Paper entitled: Racial discourse in Ishmael Reed’s Japanese by Spring. Ali Ahmed Mused Al-Subari. Ph.D. research student in English. alsubaria@ymail.com Ishmael Reed has been considered one of the most literary writers who devoted most of his time in writing about racial issues that spread in the worldwide. Reed‚ in his literary works‚ stands against the various classifications of societies in America. In Japanese by Spring‚ Reed sheds lights on the problem of racism that leads to social
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Both the presidencies of Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter were considered to be unsuccessful. They brought nearly no progress to the nation and their foreign and domestic policies achieved little. Both of these “weak” presidencies were unable to bring about any long withstanding or significant changes to the United States. President Ford and President Carter often are viewed in negative manner because of their inability to bring about any lasting‚ positive changes in either domestic or foreign policy
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Why did Jimmy Carter win the presidential contest in 1976 and yet lose to Ronald Reagan only four years later? Carter took the presidency with several issues that needed resolving‚ such as rising inflation and unemployment‚ a country disillusioned with the political system and turbulent foreign relations. To determine the reasons why he was successful in 1976 but not in 1980‚ it is necessary to look at what his successes and failures were‚ as well as the different situations in 1976 and 1980.
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PressReleasePing First Ever Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan International Festival brings 10 days of music‚ film art‚ TEDx‚ Full and Half Marathon‚ and Valentine Romance Feb 1423‚ 2015 The first ever annual festival in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan brings together 10 days of arts‚ film‚ music‚ a TEDx and TEDx Youth event‚ a full and half marathon‚ the 35th birthday of the King of Bhutan‚ Bhutanese New Years and love and happiness February 14-23‚ 2015. THIMPHU‚ BHUTAN‚ September 11‚ 2014 /PressReleasePing/
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Reformation” concerns the surprising fate of Jimmy Valentine‚ a skilled young safecracker who returns to society after he is paroled from prison. The story begins at the prison shortly before Jimmy Valentine if set free; the majority of the narrative occurs in Elmore‚ a small backwoods town in Arkansas where he settles. Major characters include Jimmy Valentine; Mike Dolan‚ his partner in crime; detective Ben Price‚ Jimmy’s nemesis; and Annabel Adams‚ the girl with whom Jimmy falls in love. Minor characters are
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gives Jimmy serious advice when Jimmy is let out of prison. He tells Jimmy to live right and he is “not a bad fellow at heart”. The warden actually thinks that the criminal has a good heart‚ although physically Jimmy doesn’t display it very obviously. Jimmy’s response to the wardens advice to “stop cracking safes and live straight”‚ was sarcastic and playful‚ “Me? Why‚ I never cracked a safe in my life”. This reveals that Jimmy is most of the time being funny and playful‚ showing that Jimmy is a charismatic
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Henry and a fictional character‚ Jimmy Valentine‚ which O. Henry developed in one of his stories. O. Henry‚ once a normal person‚ was able to change for the better. While in prison‚ he wrote stories to support his daughter. His stories ended up making O. Henry quite successful. He was able to turn his life around when this weren’t going well. One of O. Henry’s character‚ Jimmy Valentine‚ also reflects the idea that people in general can change for the better. Jimmy stopped committing crimes and decided
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“A Retrieved Reformation” is about a professional and elusive safecracker Jimmy Valentine. The initiating event of this story was when Jimmy had been released after a 10 months sentence. So he took the first sweet joys of liberty and returned to the hotel where he had a room. He refreshed himself up and dragged out his dusty-covered “magic” suit-case‚ which consisted of the finest set of burglar’s tools. It meant that Jimmy was going back to the Monkey business. Later he succeeded in several burglaries
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On February 21‚ 1980‚ the son of Vincent J. McMahon‚ Vincent K. McMahon‚ founded Titan Sports‚ Inc.[22] and on June 6‚ 1982‚ purchased Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. from his father and other stock holders (Arnold Skaaland‚ Gorilla Monsoon‚ and Phil Zacko).[21] The elder McMahon had long since established the northeastern territory as one of the most vibrant members of the NWA. He had long since recognized that professional wrestling was more about entertainment than actual sport. Against his
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1800’s to the early 1900’s where he dazzled readers with his unorthodox‚ romantic style. A short story titled "A Retrieved Reformation" written by O. Henry‚ who sold it to George Tyler who later turned the work into a Broadway show. "Alias Jimmy Valentine"as it came to be called dazzled America‚ England‚ France‚ and Spain for over a decade. In the short stories "The Social Triangle" and "A Retrieved Reformation"‚ O. Henry uses the literary devices of symbolism‚ plot twists‚ and characterization
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