John Marsden

Twelfth of July, 1962, three men escaped the ‘so-called’ inescapable, maximum security prison that we know as Alcatraz. There are many speculations related to whether they made it out alive or not. Either way, Frank Lee Morris, Clarence Anglin, and John Anglin accomplished an amazing feat by making history with the most well thought out plan. There is a lot of evidence that proves, without a doubt, that these men made it out alive, and that they did. Alcatraz is located in the middle of the San Francisco

Compare & Contrast Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass both came from an African American background but the time difference of these two men when they were brought to the world changed. Malcolm X had a rough life. His dad was mysteriously murdered and his mom was mentally ill and with no parent figure he got in to the street life. He got in to selling illegal substances and burglary. He was struggling financially as well. In 1946 Malcolm X age twenty at the time was sentenced to prison for 10 years

influenced peoples’ way of thinking through their ideas of reason, empiricism, and the power of nature. The ideas that the philosophers had eliminated the stranglehold that religion had on the people and the government. Through the heavy influence of John Locke, Isaac Newton, and other philosophers, alternative religions, mainly deism, emerged, which changed how people viewed themselves and their relationship to government. Through their discoveries and theories, the philosophers during the Age of

The way people feel about something or react to it is most of the time not optional or tempted more by their desires or by their nature. “The pearl” is a great example of how people completely turn over into different creatures because of their human characteristic or because of their human desires. Jealousy is a great factor that helped in leading to the climax and the tragedy of the novel, whereas greed was the most important one because of what the pearl represents and what the actual reason behind

Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is a touching novel that reaches deep into our hearts. It is a tale two migrate farm workers by the name of Lenny and George struggling to maintain their friendship throughout the Great depression. They have been booted from their town due to a series of unfortunate happenings. Unlike other men these Lenny and George have something- companionship and a dream. Unfortunately the dream never becomes a reality: Lenny mental impairment causes him to accidently kill the

There are two notable themes in the short story “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck: gender inequality and dissatisfaction. The point of view, characterization, and figurative language in the story help make these themes clear. Although a narrator tells this story in the third person, we experience almost the entire story from Elisa’s point of view. We know that it is from Elisa’s point of view because we do not know what is happening with other characters that Elisa can see. For instance

it not mean their own end. To end the war, Americans had to pick a target that would leave the Japanese government with nowhere to retreat, allowing for a crippling effect that would essentially cause their collapse and surrender. In his writings, John Hersey proclaims that Hiroshima was a “… inviting target - mainly because it had been one of the most important military command and communications centres in Japan …” (HERSEY, P. 107). In the minds of American strategists, this must have seemed a

In the novel, Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, depicts the struggles between upper class, middle class, and poor, migrant workers which show how natural human greed and selfishness amongst those with sustainable income increases tension between the separate classes. Steinbeck also uses the empathetic views shared amongst those in the same situations and how it gives them a want to help each other survive. The rich are wasteful with things they are unable to profit from; they cannot stand the poor

nineteenth century, many psychologist and educational reformers began to challenge the past comprehension of education and it’s teachings. Many defiers believed that education cannot be simply taught out of a text book, and proceeded to prove their point. John Locke speculated that “truth and knowledge… are out of observation and experience rather than manipulation of accepted or given ideas." Johann Bernhard Basedow (1724-1790) developed new teaching methods that were simply based on interaction with a

One of the greatest novels of all time, John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, is a well-known American classic. Renowned for its portrayal of the struggle of migrant families during the Dust Bowl; the novel not only details the Joad family’s 1500 mile journey from Oklahoma to California but that of all migrant workers. The Joad’s travels reflect the hardships migrant workers had to face while trying to survive in a country that hated and feared them. The novel was published in 1939, and one year