The judge in their case harbored negative sentiments towards the two men, because of his own conservative Yankee Republican standing. Despite the support from many influential people such as Felix Frankfurter, Eugene Debs, Ben Shahn, John Dos Passos, and Edna St. Vincent Millay, large groups of people rallied against them. The conservatives of the time called for the death of the anarchist immigrants, and the nativists harped on the immigrant origins of the two men. Unfortunately, the two men, after having gone through an unfair trial, were found guilty in 1921. After many years of appeals and delays, Sacco and Vanzetti were put to death by electric chair on August 23rd, 1927.
Harriet and Calvin got married in 1836. The work of the Underground Railroad touched both Harriet and Calvin. The couple hid slaves in their home until they moved to Maine when Calvin got a job at Bowdoin College in 1850. Within two year’s Harriet had three children and, the couple worried financially as Calvin’s salary decreased. To earn some extra money Harriet wrote for local magazines and papers.
The family, Peter Skrzynecki and his two parents, were in transit for over two years from 1949–51 (either physically travelling, or in a migrant hostel) before they were allowed to begin their new life in Australia. The book also expounds the ongoing hardships that Skrzynecki and his parents still suffer because of their journey to Australia. Immigrant Chronicle was one of the five prescribed "Physical Journeys" texts in the compulsory New South Wales HSC English syllabus, and is now a prescribed poetry text for "Area of Study: Belonging" for 2009–14. This core text is the main focus of the unit, and it requires students to find their own related text(s) and compare the texts in the form of an
This poem outlines the concept of kinship of a father- And – son interaction and the transition of belonging due to immigration. Peter Skyrznecki was born in 1945 in Germany. During that time, a war was in midst, thus Peter and his parents fled war-torn Germany to seek asylum in Australia. Because of this, their sense of belonging of locality was destroyed. Peter became a teacher for 3 years, allowing peter to write poetry about his teaching experiences, landscapes and Immigration.
Scott Fitzgerald named “The Jazz Age”, was a booming time of America with consumerism, the idea of flapper, the inventions of the radio and telephone, and a developing automobile industry; sadly, came along with these enormous booms was a decline in social morality. In The Great Gatsby, Daisy and her husband, Tom, were reckless and irresponsible people. For example, in the accident that caused Myrtle’s death, Daisy let Gatsby take the blame, while she was the one who struck Myrtle. Moreover when the news of Gatsby’s death spread out in town, Tom and Daisy hastily packed and left the town because they were afraid of having to be responsible for the mess that they had created. Nick, the narrator, said that Tom and Daisy “.
It seems like a ritual or a bed time story for Lennie and it comforts his when something goes wrong. “George’s voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before.” George and Lennie aren’t like many migrant farm workers; they go everywhere together and stay together throughout. “I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you.” They don’t like what they do but it’s the only thing they can do to earn money. “Guys like us guys that like on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world.” But they believe they can be happy and successful not like other workers.
just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had. "(Fitzgerald 1) Gatsby didn’t have help from others growing up, and learned his way through life. Once he managed to succeed in life, he intended on getting back the attention he once had from Daisy, the great love of his life. He carries hope throughout the entire book for their split to come back together. Tom Buchanan on the other hand, Daisy’s husband is a very wealthy man but selfish indeed.
Edgar Allan Poe was a renown poet of the nineteenth century whose life was full of unfortunate events that jaded his writings. Edgar was born to the Poe family in 1809, however his original parents had either abandoned him or were dead by the time he was three. He was then adopted by John Allen, who moved around frequently due to his job as a merchant. Poe moved around a variety of schools, finally going to the University of Virgina in 1826. It was during this point in time that Poe and Allan had a falling out due to Poe’s debt.
Democratic newspapers dubbed him 'Spotty Lincoln', and indicated that he had committed political suicide (McPherson, 2000). This label would come back to haunt him when he ran in 1848 for the Whig presidential nominee against Zachary Taylor. Although Lincoln's successor in the House, his former partner Logan, lost due to the backfire against the Whig party's antiwar stance, Taylor did win the presidency. However, most disturbing to Lincoln was the fact that he did not get the patronage appointment to commissioner of the General Land Office, as he had anticipated. Lincoln returned home to devote his time to his law practice, disheartened with politics, and became one of the leading attorneys in the state.
Soon after this he gained literary success and he met his first wife, Hadley Richardson, and they moved to Paris in 1921. Two years later his wife became pregnant, and Hemingway had to put his career on hold for two years so they could move back to North America, as the medical care was preferable to Parisian medical care. Shortly after, his marriage to Hadley failed and the couple separated in 1927, the same year the book was published (Ball, 2009). This becomes relevant due to ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ is about a man’s way of life becoming threatened by a pregnancy. In the short story it becomes apparent that something is amiss after the dialogue reveals