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F.S. Fitzgeral "The Great Gatsby".
... personal capacity being in turn a steward, mate, skipper, secretary and even jailor. During this time the boat went ... of alcohol ('bootlegging'). The sale of alcohol was prohibited in the United States in the 1920s. Gatsby came from the western United States ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Wilkie Collins "The Moonstone".
... known as his housekeeper and secretary. Remaining with her on and off for the rest of his life, he also ... of that, Franklin Blake was the main character, with the help of whom the author put his experiment of tracing the influence of character on the state of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The Abolitionist Movement in 18th Century American Literature.
... the institution of slavery. In a 1794 letter to his secretary Tobias Lear, Washington gives detailed instruction on the sale of his ... on his joy over the "prospect of the speedy emancipation of the slaves of the United States". He also declares "I set ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Love: an illusion in American Novel
... secretary. Ellen is an outcast of society, who never really agrees with the rules of society, she is accepted because of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"American Psycho" : Satirists make the best Moralists
... of his secretary Jeanette, are in love with him. Ellis is playing with idea of hero worship and questioning people's worthiness of ... the end of his rant there is uncomfortable silence before Evelyn states 'I have...sorbet.' This is illustrative of the face ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Mark Twain
... , in Carson City, Nevada, where his brother was a territorial secretary. After trying out silver mining, Twain met his mentor, the ... by Captain Horace Bixby, a series of events which was recorded in the novel. Twain stated in Life that he loved steamboating ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
A Silent God in John Donne's "Holy Sonnets"
... of information he had learned, which eventually landed him in a job in 1598 as a secretary to Thomas Egerton, one of ... any other religion other than the state religion. John Carey described the consequences of not adhering to Anglicanism: "You could not ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Canadian Vs American Identity
... are secretaries and are sure to be home in time to make supper for her husband. Radio and TV reflected many of the ... Canada has to the influence of America with 8 out of 10 Canadians living within 150 km of the United States. The Border While historically ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Suburban Schools Vs Chicago Inner City Schools
... mind that these are rough estimates. The principal's secretary, Angie Constatinedes, was able to provide this information for me. ... of the 24.6% of Hispanics that attend Bogan, is a friend of Sukalo and was kind enough to answer some questions. Rojas stated ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Should They Stay Or Should They Go...NOW
... Secretary, S.L. Howe. (Archibald, 2001, pg. 11) Howe's only request was that the murals "should represent the historical qualities necessary for the establishment of ... as First Nations ' people and two of them stated that the murals should be left up ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers