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    appalled by the relation to his ancestor which lead to him adding the “W” to his last name to be no longer associated with his great-great-grandfather. Hawthorne grew up in Salem but spent most of his time in Raymond, Maine because his mother owned a house there. Nathaniel Hawthorne died of natural causes during a trip to the White Mountains with Franklin Pierce on May 19, 1864. Hawthorne died at the ripe age of fifty-nine years old from 1804 - 1864. One of Hawthorne most impactful experiences growing

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    They worked long, hard hours at dead end positions. Cleaning houses, office buildings, even cars. You name it they cleaned it. But times were rough and money was slow, so at the age of twelve my mother got her first job. She went to school, did homework with little to no help, and then went straight to work. All her

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    Seven Gables Chapter 13

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    The House of the Seven Gables is a popular fiction that full of symbolic meaning that written by the famous writer- Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne tries to explore several important themes in this famous book; such as hatred, evil human nature, retribution, and atonement. The readers are able to interpret this book with different meanings or different manners according to their personal preferences. At the same time, a large number of readers would consider retribution can be a central theme or topic

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    American Romanticism was the first full-fledged literary movement that developed in the U.S. it was made up of a group of authors who wrote and published between around 1820-1860, when the U.S. was still finding it’s feet as a new nation. Although it hadn’t known any national boundaries. The basic idea for this is in Romanticism is that reason cannot explain everything. In reaction to the cult of nationality that was Enlightenment, Romanticism had searched for deeper appeals. This had led romantics

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    Research Inquiry: How did Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Puritan heritage influence him? Thesis Statement: Living in Salem, Massachusetts and being the great grandson of the famous John Hathorne influences Nathaniel in a positive way, but also in a negative way. Response: Despite being the great grandson of John Hathorne, Nathaniel uses his opportunity to an advantage. Nathaniel grows up in a reshaping nation, with stories of witch trials and communist hunts. Hawthorne utilizes his resources and writes a

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    inspiration to write his most famous novel, The Scarlett Letter. It was one of the first massed produced books in the United States and released in 1850. Hawthorne and his wife moved into a farmhouse in Lenox, MA. He went on to write The House of Seven Gables. Rural life did not work for him, as he enjoyed being close to the sea and the city. Therefore, he moved his family back to Concord. He and Sophia now had three children. They lived in a place called Wayside. While living where he joined

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    Anne of Green Gables: Personality and Destiny Abstract Anne of Green Gables is the first long novel of famous Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, published in 1908. Its publication lightened the spirit of Canadians of that age, giving a place to Canadian native literature in the literary world. Current studies on Anne’s personality is mainly about Anne’s lunacy, mercuriality, narcissist, rebellion,precocity, imagination,love for nature and life. These personalities are considered fixed

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    Exordium (introduction) Trains have been essential to the world’s development for years. As in the case of America, they fueled the expansion west. Provided communication and transportation Narration (background) As Megan Reilly - “Is Light Rail the Answer to Transit Woes?”, popularity decrease of 7%. The prevalence of personal cars has outshined public transport. Often, buses are more convenient because they can use the widespread roads rather than be limited to the rails. While trains may seem

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    Family The gothic novel The House of the Seven Gables, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, displays the decaying of the Pyncheon family following the curse of Matthew Maule. The curse accompanies the family and the house together through generations causing the curse to become more real as time goes on. By the end of the novel, Maule’s curse causes the house to become a living character. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses a decaying theme from generation to generation of the house and the Pyncheon family. The

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    Zion Reformed Church

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    America. Before the church was built they held there congregation at a school house that was on the same ground as the church. Nicholas Snider bought the land from Benjamin Chambers, the founder of Chambersburg. The school house was torn down in 1908. The first cornerstone was laid in 1811. Seventeen feet below the ground was a bed of limestone. After they built the church, they ran into problems years later. There were seven tie rods installed to support the walls. The walls consist of a layer of brick

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