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…A Dry White Season When I first picked up this book, I didn't know what to expect. Having never read Andre Brink, nor any novel about South Africa, I wondered what the tone would be, whether it would be profound or just preachy. I was also…

…Walter Scott, and the sport of jousting. Slavery is essentially responsible for the aristocratic nature of the south during the early and mid 1800s, creating a society ruled by a disproportionately small group of wealthy planters. <Tab/>Whites…

…The White Stag By Kate Seredy 1. The main Characters are Hunor, Magyar, and Bendeguz. Hunor and Magyar are the "Twin Eagles of Hadur" Hunor is the more bloodthirsty and violent one of the two "eagles." Magyar is the more calm and humble one of the twins…

…Deathwatch: A Struggle for Life or Death The book "Deathwatch", is written by Robb White. The story is about a man named Ben who's in the Mojave desert without clothes, food, or water and hunted by a madman named Madec who has a .358 magnum. Ben…

…The White Wall of Cabbage "Hey, dude", " a car is coming", "quick, hide." <Tab/>As we ran into the woods, a car rolled up and over the tracks. <Tab/>"Is it a cop?" <Tab/>"I don't know, I can't tell." <Tab…

…in the partnership, and inevitably, it will wither and die. In an attempt to make clever conversation, she observes aloud that the line of hills off in the distance "look[s] like white elephants." Instead of trying to make her feel "bright," Jig’s companion tells her…

…Values of White Trash Coming home from an exhausting day at work, you sit in your recliner to relax as you hear foul shouting blurting from your child’s bedroom. Curiously you walk towards the room to find the shouting coming from the guests…

…The 1919 Chicago White Sox had Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams, superb pitchers. And slick-fielding Chick Gandil at first base and workhorse Buck Weaver at third. And outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson. The White Sox were, to put it simply, the best team…

…The white handed gibbon is the smallest and most arboreal ape in the family Hylobatidae or "dwellers of the trees". Adult gibbons are only about 3 feet tall standing upright and 13 pounds in weight. They are nearly twice as heavy, have longer arms…

…Through adversity and hardship in one's life, one can genuinely begin to have a true understanding of one's self. Through the use of dynamic characters, loose ends, metaphors and point of view, this idea is portrayed in Janet Fitch's White Oleander…