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… Mark Twain is a book that deals with racism in 1884 and is a perfect tool to teach high school students about how things were. I will try and persuade you to think in the same way as I do. If I were to teach a high school English class, I would teach…

… controversial novel because of the vulgar language, almost every classic book ever written has created a big controversy at one point in time. Although the vulgarity of the language in the novel is inappropriate, it helps reveal the purpose and theme…

… succumbed to temptation became the a leader of righteousness. In John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Jim Casy left the ministry when he realized that he did not believe in the Christian ideas about sin, just as Jesus turned away from his religion…

… The woman who would become Ayn Rand was born Alice Rosenbaum on February 2, 1905. (Branden, Barbara pg.3 1986). She was born during the eleventh year of Nicholas II's reign in Russia.(Baker pg.1 1987). Rand's birth was just before a revolution…

… were fighting Austria, during World War I. The story is about Frederick Henry, an American, who served as a lieutenant in the Italian army to a group of ambulance drivers. At the start of the novel, Frederick was a drunk who traveled from one house…

… was born in Torquay, in the county of Devon. She is the daughter of Frederick Alvah Miller, an American with a moderate private income, and Clarissa Miller. When Agatha was 11, her father died. Before his death, he had begun teaching her arithmetic.…

… been a topic of great interest and uncertainty. Many have tried to depict their own vision of the afterlife, be it heaven or hell, paradiso or inferno. The inferno is more than just a fictional story about someone traveling through the universe;…

… is a young man who really has no direction in life when he is first introduced in the novel. He has a casual approach to life and cares more about himself than anyone or anything else. After “The Day”, however, Randy learns to care more…

… This play was written perfectly. Traditionally, Act 1 is an introduction to what’s to come, Arthur Miller does an excellent job in describing in detail all the characters traits and more importantly all there…

… Mark Twain takes us on an adventure, and it is through the eyes of Huck and Jim that Twain is able to make statements on social traits found in America, particularly the South. Whether these traits were virtuous or contemptuous Twain made himself underst…