Life of a Slave in the Middle Passage Dear Diary‚ My name is Emem Okeke and I am 13 years old. I have just come off of a train transporting me to a plantation in America. I have been separated from all of my family (my mother‚ father‚ my brother and my sister) and I am most likely going to a different plantation. I was living in Sierra Leone when I got kidnapped. My tribe was a peaceful one‚ and we weren’t in any wars at the time‚ but while all of our tribe was asleep‚ another tribe ambushed us
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chose Michael because I can connect myself with him. Michael and I are both very caring and not sophomoric; Michael and I both help out with chores or with the mysterious murder that had occurred. Also Michael and I both like to go with the flow. Diary 1 Today my girlfriend and I both had a “great” day traveling to the island of Monhegan‚ Maine. Well‚ if I were to say great I would actually want to say tepid if anything. I would say this because when we got to the island Meg and I were both expecting
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was a different story. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Hester Prynne was found guilty of adultery‚ branded with a scarlet A‚ and shunned by the town--an extreme punishment by modern standards. This A that Hester was forced to embroider onto all of her clothing symbolized not only her sin‚ but the A also held meaning for other characters. It represented the guilt of the man with whom Hester committed adultery: Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester never revealed his identity to the town
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Chapter Five: Hester at Her Needle Summary Hester is released from prison and finds a cottage in the woods‚ near the outskirts of the city‚ to set up her new life. Hawthorne comments on the fact that she does not avail herself of the opportunity to escape to a new life without shame in some other city. He remarks that often people are irresistibly drawn to live near the place where a great has occurred. He further comments that even if that is not the reason‚ Hester may have been inclined to remain
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Dear Diary‚ Today has been the strangest day of my life. I don’t even know where to begin. Everything I thought I knew has been turned upside down‚ and I feel like I’m drowning in a sea of secrets and lies. Mrs. Coulter‚ who I once admired and trusted‚ has shown her true colors‚ and they are darker than the night sky. When I first heard about the concept of dust‚ I couldn’t wrap my head around it. Dust‚ the mysterious substance that adults are so afraid of‚ the same substance that seems to be at
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Hester Prynne a victim of adultery and deals with shame. Thinking of Hester’s story reminds me of a story I know‚ Chris Herrens story. Knowing they both live in a judging world‚ Chris and Hester know they’re innocent people. Chris a former basketball stud developed and alcohol addiction and drug addiction. He wasn’t a criminal‚ he lived with a problem that did affect his friends and family. When the world knew about Chris’s problem they were sad and felt ashamed. Hester Commits adultery and the
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Sabrina Chaffins AP World History Mrs. James Compare and Contrast Essay Imperial Administration in the Han Empire and Imperial Rome In the ancient times of our world‚ two very powerful empire/dynasties arose. Han china and Imperial Rome came to be two of the biggest empires that the ancient world had ever known. Both areas conquered vast areas of the eastern hemisphere‚ however their techniques differed. Although Han China and Imperial Rome were similar in that they both had strong militaries
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Scarlet Letter Study Guide 1/6/12 1. Hester Prynne- Hester Prynne‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ is the mother of Pearl. She must wear the scarlet letter A on her body as punishment for her adulterous affair with Arthur Dimmesdale‚ the town minister. Pearl- Hester’s daughter. Rev. Dimmesdale - Arthur Dimmesdale is a respected minister in Boston and the father of Pearl. While Hester waited for her husband to arrive from Amsterdam‚ she met Dimmesdale and had an adulterous affair with him‚
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the main characters Hester and Pearl and the rest of society. All of these characters appear with or are symbolized by different colors and all of these colors intentionally convey deeper meanings to the story and the whole purpose of Hawthornes way of conveying
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The Scarlet Letter. It is safe to say that the scarlet letter A has had several meanings throughout this book. People have changed their opinions about this stigma. The scarlet letter‚ A can be interpreted in many different ways and can be seen in many different forms‚ too. The first and most obvious meaning of the letter "A" as it was written in the book is adultery. Then‚ as the chapters progress‚ the reader can see how people start to look at the A meaning “able” and not “adulterer”. Fast forward
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