Who Was Antonio de Lopez Santa Anna??? Have you ever wondered who Santa Anna was? You might have heard his name in history class‚but do you know everything about him? Antonio de Lopez Santa Anna (also known as Santa Anna) was born in Jalapa on February 21‚ 1794. He was born into a criollo middle class family of society. His father served as a sub delegate for the spanish province of Vera Cruz. Growing up‚ Santa Anna had very little schooling. After school Santa Anna went and worked for a merchant
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In the book & the movie Kidnapped what I found interesting in the movie was when the gun did not shoot when the captain tried to kill Alan and it worked when Davie shot the Captain I also found interesting was when the uncle of Davie said “Why are you here” with gun pointing at Davie. Another part that was interesting was blowing up the ship instead of cashing the ship. The finally part that I found interesting was when Alan killed the head of the Red coats the Red fox. I never thought Alan
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King Kong The film of King Kong from 2005 is directed by Peter Jackson and is a mixture of the genres action‚ drama and adventure. This version is a remake of the 1993 film of the same name and stars several famous actors such as Naomi Watts‚ Jack Black and Adrien Brody. King Kong had a record-breaking film budget of incredible 207 million dollars. Even though the film performed lower than expectations‚ King Kong had an income of approximately 550 million dollars. The film has received many
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Would you watch a movie about authors writing books about authors? That sums up the whole movie called The Words. Clay Hammond is the main character‚ who is an author in the movie played by Dennis Quaid. The movie begins with Hammond giving a reading of his new book. He tells the story of his book while narrating Rory Jansen’s (who is played by Bradley Cooper) life. In Hammond’s story‚ Rory finds a manuscript that was long lost. He decides to steal it and publish it as his own to get his writing
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Anna Karenina What makes a book a classic? Is it a book that stands the test of time or is it some book that represents the period it was written in. Is it a book that has universal appeal or the one that touches our core and basic our emotions? Is it a book that merges themes under stood by a wide range of people or simply a book that is old? Whatever you think is a classic; everything is included in the renowned Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is a story of the beautiful but unhappily
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Anna Quindlen wrote “The C Word in the Hallways” 6 months after the tragedy in Columbine. As a parent‚ she has strong concerns in the way mental health is treated. Her satirical view of how health treatment needs to change criticizes the current way it is‚ expresses her disappointment in societal assumptions‚ and provides solutions to this ongoing problem. Through her use of imagery‚ alliterations‚ and anaphora‚ Quindlen appeals to her audience’s emotions as she discusses the need for change in the
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A Modernist Examination of The Good Anna and The Great Gatsby Modernism is a movement characterized by the re-examination of literary styles‚ structures‚ content‚ and even human existence thought to be standard prior to 1900. The movement was all about looking at things in a new light‚ and trying to break the mold so long held by society as the norm. This movement took place in art‚ music‚ architecture‚ and as I will further discuss in this paper‚ literature. In this paper‚ I will discuss the modernist
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used for many things in literature‚ such as developing atmosphere and characterization. Leo Tolstoy‚ author of Anna Karenina and Henrik Ibsen‚ author of A Doll’s House use children in their novels for characterization of adult characters‚ to create atmosphere and parallel an adult character’s situation in society. This paper will examine how children are used by Leo Tolstoy in his novel‚ Anna Karenina‚ and by Henrik Ibsen in his play‚ A Doll’s House. Both Ibsen and Tolstoy use children for the
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should be‚ children and even adults are going without. Without school some children aren’t eating even one meal a day. How here in America you may ask‚ Anna Quindlen answers that question for us in her essay “School’s out for Summer”. In her essay Anna Q. informs her readers on the topic of child malnutrition in America. Yes malnutrition‚ and Anna Q. may be the first person you’ve heard of talking about it because she speaks on the matter and how it is being resolved. She
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Martin Luther King stated "Yes‚ I am intouchable‚ and every Negro in the United States of America is an intouchable" (The African American Dream). Americans live their lives afraid to touch one another due to their differences in beliefs‚ backgrounds and ethnicities. Each person lives in a dream which separates them from reality and from the truth. Because they are afraid to have contact with others unlike themselves‚ they rely on stereotypes to determine people ’s identity which causes their
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