Chicago are explained very well throughout the readings from the Hull House articles. They give real world insight to what the time was like back then. The Hull House was founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889 and was the most famous Settlement House in the United States. The first section that I chose to read was the “Beginnings of Settlement Life In Chicago” and the area of The Experiment in Chicago. Making the Hull House available to those who were not fortunate was a great idea to create
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A Doll House A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Analysis Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House makes the argument that above all‚ a successful marriage can only be based in trust‚ mutual honesty‚ and equality. Honesty and trust go hand in hand‚ and only when both parties are honest enough to trust each other can a marriage work. The play begins with Torvold criticizing the idea of being in debt when in actuality his wife (Nora) owes a great deal of money that she borrowed to finance a trip to Italy that saved
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An Abandoned House It was a hot‚ summer’s day as I walked on the dirt road with only silence along my side. As I continued on the road I discovered it led to an old abandoned house. I couldn’t help but stop for a few minutes and look at the details of the huge‚ strange shaped house. I noticed that it had been a long time since anybody even took a look at the house. The old house was left to die‚ alone‚ with no one to care. The paint was peeling‚ the windows were broken and the shingles had been
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Dream House Everyone has their own thoughts about their dream house. These days homes are more affordable because of the economy and all the foreclosures makes it much easier to afford a really nice house. My dream house is not a fancy house that I could never afford; its a home I could see my wife and I having in the future. I have seen many homes
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An Abandoned House The mansion stood isolated from civilisation but seemed to be inhabited by somebody. But who? nobody really knew but I wanted to find out. Standing in front of the furtive gates and rusted black iron gates‚ I could feel the cold gaze of people walking past‚ they could probably smell my fear. Gently pushing the gates open ‚they let out an ear piercing screech. Walking up the long and cracked windy driveway‚ I could see strange shaped hedges and unusual lawn ornaments placed
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“Doctor in the House” (Richard Gordon) 1. The author of the story is Richard Gordon. It is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on 15 September 1921)‚ an English surgeon and anesthetist. As Richard Gordon‚ Ostlere has written numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in the House‚ and the subsequent
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Brain Of Britain Ben: Wake up Kelly. Get up! (Baby voice) Kelly: What who said that. (sleepy voice) (Ben leans over Kelly while she’s in bed and druels over her.) (Kelly openers her eyes gets up and chases Ben round the house‚ then Ben runs into his Mum’s room.) (Their Mum gets up) Mum: Kelly why are you are you chasing after your poor brother like that? (Sleepy voice) Kelly: Because he woke me up again. (Angry voice) Mum: Ben you need to stop doing that and as for you young
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Abstract The Winchester house is full of twist and turns. Mrs. Winchester built things upside down‚ doors leading to no where‚ and staircases also. Mrs.Wichester had a great life going for her‚ good at music and everybody loved her. Once she got married‚ it seemed everything went downhill. Her only child dies as a infant and couple of years later her husband. Now she is left with tons of money and owning half of the stock market‚ she goes and meet with a medium. The medium tells her that her husband
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A house on fire One day‚ I was studying at home. Suddenly there was a loud noise. I came out of my house to know what had happened in the neighborhood. What I saw‚ I could not stop my scream. A house in my neighborhood had caught fire; people from the neighboring areas were rushing towards the house. They were pouring buckets of water to extinguish fire. Many people were throwing sands and dust over the fire. A few people were trying to control fire by throwing blankets on it. But the fire was
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A HUANTED HOUUUUUUUSEEE!! Virginia Woolf’s short story ’a haunted house’ is about a house and a ’ghostly couple’ that inhabit it. The short story uses much symbolism and is very short but can be read again and again with new discoveries each time. The first time I read this story I was pretty clueless to what it was all about. I was unsure of who the characters were and the story was just generally confusing and I got the feeling that the ghosts were antagonistic characters. What are they
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