The book that I chose to read was written by the Mississippi author Willie Morris. The book‚ Good Old Boy‚ was written in 1971 and takes place in the small Mississippi town of Yazoo City. The book contains experiences of the author’s childhood in this small town. The story began by telling many of the legends of Yazoo City. One of these legends involved a woman who lived by the Yazoo river. She supposedly lured fishermen to her house to kill and bury them in the woods never to be found again. The
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the American vision of money. He is a self-created man‚ a parvenu whose big yellow car and big mansion and easy‚ golden style hide unsavory secrets. But what makes him a tragic figure is that he is an utter romantic‚ obsessed with a woman‚ Daisy‚ whose very laugh had money in it -- a woman whose wealth‚ unlike his own‚ is unquestionable. Gatsby buys his mansion simply so that he can look at Daisy’s mansion across the water. In the most obvious sense‚ Gatsby loses Daisy because he is an upstart: She
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"..."House of Usher" an appellation which seemed to include‚ in the minds of the peasantry who used it‚ both the family and the family mansion." (594-595) Poe makes it apparent through the articulation of the aforementioned quotation that the designation "House of Usher" not only serves as a representation of the family‚ but it also represents the mansion itself. The significance of this double-representation is particularly emphasized as the story progresses and ultimately leads up to both
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Washington D.C. also I will provide the history about it. A. The city is mainly based on government and everything from museums to mansion brings millions of tourists each year. B. Washington has a growing‚ diversified economy of professional and business service jobs. Body I. First‚ the city is mainly based on government and everything from museums to mansion brings millions of tourists each year. A. It’s a home to many national monuments and museums‚ which are primarily situated on
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workers marching off into factories and mills. Jasper‚ however‚ would no longer slave away as just another dot in the assembly line‚ he was off to bigger and better things. Jasper’s commute finally came to a halt at the gates of the ancient Dumont Mansion‚ the home of a family
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search for evidence of his party. He was going to leak my secret about my ability to switch identities. So I was going to kill him‚ before he got a chance to. We decided that tomorrow tonight‚ would be the night. He was hosting a party at his mansion‚ Tudor Mansion to be exact. The poison I will bring to the party will knock him out; forcing him to fall asleep. After he is in a deep sleep we kill him‚ he will feel no pain this way. The next day as soon as I woke up‚ I felt the
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different translators‚ among which prominent ones are Wang Chichen‚ the couple of Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang‚ and William A. Lyell. In light of this‚ with the aim of exploring proper strategies and approaches in future translation of similar texts‚ this paper will make a comparative study of two English translations of Lu Xun’s representative work-- A Mad Man’s Diary ( translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang‚ 2002) andThe Diary of a Mad Man (translated by William A‚ Lyell‚ 1990)‚ mainly according
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Reading through Dennis Johnson’s Train Dreams‚ it quickly becomes evident that this book isn’t just a novella on the life of a man who loses his wife and daughter to a forest fire‚ but instead something much greater. Throughout the novel and even on its cover art‚ Train Dreams hints at how “…the cataclysmic changes wrought by twentieth century” led to “…the disappearance of a certain kind of American life”. In this novella‚ Robert Grainer is a man whose life is caught up in the middle of America’s
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The first serious accident as a result of the jitney service in Long Beach occurred February 6‚ 1915‚ when sixty-year-old Amanda Colbern (1853-2/6/1915) was struck at Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue when returning from a revival meeting. Twenty-two year old W. J. Holloway was the driver. Some witnesses stated that young Holloway turned about in his seat to listen to one of his passengers and at that moment Mrs. Colbern walked in front of the car. The woman was hurled to the pavement‚ sustaining
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of each of the characters mentioned show it. The houses of Gatsby‚ Tom and Nick represent their lifestyle and social position‚ but do not accurately represent their personality. Throughout the book‚ Jay Gatsby throws a lot of parties in his huge mansion. This shows that he is very wealthy‚ and tries a lot to show it to Daisy‚ wife of Tom Buchanan. When his house is described‚ the setting is often a modern and fun place. This also represents his social status because whenever he throws a party‚ everyone
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