Cornelius Vanderbilt was an entrepreneur in the railroad and shipping business. Vanderbilt was a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century. Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on May 27‚ 1794‚ in the Port Richmond area of Staten Island‚ New York. During his childhood he worked with his father‚ who was also in the transportation business. Vanderbilt’s father shipped cargo from Staten Island‚ New York‚ where they lived‚ and Manhattan. In 1817‚ Vanderbilt
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All My Sons is about how we deal with the pressures that are put on us by family and society. Miller dramatizes this in Keller’s and Chris’s different views about personal and social responsibility. Keller believes that he is only answerable to his family and that his war crimes ought to be excused because he did it to save his family from ruin. Chris‚ on the other hand‚ believes in social responsibility - that we must care about society and that we are responsible for the well-being of all members
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All my sons 1. Larry’s letter is instrumental in forcing Keller to realise his fault. Discuss (20M) All My Sons a play by Arthur Miller was staged at the coronet theatre in January 1947 and ran for 328 performances. The play was well constructed and realistic in nature‚ and it was extremely popular among the audiences. All My Sons started in the middle of things and spends most of the play uncovering the facts of the past so that the audience can see the last act consequences in the present. The
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SXSX Native Son Topic #2 Throughout the novel‚ Native Son‚ Bigger is seen as being a sympathetic character by many readers. “He hated his family because he [Bigger] knew that they were suffering and that he was powerless to help them” (Wright 10). This shows how Bigger acknowledges his family suffering and he wanted to help‚ but he really couldn’t do anything about it. However‚ Bigger killed a white girl‚ Mary and shows no signs of regret‚ he purposely raped his girlfriend‚ Bessie‚ then he heartlessly
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poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is one of the examples which explain how difficult climbing the up in the life is. Hughes uses a hidden metaphor-meaning in which he compares the living a life and climbing the opposite of crystal stair. In the poem‚ mother to son says “I’se still climbin’‚ And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” meaning there is no person on the world whose life is always easy (Hughes‚ “Mot. to Son” line 19-20). Mother tries to deliver the message to her son that he will
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Hello Mrs.Brewer! Im writing to you on the behalf of your child Marcus. Marcus‚ youre son feel responsible of youre mental state and there for blames it on him self. He feels really bad about it. I think that you shuld know about this because Marcus don’t have the selfconfidens that he shuld have at his age. Thats why the other kids in hes school bully and picks on him‚ in the bully’s eyes he seems weak. Buts thats not the case. He is actually realy strong that puts up with the state of his home
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20751 Mrs. Cooper AP English 10/06/10 Paul’s Psyche in Sons and Lovers Sons and Lovers‚ by D.H. Lawrence is a novel which follows the protagonist—Paul—as he matures. Through his actions‚ one can see that his psyche is altered in a way which makes it improbable for him to remain in a successful relationship; proving this alteration‚ Paul fails in his relationships with both Gertrude and Miriam. Paul cannot succeed in any relationship because his mother altered his Id‚ Superego‚ and Ego via
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1) From the last paragraph in the biographical section on page 51 that starts with “In ‘Notes of a Native Son‚’” was most useful to my understanding of this essay because it gives a brief summary of Baldwin’s essay. However‚ the first couple of sentences on page 49 gave me an idea of what kind of writer Baldwin is: “took on the responsibility of speaking as a black American about the ‘Negro problems in America.’” 2) Baldwin’s father is a minister whom he never gets to know as a true loving parent
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spare. This time period is also classified as an era where wealthy individuals took advantage of the less fortunate people. These actions included lowering wages‚ increasing rent‚ and excluding the poverty-stricken to crowded slovenly dumps. In Native Son‚ Wright exposes the fabricated heroisms of hypocritical philanthropists like Mr. Dalton‚ who donate or make amends for their own iniquitous actions. Mr. Dalton is the South Side Real Estate Company owner. As president of the company‚ Mr. Dalton owns
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For our game‚ we chose to use the downward spiral of life as our format for the playing board. We chose this because it is the symbol on some of the actual Native Son books. It is very fitting for the events of Bigger’s life‚ it truly just gets worse and worse. At the same time‚ it gets better and this spiral explains it because we never know where it starts. His path from what he does leads to the affects on his soul. In our game‚ multiple characters are invited to travel along this journey
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