1. The Importance of Secondary Sources
... source, and can also contain vital background information that is much needed when trying to grasp the concept of the primary source. A great example of this is within another piece written by George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier. In the primary source, (Chapter 2) Orwell explains how the miners used Davie with an enclosed flame and how families had a staple meal, consisting of a source of meat to ... within Jack Kerouac's, The Windblown World; he explains through his diaries his adventures through Louisiana "They illuminated a wall of living vines. Then we crossed the Sabine River on ...
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