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  Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was first performed in 1808 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Since then, it has become one of the...

• Answered a Question in The Gettysburg Address

  In The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln uses the word "dedicated" twice within the first two sentences. He starts off his speech...

• Answered a Question in The Overstory

  The Overstory by Richard Powers uses a combination of human characters and non-human characters, specifically trees, to tell...

• Answered a Question in Beka Lamb

  Beka Lamb, a novel by Zee Edgell, tells the life story of its eponymous protagonist. Beka deals with racial prejudice, social...

• Answered a Question in Out of My Mind

  Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper tells the story of Melody Brooks, an intelligent eleven-year-old girl who was born with...

• Answered a Question in Hidden Figures

  Hidden Figures tells the story of three African-American women who worked as mathematicians, also known as computers,...

• Answered a Question in Reference

  The field of economics can be broken down into two main branches: macroeconomics and microeconomics. While macroeconomics studies the...

• Answered a Question in Literature

  “One Hundred Percent American” is an essay written by Ralph Linton in 1937, which explains the impact of globalization on Americans....

• Answered a Question in A Day's Wait

  “A Day’s Wait” by Ernest Hemingway is a short story published in 1933 which tells the story of a young boy who becomes ill. His father...

• Answered a Question in A Tale of Two Cities

  In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, it is not clearly explained why Doctor Manette was released from prison. In fact,...