Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719) is one of the most important novels of the eighteenth century‚ and of the English literature. It is certainly the first novel in the sense that it is the first fictional narrative in which the ordinary person’s activities are the centre of continuous literary attention. Before that‚ in the early eighteenth century‚ authors like Pope‚ Swift‚ Addison and Steele looked back to the Rome of Caesar Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD) as a golden age. That period
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African-American‚ Tom Robinson faces social inequality from people in this town. Similar to Tom Robinson‚ Atticus’s neighbor‚ Arthur Radley faces social inequality because of the rumors floating throughout the town. Moreover‚ Mr. Ewell does not
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The rape of two white girls by nine black teenagers on a freight train on March 25‚ 1931 was the most controversial trial eve . Over the course of the two decades that followed‚ the struggle for justice of the "Scottsboro Boys‚" as the black teens were called‚ made celebrities out of anonymities‚ launched and ended careers‚ wasted lives‚ produced heroes‚ opened southern juries to blacks‚ exacerbated sectional strife‚ and divided America’s political left. Being a hobo was one of the most common
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nine boys of attacking them‚ society takes the side of the whites‚ because the nine boys are of color and because “what was presumed to be the black man’s insatiable sexual appetite for white women had struck fear in the hearts of Southern whites” (Scottsboro Boys: An American Tragedy). This goes to show that prejudice takes priority when it came
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In the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe‚ the character Robinson Crusoe is like the character Jane Eyre from the novel Jane Eyre. First of all‚ they both have a novel named after them! And they both have to go through many hardships in life‚ but they concur them courageously‚ and will eventually end up having a pretty good life. Jane Eyre was despised by her aunt and her cousins‚ and was tormented by them until she was disowned and sent to boarding school. Robinson Crusoe’s family do not exactly
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In 1931‚ nine black teenage males were convicted of raping two white females on a freight train in Tennessee. It was traveling from Chattanooga to Memphis; however‚ the case was initiated in Scottsboro‚ Alabama. Thus‚ the nine defendants became known as the Scottsboro Boys. In the initial court hearing‚ eight of the nine boys were issued the death sentence. As the author indicates‚ this case was a strong illustration of the intense prejudice towards black men and women in the early 1900s‚ and it
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The Salem Witch Trials & McCarthyism: The Motivation of Power In the past‚ certain individuals have been able to gain complete control over society and have a negative impact on it. The late 1600’s and mid 1900’s were times of chaos and political hysteria in America which were caused by rumors started by very powerful people‚ resulting in the deaths and imprisonment of several innocent citizens. Starting in 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ a series of witch hunts and trials for those accused of witchcraft
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“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee inspired by the Scottsboro Boys The trial of the Scottsboro Boys is one of the most significant moments in American history. Back in 1931 a group of nine black teenage boys‚ also named Scottsboro Boys‚ were accused of raping two white women in Alabama. A fight broke out in a train and a group of white men reported they had been attacked by black teenagers. The train stopped in Scottsboro‚ Alabama‚ where the black boys were arrested by a local sheriff after
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Closing Arguments Defense Attorney: "The less said about sectionalism and prejudice the better . . . ." "Now‚ I’m not going to assault your ears with any such ranting and raising the roof as you have been forced to hear from the gentleman seated over there. I shall appeal to your reason as logical‚ intelligent human beings‚ determined to give even this poor scrap of colored humanity a fair‚ square deal." "What is the argument of the learned solicitor? Change the charge and you would
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these times. Maycomb‚ Alabama is a little town where each person knows who you are‚ your class‚ and race. In Maycomb‚ race was a huge issue. Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ was accused of raping and beating Mayella Ewell‚ a poor white girl. However‚ Atticus Finch‚ a white man‚ who was representing Tom proved to the court and town Tom did not rape or beat Mayella‚ but Tom did not win the case due to his race. Mayella was one of the poorest people in Maycomb and part of the lower class. For this reason‚ I do
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