... which is what I think in part makes the book so interesting to read. Throughout the book, there is a lot of very obvious social conflict on the estate that Cal lives in. One of the main aspects of this is the religious bigotry. Even simple little things, like the union jack flags being kept up long past the twelfth of July, and the kerbstones painted in alternating red, white, and ... of inevitability in several issues. Because Cal and his father live on a Protestant estate, it is inevitable that either one or both of them is going to get hurt eventually. The first victim however is Cal...

• Word Count: 1649
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... whom no amount of tutoring would do any good. The blame for this, it was supposed, rested on the Anglo-Irish and English policy as practised from the twelfth century throughout the eighteenth centuries. These policies, by segregating the two peoples socially, racially and religiously had kept them artificially divided. Yet, it was reported in 1847 that the starving Irish where willingly foregoing food and using English ... elected for Clare. 1829 Catholic emancipation passed. Tithe War began. 1837 Accession of Queen Victoria. 1839 January 6.. the Night of the BIG WIND 1840 O'Connell's R...

• Word Count: 4515
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School