... about a certain spy and has an intriguing title to interest the reader in said spy. For example, chapter 1 is titled, "Rebel Queen of Washington Spies: Rose Greenhow." Within each chapter there are subsections that help to separate and organize the stories; for example, "Reaching Elite Circles," "She Would do "Anything," and, "Mama's Been Arrested ... !" In each chapter there are pictures with headings to give the reader more information about things going on in the story. They are strategically placed by Winkler to enhance the reader's experience and ... of the spies where Winkler uses...

• Word Count: 828
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... named it "The Tragic Legend of Reconstruction." This signifies to me that he thought the Reconstruction was a disaster. In short, I get the feeling of his whole overview in that one chapter title. The first problem I would like to address with Reconstruction is the treatment of the former Confederacy. In earlier Reconstruction writings, a lot of authors suggested that the southerners were treated ... , even General Robert E. Lee said his goodbyes and went back home undisturbed. I think the Confederacy's high officers should have paid a steeper price for their deeds, but not with their li...

• Word Count: 1982
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... going to rule on the issues that are dividing the country; slavery in the territories, the Missouri Compromise, etc. (Hume, Video Lecture 5, McPherson, Chapter 7) The Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case had three main points: first, Scott had no right to sue because he was not ... for the South had become a necessary counter revolution to get out of the union with the new aggressive North. (Hume, Video Lecture 6; and McPherson, Chapter 3) Mary Boykin Chesnut of South Carolina wrote in her diary: December 6 [1860]. To day the election for delagates to the [Secession] Convention...

• Word Count: 3943
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... able to identify the problem yet. "A want of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood (p339)."" In the same chapter, Douglass writes, "My father was a white man-. He reveals to the readers the implication of his master being his father, but leaves it up the ... the slave owners were dually aware of this practice and therefore put into effect laws that condemned children of slaves to the position of their mothers. In chapter five, Douglass moves to Baltimore to go live with a new master. To his surprise, he is met with kindness and humanity. Hi...

• Word Count: 1263
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... and therefore should be content with their current lifestyles. However, some slave became self-educated, like Fredrick Douglass, and realized that there was something better than slavery for them. In Chapter Ten, Fredrick Douglass realized that if he wanted to change his lifestyle, he would have to take the situation into his own hands. As ... Chapter Ten opens, Fredrick Douglass is about the age of sixteen when he is sent to Mr. Covey, a renowned "Negro breaker" in January of 1833. Covey is unlike any other master ... ...

• Word Count: 705
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... cast in movies. He does do a great job of delivering funny lines with certain straightness. The only other person of note in the movie is Joan of Arc, played by Jane Wiedlin, you might know her as one of the Go-Go's, and all female rock back from the 80s" She had very few lines in the movie so that may ... ...

• Word Count: 1595
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"No second Johannesburg is needed upon the earth. One is enough." Chapter 23, page 205 of Cry, the Beloved Country. This line is spoken by the narrator. It pertains to the idea of the province Odendaalsrust growing larger because of the discovery ... solution for South Africa is a greater sense of love and brotherhood. Paton's perspective also has a strong American influence. In previous chapters he mentioned the ideas of Abraham Lincoln. In this chapter he mentions Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. He says if a new city like Johannesburg arises then the same problems will face the c...

• Word Count: 373
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... and he had an open door policy and rarely turned away anyone who wanted to speak with him. I've seen leaders control their emotions in situations but I love how this chapter broke down the five domains of emotional intelligence. The text stated that "Because he had experienced the darkness that life sometimes offers up, there were few painful emotions that ... ...

• Word Count: 1419
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... an in-depth glimpse at the torment Douglass witnessed growing up as a slave. The narrative is a thorough journey that led us from his birth to final freedom. Within his first chapter, Frederick broadly went through many aspects that will be discussed throughout this paper. Considering that the Blacks were already considered slaves, they still suffered lifetimes of torture despite the fact ... ...

• Word Count: 886
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... of these are new archival materials, but the editor here was able to locate most of them and make use of the material found in the end notes following each chapter. Chesnutt also made use of his personal contact with Douglass in this volume. An admirer of the Lion of Anacostia, as he was called, Chesnutt provides the reader with several ... ...

• Word Count: 913
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... of the blame for the conflict. Never the less the conflict in and of itself was one which was, more likely than not, unavoidable. The Civil War became an inevitable chapter in our American history, and apart of our American heritage. For more than 30 years arguments between the North and South had been growing. One of these quarrels was about ... ...

• Word Count: 1119
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... hours before their death, it was not considered a crime. They basically believed they could do what they wished with them because the slaves were their property. This is confirmed in chapter nine when Douglass said, "For of all slaveholders with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst. I have ever found them the meanest and basest, the most cruel and ... ...

• Word Count: 730
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... day would be enough grounds to consider something evil. And that is what slavery is; pure evil. That was proven throughout the entire book. Douglass describes a Reverend Rigby Hopkins in Chapter 10. He says that this was one of the most terrible men that he has ever met. Mr. Hopkins used to beat three or four slaves every Monday morning to ... ...

• Word Count: 568
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... several instances in which his personal accounts of slavery are highlighted. These instances illustrate important realizations that Douglass makes concerning slavery, and/or about his own condition. The very first chapter of the novel produces the first example: loss of identity. Many slaves had absolutely no concept of time, in terms of factual dates. Slaves were kept "ignorant" as to the ... ...

• Word Count: 884
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School