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…. Not through legislation but the expense of private tuition and lack of other established educational institutions. Private tutors were the educators of British Society in Medieval times. Tutors were academics that taught children in their homes. Tutors sometimes…

…the outside, Pullman appeared to be a model town, and guided tours were given to impress outsiders. The town however was not model; the homes on the outskirts of town were shabbily built; some without any kind of plumbing. The rent for these houses was also about…

…years earlier of Santiago Nasar, a rich, handsome fellow who lived in the Caribbean town where the author grew up. Thus, as a character in his own novel, Garcia Marquez interviews people who remember the murder and studies documents assembled by the court. He…

…in a village of three hundred. Mr. Martin steadies the lottery box as the slips are "stirred" (475). These three most powerful men who control the town, economically as well as politically, also happen to administer the lottery. Tessie Hutchinson, protagonist…

…time. They showed Art the town and he became quite close to the family and on his way back from the war he stayed at the same family's home. After leaving to go back to the United States, the family wrote to Art's mom to assure her that Private Art…

…he was allowed to go to his grandparents cupola and wake the town. He yells out to the town, to wake everyone up. Then it is mentioned that it is 1928. That morning he broke a spider web with his face, so he knew that day would be different. His father…

…off for the IndianTerritory instead of going back home. Huck tells us about several people who live in his town, andhe meets many more on his river voyage. You'll find comments on these characters as Huck introduces them. For an idea inadvance of who…

…. Harper Lee was born in 1926, she would have been the same age as Scout during the time this story took place. She grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, a place much like the town of Maycomb described in this novel. Harper Lee’s father, Amasa C. Lee was a small town…

…In the Deep South, in a little town named Maycomb, tradition for most people meant prejudice, separation, and racism. Atticus Finch chooses to fight against this "old tradition" with traditions of his own. Because of his highly ethical character, Atticus…

…During the witch trial, of 1692, people of Salem, Massachusetts were not looking to cleanse the town of spirits or devils, but to clear the city of their enemies. People of this era were willing to do anything for what they wanted, even killing…