Monroe's Life-Personal Narrative

In this essay I will be discussing the life of President James Monroe. We will talk about his life at home, where he grew up, what he did in the Revolutionary War, and his time as president of the United States of America. First we will talk about James parents.

“On the outskirts of town, within the verge of the peninsula, but not in close vicinity to any other habitation, there was a small thatched cottage. It had been built by an earlier settler, and abandoned because the soil about it was too sterile for cultivation, while its comparative remoteness put it out of the sphere of that social activity which already marked the habits of the emigrants. It stood on the shore, looking across a basin of the sea at the forest-covered hills toward the west.”

Each day people face challenges and stressors that affect them mentally. The stressors they face may cause anxiety, depression, and a feeling of being overwhelmed, but the way they handle these emotions is what matters most. In The Beautiful Stranger, it may appear that Margaret is just pretending her husband is a stranger, but taking a deeper look it seems she is mentally unstable. Unfortunately, we do not know the details of John and Margaret’s life prior to John returning home from business, but it is safe to assume that things were not perfect. Was Margaret acting out her dreams of the perfect husband and a better marriage? Was something in Margaret’s life, causing her a mental breakdown? What was causing John’s behavior to be out of the norm? Had John truly been replaced by a new man? Shirley Jackson did an excellent job creating mystery in this story, but she also included many hints throughout it to help us build our own understanding.

“But afterward the townspeople, theretofore sufficiently unfearful of each other to seldom trouble to lock their doors, found fantasy re-creating them over and over again—those somber explosions that stimulated fires of mistrust in the glare of which many old neighbors viewed each other strangely, and as strangers.”

Soon the men began to gather. Surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed. The women, wearing faded house dresses and sweaters, came shortly after their menfolk.(1)

The narrator discovers that the vast grey town and its ghostly inhabitants are minuscule to the point of being invisible compared with the immensity of heaven and reality. This is illustrated in the encounter

The fifth president of the United States was James Monroe (1817-1825). He was born on April 28, 1758, in Virginia and raised there.

I'm doing my report on James Monroe. James Monroe was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on April 28, 1758 then died July 4, 1831 in New York, New york. When James Monroe was younger they use to call him The Last Cocked Hat, The Last of The Crooked Hats, and The Era of Good Feelings President.

In this lesson, James Monroe became president. Monroe was the first president to have a peaceful and prosperous terms. They cause Monroe eight year term the “Era of Good” feeling. The name came from two reason; the world was entered into an unprecedented period of peace, and the Federalist Party died out in the United State (Page 69). The federalist party demise because the federalist didn’t want to start the war of 1812. The federalist party want everyone to be friendly. In 1814, the federalist of New England was so sure that England was going to win. They discuss New England state seceding from the United States and join with England (Page 69). President Monroe brought world peace. World peace open many doors for American businessmen, they

James Madison served 2 terms as the 4th President of the Unites States of America. He was born March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, Virginia. Madison married his wife Dolley in 1794 and together they raised her son from a previous marriage. As a young boy his father worried about his health because he was sick a lot. However, he went on to live a long life and died at the age of 85, June 28, 1836 (Bio). Picture Reference (Bio).

Heroes are often seen as heroes of war or heroes of countries. James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States embodied both. By many James Monroe was considered the hero of the American Revolution. While men like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson shaped the American presidency, James Monroe was able to leave his own footprint on the nation.

As Margaret is advised to become a visitor at Millbank to escape her own entrapment of her unstable thoughts, she is under the assertion that the visits are for her to observe the prisoners and to force her to think outside of herself rather than remain entrapped with herself. However the prisoners become just as much observers of her as she is of

The Judge had inexplicably vanished, however the Beadle stood waiting with his arm outstretched. The Beadle calls on her, all polite, Poor thing, poor thing. The Judge, he tells her, is all contrite, He blames himself for her dreadful plight. She must come straight to his house tonight! Poor thing, poor thing. Dejectedly, Lucy walked towards the Beadle. There were no longer tears in her eyes, but it couldn't of been clearer that she wished she was anywhere but there. With one last glance at the shop, Lucy allowed the Beadle to lead her along an exclusive street of dark, stone mansions. They were grand, but somehow menacing. In time they reached what was undoubtedly the grandest and most menacing mansion in the entire city, Judge Turpin's. The Beadle ushered Lucy inside, Lucy was not keen on entering the house of the Judge. Of course, when she goes there, Poor thing, poor thing. They're having this ball all in masks. Dozens of masked couples swirled around the ballroom, their numbers sinisterly multiplied by the distorting mirrors that framed the room. The hanging chandeliers were draped

My eyes drifted around the room before settling on the tea, now lukewarm in my hands. Maudie’s nonchalant face came to mind, and her firm, strong voice commanding Jean Louise and I back into the kitchen played in my head. The sudden news of Tom’s death had upset her, but she revealed nothing as such. She said to Jean Louise to stop her shaking and instructed me to control myself. Maudie maintained her composure, and assisted in upholding mine. I wondered how she had done it, but nevertheless I was grateful.

Therefore thought it not in the least a Fault to put in practice a little Whim which came immediately into her Head, to dress herself as near as she cou'd in the Fashion of those Women who make sale of their Favours, and set herself in the Way of being accosted as such a one, having at that Time no other Aim, than the Gratification of an innocent Curiosity (2).