After reading the short story “My Boy Life” which is the memoir of John Carroll‚ I was from time to time envious of Carroll’s life but also relieved that I was not born in the 1800’s. Born just before the war of 1812 in Upper Canada‚ Carroll’s life was very simple. His prospective future occupations only consisted of a few and were predetermined from birth. How simple is life when everything is already set in stone? From the age of twelve to seventeen‚ Carroll worked at a tannery and as a currier
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Farm Life in the 1930’s Questions I have always lived on a farm for the majority of my life. Nowadays life now on a farm for me is much more different then how life was back then. The kids back then had it tough too they most likely had to work all day on the fields and your future was already determined once you were born. Just because there was no one else to take over the farm once your dad got too old or incapable to work. So with this said you were going to take up on you fathers trade
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The Hobo Life in the 1930’s Imagine a time where there were no jobs‚ and the ones that were available weren’t paying enough to help anyone survive. Kids roamed the streets and little cardboard shackle houses were where most of the population lived‚ it was dangerous and unclean. Then there were the people who would jump aboard a train to seek work in other towns‚ or just go to see the world. There were approximately 2 million men‚ 8‚000 women (Ganzel)‚ and 250‚000 teens (“Riding the Rails” Encyclopedia
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The theme of the two articles is hardship "Boys Life"and "Emancipation". They have several things that are alike and several things that are different. They are both about two mammals being free. A human and one animal. In the beginning of “Boys Life” it starts of by saying “TICK……TICK……TICK”. The boys name is Cory Mackenson which is the narrator of the story. In the article it says‚ “In spite of what the calendar says‚ I have always counted the last day of school as the first day of summer. The
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Life during the 1500’s People complain about some ridiculous stuff these days. Their room is a mess or what their mother made for dinner was not good enough for them. If people were to live during the 1500’s they would realize that they should take for granted what they do have instead of complaining about what they could have. Life during the 1500’s‚ specifically in England‚ was terrible. The people lived a very dirty lifestyle without everyday necessities which caused diseases very quickly and
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Fashion There are many differences in life for not only teenagers but for everyone from fifty years ago compared to today. The most tremendous differences do seem to affect teenagers more than adults. Some of the most important are related to fashion‚ technology‚ school and work. In the 60’s fashion have many similarities but also many differences to the present. A few very popular fashion items in the 60’s such as baby doll dresses‚ miniskirts‚ and hippie dresses
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freedom‚ solace‚ and protection from the hardships they have to endure throughout their lives. Their bikes are a very close friend that becomes part of them as they go along their respective journeys. They are their bike‚ and their bike is them. In Boys Life‚ Cory’s bike‚ “Rocket”‚ is just as important to him as rare arrowheads are to Johnny. Rocket helped Cory get around town to do things such as run errands for his mom or also to go to Mrs. Green Glass’s house to find out more clues regarding the murder
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The Life of a Slave in the 1800’s Life as a slave was very difficult. As many as 4.5 million slaves were working in Southern plantations in the early to mid-1800’s. There were two types of slaves; field slaves and house slaves. People think that being a house slave was easier but this proves that theory wrong. Slaves had terrible environments‚ were separated from family and friends‚ and were sometimes beaten to death. Whites knew that slavery was wrong and immoral. Though‚ it still continued. Being
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Slavery is the ownership of human beings as property used for the purpose of unpaid labor; a slave can be bought and/or sold by his/her master for a price by his or her owner. Slaves were often exploited and treated very poorly and this was the case in British society as the slave trade was prominent and grew to dominate the Atlantic slave trade. The Atlantic slave was established during the mid-17th century. Ships would sail from Europe with a cargo of manufactured goods to the west coast of Africa
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did‚ and as a result‚ many tried to live their lives to the fullest they could‚ which resulted in heathenism‚ which was one of the most common lifestyles during the 1920’s.
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