She is bundled up through out most of the book. ... As the book gets deeper into its plot, Madame Defarge becomes more and more outraged at Lucy and her family. ... Most people would agree that more than any other feeling Pride is what puts America on the map. ... Pride seems to be America's greatest attribute. ... America has pride, love, courage, and many other traits that help define our nation. ...
What does it mean to be an American? What does it mean to be an American slave? These two questions are ideal thematic rhetorical statements that both Crevecoeur and Douglass write about in various ways. Crevecoeur was not born in the United States, but once he arrived here, he was a free man who made a life for him and his family. On the other hand, Frederick Douglass was born in the United States, but was confined to be a lowly life form other than a human; seen only as an animal used for work, he experienced life from a different perspective. ...
The Irish Immigration to America " the reversal breaks with previous decades of Irish immigration to the United States, one of the oldest, largest, most sustained and most culturally influential migration flows of American history -- reaching nearly a million in the 1850's after the Irish potato...
