… the 1900s influenced the life of Jim Burden. In this book, by Willa Cather, there are several self-sufficient women in the story line. Antonia Shimerda, Lena Lingard, and Tiny Soderball were very independent women for the 1900s. Antonia Shimerda…

… New York. He does relatively well in high school, takes night classes at the Ilium School of Optometry, and is drafted into the army during World War II. Billy's father dies in a hunting accident shortly before Billy ships overseas to join an infantry…

… They usually only date a couple people, sometimes only one, before they choose their mate. Most people do not marry until an average age of 25 to 30 years of age. Children usually live with their parents until they are married. Traditionally,…

… places in London, but he still has the time to learn Latin and read the books of Father Andrew. Tom’s family is very poor and his dad is an alcoholic, tom is forced to beg for money in the streets. One day, after walking through the streets, he…

… selfless at first are the first to rise once the something falls? It's almost as if they saw it coming and stayed to the side to look good. Well, Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Ibsen, all used the convention rise from a downfall in their writings.…

… Oedipus has already died, his two sons. Polyneices and Eteocles, left to contend for the throne of Thebes. In their contention for the throne, the two brothers slay one another, leaving Creon once again to be the acting regent of Thebes. With this power,…

… announcements designed to promote the sale of specific commodities or services. Advertising is a form of mass selling employed when the use of direct, person-to-person selling is impractical, impossible, or simply inefficient. It is to be distinguished…

… Somebody will say New York, or somebody will say Tokyo; however, David Ignatius will tell you it should be Shanghai of China. According to the article “Come See the Shanghai Bubble” written by David Ignatius, “The world’s other bubbles may have deflated,…

… free from his/her cultural identity, class, gender, race or ethnic background. Discuss this statement in relation to at least two of these aspects, with detailed reference to at least one text. Henrik Ibsen, a playwright of social reform, wrote Ghosts…

… of the Jewish race during the holocaust between 1940 and 1945. Speilgelman uses a wide variety of techniques to convey the terror and cruelty his father suffered in the most horrific of the concentration camps, Auschwitz. Spielgelman’s key techniques…