… lost money in mining and oil investments. In 1919, he and his friend Eddie Jacobson invested their savings in a men's clothing store in Kansas City. They worked hard, keeping the store open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., but the business failed during the…

… first hand, there may not be a clear relationship between Melville and Edgar Allan Poe, other than the fact that they are both romantics. This is probably because they are both wildly original and have very definite styles.…

… the police station, in Chambersburg, PA, I guess you could call me ignorant. You can say this because I was expecting to basically see what happens on all of those made up police shows (i.e. New York Under Cover). I was hoping/expecting to see culprits…

… old lady? In the novel, The Stone Angel, by Margaret Laurence, the main character, Hagar, becomes a very bitter person due to the circumstances that she encounters. In the following paragraphs it will be proven that Hagar the hag became such a…

… as his point of view, is all about China. Throughout the book, Mark experiences many differences between the Chinese culture and his own American culture. Chinese people want to “save face” by doing some weird things. First example, kissing in China…

… in The Inferno In The Inferno, Dante Alighieri gives his audience a clear vivid presentation of what he as a follower of the Christian religion perceives to be hell. Dante shows that human sin is punishable in various degrees of severity…

… my keys. I tried to quiet the jingling, tried to unlock the door quickly without making much noise, tried to get inside before he caught up with me. I turned the knob and rushed through the door, locking it with a click behind me. My heart pounded in…

… final frontier. As we know, we all are destined to die. Everyday part of us is dying slowly but surely. “Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born.” (Death: The Final Stage of Growth, 14) “Death belongs to life as…

… never children. Few people can remember the truth about adolescence. Their minds "censor" their memories; and have them believe that being a teenager was was one big party, free of cares and responsibilities. Well let me say this, you couldnÕ t…

… to be among the best-known, most-often-misunderstood poems on the planet. It seems as if "The Road Not Taken" gets memorized without really being read. This is a type of poem that needs to be read with accuracy, not imagination. If you read the poem…