Search Essays

…of the individual to the community. After all, the entire people would have to atone for the sin of the individual." (Wengeroff, p.67) After Wengeroff moved into her in-laws' town, she was disturbed that the Sabbath was not held in the same esteem as it was in her home…

…A family torn apart by war. It is the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the tension is building both on the battlefield and at home. Tim Meeker, a common farm-boy, has a brother, Sam, which he has always looked up to. However, one day Sam and his…

…in the State House, as the property of it was in the town; but they were deprived of that right by mere power. Governor Bernard, soon after by every stratagem and by every method but a forcibly entry, endeavored to get possession of the manufactory-house, to make…

…hold some metaphoric implications or be entirely fanciful. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is about a peaceful New England town and the legend of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. After pursuing her, Ichabod is rejected by the daughter of one of Tarry…

…Appearance versus reality is a major theme in the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. There are many incorrect perceptions in the town of Maycomb county which include Jem and Scout's opinion of their father, Jem's judgement of Mrs. Dubose, the town's delusion…

…royal family, the Babonics. They were from Croatia and named their kingdom Slavonia. To gain control, the monarchy exterminated all non-Catholics living there. The home of the royal family was a town at the base of the mountain, called Kozarac. By the end…

…. At the same time it is considered destructive to send a young person from an unsafe, unhealthy home to a nurturing, educational, residential setting. As a result of old orphanage stereotypes in the past, many residential education programs have shut down…

…to leave their homes in fear of the increasing violence the southern white citizens were using against them. In the year 1955 there were 500 documented lynches in Mississippi alone. And there were probably more that didn’t get documented. The kkk was used…

…/ Younger Gang. During a nighttime raid on the family home a firebomb was tossed into the log cabin. The explosion tore off the hand of Jesse's mother, and killed his half- brother. One of their most famous rides was in September of 1876. Jesses gang tried…

…of the domestic violence, his parents divorced. Due to these problems he rans away from home, and he was "in and out of detention homes many times" (277). He is severely beaten and humiliated by a cottage mistress because of a mixuration malfunction. These violent…