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1. No Longer At Ease

Obi misses home and writes romantic, lyrical poems about Nigeria during the winters in England. ... When he returns to Lagos he sees the slums he has not been to and the nostalgic poem he wrote about nature and how "sweet" it is to lie under trees under the "tender glow of the fading sun," is juxtaposed against the dead carcass of a dog "the dogs that taxi drivers hit for good luck. ... Times, however, are changing as is evidenced by the following comment: "The second generation of educated Nigerians had gone back to eating pounded yams or garri with their fingers for the good reason that...

  • Word Count: 7844
  • Approx Pages: 31
  • Grade Level: High School

2. The Planting of English Americ

The American Pageant pages 25-65 I. The Planting of English America 1. Beginning of 17th century, European crop and livestock started making significant impacts on the landscape. Disease and armed conquest had ravaged the native people of the New World. Several hundred thousand enslaved A...

  • Word Count: 4368
  • Approx Pages: 17
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Cathedral by Raymond Carver

The first publication of the short story "Cathedral" was in the March, 1981, issue of Atlantic Monthly. It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. This volume was very well-received by critics and readers alike...

  • Word Count: 11148
  • Approx Pages: 45
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

4. A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's early "festive comedies,"" written around 1595-6. Despite the many thematic references to "dreams- and the fantastic setting of the Athenian forest, the play also contains a fair amount of commentary on Shakespeare's contemporary English world. The play's title, for instance, refers to an English holiday custom: on "Midsummer Eve,"" or the night of the summer solstice on June 23, English men and women would spend the night outdoors around bonfires, telling supernatural tales of fairies and witchcraft. The play not only ...

  • Word Count: 10864
  • Approx Pages: 43
  • Grade Level: High School
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