Southern Gothic is a form of literature with a style specific to itself. There are many unique elements that’s are characterized only to southern gothic literature. The Southern Gothic style uses traits such as grotesquery and ironic events to judge the morals of the American South. Unlike its similar and older genre, Gothic tools are used not only for the sense of anticipation, but also to discover social issues and show the cultural aspect of the American South. One thing that holds dear to the
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Success or Happiness We always think that money can buy happiness and if we have money we are living the good life. Even Aristotle would agree that money can’t buy happiness. But what if you are poor and struggling and trying to reach success because you need to support your family. Can that success buy happiness? Because when you are struggling and trying to make ends meet it can be frustrating. We can definitely look at the movie Pursuit of Happyness and try to think what would Aristotle think
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no ones says “ I hope something bad will happen to me” everybody hopes for something good. We all have different opinion on how to achieve happiness. Some one might consider money and power to be very important elements of happiness, but I believe kindness, honest and having positive thoughts- are what help me to be a happier person. Kindness is one of the most important human characteristics. It is not that hard to say a simple 'thank you', and yet it can really change the outlook of someone else's
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was a little girl who saw one of her dad die from a gang person. Then she saw her dad go to jail because her dad was a immigrant. And the middle she was old like 17 are some like that she joins one of the Mexicans gang because she though that it was good for her because she had protecting and had love there. And she had a boyfriend there. In the end Eva was a little was old but had make decision by herself she so somebody die she was surprise because she never so somebody die. but she knew his brother
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The first World’s Fair in 1851 marked the first stepping stone for modern technologies and the middle class. Families began to fall into a cultural norm, the idea that an individual, through hard work, could achieve economic success was in the front of men and women's minds. Gender roles established by a hard scrabble life in the past made a separation between men and women where men were superior to most women, women could work in
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saddest thing a man will ever face is "what might've been". But what if a man is faced with what was, or what may never be, or what could no longer be? Choosing the right path is never easy, its a decision we make with only our hearts to guide us. But sometimes we find our way to something better... sometimes we fight through the regret and the remorse of our mistakes, our malice and our jealousy and the shame we feel for not being the people we were meant to be...and thats when we find our way to something
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As per the course requirement of History, we were assigned to write the review of a historic book “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” which was first published in 1912, written by James Weldon Johnson which deals with the life of African-American people after the civil war. In this book, Johnson picks an unnamed character who narrates the story of his life which he lived, in a first person point of view and the history of the American people. The narrator in this story is a bi-racial person
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wife. He can free Janie only by his death. The mule is also a symbol of the control that men have over things. Watson’s mule was worked hard and was not fed properly so he didn’t look healthy. Women are associated with this mule because the men in Eatonville made them work hard and they were not treated fairly (49). Some of the women in the town worked just as hard as the men and they were not allowed to enjoy a lot of the things men got to. The men liked to relax on the porch and play checkers.
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When Mr. Summers yelled out Jack’s name, she fainted, when she woke up he was already dead. They didn’t even bother to move the body before the next morning. One of the boys hit her hard and good on the back of her head. She feels a little dizzy now. “ I cannot believe this tradition had have become so cruel”. Old Man Warner said quietly to himself. Mr. Summers suddenly appears besides him. “ It’s only fair, it’s the tradition, you want to make God mad? You don’t want to the harvest to go bad, would
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world. Perhaps the most important quality that he possessed was the attributes of knowledge and common sense. These attributes made him a very levelheaded man who knew how to treat his opponent with respect while stating the issue at hand. Gandhi achieved many accomplishments throughout his life. Overall, the most significant was that one man could make a difference within his own country that received worldwide recognition. One of the reasons why Gandhi was such a great leader, was one must possess
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