The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington‚ D.C.‚ the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban‚[1] and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801‚ he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward
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William Faulkner is known as one America’s greatest authors. In fact‚ his short stories‚ "Barn Burning‚" and "A Rose for Emily‚" are two of the best-known stories in American literature. Both are examples of the reflection of contemporary Southern American values in his work. “Barn Burning” and “A Rose for Emily” are two stories both written by William Faulkner. “Barn Burning” has a theme of family loyalty verses loyalty to the law. “A Rose for Emily” has a theme of power by death. Emily is thought
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Xavier Cuevas Cuevas-1 of 11 LA 110‚ Narrative Storytelling‚ Mon/Fri‚ section 03 Instructor: James Sidel Class Time 12:00-2:50 Class Location: Northpoint Date of Submission: 7/26/2013 Short Story: The Guest House (Draft 4‚ word count 3‚891) I closed my eyes and fell into an abyss of dreams and nightmares crafted by painful memories. I found myself walking through a golden field of crops in Northern Mississippi; at my side was my childhood crush‚ but before
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In "The Fall of the House of Usher"‚ Poe uses the life-like characteristics of the decaying house of Usher as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. This not only makes the story act upon the reader in a grabbing way‚ but it also creates an impression of fear‚ mystery and horror‚ typical for Poe’s literary works. For example‚ from the very beginning of the story‚ the reader can tell that there is something unusual and bizarre about the old house. As the narrator approaches the
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Once Upon a Shop In today’s world many people seem to be drawn by money and the power there comes with it. Therefore people forget to do the things that really mean something‚ and they forget the intrinsic value of being a human being. People try so hard to make a great image instead of just living. These are only some of the issues Jeanette Winterson focuses on in her essay “Once Upon a Shop”. She is a British writer and the text was first published in The Observer on June 13‚ 2010. “Once Upon
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The Elements of Fiction in “Barn Burning” By: Cody Harper Plot: The exposition is understood at the beginning of the story. The reader learns that Abner is controlling over his family‚ and when someone does him wrong‚ he becomes abusive and violent. His son Sarty‚ who knows his dad is wrong‚ feels the need to defend him out of his loyalty to family. The rising action is when Sarty hopes that with each new start‚ his father will have a change of heart and stop setting fires. The climax is when
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“Doctor in the House” (Richard Gordon) 1. The author of the story is Richard Gordon. It is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on 15 September 1921)‚ an English surgeon and anesthetist. As Richard Gordon‚ Ostlere has written numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in the House‚ and the subsequent
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Delprøve 2 B - Bride Burning in India kills or maims thousands of women every year! Are Our Sisters And Daughters For Sale? “Are our Sister and Daughters for Sale?” is an article written by Himendra Thakur in 2008 as a part of the newspaper India Together. In the article Thakur comments on the subject bride burning in India and gives an inside of the women’s horrifying living conditions. People in most of the eastern countries follow an arranged marriage system and consider it as something great
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In the novel Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney the Main character is Macey Clare. At the beginning of the novel Macey keeps to herself and is not very outgoing. Then when her hair gets burned off she realizes that she needs to find out things with the fire of 1959. In the end‚ she becomes more adventurous and persistent. This relates to the theme Persistence will get you farther in life. The main character Macey changes from the beginning of the book to the end of it. In the beginning‚ she kept
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Mr.Borrelli Sunday‚ July 7‚ 2013 Karma Upon Death By Scrabble Karma. What is karma? Is it a part of life? Is it what helps us make decisions? Or is it the balance of life and everyone living in it? In Charlie Fish’s story Death By Scrabble karma is the main theme. This fictional story
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