We all know Abraham Lincoln he is a major idol in history. I chose to do the cumulating activity on Abraham Lincoln and the book is Father Abraham written by Richard Striner. The book contains an in depth analysis about Lincoln the way he managed to stop slavery and how he overcame all the problems he encountered along the way. The book contained quotes from Lincoln’s original speeches‚ with explanations‚ which disclosed many things about Lincoln’s personality and mentality such as‚ PAGE 223 "I
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Rip Van Winkle Analysis The exposition of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving ‚ introduces a man named Rip Van Winkle and the area around the Catskill mountains before the the Revolutionary War. The rising action begins when Rip goes to the forest‚ with his dog‚ to get away from his nagging wife. When he returns to the village‚ he hears someone calling his name. Rip sees an odd-looking man and follows him to an amphitheater where there are many more strange men drinking and playing ninepins
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"Yes! We’re coming Abraham Lincoln. With curses loud and deep. That will haunt you in your walking‚ and disturb you in your sleep." This is a battle hymn sung by the Sons of Liberty which is the first Confederate run terrorist group Higham talks about. This hymn is a good example of the tone author Charles Higham sets for the book. Murdering Mr. Lincoln by Charles Higham‚ presents the reader with a factual‚ in-depth look at the story behind the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Higham
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To many Americans‚ Abraham Lincoln to this day is one of the most important American political figures in history. (2)Abraham Lincoln played a major role in the war between the states. This war transformed the American governments nature. Slavery took almost all the attention away from the aspect of the war between the states. Lincoln is well known to most people as the person who freed the slaves. Lincoln was single minded and devoted to an economic problem during his twenty-eight years in politics
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Climax The climax comes as he realizes that he‚ too‚ is now a free man who is capable of thinking on his own and Rip is asleep for 20 years and then awakes. When Rip Van Winkle wakes up and discovers that his dog is gone and his gun has been “replaced” with a rusty old gun. He believes the strange men have tricked him‚ but when he goes back to his village‚ he finds that everything has changed. Falling Action The falling action comes as he goes back to his own time and has a chance to reflect
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Vincent van Gogh Born on March 30‚ 1853 in Groot-Zundert‚ Holland‚ Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch-post impressionist painter whose work influenced art a lot in the twentieth century. His father was a pastor‚ so van Gogh was brought up in a religious matter. As a child‚ van Gogh was silent‚ serious and thoughtful; he was also emotional and lacked self-confidence. By the time‚ van Gogh decided to become an artist‚ he’d already had two unhappy romances‚ had worked as a clerk at a bookstore‚ was an art
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"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving is a fiction story of a character whose destiny was affected by marvellous circumstances. In comparison to Benjamin’s Franklin Autobiography and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self reliance‚ there are some things that are similar‚ but overall Rip Van Winkle is completely different plot; in other words‚ it’s main character is unique. I found several evidences proving that. First‚ the book itself is written in an inimitable style. In the very beginning of this work with
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Sealing the Fate of North America The battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought on the 13th of September 1759. It was the result of a three-month British siege of the French North American capital of Quebec City. Although the battle lasted for a short period of time‚ involved comparatively few troops‚ and caused few casualties‚ the effects of the battle were far reaching. The British victory at the battle resulted both in the death of the French general – the Marquis de Montcalm – and the British
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II. Early Life of van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30‚ 1853 in Groot- Zundert‚ a village close to Breda in the province of North Brabant¬¬¬¬¬-a region in the south of the Netherlands‚ a predominantly Catholic area. He was the oldest child of Theodorus van Gogh‚ a minister of the Dutch reformed church‚ and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. As a child‚ Vincent was serious‚ silent and thoughtful. He attended the Zundert Village School from 1860‚ where the single Catholic teacher taught
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Impressionism Almond Blossom‚ Vincent van Gogh‚ 1890‚ Post-Impressionism‚ oil on canvas Van Gogh is my favorite artist from the Post-Impressionism era. I believe he used painting as an outlet to express his emotions‚ turmoil and inner demons. In the last couple of years of his life van Gogh was inspired be Japanese woodblocks and almond trees. Van Gogh was very close to his younger Theo and they kept in touch with each other through correspondence via postal service. In January in 1890‚ Theo
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