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    certain aspects. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses a barrage of themes‚ motifs‚ and symbolisms. These images help to unify the novel and enrich the meaning behind the work. Early in the novel‚ Hawthorne refers to iron‚ oak‚ chains mainly to demonstrate the Puritanism that takes place in the novel. However‚ he also uses these symbolic items to display the bonds between characters and what they believe in. In the first paragraph of the novel‚ Hawthorne describes the prison door "which was heavily

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    International Baccalaureate Internal Assessment Subject: Geography Standard Level Option: Populations In Transition Title: The Effects of Locomotive Vehicles in the Population and Growth of Green Lake‚ Wisconsin Fieldwork Question: How did the invention of locomotive vehicles affect the population of Green Lake‚ Wisconsin? Candidate Name: Abigail Dee Polzer Candidate session number: Date of submission: April 10‚ 2013 Word count: 2‚192 Contents Page Page 1. Contents

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    William Wang Mrs. Smart Book Report Midterm Report Underground Railroad Dramatic First-Hand Accounts 1. Alabama a. Narrative of Peter Still i. This narrative appears in stills Underground Railroad Records ii. One of the greatest documents of the underground railroad iii. The life‚ struggles‚ and success of Peter and his Family were ably brought before the public in “The Kidnapped and the Ransoms” iv. His Parents Levin and Sidney were both

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne is an American author born during 1804 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. He is best known today for his short-stories and novels‚ including “The Scarlet Letter”. Hawthorne worked in the Boston Custom House to weigh and measure goods. In his novel‚ “The Scarlet Letter”‚ Hawthorne dedicated the first chapter to his experience in the Custom House and described the setting while he was there. Eventually‚ Hawthorne was fired from the Custom House and in response‚ he decided to write in order

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    author’s most helpful tool. However‚ out of the vast plethora of possible symbols‚ how does an author decide which one to use? Symbolist Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ most recognized for authoring

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    The Transcontinental Railroad: A Double Edged Sword David B Jayroe II Hist233 Professor Para November 15‚ 2014 The Transcontinental Railroad: A Double Edged Sword January 24‚ 1948 was the day that drastically changed the history of America. This day‚ James W. Marshal discovered gold in the south fork of the American River‚ while building a saw mill for Captain John Sutter. Despite his attempts to conceal his discovery‚ the news spread quickly across the country‚ setting the California

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    The Railroads Role in the Settlement of the West One of the largest contributing factors in the settling of the American West was the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Development was a slow process in much of the west‚ due in large part to how long the journey took. The completion of the railroad made it both a faster and much safer way to travel across the country. In 1862‚ the Pacific Railroad Act was signed. It promised federal support to build the first transcontinental railroad

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    Nathanial Hawthorne was a writer that lived in Salem‚ Massachusetts and struggled with his family’s puritan legacy. He wanted to disconnect himself from religion almost all together because he was ashamed of his past. Hawthorne lived by the idea that Emerson expresses in his literature. “All men have my blood‚ and I have all men’s” (“Self-Reliance” 11). Hawthorne understood the underlying message that Emerson was expressing; just because the people in one’s life have different beliefs than his‚ it

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    with the way African Americans were treated back then. There was an escape route called the Underground Railroad. Contrary to what it sounds like‚ the Underground railroad was not a railroad nor one single route. It was a combination of secret escape trails for slaves to use that lead to 14 different free states. There were many things that contributed to the workings of the Underground Railroad such as famous historical influences that helped slaves‚ how the routes worked‚ and punishments to the

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    1. J & L should hedge only some of its exposures to diesel fuel. Although there are several financial instruments available for J & L to hedge against the risk of rising diesel fuel prices‚ these instruments still have their own downsides and possibly their own risks. For example‚ the future contracts from NYMEX seems like an effective hedging strategy for J &L‚ but there are some difficulties in terms of using futures from NYMEX to hedge against the diesel prices. NYMEX does not trade

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