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…as these “niggers” got their work done, then the master was happy, since this reassured him that he got his money’s worth. The master of the plantation in “Damballah” gets a lot more than he bargained for with the purchase of a slave named Orion. Orion is much…

…the slaves at his father’s plantation. His family name and racial status allow him to hold such a position. Chopin writes, “Young Aubigny’s rule was a strict one, too, and under it his Negroes had forgotten how to be gay.” Likewise, the people around Desiree…

…clothing, and undesirable women to portray Jean Louise's masculinity while encouraging her to postpone becoming a lady. In traditional society, parents name children according to their gender. Common names for boys include John, Robert and James, whereas…

…having been killed in the war, Neil has lived under a false name to avoid a court martial brought upon by his uncle, Penelope’s father, Colonel Wain. He has now returned to Halifax in an attempt to clear his name. Geoffrey Wain, having been discharged from his…

…dominance, her desire to become a powerful woman wastes away when she finally submits to the rules that society has imposed on her. The story is written in first person narration and is seen through the eyes of a young and free-spirited girl. The themes…

…2. "There's a good deal more to Careful, he might hear you than the sad story of a little boy with a strange name". Do you agree? Careful, he might hear you is much more than the sad story of a little boy with a strange name, although the story does…

…resources, soon had electricity in every village north of Rome. Electric current ran Italian textile looms and, eventually, automobile factories. As early as 1890 Florence boasted the world's first electric streetcar. By 1936 Great Britain had built an ''electric…

…operations. Throughout his life the first transatlantic cable exchanged between Britain and the United States (1858); Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation (1863); San Francisco's cable streetcar system began service (1873); Kentucky Derby was run…

…! Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, lost his Father, at the age of six, to violence of the Klu Klux Klan, although Newspapers at the time, reported differently "Earl Little, 41,…sustained fatal injuries… when he was run over by a streetcar…" (Myers 21…

…with the introduction of the streetcar and suburban rail networks that allowed people to live further away from the city CBD. Until the introduction of the railways, cities remained very compact. Because most people walked to work they tended to live close to their place…