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Benjamin Franklin Biography Benjamin Franklin is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the USA. Born on Milk Street, Boston on the seventeenth of January, 1706, he obtained many achievements such as being a well-renowned polymath, a leading author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor and civil activist among many other things. Franklin was one of seventeen children born to Josiah Franklin, and one of ten to Abiah Folger. His father, Josiah, wished for Franklin to attend school with

In The crucible, by Arthur Miller, the protagonist reveals that the McCarthyism trials were making unfair allegations without the proper methods of the court by proving a reliable piece of evidence. Which cause the court wanting to obtain confessions from the people in prison as well as John Proctor in order for the people to not rebel against the trails because the people in the prisons were well respected in the community.     Proctor chose not to confess to the court at first due to his name being

Arthur Miller's the Crucibles tells us about the Salem witch trials which occurred in Massachusetts in 1692. Miller has used many details that have been illustrated into this book. It is easily noticed in the story. He shows us a good view of what happened in Salem and how the situations were handled in their era. His book shows us information that many today may not know of and mislead. Many conflicts roll out of there hiding spots as the story unfolds. As for example John proctor has been

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist. He is best known for his works that relate to the transcendentalist movement during the mid-19th Century. Emerson is the writer of a well-known essay titled “Self-Reliance”. This essay revolves around the idea that individuals should be nonconformists, or people who do not conform to the typical standards of society. A specific quote in this essay is, “to be great is to be misunderstood”. Although it’s a short quote, many large ideas can be extracted

The Romantic Era has produced ideas and texts that contribute to the society that is seen today. Examples of these texts include Thoreau's “Walden” and my Learner Choice novel, Red Rising. The Romantic Era ties into Freedom & Selfhood and is important to the development of today’s society and the future ahead. It allowed people to begin to look at the world through a different lens, a lens that showed them to embrace freedom and to find yourself. Henry David Thoreau uses imagery, similes, and metaphors

The United States of America is defined by various documents that display the values and ideas that the United States stands behind. These documents, while numerous and varying in topic, share many common themes and ideas. Topics for these documents have also been formed by sources not from the United States such as the Enlightenment or the English Bill of Rights. Understanding these connections is important as they are a major part of American history. By understanding these connections you can

In As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and The Crucible by Arthur Miller, women are perceived in ways that fit the time period they are written in. The Crucible deals with women being accused of witchcraft and regarded as witches. In As I Lay Dying the few women in the story, are not highly regarded or of high status. Both authors depict women in different ways, but with similar attitude towards women. Even though The Crucible and As I Lay Dying were works from different time periods, the portrayal

The movie Rose Red and the book Haunting of Hill House have a lot of things in common. In the beginning of the Haunting of Hill House or somewhere in the book they would talk about the rocks falling on the momś house. Just like in the beginning and in the end of the movie Rose Red Annie would make the rocks fall on the house because she was mad. In the beginning the dog bit Annie and second she was mad at the ghosts. like how the house keeps on growing until the current person that owns the house

Plymouth & Jamestown Colonies Sailing overseas from England to a new world were two colonies The Jamestown Colony and The Plymouth Plantation colony travel for their own beneficial reasons to better their lives . both colonies were very different and had different ways , but both faced similar survival situations. Captain John Smith and his crew initially traveled to America to make money in regards to becoming wealthy. The ship mainly contained men. Every man for themselves type of relationship

Writing nearly 1800 poems, Emily Dickinson is known as one of the most distinguished poets of the 19th century. She was born on December 10th in the year of 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts to a very well-known and influential family. Naturally, Emily had the reputation of being a recluse since she was the second born of three children, making her the middle child. Having never been married, she died in the house where she was born on May 15th, 1886. Seemingly her most understood ballad, "Because I