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Plot Summary of West Side StoryWestside story is the award winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliette. The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with ...
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Life of the Famous J.K. RowlingJoanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE[1] (born 31 July 1965),[2] better known as J. K. Rowling (pronounced /'ro?l??/, ROH-ling),[3] is a British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter ...
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Punk Rock View on 9/11On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, my life changed forever. The life of everyone I know changed forever. My city was attacked by terrorists.
Typing those words seems like a surrealist joke. It doesn't seem real. I can't comprehend the things I have witnessed with my own eyes in the last two days. I ...
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Holocaust Humor: Hurtful or Helpful"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow.”
-Mark Twain
Humor within the Holocaust consistently raises debates based on the morality and respect. Do works that evoke any emotion other than sorrow or remorse discredit the event or the lives lost? Or does it deserve a spot within ...
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The Awakening"...looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage." Chapter 1, pg. 3
I think there are a lot of significant things about this quote. First I love the way he views his wife. She truly is a “valuable piece”, but I would not have said ...
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The Capulet Family in Romeo and JulietEvery single person evolves in his or her life. Whether it their physical looks, or their emotional reactions, people change. This appears very evident in the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. At the start of this play, Juliet, daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet, the heads of the ...
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Russia under LeninThe moment Lenin stepped into power, he knew what he wanted. All along, ever since the start, Lenin had wanted a Proletariat Revolution, which had been acheived, and then a Dictatorship of the Proletariat, in which he would rule on their behalf. His government would have complete power and the ...
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The InternetWhether you’re an average teenager wanting to keep in touch with friends after school, or a business person needing a low cost but effective way to keep work related material local and secret, chances are you use E-Mail or Instant Messaging services. For communication purposes in this high tech ...
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A Critical Analysis of sin in The Scarlet LetterA Critical Analysis of Sin in Relation to ‘The Scarlet Letter’
Sin is universal; it is as old as man himself. People have committed all types of sin and been punished for it. There is however disagreement when it comes to how severe punishment should be. Some people believe that sinners should ...
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Self-Appraisal GuidelinesReading exercises your mind and your learn new things depending on what you read. It also helps you stay informed on things that are happening around your environment. I highlight and separate the main ideas of things that I read. At the end I summarize the article, story, or book so I wont forget ...
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SiddharthaChapter Four
“He reflected deeply, until this feeling completely over whelmed him and he reached a point where he recognized causes; for to recognize causes, it seemed to him, is to think, and through thought alone feelings became knowledge and are not lost,” (Page 37, Siddhartha)
This ...
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The Importance of Being Earnest: CharactersGwendolen Fairfax - Algernon's cousin and Lady Bracknell's daughter. Gwendolen is in love with Jack, whom she knows as Ernest. A model and arbiter of high fashion and society, Gwendolen speaks with unassailable authority on matters of taste and morality. She is sophisticated, intellectual, ...
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The Big Guys, Now and ThenThe Big Guys, Now and Then
By Charlie Miller
The way people look at celebrities has changed. In the early to mid 20th centuries, celebrities were respected, not sought after like a prize. Yes, you wanted to meet them, but not try to dig into their personal lives. It was rude to ask them ...
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BraveheartIn the film “Brave Heart” it sets the scene with Scottish highlands, valleys, rivers and tranquil Scottish music playing softly in the background to show what the men are fighting for throughout the film.
I am going to show through mise-en-scene, camera angles and representation how this adds to ...
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Darcy WillsHave you ever thought what life would be like as a seventeen year old girl? Now add the struggles of not only school, but also family and friends. This book is about a teenage girl that is having to deal with old boyfriends and her first love. While her first love is gone for the summer they both ...
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UK pressure groupsFriends of the Earth (EWNI) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) is one of 70 national groups around the world which make up the Friends of the Earth network of environmental organizations. It is usually referred to just as Friends of the Earth within its home countries.
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Louisiana PurchaseDontell Williams
1/10/10
Louisiana Purchase: Factual
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• By the terms of the 1763 Treaty of Fontainebleau, Louisiana west of the Mississippi was ceded to Spain, while the British received the eastern portion of the huge colony.
• When the United States won its independence from ...
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The Book of ThelThe selection from the Romantic era I chose to read was William Blake’s, The Book of Thel. I found the story in the Norton Anthology, where it said that the date shown on the story was 1789, but that most likely extended to 1791 (Blake 1425).
The protagonist of this story is Thel. Originally, it ...
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Gays in the MilitaryGays in the Military
By Shanice McLeod
Why not? Gays have every right to serve in the military. Do you honestly think that just because a person is gay, they are going to think differently than a straight person in the military? NO, they won’t! Everyone in the military is there for one ...
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ApolloApollo has a forbidding, brilliant, youthful presence; he is gazed at from a distance—majestic, stately, impressive. In him we 'know ourselves' from the distance we are from the gods, and from the difference of our mortal condition. There is a reason Apollo is noticed by his absence when Hector ...
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