In the bizarre, comic tone of the book, the strike and massacre of the workers is recalled through the memory of a child, which seems to undermine the horror of the Yankee exploitation. ... To stop the imperialist rape of our nation!"... Macondo is a town without an economy; it is an agricultural community. Like many third-world countries, the town must purchase foreign goods with its raw materials. ... Marquez describes the new inventions the gypsies bring with an almost wary tone: "In an instant they transformed the village. ...

• Word Count: 2611
• Approx Pages: 10

On July 4th 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved and signed by fifty-six men, to whom they agreed to "mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor"; these men represented the thirteen North American colonies that were proclaiming their separation from Great Britain, founding the United States of America. ... They consisted of six acts, among them were, the Boston Port Act, "to discontinue, in such manner, and for or such time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of goods, wares, and merchandise, a...

• Word Count: 1859
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From the first settlement to present day, our country has seen numerous wars, reformations, religious and social movements. ... Bands of Indians would invade towns, killing, burning, and capturing the settlers. ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... This passage shows Rip's confusion upon entering a town that is familiar to him, though quite different. ... There was a busy, bustleing, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. ...

• Word Count: 1778
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

From the first settlement to present day, our country has seen numerous wars, reformations, religious and social movements. ... Bands of Indians would invade towns, killing, burning, and capturing the settlers. ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... This passage shows Rip's confusion upon entering a town that is familiar to him, though quite different. ... There was a busy, bustleing, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. ...

• Word Count: 1835
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In addition to this the natives were our trading partners. ... Eventually these settlements were not only trading posts but also actual settlements with women and children, and soon became small towns and even cities. ... (Brinkley, p. 35) This little skirmish is known as Bacon's Rebellion and it set the tone for relations between the whites and the natives. ... Throughout the history of our nation, Native Americans gave up their land to whites and their "Manifest Destiny." ... (Brinkley, p. 140) In summation, no book and/or paper could attempt to justify or compensate the grave ...

• Word Count: 1567
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

My conception of religious liberty was vague when I was younger, but as I got older and I became aware of the world around me, religious liberty has been a topic that everyone has been discussing - not only privately but also in public and especially in the papers. I used to be an uninformed protest...

• Word Count: 3342
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since that fatal day, I have not followed anything . . . and am waiting patiently for someone to cut our throats." ... In towns where royalist mayors were still popular, bands of men invaded town halls and killed city magistrates. ...

• Word Count: 2777
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the course of human history, there have always been the oppressed, deprived, and subjugated minorities that suffer under the constraints of the majority. The ideologies based upon the Eurocentric and Protestant groups proceed to be key figures of oppression and racism. The mannerisms i...

• Word Count: 7032
• Approx Pages: 28