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    Art Forgeries When one enters into an art museum‚ one would expect all of the pieces of art to be that of the original. However‚ when an art lover does not know the difference between an original from a forgery‚ then they may have been fooled by both the museum and by the forger. No one can really look at a painting and distinctly know whether it is a forged piece of work or an original piece of work. Art forgeries may seem like an artist copying a well-known artists work‚ but it depends on how

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    cannot provide for themselves. At least that is what they are supposed to do. In Jonathan Kozol’s Rachel and Her Children‚ Kozol is a reporter who interviews people in poverty‚ especially those who live in the Martinique Hotel. He spends time with all different types of people of all race and genders‚ and really gets to know not only them‚ but their families as well. As Kozol digs deeper and deeper into the truth of poverty‚ he realizes that social services are not what they are perceived to be. In

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    Celeste Martinez English 1102- Burnier May 6‚ 2014 Education in Chicago Public Schools On May 22‚ 2013 the largest closing of public schools‚ in history of the United States‚ occurred. The board of education of the Chicago Public Schools voted to close down 50 schools in the Chicago area (Bartlett). To no surprise‚ most of the schools if not all came from areas that had low-income neighborhoods consisting mainly of African Americans and Latinos on the south and west side of Chicago

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    electing a president that is not as politically fit as another candidate. 2. Kozol states that‚ “The answers to these questions represent a reasonable test of our belief in the democracy to which we have been asked in a public school to swear allegiance.” People pledge liberty and justice for all just about every day‚ when such a high number of illiterates are not brought to justice due to their illiteracy. 3. When Kozol says that being illiterate leads to circumscribed existence‚ he means that being

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    framing. Loosely based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker‚ the film is the story of a realtor named Jonathon who travels to Dracula’s castle in order to close a house deal. He goes there despite many warnings and soon discovers that Dracula

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    wife if they began to act feminine or do “girly” things. The line between masculine and feminine was scarcely crossed and when it was the person doing the crossing was an oddity. The line of gender is frequently crossed in Dracula by Lucy‚ Mina‚ Jonathon‚ and especially Dracula himself. The character in Dracula that crosses the gender line the most out of all is Mina. Mina was independent‚ smart‚ and resourceful. At one point in the novel Mina acted out one of the masculine features a male would

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    School” a report written by Jonathan Kozol‚ contains certain elements that are similar of those in “Changing the Face of Poverty”‚ a literacy narrative by Diana George‚ such as; the use of first person‚ strong diction‚ and the use of stereotypes. Both authors use first person in their writings “Changing the Face of Poverty” and “Fremont High School”. When using first person‚ the author has the ability to make the readers feel closer to the characters; such as when kozol speaks about“.. when I first meet

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    tourism experience exists. Till now a very few local brand is come forward with environment friendly atmosphere‚ where nature come to us. The high demand of tropical resorts makes us believe this is the ideal business opportunity for us to create “Amazing Grace” Our resort will offer an unparalleled vacation experience. At our resort our customer will discover the wonders pools and a lake. We plan to decorate our resort with natural beauty. Different types of bird will be found here. We will offer our

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    Cited: "Illiteracy And Low Literacy In The United States." Journal Of Visual Impairment & Blindness 90.3 (1996): 286. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 3 Feb. 2012. Kozol‚ Jonathan. “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society.” The Power of Language / The Language of Power. New York: Longman‚ 2011. 227-33. Print. Nevills‚ Pamela‚ and Pat Wolfe. Building the Reading Brain: PreK-3. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Corwin‚ 2009. 24‚ 30-31

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    homeless story by story case by case sharing his personal interviews with these unfortunate people. What Kozol describes deeply in the book throughout true incredible stories goes beyond our expectation. Especially in chapter 5‚” Distancing ourselves from pain and tears” which is one of the center of the book‚ the author raises more concern about our attitudes toward poor homeless people. What Kozol means by “distancing” in the chapter is that people do really care about homelessness. They do understand

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