Shirley Chisholm first became active in politics in 1968 when she became the first African American to be elected in congress. She represented the New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms. During her time‚ she focused on things such as education and social justice. She also helped form a black political organization known as the Black Caucus. She was also known for being the first African American woman to run for the Democratic presidency in 1972. Even though she was unsuccessful
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of printmaking are that you can make a lot of different types of prints easily‚ and also each type has its own unique characteristics. Also printmakers can apply color to their prints in many different ways‚ which look very appealing. Richard Hellman Richard Hellman is a male artist. Richards’s interest in printmaking grew‚ as he saw his father’s collection of prints that he acquired from the 1940s on. Although his father’s personal feelings towards art‚ was
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Promote the ideas of your Philosopher – Richard Pring. Richard Pring is a philosopher who was mainly inspired by Kohlberg. In 2003‚ Pring retired from Oxford University‚ as the director of Educational studies department‚ after 14 years. Prior to that job‚ he was a professor of education at the University of Exeter. Pring wrote many books outlining his views on education and many papers‚ journals and leaflets contributing to others theories. One of his most famous subjects was moral development
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Shirley Jackson’s story‚ “The Lottery”‚ is about a town tradition. One day in June‚ all he villagers have to go to the middle of the town so they can do the lottery. This has been a tradition for over 100 years. Whoever gets the black dot on a piece of paper‚ the get stoned. Ever villager has to throw stones at that one person. They do this so they will have enough food. Nobody really likes this tradition once it’s their turn to get stoned. Readers can learn to not follow traditions blindly. A
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Richard Capitan is a husband‚ father‚ grandfather and brother. He is now a retired state trooper and gets called into “work” for some statements and help on cases that happened when he was active. Richard worked as a polygraph examiner for about 30 years and had the privilege to meet some infamous and interesting people. But‚ for this specific topic Richard had the opportunity to interview people for the Richard Kuklinski (The Iceman) case. He had interviewed witnesses‚ people from the
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Most stories that people read have six elements of fiction. The story the lottery by Shirley Jackson contains six elements of fiction like any other story. The six elements of fiction are Structure‚ Characterization‚ Theme‚ Symbol‚ and Setting. Structure is an element of fiction. The structure is split into four parts: exposition‚ Rising action‚ Climax‚ and resolution. The exposition in the lottery occur when the villagers gathered around for the town lottery. The complication/rising action occurs
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realities f power politics: what individual and social life is like under a despotic and brutal king ruling a deeply corrupt state. Exploiting the divisions cause by feuding political factions‚ and manipulating individuals and the system the cakculating Richard seizes the opportunity to make himself king. He is a Machiavellian figure who will stop at nothing to gain and maintain power. Richard’s extraordinary facility with words enable him to manipulate‚ confuse‚control and corrupt those around him → Woows
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M.C Richards It is seldom easy to say simply what the creative process is. Creativity goes beyond the abstract motion‚ and the conventional gestures to include a sophisticated state of mind. Although it seems that the tools itself is at work sometimes‚ sketching‚ carving‚ or modeling it is usually something deeper down in our subconscious that controls it. Thus‚ it is essential that we begin to look at creativity with new eyes‚ and broader thoughts‚ and then use this creativity wisely instead
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The first Hispanic rock star‚ Richard Steven Valenzuela aka Ritchie Valens was born May 13‚ 1941 near Los Angeles California. At an early age Valens developed a love for music; being able to play several instruments. While exposed to the rhythm and blues music though his father‚ Valens vowed to devoted most of his time to the guitar and would slowly strive to aspire his dreams of being an artist. By the age of 16 Valens joined his first band The Silhouette‚ an integrated group who played local high-school
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Tasha Petitlouis ENC1102 Response Paper #1 revised February 11‚ 2014 What Is Shirley Jackson’s message in “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s message in “The Lottery” would happen to be a common case of irony‚ for the unexpected happens to the main character Tessie Hutchinson. The setting is a small unknown village‚ which participates in a gruesome murder every year. Each June 27th a lottery is hosted‚ and a single individual’s fate is chosen by a small piece of paper with a black dot in the center
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