Mac Morton 12 April 2013 English 12 Essay Question Although Miller’s The Crucible takes place in the late 1600’s‚ its lessons are still applicable to us in 2013. This short essay focuses on three specific lessons that I have learned from the play‚ which are the negative effects of mass hysteria‚ the consequences of deviating from social norms‚ and the dominance of patriarchy. The first lesson that I learned was that mass hysteria often creates harmful stereotypes. In the play‚ mass hysteria
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Bruno’s diary Year 1943‚ age 9 years old as I was born on the 15th april 1934. Day one of strange happenings: Today I came home from school and maria was in my bedroom going through MY things - Even my secret things. She is just a servant but I tried to be polite when I asked what she thought she was doing. Maria never takes all my private things out‚ she puts things away like she’s supposed too. I asked mother why maria is packing my things but she won’t answer me properly. She just
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The author of the novels of The Lord of The Rings‚ J. R. R. Tolkien‚ was a very bright and well educated man who was greatly inspired and fascinated by languages. His interest in languages influenced him to create and incorporate new languages into many pieces of work during his life and help the series feel more complex and intricate. His invented languages played a crucial part in creating this fictional word for his series to take place in. Tolkien began learning languages at a fairly young age
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Columbia International College Tuesday April 8th‚ 2013 In the contemporary world‚ it might be common for men to have affairs with other women‚ but in the 1690s‚ America‚ it was unforgivable for men to do it and they would be punished. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor has an affair with Abigail‚ which is condemned in that society‚ so it is reasonable for John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth to marginalize Abigail to safeguard their reputation and family. For one thing‚ Mr. Proctor and Elizabeth need
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R. K. Narayan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Not to be confused with K. R. Narayanan. R. K. Narayan | | Born | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami 10 October 1906 Madras‚ British India (now Chennai‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India) | Died | 13 May 2001 (aged 94) Chennai | Occupation | Writer | Nationality | Indian | Genres | Fiction‚ mythology and non-fiction | Notable award(s) | Padma Vibhushan‚ Sahitya Akademi Award‚ AC Benson Medal | Influenced[show] | R.
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emotional attachment even though his work is drawn upon Dorothy’s diary‚ which in its turn is very detached‚ including little personal revelation. When read in conjunction with William’s poetry‚ Dorothy’s journal seems to be a set of notes written especially for him by her. In fact‚ from the very beginning of the journals Dorothy has made it quite clear that she was writing them for William’s ‘pleasure’ . This ties in with many of the diary entries in which she has described taking care of William in a physical
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"The Motorcycle Diaries" After reading this book‚ I learned a lot about who Che Guevara was that I never knew about him before. More than just two men traveling South America‚ their trip inspired Guevara to become a man he didn’t expect to be. No dry history lesson or travelogue‚ this biography is supported with the humor of Guevara’s diaries‚ as the 23-year-old Ernesto - a frail asthmatic who had not yet taken the nickname Che - and the slightly older Alberto set off from Buenos Aires on a beat-up
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Diary of a convict Diary of Rick Mason May the 5. 1822 After mouths of sailing on the never ending ocean‚ we could finally on this calm sunny morning see a coastline on the horizon “Australia”. Today is a day me and the rest of the prisoners aboard Providence II Have been looking forward to. Hope the guards aren’t serious about the torture and the one month life expectancy. May the 7. 1822 It’s only been a couple of days since we docked on Macquarie Harbour prison‚ where we where introduced
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J. R. R. Tolkien As a great revolutionary writer J. R. R. Tolkien created a new style of fiction and how books should be written. Throughout Tolkien’s life Having a rough childhood‚ Tolkien became an orphan by age fourteen but his love for words and language given by his mother did not stop. As Tolkien aged over the years his love for writing continued as he created writing clubs and learned many languages. These steps led him to write two great and well known literary works‚ The Hobbit‚ and The
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