My research paper is about the breaker boys and how they spent the majority of their lives in climate conditions, clothing/glove problems and finally, exhaustion problems (Hindman, Hugh D). However, before I mainly get into how the majority of their lives were as children and elderly. I am going to tell you what a breaker boy is and what they are supposed to do and how they do it. A breaker boys was not exactly a coal miner, they did the most labor in the coal mine. They’re jobs were to separate
Hobnail, a short story that I seem to have found very interesting. The story is about a mother(Ellen) and daughter(Frannie) who sat outside around her uncle’s house one day after church. As the day started to near an end they needed to say their farewells and walk there a few miles home through the woods. At this rate it would be dark before they would arrive home to Frannie’s father. On their way home Frannie started to hear footsteps behind her, her mother stops multiple times and turn around with
At eleven o'clock I am wishing my shoes did not have hobnails in them as I noisily tread down the tranquil street lined with four-o-clocks and horse stables. I try unsuccessfully to not let my footfalls disturb this peaceful night. Silently, I curse myself for deciding to wear this heavy Spanish dress loudly swishing at my ankles. Agitated, I tug at my hair and red shawl. At the comer a rainbow of people spreads out before me. The appetizing aromas of warm bread, seafood, and sherry surge over me
john adams revolution John Adams explains how the revolution began when he says, "The Revolution was effected before the war commenced (37-38). The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people, "proving there was a feeling of revolution as soon as people left England to come to the New World" (25). The duel for America created a restlessness among the independent minded Americans. However, mother England saw the necessity of holding her colonies. Eventually, tension is felt between
War Photographer by Ms. Duffy This poem is the only one by Ms. Duffy (in this selection) which is written in the third person. It is about a person who is clearly not the poet. The surface subject of the poem is the war photographer of the title but at a deeper level the poem explores the difference between "Rural England" and places where wars are fought (Northern Ireland, the Lebanon and Cambodia), between the comfort or indifference of the newspaper editor and its readers and the suffering