William Chester Minor

of these words probably were chosen to reflect the intelligence of the main characters and their love of English and all of its intriguing nuances, and not necessarily the wealth of them. There is imagery placed throughout the story, such as when Minor describes having to brand the runaway soldiers. Another example of imagery occurs in the middle of chapter six, the description of asylum paints it as a horrifying prison of madness, and not a place to make people get better and fix their mental problems

worried over the slightest things, maybe not exactly like William Chester Minor, when he fears the Irish, but still with some similarities, such as the fact that we don’t like getting hurt and are overprotective

character, Doctor William Minor, is a mentally ill man who is locked away in an asylum for murder. He offers his knowledge and love of literature to James Murry, the professor, to help with making the Oxford English Dictionary. The purpose of the story is to bring awareness to William Minor’s mental illness. Simon Winchester uses a candid and honest tone to relay the subject and purpose of The Professor and The Madman. As the novel begins, the author’s tone relays the subject, William Minor. Simon Winchester

interesting/why it is an example of good writing. An example of good writing is on page 21, “Dr. William C. Minor, surgeon-captain, U.S. Army, a forlornly proud figure from one of the oldest and best-regarded families of New England, was henceforward to be formally designated in Britain by Broadmoor File Number 742, and to be held in permanent custody as a 'certified criminal lunatic.’” After Dr. William C. Minor, the author put a comma and after England the author put another comma. When using commas in

the novel The Professor and the Madman author, Simon Winchester depicts the critically insane man of Doctor William Chester Minor who lived the majority of his life in paranoia. Coincidentally, despite his own schizophrenia Minor helped contribute to the creation

his bizarre fingerprint he made on the creation of the first complete dictionary. William Chester Minor grew up in the British colony on the coast of India in Ceylon. At an early age Minor grew up like any healthy, normal boy would; until he began his process into adulthood. Minor was an abnormally gentle young boy; where most young teenagers fought and wrestled, Minor read books and painted. The pubescent Minor developed strange fantasies for the native women who lived on the island. These were

politics. Minor parties, like the Populist Party, did exist, however, never lasted long. America saw rapid industrialization, urbanization, and the rise of big business with natural resources, manufactured goods, and growing labor supply all helping to increase economic outstanding. High tariffs prevented outside merchandise from making its way into the United States, forcing Americans to buy and sell within their own limits. During

Thousands of minors traveled by sea or land to San Francisco.

Born On January 15,1929 in Atlanta, Georgia by Alberta Williams and Michael Luther King Sr. Martin’s name used to be Michael Luther King Before his father changed it to Martin in honor of the sixteenth-century German church reformer Martin Luther. Family, Church, and Education were the central forces shaping King’s early life. Martin was a middle child, between an older sister, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King. Martin sang at his church choir at the 1943 Atlanta

William Golding, the author of Lord of The Flies, included adults for only a brief time throughout the novel, playing only a minor role at the end. The absence of adults exemplifies how children require the structure and guidance that only parents can provide, this can be seen how nations newly freed from the British Empire’s control would be better off under English colonial power to survive and maintain order before deteriorating into anarchy. The adults of the novel can be seen as the mother