FLATLAND Flatland is a vast plane where squares‚ triangles and other figures live and move freely. But they don’t know of our 3 dimensional. They are figures that have neither height nor depth. It starts with the dream of Arthur Square. Arthur Square dreamed of a point‚ a square parallel to itself 8 times that formed a circular formation and in the middle a super square. But he was waked up by his wife‚ telling him to escort his granddaughter
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Survey of American Literature II In comparing the works of Robert Frost and Edwin Arlington Robinson the reader cannot overlook the contrast in character development and the ideas exhibited by the authors with respect to the plight of the character. How the characters fail or succeed in dealing with situations‚ unpleasant circumstances or the issues of life is the foundation that separates them as authors. In Robinson’s poetry the protagonist is described by the narrator as having reached a level
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In the poem “Richard Cory”‚ Edwin Arlington Robinson depicts a “grass is greener” presumption with a twist. The speaker in this poem‚ representing the working class‚ tells about a gentleman by the name of Richard Cory; a man everyone admired. This poem is an ironic illustration of how the “glitter[y]” (l. 8) illusion that wealth and stature projects in ones appearance does not always mean the individual has internal happiness. In the first stanza‚ Robinson methodically distinguishes the differences
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By: Jessica Kanterjian To: Mme Brooks Date: Wednesday ‚November 9th 2011 To kill a Mockingbird and The Scottsboro Trials 1. A)Write a 200 word summary of the Scottsboro trial ‚ based on Miss Randall’s account The Scottsboro Case started off with a group of nine young African American men being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The young boys aged from thirteen to twenty. They were accused of raping two white women (Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. A fight broke out between two groups
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fiction stories. The author reveals details about the character through action or interaction‚ tone‚ setting‚ or mood. The author will give clues and leave it up to the reader to decipher and interpret the meaning of the words. The title character‚ in Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “Richard Cory”‚ seems to be a very successful and dapper man about town‚ and he seems to have nothing but great qualities. He has manners‚ money‚ and most of all—he has looks. He is the man that everyone stops what they’re doing
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Edwin Hubble was born on November 20‚ 1889‚ in Marshfield‚ Missouri. Edwin Hubble served in World War One and also graduated from the University of Chicago. He went down the road in the research in the field of astrophysics at Mount Wilson Observatory in California. He found out a constant relationship between galaxies that helped prove that our universe keeps expanding. Hubble made a classification system that classifies the galaxies that have been used by other researchers for years. Edwin
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a classic novel written by Harper Lee‚ is focused on racism that takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the 1930s‚ where African Americans were segregated by white men. Harper Lee said that the Scottsboro trial‚ which was a trial that started because of discrimination‚ inspired her on writing To Kill a Mockingbird. Despite the differences between the Scottsboro Boys and To Kill a Mockingbird‚ both of them had an impact on the racial implications and laws of the south. The
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The Scottsboro Trials The Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. On March 25‚ 1931‚ several people were on a train traveling between Chattanooga and Memphis‚ Tennessee. Several white boys jumped off the train and reported to the sheriff they had been attacked by a group of black boys. The sheriff stopped the train and searched it. In Paint Rock‚ Alabama
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The poem “Richard Cory” which was written by Edward Arlington Robinson illustrates the theme of how ones appearances may not actually be the true reality. The speaker describes “Richard Cory” as a wealthy individual who seems to have it all but however in the last few lines of the poem he ends up taking his own life. Robinson is able to create an immense sense of situational irony through vivid and lucid imagery‚ a detailed setting and a mysterious speaker. The use of imagery is extensively used
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Nigiste Abdi Ethnic Studies 101 Scottsboro Boys Summary In the year 1931‚ all nine of the Scottsboro boys Haywood Patterson‚ Charles Weems‚ Clarence Norris‚ Andy Wright‚ Ozzie Powell‚ Olen Montgomery‚ Eugene Williams‚ Willie Roberson‚ and Roy Wright are arrested and tried on charges of assault from fighting white boys on a train. Along with accusations made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates that the boys raped them. Their trial begins April 6‚ 1931. All of the boys except for Roy Wright are tired
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