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    Barbara Kruger Analysis

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    Barbara Kruger is by any bar one of the most unique and celebrated artists of the 21st Century. Her style of employing popular culture both as a tool and subject in her artistic works to critique common norms and values has changed the way we think about postmodern life. The questions and ideas brought forth by her work traverses consumerism‚ race‚ autonomy and economics. Her ability to use few words and an image to create an instant connection between the artist‚ the message and the viewer is a

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    Poisonwood Bible Essay

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    PWB Essay 6 February 2013 Rachel as America Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Poisonwood Bible is a bildungsroman of a family that is moved to Africa by their evangelistic father. Kingsolver uses the characterization of the family to discuss western colonization and its negative side effects. Kingsolver uses Rachel’s character to critique the American culture through her language‚ materialistic nature‚ and refusal to accept the Congo. Kingsolver uses Rachel’s language to describe American culture

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    One Bad Day: A Rhetorical Analysis of The Killing Joke The Joker was once seen as a comical criminal who committed ridiculously silly crimes‚ such as spreading laughing gas throughout Gotham City. However‚ after the reinvention of Batman‚ The Joker was transformed into a grave and terrorizing character. Continuing the course of the new personality given to The Joker‚ writer Alan Moore and artist Brian Bolland created a graphic novel called The Killing Joke‚ “a much more complex‚ darker‚ and ultimately

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    helpless by barbara gowdy

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    Book review of Helpless By Barbara Gowdy Helpless‚ by Barbara Gowdy‚ was a well written novel which kept the reader interested right until the final page. Gowdy used descriptive language‚ suspense‚ and flashbacks to develop the theme that unrequited love lasts longer than love that is fulfilled. Gowdy used descriptive language well. Descriptive language was used throughout the novel multiple times. For example‚ on (pg. 17) it said: “Her skin was light…tawny. Her hair‚ a miraculous chromium

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    the great plague

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    “An event of great agony is bearable only in the belief that it will bring about a better world. When it does not‚ as in the aftermath of another vast calamity in 1914-18‚ disillusion is deep and moves on to self-doubt and self-disgust‚” stated by Barbara W. Tuchman‚ A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. The Great Plague was the worst outbreak in England since the black death of 1348. The Great Plague began in 1665 until 1666 that lead to 68‚596 deaths recorded in the city. The Plague had

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    In her bestselling book‚ “Nickel and Dimed‚” author Barbara Ehrenreich aims to give the reader a firsthand account of life as a worker on the poverty level. For her story‚ Ehrenreich‚ a writer from an upper-class family‚ decided to live the existence of a minimum wage worker‚ taking five low-level jobs at various locations around the United States‚ including positions as a waitress‚ health care aide‚ and Wal-Mart associate. To fulfill her objective‚ the author tried to obtain food‚ shelter and miscellaneous

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    Barbara Schmitz Uniforms

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    2012 The piece Uniforms written by Barbara Schmitz‚ contains numerous elements of poetry‚ utilized in a beautiful way‚ it is not wonder that the piece is famous. A topic as simple as the dress of the people at the super market can be made into something beautiful through creative writing. Some of the elements used in this piece include; alliteration‚ assonance‚ interesting strong word choices‚ all bringing about a strong tone of the poet‚ Barbara Schmitz. However many of the common traits

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    Barbara Tuchman Unwisdom

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    An Inquiry into the Unwisdom in Government Govern‚ a word all people want the power to use‚ but does anyone actually do the right thing. According to Barbara W. Tuchman in her essay "An Inquiry into the Persistence of Unwisdom in Government‚" the people in government make the wrong decisions by assessing situations incorrectly. In this essay Tuchman’s main purpose is to show the distortion of government. Tuchman first uses the example of the French War in which at one point all the soldiers were

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    Barbara Ann Scott

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    Barbara Ann Scott I am honored to award Barbara Ann Scott the Canadian Athlete of Excellence in Performance Award today‚ recognizing the most outstanding person to lead many people to figure skating through her athleticism and overall excellence in performance‚ leading many people to figure skating. Scott was more than just a figure skating champion; she was one of the most sensational sporting celebrities ever to come out of Canada. Her magnificent performance on the ice drew the attention of

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    off in the end? Barbara Ehrenreich would like to know the answer to this question so she suggests to a famous editor that she could live in the life a minimum wage worker for a couple weeks. Low class workers may work several jobs for up to a full day with little pay and still not be able to make ends meet and support themself or their family. They work hard‚ but still struggle to find their place in society because they are not receiving enough money. In Nickel and Dimed‚ Barbara Ehrenreich makes

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