After her funeral, the townspeople have an opportunity to access her bedroom above the stairs which no one had seen in forty years. ... Although Faulkner did not write straight out, readers automatically understand that Miss Emily has been sleep with the corpse for years. ... No woman will be blindly obsessed with love the way they did. ... She makes no distinction between a corpse and a real person. ... The narrator notes that while the men attend the funeral out of obligation, the women go primarily because no one has been inside her house for years, with many mysterious events happened ...

• Word Count: 1893
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When they mail a tax notice and receive no reply, they mail a formal letter. ... I"d be the last one in the world to bother Miss Emily, but we've got to do something" (89). ... Of course, Faulkner makes note of the fact that it is the female cousins who come to intervene. ... Faulkner writes, "only a man of Colonel Sartoris" generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it" (88). ... His men come across as admirable, respectful, polite, well-mannered citizens who do no harm and cause no embarrassment to an old woman who seems to live an eccentric life...

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No one knows the exact date when Douglass' was born. ... Defying a ban on teaching slaves to read and write, Hugh Auld's wife Sophia taught Douglass the alphabet when he was around 12. ... On a final note, Garrison makes a powerful call to action for all Christians to resist the slave system; he concludes that those who are truly on the side of God must also be against slavery. Chapter one: In chapter one from the very beginning of his Narrative, I think that Douglass is trying really hard to scare his readers. ... Even though Douglass was really good friends with masters grandson h...

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However, some critics found Sense and Sensibility to be one of her least successful novels. ... She tells no one of her feelings. ... Marriage is one the larger themes that Austen displays. ... One belongs to Marianne and the other to Elinor. ... Her heart sank when no sign of Willoughby was seen and no voice of his was heard, yet Marianne continued to write him letters. ...

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"Without struggle, there is no progress". In 1899, Charles Chesnutt was commissioned by Small Maynard and Company to write a biography of Frederick Douglass to be included in the famous Beacon Series. ... Chesnutt was the first African American invited to write for this series and Frederick Douglass was the first African American biography included. ... These works were Followed by the novels: One House Behind The Cedars, The Marrow of Tradition, and The Colonel's Dream. ... He met William Lloyd Garrison, was hired by the Massachusetts Abolitionist Society and became one of ...

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He has also invited his mother-in-law, Mrs Jennings, and Colonel Brandon. ... Colonel Brandon is a quiet man and his appearance is not striking. ... Colonel Brandon is the only one really paying any attention; for the others are being very rude by talking right through her performance. ... Elinor's compassion towards Colonel Brandson increases. ... He asked if her disregard is against all second attachments or just particular ones. ...

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The role of song within the slave community was an important one to note when discussing slavery in America. ... Hopkins, is later dismissed, probably because, as Douglass points out, "he lacked the necessary severity to suit Colonel Lloyd." ... (pg. 69) This powerful effect of slavery in dehumanizing both the slave and master is most apparent in Chapter VI, wherein Douglass describes his change of masters, from Colonel Lloyd to the Auld family in Baltimore. ... Auld had had no previous contact with slavery prior to his arrival, and as such, she was unsullied by its darkness. ... One cann...

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At all events, the Senator from New York, Colonel Aaron Burr, lodged at the Madison Lodging House. ... One day James Madison saw the widow driving by and began pestering Colonel Burr for an introduction. ... Secretary of the Navy Jones found it necessary to write to Dolly that, "I am packing with the possibility of having to leave, for the British are near." ... The British kept right on marching by the Bladensburg road which no one had thought to obstruct, and instead of dining at Dolly's, the Cabinet went streaming across the country to Bladensburg with the army. ... Now there was notin...

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As war continued to rage through the world, Cummings" continued to write his concerns. ... Because of his background as a WWI soldier, Cummings probably writes this poem as a personal account of his feelings of wanting to escape the murderous trenches of Europe. ... The poem moves through different situations where Olaf, the main character, refuses to carry out the demands of his Colonel. Tension mounts with the Colonel when Olaf screams to his platoon "I will not kiss your fucking flag," 5 and later refuses to eat, and clean the floor with a toothbrush for his punishment. Shocked by his o...

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Except one. ... Holder had to write a research paper for it. ... No one has been able to answer that yet. ... In some cases, lines connect a note to a specific point in the text. ... She sees no evidence of that in the disputed paper. ...

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No matter how large the leadership undertaking or the number of followers involved, true transformational leadership requires individualized consideration. ... Mandela demonstrated this as one by one he moved through the ranks of the South African prison system and government winning people over. ... Carlin writes "Mandela identified each of the officers to Bizos by name. ... Pastor et al. (2007) notes crises produce high-fear-arousal states making followers particularly susceptible to charismatic influence. ... In the absence of any contrary information, it appears they pinned the entire hope...

• Word Count: 1429
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Robertson and Sullivan also believe this to be the case for the 2000 Coup, led by Colonel George Speights. ... This accounted for dissident movements during this period and has had a flow on effect with the communal style electoral system, whereby separatism favoured the Fijians and prompted many campaigns from the Indians for a common role and a " one person one vote, one vote one value" voting system 6. ... On the 14th May 1987 the Military Coup Led by Colonel Rabuka highlighted the boiling magma of political unrest. ... Lal condemned Speight's coup and writes, "George Speight...

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Alexie's first novel, Reservation Blues, was published in 1995 and is no exception to this. ... Given the title of this novel and the main storyline revolving around a band, it is of no surprise that Alexie uses music significantly throughout his work. ... Certainly Alexie writes that these have "been forgotten by most of the tribe" and that "Most Indians don't follow those rules anymore." ... Furthermore as Alexie later writes that the Trading Post is on a government funded Reservation that supplies "U.S.D.A commodity food" and that there was usually a lack...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In some instances, only one cultural form will prevail, as in Bosnia, where Serbs and Croats speak similar dialects of the same language. ... For instance, one group lays claim to territory that is currently occupied by another group (8). ... Neil Devotta, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Government writes, Historically, Sri Lanka's Sinhalese and Tamils are of Indian provenance. ... One of those militant youths was an uneducated nineteen year-old named Velupillai Prabhakaran. ... Remember that it is always the quiet ones that...

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One faction of the Kikuyu people formed Mau Mau, a terrorist organization intent on purging all European influence from the country, but less strident Kikuyus attempted to either remain neutral or help the British defeat Mau Mau. ... The worm's admonishment to "Waste no compassion on these separate dead!... The Loyalists, or Republicans, had no such backing; they fought valiantly but were outmanned, lost territory, and were eventually defeated in March of 1939. ... By the end, the poet's dilemma is not reconciled, but one gets the sense that Walcott will abandon neither Africa ...

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Its belief in a singular deity mimicked Ethiopia's own experiences with government, which was a one-ruler system. ... One minister's discourse over Selassie's mindfulness concerning financial aspects of government is ironic (43). ... Selassie stayed there only one night (p 42). ... It is important to first note all the lavishness and extravagancy of Selassie's character because it cues examiners into the inner quality of Selassie's psyche, which in turn was the literal heart of government in Ethiopia. ... A young minister from one province, Germane Neway, had a po...

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In his address, Kaunda emphasized: 'Every one of us has a right to speak and a right to be heard. ... This dissertation is made up of four chapters as follows: CHAPTER ONE: analyses the role of the Mass Media, Communication and Development in the Developing Countries. ... CHAPTER ONE MASS MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT 'Development' is usually referred to by quantifiable indicators such as Gross National Product (GNP) and per capita income in traditional Social Science literature. ... One of Africa's leading critics and theorists of the mass media, Cehn Chimutengw...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate