The policy of allotment helped numerous American Indian
families, as each family received one hundred and sixty acres of land for the
purpose of farming. The Dawes Act or the General Allotment Act of 1887 gave the
power to the American President to survey the tribal lands and divide them
among the tribal’s for the sole purpose of farming and improving their
lifestyle. The main reason behind this land allotment was that the tribal’s
used very backward method for the purpose of cultivation of crops.
It was "Francois Rabelais" who wrote the humorous novel Pantagruel, published in 1532, which poked fun at the established order, since this was during a time when many voices of "protest" made their way through literary works such as this.
<span>Charles Dickens began as a law clerk in 1827 to provide for his family. He also spent a great deal of time in the theater district. By the age of 20, he was a reporter for The Mirror of Parliament during the age of Queen Victoria. The rise to writer status was a vast difference to the job he had at age 12 as a factory worker.</span>
