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Andrew Jackson He was the man of the hour, the great and mighty hero. He had saved the United States and he had saved New Orleans. His army of ragtag Kentuckians and the notorious Jean Lafitte and his pirates had defeated the British at Chalmette. The polished and disciplined British, one of the world’s finest…

Divergent is a novel by Veronica Roth that takes place in future Chicago. The city is divided into five factions based on personality traits: Abnegation for selflessness, Erudite for intelligence, Candor for honesty, Dauntless for bravery, and Amity for peacefulness. Once a year, all sixteen-year-olds take a personality test to determine which faction they belong…

Oedipus is a man of swift action and great insight. At the opening ofOedipus the King, we see that these qualities make him an excellent rulerwho anticipates his subjects’ needs. When the citizens of Thebes beg him todo something about the plague, for example, Oedipus is one step ahead ofthem-he has already sent Creon to…

In a multicultural society like Canada issues of race and ethnicity dominate discourse because races are constructed relationally non in isolation. Therefore, marginalisation of immigrants is a repeating subject in Canadian history. In researching issues of race and ethnicity the novels Obasan by Joy Kogawa and In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje…

he Formation Of IdenThe Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An Analysis of the Formation of IdentityYou have seen how a man was made a slave; you will now see how a slave was made a man. Frederick Douglass The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave details the progression of…

Children perceive the world and experience it differently than adults. Looking through a child’s eyes can be both frightening and enriching. Not only can children promote the comprehension of difficult subjects, they can also display how a child learns and conforms to society. Children see the world as it is, without bias or prejudice. Children…

“When he lifted his head a little, he saw his vaulted brown belly, sectioned by arch-shaped ribs, to whose dome the cover, about to slide off completely, could barely cling. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, were waving helplessly before his eyes.” Gregor Samsa has gone through…

The Meaning of Othello Shakespeare has been a part of everyone’s life. There is not one person who hasn’t heard of him. There are some plays that are more well known than others. All of his plays have been studied with a fine tooth comb, and there is probably no secret left in his plays…

What attitudes towards the passing of time are expressed in two of Frost’s poems? The passing of time is a theme that pervades the poetry of famous American Robert Frost, who explores many aspects of the human experience in his poetry. Two poems which are vehicles for his attitude towards the passing of time are…

One with Paris’ love for Juliet and the other is Romeos love for Rosalie. Although Paris went to Gullet’s father, Lord Caplet, to ask for her hand in marriage, Juliet didn’t really care for him. Initially, when Paris asked to marry Juliet, Caplet gave him permission too as long as Juliet agreed as well. But…