...and was thriving by the mid 1700s. The colonists were a great source of wealth for Great Britain and gathered new materials for the country. The colonies provided their mother country with valued raw materials for a low price rate, in exchange for manufactured goods at a high price. This helped Britain to take care of a wealthy government and a fruitful balance of trade. Great Britain also gained a lot of money by forcing taxes on the colonists. Many acts were boycotted by the colonists and they were outraged. In time, their relationship with Great Britain turned bitter. The Thirteen English colonies conclusively decided to declare independence and pursued war with England and were entitled to do so. The 13 colonies in North America set off to declare...
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...Shooting an elephant ”Shooting an elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell and published in 1936. The text is told by a first person narrator, who tells us about being a policeman in Burma and about his doubt, whether to kill an animal or not. The man who tells us the story is an unhappy young policeman who lives in mental isolation. He hates British imperialism, he hates Burmese natives, and he hates his job. He feels like a target for the Burmese people. The natives are treating him very badly; they are making fun of the white man. They laugh at the protagonist and sneer at him when he passes them. “In the end the sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere, the insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance, got badly on my nerves.” We still don’t get the impression that the narrator hates the natives, we get the feeling that he understand them. He puts himself into the same positions as they are; he is in the same position- also oppressed and hated, but cause by his own nation’s occupation. The Indians are also oppressed by the British and the white man. The story is written in a period where England had colonies all over the world. The British are trying to make an empire far away from home; they conquer other countries and try to assimilate the population to their own rules and traditions. The white man has an thought, that they are the chosen people to civilize primitive races. They are clever, educated, and rich and therefore...
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...Student’s essay A famous author once remarked that ” Winners never quit and quitters never win”. People who see their ideas through, however unpragmatic it may be considered by others are the ones who have truly made a difference. History is replete with examples of people who were perceived as crazy, illogical and even insane by laymen, yet when their ideas were sedulously worked upon, by the creator , day after day, combined with long hours of toil, the result was nothing, short of marvelous. Lets’s take the example of the Indian freedom struggle fought by Gandhiji on the basis of Satyagraha. It was very difficult for the Britishers to assume that India would be freed one day under the leadership of a loin cloth covered ordinary looking man without the use of weapons or bloodshed. The reason that Indian freedom could be achieved was the unflagging determination of Gandhiji and the uncommon methodology used of winning freedom by peace and not bloodshed. Looking not far, I can recall the example of Galileo who was reviled and persecuted by the Church authorities for challenging the existing norms that pervaded the society that time. Galileo ‘s fierce determination , not to give up on his ideas even during harsh criticism paved the way for modern space research. Another convincing example is of the Wright Brothers. Who would have ever imagined that it is indeed possible to fly like a bird and traverse different parts of the globe. I am sure that the Wright brothers were reviled...
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...Analyzing Written Essays The four types of essay organizations discussed in this week readings are topic, time order, space order, and informative process. One of the essays I read was “A Soul as Free as the Air: About Lucy Stone”. The characteristics that make this an expository essay are it states fact about the work and efforts of Lucy Stone. Examples of these facts are. She was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She was also the first person in New England to be cremated. Also this essay uses the time order organization. The second essay I read was “How to Succeed as an Online Student”. This essay uses the informative process. It gives you step by step directions on how to become a successful online student. How to distinguish between the three types of organizations are: Space organization deals with location of people, places, or thing. Time organization is developed by time order it involves chronological organization of information from one time period to another. And informative process essay is a how to essay which gives you step by step instructions on how to do something. The organization can help the reader understand the subject matter of that essay by informative process of the “How to Succeed as an Online Student” explains in order to succeed you must follow these steps. And the time order of “A Soul as Free as the Air: About Lucy Stone” organize the events of her life in chronological order. Of the essays I read the one with the...
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...her essay about the process people take to ‘find their beach’ by moving to SoHo and how it compares to other places in her essay, “Find Your Beach’. Smith describes Manhattan and how the people who live there are ruthless because there everybody is trying to find their beach. Everyone is caught up with the idea of finding their beach that they start to become ruthless because they are too busy finding their beach, whereas when she goes back to England over the Summer, she is not trying to find her beach, but rather spend time with her children. Smith soon realizes her varying levels of happiness between Manhattan and England and states people in Manhattan find their beach “falsely but convincingly” (Levy 196). Similar to...
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...POETRY ESSAY The Chimney Sweeper Thesis Sometimes people are forced to grow and live in the harshest of conditions, it can be hard to see God in those dark and bleak times but those who can, are truly blessed and know that their sufferings will only be temporary. Outline I. Introduction- Bringing to light an appalling state of affairs regarding children who have no loved ones The Chimney sweeper Overview: Sold into child slavery at an early age Forced to grow up quickly Examples of imagery in the poem Hard working conditions Dreams of a better time and place The author uses imagery to describe how the children work and live and their surroundings Why does Blake write this poem is it meant to be depressing or to teach us to be more thankful of the blessings we have Conclusion It’s important for us to remember when we are depressed and feeling blue that things could be much worse and we should be thankful for what we have been given The Chimney Sweeper William Blake Sometimes people are forced to grow and live in the harshest of conditions, it can be hard to see God in those dark and bleak times but those who can, are truly blessed and know that their sufferings will only be temporary. In the poem “The Chimney sweeper” the reader is informed about brutal circumstances children around the world were forced to work and...
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...and the American Revolution "Liberalism and the American Revolution" is an essay written in 1976 by Joyce Appleby, esteemed Professor of History at University of California, Los Angeles. Her work describes many ideas and historical events that took place in the three quarters of a century leading up to the American Revolution. She notes how the early settler’s beliefs, attitudes, and values changed both about themselves in this new land and the ideal future they envisioned for their families. What I would like to focus on however, is how she describes the colonial American's shift from servitude, to patriotism, and just some...
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...A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF ARTHUR MILLER'S LIFE AND WORKS [This chronology has been compiled and crosschecked against a number of sources, however, a special acknowledgement should be made to the thorough "Literary Chronology" and appendices printed in The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller, eds. Robert A. Martin and Steven R. Centola.] 1915 Arthur Aster Miller was born on October 17th in New York City; family lives at 45 West 110th Street. 1920-28 Attends Public School #24 in Harlem. 1923 Sees first play--a melodrama at the Schubert Theater. 1928 Bar-mitzvah at the Avenue M temple. Father's business struggling and family move to Brooklyn. Attends James Madison HIgh School. 1930 Reassigned to the newly built Abraham Lincoln High School. Plays on football team. 1931 Delivery boy for local bakery before school, and works for father's business over summer vacation. 1933 Graduates from Abraham Lincoln High School. Registers for night school at City College, but quits after two weeks. 1933-34 Clerked in an auto-parts warehouse, where he was the only Jew employed and had his first real, personal experiences of American anti-semitism. 1934 Enters University of Michigan in the Fall to study journalism. Reporter and night editor on student paper, The Michigan Daily. 1936 Writes No Villain in six days and receives Hopwood Award in Drama. Transfers to an English major. 1937 Takes playwrighting class with Professor Kenneth T. Rowe. Rewrite of No Villain, titled, They Too Arise...
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...Stephen Gries Personal Essay Cambridge- Study Abroad This is my formal request to apply as a business major for the international overseas study program in Cambridge, England. I value my education received thus far at Valparaiso University and aspire adding towards my experiences by exploring this distinguished honor of traveling and studying abroad. I believe this opportunity will prepare me for future endeavors the business community encompasses in the states and perhaps foreign lands. Traveling abroad provides the ability to share my knowledge received at Valparaiso, in addition to views I have developed from American culture, with fellow colleagues I anticipate meeting in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, absorbing diverse cultural beliefs with ambition to communicate recently obtained ideas to the students of Valparaiso. Expressing to all my fellow students the advantages of studying abroad as well as conveying knowledge and firsthand cultural views I would attain by engaging in such a fascinating program. This opportunity will allow me to articulate my life’s adventures to other business professionals in pursuit of my goals in the field of business. This is an opportunity/experience of a lifetime that will assist in becoming a well versified professional I long to become. I have always dreamed of studying abroad, meeting and working side by side with other intellects. Certainly, this will not be limited to solely a business and educational sense...
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...up his power and divide his realm amongst his three daughters, Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril. The critical essay that was chosen for this comparative essay was King Lear's Folly in this essay they had referenced other pieces by Shakespeare such as Richard iii and Hamlet, as well as other classics Oedipus Rex and The garden of Eden. In the critical essay the author states that lack of insight is the main theme and reason of everyone’s faults, this goes efficiently with this comparative essay because the themes that are stated can be referenced. This relates to the play because comparing the themes with the characters expresses the true intentions of Shakespeare. The themes that appear in both the essay King...
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...WOMEN IN SOCIETY, HISTORY. Writer Hester Eisenstein, claim that Feminism or feminist thoughts is traceable back to the fifteenth century and also to earlier times, such as the age of Sappho. However, it is mainly observed from the mid 1960’s and 70’s, when the organised women’s movement began to revitalise itself and make a statement, that feminist perspectives began to influence the outpouring of publications on women history and female education. (Purvis June 1985). This piece of work is taken from the document written about Medieval Education in England. It shows that what little education given was mainly received by boys and girls hardly ever got any sort of education or as little as possible, instead they where to stay at home and learn home keeping. My commentary is focused on the history of women from the Roman to Medieval times. Except for a few exceptions, all Roman women were for their entire lives subject to some degree of limitation on the capacity for independent legal actions. (Jane Gardner 1986). Authority to act must either be obtained from, or was ordered by a man, which could either be a father, husband or guardian. For girls, puberty was written in law, and a girl is said to have reached it at the age of twelve, and to be of marriageable age at 12 and sometimes before they actually reach puberty. A woman married with Manus (creation) was effectively in the position of an adopted daughter and a part of the family, she had no legal independence and no independent...
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..."In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long- continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavourable ones to be destroyed. The results of this would be the formation of a new species. Here, then I had at last got a theory by which to work". Charles Darwin, from his autobiography. (1876) This often quoted passage reflects the significance Darwin affords Malthus in formulating his theory of Natural Selection. What "struck" Darwin in Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) was Malthus's observation that in nature plants and animals produce far more offspring than can survive, and that Man too is capable of overproducing if left unchecked. Malthus concluded that unless family size was regulated, man's misery of famine would become globally epidemic and eventually consume Man. Malthus' view that poverty and famine were natural outcomes of population growth and food supply was not popular among social reformers who believed that with proper social structures, all ills of man could be eradicated. Although Malthus thought famine and poverty natural outcomes, the ultimate reason for those outcomes was divine institution. He believed that such natural outcomes were God's...
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...contributions in Philosophy and political views are followed and practiced even to this day. Locke’s ideas influenced religion, economics, political change, theories of knowledge and the human understanding that led to governmental and social improvements. John Locke believed in political reform. John Locke is one of the most influential authors and political philosophers in history. His ideas and views have influenced such momentous commodity such as the American constitution. Many of Locke’s ideas were used in the creation of the United States Constitution. John Locke was a British philosopher and medical researcher. Locke was born to Agnes Keene and John Locke on August 29, 1632, in Somerset, England. His father was a Puritan lawyer, who served as a Captain during the English civil war. Locke’s schooling began at Westminster School in 1647. He earned the title of King’s Scholar, which prepared him for the next phase of his education at the Christ Church in Oxford in 1652. He studied literature, physical science, medicine, politics, and natural philosophy. In 1656 he continued for his Master of Arts degree. In 1665 at Oxford, Locke encountered Lord Ashley, a notable statesman looking for medical treatment. After a friendship formed, Ashley invited Locke to join him in London as his personal physician. Locke agreed and left for London in 1667, where he lived for the next eight years. This was the beginning of Locke’s deep political interests, which was no surprised considering...
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...deteriorated. This is in source A where it states the king was trying to make England a successful country yet without success. Source A also suggests that Charles 1 was unaware of what he was doing and as a result made himself an unpopular and feeble king. Source A continues to show signs of negativity towards Charles for example, his unexplained reasons for making such drastic changes to his subject’s everyday life. The evidence to suggest this is shown through source A’s quotes ‘reversed the practice of several decades’ and ‘reasons for the crowns pressing financial requirements were not spelt out’. Source A portrays Charles 1 as an unfit king for his public and parliament. It also demonstrates that parliament that parliament were not satisfied with the kings changes to society simply because Charles didn’t give any stable reasons for requesting them. Source B doesn’t mention finance at all. Therefore it does not imply any importance of finance. There are also no quotes in source B to suggest finance was significant however it highlights politics, religion and foreign policy as more of an issue. Source B evidenced this through the quotes ‘legal, constitutional and religious issues’ and ‘Charles’ behaviour tended to divide rather than unite the political elite. These quotes demonstrate that finance was not an important issue and instead Charles introducing different policies on law and religion proved to be a lot more sensitive with the public. I know from my own knowledge...
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