When I just finished reading it, I had a lot of problems in writing this read report, but now I feel confident, because I have read it twice seriously, watched DVD and studied writer Charles Dickens's biography and made a deep consideration. ... When Charles was five, the family moved to Chatham, Kent, which was a lively, bustling town, full of sailors and soldiers. ... Look into Dickens' secret Appearance: Dickens is odd. ... Charles had to work in a shoe-oil workshop so that he could help his family break away from difficulties. ... On the way of his loving Charles wasn't ver...

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• Grade Level: High School

Vera Brittain's reading entitled "Testament of Youth" is also a biography regarding her "War Generation" era of schooling. Manning Clarke's reading "The Ordeal" is also to be examined, along with Charles Dickens" play entitled "Book the First Sowing" and J.D Salinger's reading called "Teddy." ... Manning Clarke sees his start to education as an "ordeal" and so titles his biography regarding his schooling life. ... The teacher character in Charles Dickens" reading bases his teaching primarily on facts. ... This reading contrasts greatly to that...

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• Grade Level: High School

D. W. Griffith was born in Kentucky, in 1875. His father was a wealthy southern farmer. During the war between North and South, he took the side of the Confederates, after the defeat Griffith's family became poor. In 1882, the year of Griffith's father dies, and after his death is that he is bank...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is obvious through the many works of Edgar Allan Poe, that the author's life was marked with much tragedy in regards to women. Several of his poems seem to be a direct reflection of his trials in life having to deal with the death or loss of many of the women who were very close to him. Some o...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School