Chavez English III Block F March 25‚ 2013 Is the Monroe Doctrine still significant? Think of our country as a brick‚ our founding fathers as bricklayers‚ and our governmental documents as the cement. A bricklayer has to make the cement to lie between the bricks so they will stay together. In other words‚ our founding fathers held our country‚ or the bricks‚ by documents‚ the cement. To me one of the most important documents is the Monroe Doctrine. It still has a humongous impact on our society
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Robinson v. California‚ 1962 “11721 of the California Health and Safety Code states: “No person shall use‚ or be under the influence of‚ or be addicted to the use of narcotics‚ except when administered by or under the direction of a person licensed by the State to prescribe and administer narcotics. Any person convicted of violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to serve a term of not less than 90 days nor more than one year in the county jail” (law
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almost the same message. If I view the story‚ on the sidewalk bleeding‚ at this point Andy is stabbed and it seems it’s because of the jacket he is wearing. He is in a gang called the royals. This is a dangerously known gang. “If he had not been wearing the jacket he would never have been stabbed. The knife had not been plunged in hatred of Andy. The knife hated only the purple jacket” (Hunter 42). Because Andy joined this group he paid with his life. Joining groups or being around bad people influence
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Literary essay Risks are Important to Getting Things in Life William G. T. once said that “A ship in harbor is safe‚ but that is not what ships are for.” This shows up in Jason’s Gold by Will Hobbs when Jason leaves his hard earned life in New York‚ and travels across the nation up to the Klondike to find his brothers and gold. He finds that his brothers already are up in the Klondike‚ but still ignores the possibility of staying home in favor of taking the dangerous journey up there. As he travels
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amount of details in everything. For this assignment‚ I decided to describe a painting by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt called “The Woman in Gold”. The painting seems very simple because it only depicts the woman in gold – Adele Bloch Bauer. Even if we can find lots of colors on the painting like green‚ blue‚ or red‚ the whole painting is represented in gold. In the painting‚ Mrs. Bloch Bauer has the look of a typical 20th century woman with an oval-shaped face‚ thick eyebrows and high chin. Her
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Straw into Gold By Sandra Cisneros After reading Straw into Gold several times‚ Cisneros piece represents first degree Americanness. Straw into Gold is Sandra Cisneros’ autobiography describing her life‚ her culture and her personal experiences. The autobiography is a nice representation of both realism and naturalism. During the realism literary period‚ the voices of women were starting to be heard. Cisneros has become a very popular female writer which was made possible through the works
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Elijah Plemmons ENGL 101-08: Writing & Rhetoric Jen Harris September 31‚ 2014 The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith show was a situational family comedy created by Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Ruben that ran from 1960-1968. The show was quite popular and successful in its eight years of air time. Episode one of season one was written by Charles Stewart and Jack Elinson. The Andy Griffith Show portrayed many different themes in the very first episode. Some themes demonstrated focused on loss
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called The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania where he was born. In Warhol’s art he had used many types of arts such as; hand drawing‚ painting‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ silk screening‚ sculpting‚ film and music. Andy Warhol’s was also known for being gay and he was very open about it‚ The Factory which was the name of his studio was a place that brought together intellectuals‚ drag queens‚ playwrights‚ street people‚ hollywood celebrities‚ and wealthy people. In the 1960’s his first
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Andy Goldsworthy is an artist who says he creates very "Autobiographical sculptures" and that statement in itself strongly supports the definition of scape being representations of the artists relationship with his/her surroundings. He feels very strongly
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fdgdfglkfngkfdg There were two great things Andy did for this friends and other inmates in prison that I think meant alot for them. Even if it only was for a second‚ he gave them the feeling that they weren’t in prison. All locked up. He got beer for his friends when they worked at the roof. But even bigger.. even though he knew he would get in trouble for it‚ he locked himself in and played one opera song over the loud speakers. Even if it only was for a couple of minutes every man inside of
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