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    in a job as a clerk. He was an engineer for most of his life. He was a manufacturer and produced sleeping cars for railroads. But later on‚ Pullman had treated his workers extremely poor. However‚ Pullman acted as if his workers would not direct their attention to their cut wages or longer work hours. To sum it up‚ Pullman was irresponsible and carless towards his workers and took advantage of them. In this cartoon‚ Pullman seems to be killing his worker with “low wages” and “high rent.” He had lowered

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    Is The Narrator Insane

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    “Hearken! and observe how healthily – how calmly I can tell you the whole story” (Poe). The unnamed first-person narrator begins by attempting to prove his sanity while confessing to killing an old man. The narrator admits that “he doesn’t recall how the idea entered his brain but it haunted him day and night” (Poe). Insane can be defined as an action or quality characterized or caused by madness. I believe that the unnamed narrator is very much insane. “He had the eye of a vulture. Whenever it

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    Although readers who have read Edgar Allen Poe’s‚ "The Tell-Tale Heart‚" have stated the narrator is insane‚ a closer look shows that he is actually sane by means of nervousness‚ patience‚ and murder. Edgar Allen Poe’s‚ "The Tell Tale Heart‚" is a short story about a killer’s morality consuming the narrator and a battle between the narrator being insane‚ or if he is suffering from over-acuteness of the senses. Poe suggests the narrator is sane by the narrator’s claim of sanity‚ "True! - nervous-very

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    Why did so many colonists died at Jamestown? In a matter of four years‚ almost every colonist died in Jamestown. In 1607‚ English ships sailed Into Chesapeake bay and up the James river and later founded Jamestown in Virginia. By the Summer of 1609‚ 524 colonists would have arrived in Jamestown. But by 1611‚ more than 80% Would be dead! There are three main reasons why this could have happened. There wasn’t Enough food‚ the water was unusable‚ and they didn’t have enough workers with the

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    27 January 2017 Summary of How to Tell a True War Story How to Tell a True War Story has an unnamed narrator telling the story of what happened to one of his squad members. He starts by mentioning Bob Kiley‚ Rat‚ and that one of Rat?s friends died. The narrator goes on to tell how Rat wrote a letter to his friend?s sister. After two months‚ Rat is disappointed to have not received a letter from her. Afterwards‚ the narrator says that a true war story should not leave the reader feeling

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    Unreliable narrator

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    Unreliable Narrators in Poe’s Annabel Lee and The Tell Tale Heart Something happens when we as readers start to sense that there is a case of an unreliable narrator – we stop reading the story and start reading the narrator or writer. This can make the story more complicated‚ confusing‚ and ultimately thrilling‚ specifically in the case of the famous poet Edgar Allan Poe. In Poe’s Annabel Lee and Tell Tale Heart‚ he gives us reason to doubt the sanity and truthfulness of his narrators. The deeper

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    Why France Fell so Quickly in 1940 In 1940 France was invaded by Nazi Germany. The Germans swept through eastern France and had conquered the country within a month. This essay explores how the Germans won so decisively in 1940 and what went wrong for the allies. I have found that the main points accounting to the fall of France was the excellent German planning‚ the poor French leadership‚ superior German tactics and French “defeatism”. In 1940 an attack on France by the Germans was imminent.

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    rainy seasons

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    I had a very pleasant and “memorable experience of a rainy day. This day I will never forget. It has left an indelible impression on my young mind. This was the day when my school had re-opened after the summer vacation in July. The taints were already late by a week or ten days. People were anxiously waiting for the rain and the arrival of the monsoon. They were praying the rain-gods to be merciful. The days were unbearably hot‚ sultry and long. Outside it was really scorching in the sun. People

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    Why is Gatsby so great?

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    fanciful vision of the conscious mind; a fond hope or aspiration; anything so lovely‚ transitory‚ etc. as to seem dreamlike. In the beginning pages of Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby"‚ Nick Carraway‚ the narrator of the story gives the audience a glimpse into Gatsby’s idealistic dream which is later disintegrated. "No- Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby‚ what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and

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    The Way to Rainy Mountain

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    Way to Rainy Mountain” written by N. Scott Momaday‚ is a story behind a Kiowa descendent experience with Rainy Mountain. In the story‚ he depicts history‚ culture and life of the Kiowa tribe. In addition‚ he focused more on his grandmother to display the life for Kiowa people. Rainy Mountain is a place where weather becomes extreme no matter the kind of season. One day‚ the author returned to Rainy Mountain to visit his grandmother’s grave. She had recently died and he feels nostalgic. His grandmother

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