(Pg. 35) The key comparison is the condition of the workingmen; as cold, efficient machinery assimilates them, a blind fate swallows them up. ... (Pg. 35) This passage, explaining the brutality of the slaying of the animals in the stockyards, also shows how similar the lives of the workers or the people of packing town were to the animals being killed. The passage also resembles the turning point in Jugis" life when everything seems to fall apart. ... (Pg. 36) This passage represents after all Jurgis went through, after all the work, pain, and suffering he has lived there had to be something o...

• Word Count: 1382
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In the end, fourteen key black campaigners, whom the Indians had dubbed "buffalo soldiers," were awarded the Medal of Honor as part of a public relations move to justify and glorify the genocide of Native Americans, underlining the U.S. government's policy of manifest destiny." ... "If you know your history, Then you would know where you coming from, Then you wouldn't have to ask me," In this passage, the singer expresses his anger towards the inaccurate teachings of history. ...

• Word Count: 891
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This passage goes on to note how black people laughed and tormented him. ... The key word is seen, the facade would soon come down and the resiliency of the southern mentality revealed. ... The black boy still sees himself as Weddel's master and he refers to him as such in many passages, "Wait Marsa Soshay," he screams to Weddel (Mountain Victory 774). ...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As Janie grows, however, she realizes that Nanny's material emphasis on idolization of whites is not the key to happiness or success. ... It is hard not to notice the repetitive white images in this passage. ... She knows that material wealth is not the key to happiness. ...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

So in order to have those certain resources in your nation and have power over trading and other countries, exploring new land was key. ... The portion of this exchange consisting of taking slaves from Africa to the New World is the Middle Passage. The Interesting Narrative tells a story of a slave that travels to through the Middle Passage and explores all different parts of the world. ...

• Word Count: 2761
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• Grade Level: High School

The period that occurs after the Civil War is known as the Reconstruction. During this period of time many people suffered in the south. There was a great amount of property damage done to farms, factories, and railroads. Many other foundations were destroyed that citizens depended upon to kee...

• Word Count: 1876
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Book Review Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave Written by Himself Introduction: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born around 1818 into slavery in Talbot Country, Maryland. No one knows the exact date when Douglass' was born. Later in his life Douglass chooses to celebrate it on February 14. All his childhood he lived with his maternal grandmother and her name was Betty Bailey. Douglas was selected in live in the home of the plantation owners eventually the owners became like his parents. ...

• Word Count: 2694
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School