The new middle class sparked the rise of consumer culture as well as more democratic forms of entertainment, or popular culture. ... In this essay, we are going to see some aspects about the curious life of this enterprising man and his museum of freaks and describe the important impact of his figure on posterity. ... He was peddling lottery tickets and cherry-rum to soldiers by age 12, and as a smalltown grocer in Connecticut, he regularly cheated his customers on the dubious premise that they were trying to cheat him. ... Allegedly he asked about the previous night's gate receipts w...

• Word Count: 2080
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

If you are born into wealth you tend to be a little bit more snobby than the over-night millionaire. ... So their entire house smells like dog and cat pee. ... Since their house smells so badly like dog and cat pee all their clothes and bodies smell like it too. ... Differences: One scene is when Nick and Jordan are sitting down at a table with a drunken girl and man about Nick's age. ... I think Jordan and Nick were just curious because they had so many rumors about him they just wanted to know which one of the rumors was really the truth and which ones were actually lies. ...

• Word Count: 2072
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

To those who have felt an affection for a faithful and obedient dog, I should hardly have trouble explaining the nature and intensity of the gratification one can get from them. ... We had birds, gold-fish, a fine dog, rabbits, a small monkey, and a cat. ... For Pluto however, I still had enough sense to refrain from abusing him, though I abused the rabbits, the monkey, and even the dog - without giving it a second thought - whenever they came in my way. ... On the night of the day on which this cruel deed was done, I was awakened from my sleep by the cry of fire. ... and other similar ex...

• Word Count: 3181
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

As Mark Twain commented, "It is my belief that Peter Pan is a great and refining and uplifting benefaction to this sordid and money-mad age; and the next best play is a long way behind- (qtd. in Jack 158). ... Something uncanny is going to happen, we expect, for a quiver has passed through the room, just sufficient to touch the night-lights- (97). ... The middle class seems more difficult to define. ... In times of affluence, some members of the middle class acquire savings. ... Says Mr Darling to his wife, "I warn you, Mary, that unless this tie is round my neck we don't go out to dinner...

• Word Count: 7291
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

English novelist, story writer, critic, poet and painter Lawrence is one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. Lawrence's doctrines of sexual freedom arose obscenity trials, which are still part of the relationship between literature and society. He saw sex and intuition as a k...

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Romeo and Juliet - The Betrayal of the Adults to Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the adults betray Juliet becausethey are unable to understand her. Juliet's parents, Capulet and LadyCapulet, fail to understands Juliet's decision not to marry Paris. TheNurse fails Juliet by not supporti...

• Word Count: 11808
• Approx Pages: 47
• Grade Level: High School