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    Captain John Smith and William Bradford both had been looking for some new land and a new scratch (a new beginning). There are a few similarities in each of the stories. There are also a lot of different things between the two. Some similar things they do have is that they meet with the Native Americans. Captain John Smith lives in Jamestown and in plymouth Plantation there is a group which are sailors and they are all lead by william Bradford. Both of these story are very similar but if you noticed

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    In the early history of the 1600’s‚ North America had been discovered and establishment of the New World had begun. Although Spain and England both focused on the colonization and exploration of the Americas‚ their ambitions and goals were very different. The most important reasons for English colonization were religious freedom‚ to seek refuge‚ and new economic opportunities. The Spanish‚ on the other hand‚ exploited the New World in search of gold and silver‚ greed navigated their search. Although

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    Jamestown‚ Virginia Jamestown‚ the capital of the Virginia colony. ... The Far East has its Mecca‚ Palestine its Jerusalem‚ France its Lourdes‚ and Italy its Loretto‚ but America’s only shrines are her altars of patriotism - the first and most potent being Jamestown; the sire of Virginia‚ and Virginia the mother of this great Republic. (http://www.apva.org/history/) a 1907 Virginia guidebook. In June of 1606‚ King James I granted a charter to a group of London entrepreneurs‚ the Virginia Company

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    John Smith and William Bradford were both leaders of the colonies they established. Although their personalities and the way they did things differed‚ they both had the same ambition. The intentions these two fair men shared was to help their colony survive. "…a country that may have the prerogative over the most pleasant places known‚ for large and pleasant navigable rivers‚ heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man’s habitation…" -- Captain John Smith‚ 1612. Captain John Smith

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    Analysis of Sherman Alexie’s novel. Centers on character of John Smith‚ a man caught between two worlds: the Indian and the White and not at home in either world. Issue of John’s intolerance; his suffering‚ alientation and violence. Negative impact of intolerance of white society and co-workers. Author’s message. From the Paper: "John Smith‚ the protagonist of Sherman Alexie’s novel Indian Killer‚ is a man caught between the white world and the Indian world‚ and at home in neither. He is a full-blooded

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    “O Captain! My Captain!” Literary Analysis Every great nation’s past contains a great leader who sacrificed everything for his or her country. Abraham Lincoln gave his life after striving to abolish slavery. Soon after Lincoln’s murder‚ Walt Whitman wrote an apostrophe poem to Lincoln. In this eulogy‚ Whitman praised Lincoln’s accomplishments and mourned his death. In “O Captain! My Captain!”‚ Walt Whitman uses repetition‚ symbolism‚ assonance‚ and metaphors to portray the theme that every great

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    "O Captain! My Captain!" is a poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865. The poem is classified as an elegy because it is a mourning poem that was written in the memory of someone. The poem was written to honor Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th president of the United States. Walt Whitman was born in 1819 and died in 1892‚ so he lived through the American Civil War. Being born close to the founding of the country‚ he knew people that were a part of the American Revolution. Through this he experienced the unification

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    Equally important to the early beginning of Jamestown is when they became a successful colony by growing tobacco. Smoking which was also known as “The Stinking custom” said by James I was a huge craze during that time and till this day still is. John Rolfe soon became the father of tobacco when he experimented in his garden. Soon enough the tobacco market was a sensation for Jamestown selling 10 tons of tobacco for 3 shillings per pound which is roughly equivalent to $30 a pound in present time

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    ‘O Captain! My Captain’ is a moving poem in which Whitman expresses his profound sense of grief at a tragic end of a leader of men is addressed to Abraham Lincoln‚ one of the greatest presidents of the United States of America‚ who fought a war (the American Civil War) against the Southern States to give the Negro slaves freedom and human dignity. The war was won‚ the slaves were freed‚ but Lincoln‚ soon after his election as president for a second term‚ fell a victim to an assassin’s bullet.

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    "O Captain! my Captain!" Walt Whitman wrote the poem "O Captain! my Captain!" after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Whitman describes Lincoln as the captain of the ship‚ as the leader of the country; he also refers to him as a father: "Here Captain! dear father!"(13)‚ "My father doesn’t feel my arm‚"(18). Clearly‚ a captain is not a father. Why‚ then‚ does Whitman connect the two together? Are there certain similarities between them that can’t be avoided? A captain is

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