The Rattrap: Selma Lagerlof The rattrap seller is a homeless fellow who stays in the crofter’s cottage for a night. The crofter entertains him as a guest and friend. But the rattrap seller returns later the next day‚ smashes the window pane and steals the money of the crofter. The fortune however turns later when the iron master mistaking him to be an old comrade takes him home. There he stays for two days as his guest. Once again he is on his way to continue his usual profession of selling
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The Rattrap( life is always full of traps) - Selma Lagerlöf About The Author : Selma Lagerlof was born in Sweden. She enjoyed reading. During the tenure as a schoolteacher she was able to improve her storytelling skills. Varmland‚ her home town served as the background for most of her stories. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1909. Her portrait appears as the Swiss currency to Kronor not since 1992. About the Story: This story revolves around a vagabond who sold
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that has silver in it. They end up taking some of the silver to a mineralogist to see the value of the mineral and they find out that it is silver. Later some of the men end up dying because all the money is corrupting them. "The Silver Mine" is by‚ Selma Lagerlof who has won the Nobel Prize as the first women ever to receive the prize. An abundance of money that you have not earned can corrupt you. First of all this group ends up finding the silver and they take it to the mineralogist and they find
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THE RATTRAP "The Rat Trap" written by Selma Lagerlof is a short story about a dispirited vagrant and thief who is taken in and displayed generosity and kindness by a young woman. Her kindness succeeds in altering his embittered and cynical approach towards life. The tramp is a hapless man who has fallen upon misfortune and now resorts to selling rattraps‚ mendicancy‚ and larceny. He is extremely pessimistic and indignant in his attitude towards the world around him and regards it as merely a "rat
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Selma is a 2014 American historical drama film written by Paul Webb and directed by Ava DuVernay. The main actors include David Oyelowo as the King and Tom Wilkinson as the president. The film documents a violent three-month period in the year 1965 as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a campaign to advocate for equal voting rights in Selma town. The film highlights the difficult moments they encountered as they marched from Selma to Montgomery. The march ended when the president signed the Voting rights
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were killed in a time period of only 12 years‚ victims of Hitler’s concentration and death camps. Chaim and Selma Engel are two people that managed to survive one of the worst death camps and made it through the war. Through the evil they witnessed and the struggles they endured‚ their love was what kept them going. Their love for each other gave them hope‚ even when all hope seemed lost. Selma Engel was born as Saartje Wijnberg on May 15‚ 1922 in Zwolle‚ Holland to a Jewish family. Her name was changed
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Selma and Lincoln are two historical movies about important events that happened in history. Did the directors include all the important details in their movie? Selma is about the Selma marches‚ lead by Martin Luther King. Throughout the movie‚ there is a debate between Martin Luther King and President Lyndon B. Johnson. Specifically‚ King tries countless times to try to persuade Johnson to help King achieve voting rights for black people‚ but every time Johnson refuses he becomes more annoyed by
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showing there is so much left to still fight for‚ reality set in. The biting sounds of a billy clubs smashing the heads of a demonstrator are not to be forgotten. Selma was loaded with moments of view-altering shock and disturbing clarity‚ where the audience had to step back and re-evaluate. The movie was created for this exact reason. Selma served as an eye-opening reminder of the relentless struggle to gain fundamental rights. Today‚ citizens take rights such as voting for granted. But‚ watching disheartening
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In the movie “Selma”‚ there is an abundance of examples of social stratification in the organization of human societies‚ in relation to gender‚ race‚ and socio-economic status in the film. First of all‚ I have realized while watching the film that all the blacks were treated very unfairly and couldn’t even get the chance to vote. Additionally‚ it didn’t matter if they were male or female they would get hit or “punished” for wanting their rights. Furthermore‚ I have noticed how everyone (except the
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Learning about the Darien Gap has been a very unique and an interesting experience. One thing I learned is about the beauty and fear of nature. From researching and studying the Darien Gap‚ I can see that it is a very exquisite and magnificent place‚ holding some of the rarest flowers. The wild beauty of the unique trees and rare plants‚ the soft‚ long green grass‚ and the simpleness of the jungle attracts many people to explore the great features of the Darien Gap. However‚ further research has
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