Nacque a Lowell il 12 marzo del 1922 ed ebbe una rigida istruzione cattolica i cui effetti si manifestarono nelle profonde aspirazioni religiose, nonostante una vita dissipata e vagabonda. Cominciò a frequentare l'università fino all'imbarco in marina come cuoco nel conflitto mondiale. Fu congedato perché nevrotico e in patria riprese a studiare fino a
Analysis of book
In The Lord of the Rings Tolkien demonstrates the evolution of a literary world. In The Hobbit, often considered a prologue to The Lord of the Rings, he created a kind of being with no parallel in literature; in The Lord of the Rings he expands his single hobbit hero into four hobbit companions and an assortment of helpers and enem
Until they were old enough to go away to a boarding school or college, or have a tutor, upper and middle class children were taught in their homes by governesses. Although a governess had to have the education and manners of a "lady," she was treated as a servant. However, the other servants did not accept her either because she shared a level of intima
The development of skyscrapers came as a result of the coincidence of several technological and social developments. The term originally applied to buildings of 10 to 20 storeys, but by the late 20th century it was used to describe high-rise buildings of unusual height, generally greater than 40 or 50 storeys.
The increase in urban commerce in the U
During this age sexuality was generally repressed in its public and private forms, and prudery in its most extreme manifestation led to the denunciation of nudity in art and the rejection from everyday vocabulary of words with sexual connotation. All these aspects are part of what has come to be known as the “Victorian compromise” and these were refined