hindu. "R. K. Narayan‚ 1906-2001." Hindu. n.p.‚ 2001. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Mowery‚ Carl. "Harrison Bergeron." Short Stories for Students. Detroit: Gale‚ 2002. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Oct. 2012.

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    Robert Donlan Mrs. Fletcher AP Literature March 3‚ 2001 The Trial by Franz Kafka as an Autobiography Franz Kafka was a very intelligent writer of his times. Kafka was born in Austro-Czechoslovakia. He was mainly a writer of short stories‚ and complex diaries‚ yet he did publish a small number of novels. The works of Kafka have been interpreted as allegorical‚ autobiographical‚ psychoanalytical‚ Marxist‚ religious‚ existentialist‚ expressional‚ and naturalist. His novels have a

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    The 20th century was a time filled with much racial tension between blacks and whites in the United States. Slavery had already ended in the 1800’s by the Emancipation Proclamation‚ but blacks were still treated unfairly by their white counterparts. From 1940-1968 blacks went through much turmoil and hardship trying to fight for the many rights they had been denied‚ such as voting rights and basic civil rights. This time period was extremely difficult for blacks‚ lives were lost and many people were

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    being responsible. Ford ’s adulthood began at age 16 when he moved away from his father and siblings to the city of Detroit. Due to the death of his mother‚ Henry moved away to pursue his interest in mechanics. He would return sometimes to help out on the farm because part of him desired the farm life and the other yearned for the mechanist lifestyle. He arrived at Detroit in 1879 and began working for the Flower Brothers Company. The Flower Brothers shop made brass and iron; Ford was an apprentice

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    Contextual and Critical Surprises in ‘Désirée’s Baby’”." Short Story Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 170. Detroit: Gale‚ 2012. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 24 Feb. 2013.roup‚ 2001. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. Inge‚ Tonette Bond‚ and William E. Grant. "Katherine Chopin." American Short-Story Writers‚ 1880-1910. Ed. Bobby Ellen Kimbel and William E. Grant. Detroit: Gale Research‚ 1989. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 78. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 24 Feb

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